Belgian Chocolates Are Best Enjoyed in Belgium


The chocolatiers in Belgium take their craft seriously. Like coffee and wine, the origin of the best cocoa beans is a matter of great importance to these chocolate makers. At Pierre Marcolini, you could be entering a jewelry store, so perfect and precious do their wares seem.

This is one sophisticated chocolate shop!
This is one sophisticated chocolate shop!

Inside Chocolatier PIerre Marcolini's
Inside Chocolatier PIerre Marcolini's

According to the New York Times, Pierre Marcolini is the only chocolatier in Brussels to work directly with plantations in Venezuela, Madagascar and Cuba.

Belgian Chocolates
Belgian Chocolates

This is the perfect place to find a sophisticated Valentine’s Day gift for your love – Caramel Passion? Fleur d’Orange? Chocolate Orangutan?

Chocolate Orangutan? Such a cliche.
Chocolate Orangutan? Such a cliche.

Brussels is already so beautiful. But Brussels’ old buildings, draped in a soft coat of snow? Stop it Brussels! You’re hogging the picturesqueness. Seriously. I can’t tell if this photo is from 1812, 1912, or 2012.

Snowy walks work up chocolate appetites
Snowy walks work up chocolate appetites

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