Watch artisan confectioners cook and shape hand-made sweets in a small Beaune workshop.
€290for a half-day wine tour starting here, up to 4 guests
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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.
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.
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.
Sugar-cooking demonstrations of about 45 minutes start on Thursdays at 15:00 and on Saturdays at 14:30 and 16:00.
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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.
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For the visit, allow about 45 minutes.
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.
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Half-day wine tour from Beaune: €290 for the car, up to 4 guests
