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Filled Belgian chocolates, a hard chocolate shell enclosing ganache, praline paste, caramel or cream. Bruges carries one of the densest chocolatier scenes in the country, much of it still handmade.
The filled Belgian chocolate, the praline, was invented in Brussels by Jean Neuhaus in 1912, who replaced bitter pharmacy chocolate coatings with a shell around a sweet filling. The craft spread across Belgium and Bruges became one of its heartlands, with dozens of chocolatiers in the medieval core. Many still make their pralines by hand in workshops behind the shop, from the experimental Chocolate Line under Dominique Persoone to the guild house Pol Depla with its Brugs Swaentje.
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The Chocolate Line on Simon Stevinplein in Bruges is Dominique Persoone's lab, where pralines run from caramelised shrimp-head to tree-to-bar Criollo cacao.
TipWatch the workshop through the back glass. Gault&Millau voted it Belgium's best chocolaterie in 2023.
Dumon on the Eiermarkt in Bruges is a family chocolatier making fresh pralines daily from old family recipes. Small shop, short queues, serious chocolate.
TipBuy a small box fresh rather than a sealed tin; the pralines are best within days. Several Dumon shops exist; this is the flagship.
Sukerbuyc on Katelijnestraat in Bruges makes its chocolates in the workshop behind the shop, so you watch the pralines finished, with a tearoom alongside.
TipThe attached tearoom serves a proper hot chocolate. The workshop is visible from the counter.
Belgian pralines makes more sense with someone from Bruges explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
2.5 hours
Become a chocolate maker and create your own Belgian chocolates in a guided workshop. Master the tips and tricks required to make delicious praline and mendiant chocol...
1.5 hours
Join a hands-on chocolate truffle workshop in Bruges to learn how to make your own delicious Belgian chocolate truffles. Take home your own chocolates and taste some d...
Entry ticket · 1 hour
Visit the Choco Story chocolate museum in Bruges and learn how to prepare your own sweet treats with a chocolate-making workshop for adults and children aged 7 years a...