We here at Serious Eats are no strangers to
La Maison du Chocolat and their decadent treats; our own Kathy YL Chan may have tried every chocolate they make already. We spent a few hours in the kitchen while he was assembling their signature eclairs.
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La Maison du Chocolat's famed
Eclair Marron ($7.50) shows up every winter, from December until the end of Feburary. Their pâte à choux is as good as it gets, light though rich in butter, piped thin, true to the chocolate shop's elegant style.
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It should be no surprise that when
La Maison du Chocolat creates a
Chocolate Mousse ($7), it's an excellent chocolate mousse.
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Certain times call for restraint, but other times you just want all-out decadence. In the form of chocolate, of course. From the famous triple layered chocolate cake at The Chocolate Room to fudgy dark chocolate sweet and salty brownies by the guys at Baked, there's no shortage of places in the city to satisfy that craving.
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At
La Maison du Chocolat, the
Pistache ($8.50) is one of the shop's newest creations.
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] La Maison du Chocolat offers two types of hot chocolate. The first is made with milk chocolate, sweet and vanilla-kissed, but it is the latter, the Caracas, which best highlights their chocolate in liquid form....
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] La Maison du Chocolat might be known for all things chocolate, but Lemon Cakes ($6) are worth forgoing the chocolate for. They're kept behind the glass cases towards the back of the shop, near neatly...
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] La Maison du Chocolat has sadly done away with their Chestnut Ice Cream this year—one of the best frozen highlights of summer. But their vibrant and unusually creamy Mango-Passionfruit Sorbet, a chilly tart refresher in...
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I'm sure you've all had Ferrero Rocher at one point in your life or another. They were my favorite "fancy" chocolates growing up, and those gold foil-wrapped orbs still hold a very fond place in my chocolate repertoire. Pictured...
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Finally made it back to the Rockefeller Center location of La Maison du Chocolat this week, well before the 45 minute mark in which they close their ice cream service prior to the actual daily closing of the shop....
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