This April, don’t be afraid to indulge your sweet tooth! Whether or not you celebrate Easter, the holiday is a great opportunity for all sweet tooths to indulge themselves. Fortunately, New York has no shortage of delicious places, French or otherwise, to buy eggs, chickens, rabbits, and other chocolate treats. Here are our recommendations.
Kreuther Handcrafted Chocolate
This year, why not give the gift of Michelin-starred chocolates? Gabriel Kreuther, chef of the two-Michelin-starred establishment that takes his name, also runs a chocolate shop, where he applies his expertise to create a top-of-the-range tasting experience. In collaboration with pastry chef Marc Aumont, this year the Alsatian is offering Easter “Ba-na-nion” cookies made to look like the minions from Despicable Me (and named for one of the songs they sing) via his website. These are shortbread cookies filled with banana and salted caramel ganache, with two eyes and a black belt ($48 for 12). You can also purchase a box of 6 multicolored eggs perfect for Easter ($64). Then there’s the “Krispy treat,” a wafer of dark chocolate, marshmallow and brown rice, topped with milk chocolate nougat with a rabbit design ($48). Kreuther will also offer the “Cordial Bonbon Collection,” 16 bonbons in original flavors (Irish coffee, limoncello, mango tequila sunrise – $48 per box of 16). And let’s not forget his “Cheesecake macarons,” a subtle fusion of these two desserts in mango-passionfruit, pistachio, coffee, red fruit, cheesecake, and chocolate-hazelnut ($84 for 24). Order online now (nationwide delivery or pick up at the restaurant).
Address: Gabriel Kreuther, 41 W. 42nd Street, New York
Contact: 212-201-1985
Thiery Atlan
Thierry Atlan has been in an inventive mood this year, with no fewer than 15 creations for the Easter 2025 collection. The French chocolatier, who runs his business alongside his daughter Julie, offers a varied selection: hens, eggs, rabbits, and bunny-shaped cookies to suit all budgets. For larger budgets, there’s a limited-edition watering can egg a foot tall, weighing over two pounds – accompanied by a bag of fritures, the fish and seafood-shaped chocolates popular in France around Easter – for $125. Fans of praline-covered eggs will also be delighted with Atlan’s homemade egg sachets, available in dark and milk chocolate.
Choose from the most classic chocolate subjects: a large-format milk chocolate bunny ($24) or a hen ($17). Also multicolored fritures to brighten up your baskets! Order online and pick up on site. Shipping not available.
Address: Thierry Atlan Soho, 436 West Broadway, New York
Contact: 646-476-8149
Lysée
Well-known among gourmets, this refined patisserie is also offering Easter specialties this holiday season. Its chef, Korean Eunji Lee, who has worked at some of Paris’s top establishments (Ze Kitchen Galerie, Le Meurice), offers a duo comprising a rabbit (brown rice mousse, gianduja, and crispy vanilla marshmallow) and an egg (coconut mousse, mango-passionfruit jelly), for $22. Available in-store from Tuesday, April 8 through Sunday, April 20, you can submit pre-orders on their website now.
Address: Lysée, 44 E 21ST St, New York
L’Atelier du Chocolat
In Jersey City, French chef Eric Girerd’s Atelier du Chocolat – ranked in the Top 10 of North American chocolatiers a few years ago – doesn’t limit itself to the traditional Easter egg, but instead offers a whole range of chocolate animals. Choose from a duck for $6.50, an XXL egg and filling for $52, an extra-large with egg and duck inside for $85, or a rabbit or hen for $25. All shapes, all sizes, all prices… You’re bound to find what you’re looking for. You can order online now.
Address: L’Atelier du Chocolat, 251 Newark Avenue Jersey City
Contact: 201-332-9220
Jacques Torres Chocolat
“Adorable and delicious, you won’t want to hide our Easter treats.” There’s no doubt that Jacques Torres knows how to arouse our curiosity and make our mouths water when he boasts about his chocolate creations. On the menu: a smiling bunny for $19 (milk or dark chocolate), a surprise basket for $75, or a collection of treats for the whole family for $135. Alternatively, a box of chocolate bonbons at $50 is sure to delight adults while the kids are off hunting for eggs in the lawn. All of these products are available on Jacques Torres’ website and in his boutiques.
Address: Dumbo, 66 Water Street Brooklyn; Grand Central Terminal, 17 Grand Central Terminal
Contact: Dumbo – 718-875-1269; Grand Central – 929-427-0988
Michel Cluizel
Break away from the classics and tempt your taste buds with Michel Cluizel’s original chocolate animals: a baby chick filled with eggs ($22) or a manga-style rabbit with closed eyes, also filled with eggs ($25). You can also get a little whimsical with a pirate egg ($42), or go classic with a large rabbit ($38) or the decorated egg ($80). You can order online or visit Cluizel’s boutique in New Jersey.
Address: Chocolat Michel Cluizel, 575 NJ-73 Bldg D, Suite 5, Berlin Twownship
Contact: 856-486-9292
Chocolat Moderne
“Art To Eat.” On her website, Joan Coukos, founder of Chocolat Moderne, sets the tone. From design to chocolate-making, this chocolatier has been perfecting her art for the past 20 years, and aesthetes and gourmets alike will love her customized chocolate eggs. Available in boxes of 6, 9, or 16 pieces ($79, $109, and $179, respectively), they are also sold individually ($16) or in sets of 3 ($45), and are as original in their appearance as in their flavor: almond orange, pomegranate, baklava, passionfruit, or raspberry… There’s even a vegan version. For the third year running, 10% of sales will be donated to the World Central Kitchen, which runs food kitchens in Ukraine. All products are available in Coukos’ Chelsea boutique or online.
Address: Chocolat Moderne, 27 West 20th Street, Suite 904, New York
Contact: 212-229-4797
Ladurée
It’s Easter Time at Ladurée! True to its romantic pastel universe, the famous pastry house from the Rue Royale has reinvented its Easter collection around the idea of a garden filled with luminous mimosas and populated by adorable rabbits, screen-printed eggs, and praline treats. Take your pick between rabbits in dark, milk, or white chocolate painted pink (two sizes at $28 and $38), and bags of chocolate figurines ($22). There are also hazelnut and coconut macarons covered in chocolate, and their “Eugénie” pâtisserie filled with coconut and caramel. And, of course, gift boxes of 8 and 18 macaroons ($33 and $75/78). Order online or buy in-store.
Address: Soho, 398 W Broadway; Madison, 864 Madison Avenue
Contact: 646-392-7868; 626-558-3157
La Maison du Chocolat
With its three Manhattan locations, La Maison du Chocolat remains a safe bet in terms of traditional creations designed to honor the spirit of Easter. Crack open an egg made with peanut praline and fleur de sel ($24), or get a whole box of 4 ($60). For the little ones, the “Peek-a-boo” bunny in small ($38) or large ($70) is a real treat! A box of hazelnut eggs is also available for $70. Order online (free delivery from $150) or in boutiques.
Address: Rockefeller Center- 30 W 49th St; Upper East Side – 1018 Madison Avenue; Columbus Circle, THE SHOPS AT 10 Columbus Circle; Penn Station – 383 West 31st Unit 56; SoHo – 199 Prince Street
Contact: Rockefeller Center – (212) 265-9404; Upper East Side – (212) 744-7117; Columbus Circle – (718) 215-7058; SoHo – (212)265-9403
Épicerie Boulud
One of the most famous French chefs in the USA, Daniel Boulud knows how to please young and old with his Easter creations, among them a gift box containing six hand-painted chocolate eggs (flavored with caramel, hazelnut feuilletine, and raspberry), chocolate mendiants, chocolate financiers, Viennese whirl cookies, and a lemon-poppy seed loaf, at $59 per box. Order online via Goldbelly for nationwide delivery.
Venchi
The “Chocogelateria” franchise has also released its Easter collection. With boxes of pretty decorated eggs ($29), or ones filled with hazelnut, pistachio, gianduja, or stracciatella ($69 to $79), a bunny box filled with mini-eggs ($18), a little bunny or chicken in milk or dark chocolate ($18.50), there’s something for everyone! Order online or in boutiques.
Neuhaus
It’s impossible to complete this list without mentioning the well-known Belgian brand Neuhaus, which has been providing chocolate treats worldwide since 1857. This year, it is offering 15 limited edition eggs in exotic flavors: lemon and bergamot with pumpkin seeds, roasted hazelnut and chia seeds, poppy seeds and calamondin (a lime from the Philippines), quinoa and blood orange, praline almond and sunflower seeds ($49), as well as a whole range of praline eggs (their specialty), wrapped in decorations of all colors and sizes. An assortment of 9 chocolates in a bunny (Peach or Green Easter) is available for $25, alongside large eggs in white, milk, or dark chocolate ($40). Order online and in boutiques.
This article was originally published in French on French Morning, and appears here in translation.
