--- title: "L’Atelier des Bonbons, Beaune: Hand-Made Sweets Demo" description: "Watch artisan confectioners cook and shape sweets by hand, from the pan to the finished sweet. About 45 minutes, demonstrations on set days only." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/atelier-des-bonbons-beaune lang: en updated: 2026-10-01 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/atelier-des-bonbons-beaune.png --- # L’Atelier des Bonbons > L’Atelier des Bonbons: Watch artisan confectioners cook and shape hand-made sweets in a small Beaune workshop. L’Atelier des Bonbons is in Beaune. Opening hours: 2 January to 31 December: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 19:00; Wednesday, 15:00 to 19:00; Saturday, 10:00 to 19:00 · Allow about 45 minutes. L'Atelier des Bonbons is a small confectionery workshop in Beaune where sweets are still cooked and shaped by hand. Its confectioners, Marion and Benoît, hold regular demonstrations that follow the sugar from the pan to the finished sweet. It is a fun stop for families and for anyone curious about a rare craft. ## Key facts - Type: Food makers - Location: In Beaune - Coordinates: 47.0219, 4.8406 - In Beaune itself - Open all year except 1 January - Allow about 45 minutes - Where: [Beaune · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune) - Official website: [latelierdesbonbons.fr](https://www.latelierdesbonbons.fr) - In Beaune, where your driver is based. - €290 for a [half-day wine tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) starting here, up to 4 guests ## Getting there Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) ## History Marion and Benoît have worked as artisan confectioners since 2020. In their workshop they make a wide range of sweets by hand, from lollipops and barley sugar to marshmallows and caramels, and their demonstrations show how the house's signature sweet is made. Hand-made sugar confectionery of this kind has become rare, and the pair enjoy sharing their know-how with visitors, explaining each stage of the work and the precision it demands. ## What you will see During a demonstration of about 45 minutes, you watch the whole process: the sugar is cooked, poured from the pan, then worked and shaped by hand into the house sweet. The confectioners explain the traditional techniques as they go, and answer questions. Afterwards you can browse the shop and take some sweets home as a souvenir. It is a rare chance to see a traditional confectioner at work. The range made on the spot includes sugar crystals, nougat, fruit jellies, lollipops, barley sugar, caramels, marshmallows and liquorice, as well as caramelised hazelnuts and pecans. Look out for the wine sweets, shaped from wines of the region and made either crunchy or soft. ## Opening hours and tickets - Opening hours: 2 January to 31 December: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 19:00; Wednesday, 15:00 to 19:00; Saturday, 10:00 to 19:00 Sugar-cooking demonstrations of about 45 minutes start on Thursdays at 15:00 and on Saturdays at 14:30 and 16:00. Checked on 1 October 2026 on [beaune-tourisme.fr](https://www.beaune-tourisme.fr/sejourner/bouger-que-faire/activites-loisirs/fabrication-de-bonbons-a-latelier-des-bonbons-beaune-fr-5037859/). ## Planning your visit Allow about 45 minutes. Demonstrations take place on Thursday afternoons and twice on Saturday afternoons, so Saturday gives you the most choice. Marion and Benoît also make up gift boxes and sweet hampers to order, for weddings, christenings, birthdays and company events. The workshop is on the rue d'Alsace, within walking distance of the town centre. The sweets can also be ordered online, for delivery, free from €79, or for collection at the shop. ## Did you know? Every sweet at L'Atelier des Bonbons is shaped by hand, and visitors can follow the whole process, from the moment the cooked sugar leaves the pan to the finished sweet. ## Around L’Atelier des Bonbons What to combine with L’Atelier des Bonbons on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune) (1 km away): The wine capital of Burgundy, with the Hôtel-Dieu, old ramparts and cellars beneath its streets. - [Chorey-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chorey-les-beaune) (4 km away): A village on the gentle land just north of Beaune, known for supple and fruity reds. - [Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pommard) (4 km away): A red-wine village between Beaune and Volnay, known for deep, firm Pinot Noir. ### Châteaux - [Château de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beaune) (1 km away): Louis XI's fortress in the Beaune ramparts, now home to the Bouchard Père & Fils wine house. - [Château de Challanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-challanges) (3 km away): A 19th-century country house in a wooded park south-east of Beaune, now a hotel. - [Château de Chorey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chorey) (3 km away): A moated manor with lone round towers and a dovecote, at the edge of Chorey. ### Things to do - [Beaune Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-des-beaux-arts-beaune), 1 km away: Beaune's fine arts museum, reopened in 2026, from Neolithic finds to the Venetian views of Félix Ziem. - [Alain Hess Cheese Shop (Fromagerie Alain Hess)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-alain-hess-beaune), 1 km away: Beaune's master cheesemonger on the place Carnot, and the creator of the Délice de Pommard cheese. - [Marché aux Vins](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-aux-vins-beaune) (1 km away): Taste Burgundy wines in the cellars and chapels of a medieval Franciscan church facing the Hôtel-Dieu. ### Restaurants - [Le Carmin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-carmin-beaune) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Christophe Quéant's poised, product-first cooking in a Renaissance house on place Carnot - [Clos du Cèdre](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/clos-du-cedre-beaune) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A winemaker's mansion by Beaune's ramparts, with a starred kitchen and a cellar of over 1,000 wines - [Table de Levernois](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/table-de-levernois) (4 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Relais & Châteaux country house outside Beaune, with its own kitchen garden and 1,800 wines ### Events - **Friday 13 – Sunday 15 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune): Burgundy's great charity wine auction, first held in 1859 and now staged each November in Beaune's covered halls. (Wine auction · Beaune) - **Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon de dégustation Pains Vins Fromages](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-pains-vins-fromages-beaune): Bread, cheese and wine under Beaune's covered halls, run by the town's tourism students. (Food & markets · Beaune) - **Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vignobles en Scène](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vignobles-en-scene-beaune): An October weekend of one-off wine experiences along the Route des Grands Crus. (Wine festival · Beaune and the Côte de Beaune) - **Friday, 13 November 2026 – Tuesday, 5 January 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune): Light projections on Beaune's landmarks, every evening in summer and from the Vente des Vins to early January. (Culture · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Semi-Marathon de la Vente des Vins de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-vente-des-vins-beaune): Burgundy's best-known half marathon, run through Pommard, Volnay and Meursault on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Sport · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne): Every Burgundy appellation in one hall, poured by the growers themselves, on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Beaune Blues Boogie Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-blues-boogie-festival): Five nights of boogie-woogie, blues and swing in Beaune's theatres and wine cellars. (Music · Beaune) - **Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Le Festi’Noël](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festi-noel-marche-de-noel-beaune): Beaune's Christmas market by the Porte Marie de Bourgogne, with crafts, treats and mulled wine. (Christmas · Beaune) - **Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 April 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Festival Beethoven à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-beethoven-beaune): A spring chamber music festival devoted to Beethoven, led by the cellist Sung-Won Yang. (Music · Beaune) - **Each year over several weeks in late spring and early summer, usually ending in early July** · [Mois des Climats](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/mois-des-climats): A festival of visits, walks and tastings celebrating Burgundy's UNESCO-listed Climats. (Culture · Beaune and the Côte-d'Or vineyards) - **Usually Ascension Thursday, in May, with staggered departures from late morning** · [Beaune Saveurs de Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-saveurs-de-vignes): A gourmet walk through Beaune's vineyards, with growers pouring at every stop. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Usually four consecutive weekends in July** · [Festival international d’opéra baroque de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-opera-baroque-beaune): Since 1983, a summer festival of baroque opera in the Hôtel-Dieu courtyard and Beaune's historic churches. (Music · Beaune) - **Late September, over four days from Thursday to Sunday (24 to 27 September in 2026)** · [Festival d’automne Jazz O’Verre](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-jazz-o-verre-beaune): Four days of jazz in Beaune at the end of September, in the spirit of a good glass of wine. (Music · Beaune) - **Early October, on a Saturday, with starts from late morning (3 October in 2026)** · [L’Automnale](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/l-automnale-beaune-cyclos): An autumn cycling tour of the Côte and Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, from 44 to 90 km. (Sport · Beaune) ### Guides about L’Atelier des Bonbons - [Burgundy with children](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-with-children) ## Questions about L’Atelier des Bonbons ### How long does a visit to L’Atelier des Bonbons take? For the visit, allow about 45 minutes. ### When is L’Atelier des Bonbons open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (latelierdesbonbons.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to L’Atelier des Bonbons? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=sight:bonbons): Half-day wine tour from Beaune: €290 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - --- Canonical page: