The chocolate at Christian Constant is delicate, not overly sweet, flavored with subtle spices including Ceylan cinnamon and jasmin from Yemen. His shop in the 6th … arrondissement also has delicious pastries, ice cream, and other delicacies. [link]

Cacao et Chocolat promises a "world of chocolate" by offering every conceivable manner of the sweet stuff, from cocoa powder to chocolate-covered coffee beans. Founded in … 1998, Cacao et Chocolat now has three Paris locations. [link]

La Maison du Chocolat does a brisk business with Parisians and tourists alike, who love the chocolate-colored packaging and the free sample offered with every purchase. … To avoid bitterness, none of the chocolate made here has more than 65% cocoa. Founded in 1977, the Maison du Chocolat empire now includes four Paris boutiques and shops in Cannes, London, New York, and Tokyo. [link]

Richart makes chocolate from the finest ingredients and offers gift boxes with personalized messages written in chocolate for a number of life's important occasions. Its … chocolate collection includes not only after-dinner chocolates, but before-dinner chocolates for the true chocoholic. Richart now has locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. [link]

No chocolate made with fruit fillings, spices, caramels, or liqueurs in master chocolatier Jean-Paul Hévin's shop sits on the shelf for more than three days. At his … shop and upstairs tearoom on rue Saint-Honoré, you can also sample Hévin's heavenly chocolate-based pastries. [link]

Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini starts with the cocoa bean, making his sophisticated chocolates from scratch. That attention to quality and savoir faire has made … him one of the trendiest addresses among chocolate lovers in Paris, New York, Japan, and Kuwait. [link]