Madeleines de Commercy

These "seashell cakes so strictly pleated outside and so sensual inside" so famously described by Proust are made with wheat flour, sugar, butter (21 percent), and eggs (21 percent). The association between these golden teacakes and the town of Commercy dates back at least until 1755 when a young serving girl so impressed the Polish king Stanislas Leszcynski (who happened to have a château at Commercy) with her baking skills that he named the desert after her. Comment s'appelait-elle? You guessed it: Madeleine. The package contains 10 individually wrapped madeleines. St Michel · Madeleines de Commercy, sachet, 10 individually wrapped · 300g (10.6 oz) · S9..99

St Michel · Savaroises chocolat · 250g (8.8 oz)
Palmito Savaroises chocolat

The palmito is Lu's take on the classic palmier, made from a sheet of puff pastry folded in on itself from each side, then sliced to produce the pretty furled design. The layers are brushed with sugar, which caramelizes in the baking, giving the pastry a wonderful golden hue. Said to resemble a palm tree (palmier in French), the pastry also goes by the names of elephant ear and butterfly. The Lu cookie is crispier and smaller than the version you would find in a patisserie. It's excellent with tea and not too sweet.

Lu · Palmito · 100g (3.5 oz) ·

Choco BN

Nothing could be simpler, or tastier, than this classic treat, in which a layer of chocolate is sandwiched between two cookies. It's not hard to see why Choco BN gradually replaced the traditional pain et chocolat ("bread and chocolate") as the snack of choice among French schoolchildren for their quatre heure ("4 o'clock snack"), taken at the afternoon break in their long school day. Truth to tell, they are a favorite among adults as well. (These new larger boxes now contain 16 chocos)

So what does BN stand for? Biscuiterie Nantaise. Indeed, Nantes has been a capital of the French cookie industry, ever since cookie-making became the mainstay of the city's economy in the 19th century.

Biscuiterie Nantaise · Choco BN · 300g (10.6 oz) ·

Pépito

Created in 1963 by Belin (now merged with Lu), pépitos are a shortbread biscuit topped with either dark chocolate or milk chocolate. Each box contains two sealed freshness packs with 10 biscuits each.

Lu · Pépito, dark chocolate · 200g (7 oz) ·
Lu · Pépito, milk chocolate · 200g (7 oz) ·

Paille d'Or

Biscuit Lu was first established in Nantes in 1846. Among the many dozens of popular cookies that the company has produced, the raspberry-filled Pailles d'Or (literally "golden straws") are a perennial favorite.

Lu · Paille d'Or · 85g (3 oz) ·

Mikado

In Mikado, the game of pick-up sticks, you can use the black stick (the Mikado) to help extricate other sticks. Of course, you won't need any help extricating these chocolate-dipped sticks from their package!

Lu · Mikado, dark chocolate, pocket size · 30g (1.1 oz) ·
Lu · Mikado, milk chocolate, pocket size · 30g (1.1 oz) · out of stock

Rochers

Miam miam (yum yum) say the French about these treats, their answer to the candy bar. They are made of dark chocolate (noir) or milk chocolate (lait) praliné covered with either dark or milk chocolate.

Suchard · Rocher Noir · 37g (1.3 oz) ·

Suchard · Rocher Lait · 37g (1.3 oz)

Chocolat VILLARS

Try one of these fine chocolate tablette made with pure cocoa butter: Taste the Swiss Alps! Villars Maître Chocolatier presents exquisite chocolate born of century-old tradition, faithfully produced with the finest authentic ingredients. Select cocoa beans slowly roasted and kneaded in traditional style. Incomparable flavour!

	Villars · Dark chocolate w Orange peel· 100g $.8.90
	Villars · Dark chocolate w Coffee· 100g $.8.90
	Villars · Milk chocolate w Orange peel· 100g $.8.90
	Villars · Milk chocolate w coffee· 100g $.8.90
	Villars · Milk chocolate w Praline- 100g $.8.90
	Villars · Milk chocolate w Caramel· 100g $.8.90

Calissons

These diamond-shaped candies from Aix en Provence have been a favorite for centuries. Manufactured according to time-honored tradition by Confiserie du Roy René, these calissons contain nothing but the highest-quality almonds and crystallized melon and orange peel ground together, spread atop a rice-paper base, and covered with a white royal icing. The diamond-shaped boxes, in the distinctive form of the calisson d'Aix, make a perfect gift. The 260g box contains 20 calissons.

Whether calissons were indeed invented by a lovestruck cook on the occasion of the wedding of Jeanne de Laval to King René of Anjou in 1473 is a matter of endless speculation.

Confiserie du Roy René · Calissons, diamond-shaped box · 260g (9.2 oz)

Nougats

Nougats, like calissons, are one of 13 traditional Christmas desserts.

Confiserie du Roy René · White nougat, bar ·

Pure Cocoa Powder / Cacao Pur

Use this exceptional quality pure cocoa for your fine baking needs.

Voisin · Pure cocoa powder · 250g (8.8 oz) ·

100g Haribo $4.00

Come and discover our Hariboy ,

Large selection of Haribo candies …. from france.

More than 20 kinds…Tagada, bananas, oeufs aux plats, cocobats, crocrodiles, frites , coca etc………

Carambar

Always popular, Carambar is a chewy baton-shaped candy, in caramel or in assorted fruit flavors.

La Pie Qui Chante · Carambar Caramel · 8g (0.3 oz) ·

La Pie Qui Chante · Carambar Fruit, 8g (0.3 oz)

Malabar and Hollywood Chewing Gums

Le chewing gum arrived in France in 1917 with American GIs, who carried it in their war packs, but didn't catch on until the American soldiers returned during WWII, and distributed it by the handful as they liberated French towns. The Hollywood brand was created in 1952 in France by an American soldier who returned after the war. Through its name and advertising hat celebrated the "American way of life," Hollywood successfully capitalized on American glamour and is still #1 in France. Today, France is second only to the U.S. in per capita chewing gum consumption. Malabar was created in 1958, and bubble-blowers claim that it produces the largest bubbles. Each piece of Malabar comes wrapped with a vignette or cartoon; the early ones are much sought after by collectors.

Malabar · Bubble gum · 7g (0.25 oz) · $0.40
Hollywood · Chewing gum, chlorophyll, 11-stick pack · 31g (1.1 oz) · $1.99

Violet and Anis de Flavigny

This candy, consisting of a grain of aniseed coated in sugar, is perhaps the oldest in France, mentioned in a document as early as 872. In the 17th century, when the candy was manufactured by rsuline sisters, six months were needed to add and dry the successive coats of sugar. Today, the factory is still situated at the heart of the ancient abbey, but the process is completed in only 15 days.

Abbaye de Flavigny · Anis pastilles, oval tin · 50g (1.8 oz) ·
Abbaye de Flavigny · Violet pastilles, Oval tin 50g (1.8 oz) ·

Sweetened Concentrated Milk / Lait Concentré Sucré

You can use this sweetened condensed milk to prepare a lemon cream pie, ice cream, truffles, or flan, but let's be honest: the most common way for kids (and some adults) to eat this syrupy cream is straight from the tube.

Nestlé · weetened concentrated milk, 180g

Gingerbread / Pain d'Épice

Gingerbread has been a French staple at least since the time of the Crusades, when returning soldiers brought back the recipe, said to have originated in China, then passed to the Middle East. Unlike British gingerbread, French pain d'épice (literally spice bread), rarely contains ginger; it may be flavored with cinammon, anis, orange flower water, or other spices, depending on the recipe. It is typically sweetened with honey. For many years the gingerbread makers of Reims held the monopoly on the product. Their pain d'épice was made with rye flour. WWI decimated industry around Reims, and Dijon became the capital of gingerbread; Dijonnaise bakers use wheat flour. Gingerbread in available in many fanciful forms, as well as the traditional loaf. Both the N1 and Lu Propser gingerbreads are made with rye flour. They are delicious toasted.

N1 · Gingerbread · 470g (16.6 oz) · $7.99

Suc des Vosges

These hard candies have the refreshing taste of honey and pinesap.

La Vosgienne · Suc des Vosges · 60g (2.1 oz) ·

Pastilles de Vichy

These mints have been made in Vichy since 1828, when a local pharmacist figured out how to extract the minerals from the town's famous thermal waters. He mixed the extract with sugar and natural mint flavors, and produced the tablet. A favorite of the Empress Eugénie, the octogonal pastilles were immensely popular in the nineteenth century, not only for their reputed ability to cure heartburn but for their fresh minty flavor. The vogue for thermal waters has passed, but the candies remain, a testament of their tastiness. In the mid-nineteenth century, some doctors advised their patients that eating eight pastilles de Vichy a day would have the same benefit as a visit to the thermal waters themselves.

Vichy · Pastilles de Vichy, roll · 25g (0.88 oz) ·

Cachou Lajaunie

These tiny licorice-based candies are still made in Toulouse, where they were invented by the pharmacist Leon Lajaunie in 1890. Don't let their size fool you: these candies are extraordinarily strong, a result of the mint extract which is added to the licorice, and are a powerful breath-freshener. The trademark small yellow tin was invented by a clock-maker friend of Lajaunie, who designed it to fit in a watch-pocket.

The story of Cachou Lajaunie is a story of advertising as well as of confectionary. In 1902 the famous poster artist Cappiello produced the first of many classic advertising posters for Cachou Lajaunie. These posters typically featured a seductive (often cigarette-smoking) woman. Eighty-three years later, in 1985, a Cachou Lajaunie television ad, once again featuring a voluptuous woman, was found so risqué that broadcasters refused to air it.

Lajaunie · Cachou Lajaunie · 7g (0.25 oz)

Crêpe Mix / Preparation pour Crêpes

Most closely associated with Brittany, fresh, warm crêpes can also be found on many a street corner and at many a crêperie throughout France. If you have a yen for your own crêpes, try this easy-to-use mix from Francine. The mix contains no sugar, so is suitable both for savory main-course and for sweet dessert crêpes. Directions for use: Pour the contents of the sachet into a mixing bowl. Add 50cl (2 cups) of milk and stir with a whisk. Add a tablespoon of oil or 25g (1 ounce) of melted butter and stir again. Pour a scoop of the mix into a lightly oiled, preheated skillet. When the first side is nicely golden, turn using a flick of the wrist, or if you must, a spatula. Let brown, then add your filling.

Know someone who's been persuaded to completely change his mind? The French would say he had been "retourné comme une crêpe", literally, "flipped around, like a pancake."

Francine · Crêpes mix · 380g (13.4 oz)

Stoptou

Who cares if they really can stop a cough (toux, in French)? These hard black candies are another favorite among licorice-lovers.

La Pie Qui Chante · Stoptou licorice · 165g (5.8 oz) ·OUT OF STOCK

Michoko

Dating back to 1936, this chewy (but not too chewy) candy has a dark chocolate (64% cacao) outside and a soft caramel center.

La Pie Qui Chante · Michoko · 100g (3.5 oz) · OUT OF STOCK

Ourson Bouquet d'Or Chocolate-covered Marshmallow

This little bear has been around for more than four decades, and even has his own cartoon show on TV in France. Each milk-chocolate-covered marshmallow bear comes individually wrapped.

Cémoi · Ourson Bouquet d'Or marshmallow chocolate · 13g (0.45 oz) ·