Bruges: Belgian Praline and Mendiants Chocolate Workshop
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...
Belgium's spiced caramelised biscuit: a thin crisp cookie made with brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, traditionally pressed in carved wooden moulds depicting saints, windmills or scenes from the harvest.
Speculoos originated in the Low Countries in the medieval period as a Saint Nicholas Day biscuit (December 5 and 6), pressed in elaborate wooden moulds called speculaasplanken. The Dutch sister biscuit speculaas became the international name, but the Belgian Bruges and Antwerp versions developed a distinct caramel-forward profile with darker browning. The 19th century saw Maison Dandoy in Brussels (founded 1829) industrialise the form, and Lotus Bakeries in Lembeke commercialised the global biscoff version in 1932. In Bruges the biscuit is sold by Chocolaterie Sukerbuyc and Dumon Chocolatier.
4 editor picks for Speculoos in Bruges, ranked by editorial score. All Bruges signature dishes · Speculoos across every city.
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Dumon Chocolatier ★ 4.5
markt · Eiermarkt 6, 8000 Brugge
Dumon on the Eiermarkt in Bruges is a family chocolatier making fresh pralines daily from old family recipes. Small shop, short queues, serious chocolate.
Chocolaterie Sukerbuyc ★ 4.4
minnewater · Katelijnestraat 5, 8000 Brugge
Sukerbuyc on Katelijnestraat in Bruges makes its chocolates in the workshop behind the shop, so you watch the pralines finished, with a tearoom alongside.
The Old Chocolate House ★ 4.1
minnewater · Mariastraat 1, 8000 Brugge
The Old Chocolate House on Mariastraat in Bruges pairs a praline shop with a tearoom, where you stir your own hot chocolate from warm milk and cocoa buttons.
Diksmuids Boterhuis ★ 4.1
markt · Geldmuntstraat 23, 8000 Brugge
Diksmuids Boterhuis on Geldmuntstraat has been a Bruges food shop since 1936, with a counter of West Flemish cheeses, farmhouse bread and cured ham.
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