Champagne corks

In the shape of a champagne cork and wrapped in thin and colourful aluminium foil, these chocolates melt in your mouth and release a Marc de Champagne liqueur contained in a thin sugar shell. They can also be filled with praline or a chocolate ganache.

First of all, the crystallised sugar shell is made. Inside this is the liqueur (the marc). Then, the shell full of liqueur is coated with melted chocolate. At this stage, the cork is drained and cooled so that it hardens.

In 1951, Guy Jubin concocted "surprise" champagne bottles containing sweets filled with marc. Only 5 years later, in 1956, did Gilbert Broisson, the founder of the company CHOCOGIL, create the Bouchon de Champagne. 

La Petite Friande
In 1951, La Petite Friande was the first shop to sell the Marc de Champagne Bouchons, which swiftly became a speciality of Reims.
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Chocolaterie Thibault
You will be delighted by the smell which envelops you and draws you into this wonderful world of chocolate. A guided tour takes you from the cocoa tree to the delicious chocolates that will be made before your very eyes. Whether they are filled with marc de champagne liqueur or ratafia, these typical Champagne sweets will be available for sale on site.
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