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Wooden box 12 marrons glacés
Wooden box of 12 marrons glacés 240g. Individually wrapped in gold foil to guarantee freshness. Vacuum-packed. This is the most traditional box...
€27.50
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Metal collection Funfair tin
“Funfair” collection tin of 8 marrons glacés 160g. Individually wrapped in gold foil to guarantee freshness. Vacuum-packed. No party without...
€19.80
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Metal tin 9 chestnuts
160g tin of 9 whole marrons glacés Douceurs Provençales Packaged in a protective atmosphere. As soon as they're candied and glazed, our...
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Curious about
the story behind
The art of tasting
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Tasting a candied chestnut

Never bite into a marron glacé! It is gently grasped between the thumb and forefinger to separate the fruit into two parts. Inside, a translucent pearl of sugar will appear in the middle of the shiny pulp of flavour and sugar.

Take your time, taste and savour each flavour as it comes through.

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Wooden box 18 marrons glacés
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Wooden box 18 marrons glacés
Wooden box of 18 marrons glacés 360g. Individually wrapped in gold foil to guarantee freshness. Vacuum-packed. This is the box for large...
€29.70 -25% Regular price €39.60
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Vintage Yellow Gift Collection of 16 marrons glacés
Yellow gift collection" cardboard box of 16 marrons glacés 320g. Individually folded in gold foil to guarantee freshness. Vacuum packed....
€27.75 -25% Regular price €37.00
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Collection Gift Grey theme Retro 16 marrons glacés
“Grey gift collection” cardboard box of 16 marrons glacés 320g. Individually wrapped in gold foil to guarantee freshness. Vacuum-packed.   The...
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Cardboard box 18 marrons glacés
Cardboard box of 18 whole marrons glacés 320g Douceurs Provençales Savouring a marron glacé isn't enough - "you need to try at least two or...
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Wooden box 12 marrons glacés
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Wooden box 12 marrons glacés
Wooden box of 12 marrons glacés 240g. Individually wrapped in gold foil to guarantee freshness. Vacuum-packed. This is the most traditional box...
€20.63 -25% Regular price €27.50
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Gourmet selection
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Gourmet selection
Gourmet selection including: 1 Ballotin box of large chunks of marrons glacés 250g 1 350g jar of crème de marrons   When you love something, you...
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Box of 8 marrons glacés with Cognac
“Alcohol collection” wooden base box of 8 whole marrons glacés with Cognac 160g. Packaged in a protective atmosphere. A marron glacé is good, but...
€17.55 -25% Regular price €23.40
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Wooden box 10 chestnut-style marrons
Wooden box of 10 marrons glacés 180g. Carved in a chestnut style. Whole, unwrapped marrons glacés. To guarantee freshness, these marrons glacés...
€17.25 -25% Regular price €23.00
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The manufacturing process
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The selection process

A marron glacé is a candied sweet chestnut. Nothing to do with horse chestnuts, more commonly known as conkers, which grow on horse chestnut trees and are inedible. It's easy to tell them apart: a prickly outer burr contains several horse chestnuts; if there's only one large one, it's a sweet chestnut.

The selection of chestnuts
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The peeling process

Everything is done by hand. An incision is made in the hull of the sweet chestnut, which is then steamed. All that remains is to remove the second skin and any stubborn strips of skin. Fruit that breaks up during the peeling process can be used for purée or cream, but not for marrons glacés.

Peeling chestnuts
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The wrapping in tulle process

Attention, extreme delicacy required! Once the sweet chestnuts are ready, they are placed in pairs, face to face, in little tulle pouches. The tulle prevents the chestnuts from breaking during cooking and absorbing too much sugar.

Wrapping chestnuts in tulle
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The candying process

For 6 to 7 days in a row, the chestnuts are immersed in sugar baths that get sweeter by the day, and flavoured with whole bunches of black Madagascar vanilla pods. Day after day, the water escapes from the fruit, and is replaced by the sugar that preserves it.

Candying chestnuts
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The glazing process

At the end of the 7-day soaking period, the drained sweet chestnuts are sprayed with glaze (a mixture of water and icing sugar). Wrapped in this delicate, protective shell, they are set to one side for a day before being packed.

The glazing of chestnuts
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The packaging process

This is the final stage and you know what? It too is done by hand! This is an essential operation, as it is the last one before the chestnut meets the customer at home. The fruit is delicately handled, placed on a cardboard tray and wrapped to preserve its freshness and softness.

The packaging of chestnuts