Chocolat Noir 72%
Ecuadorian cacao, slow-roasted, conched for 48 hours.
Maison Gandour · Est. 1857
One hundred and sixty-eight seasons of patience, slow-roasted cacao, brown butter, fleur de sel — composed into confections that ask to be tasted slowly.
Six maisons · Twelve countries
168
Years of craft
Maison
Each brand under the Gandour umbrella carries its own history, its own terroir, its own quiet devotion to craft.
Collections
Ecuadorian cacao, slow-roasted, conched for 48 hours.
A 1948 recipe — brown butter, vanilla from Madagascar, sea salt.
Tahitian vanilla, fleur de sel, a whisper of smoked oak.
Heritage
What began as a single Geneva atelier in 1857 has become a quiet constellation of confectionery houses — each holding to the same first principle: that taste is a form of memory.
Henri Gandour opens a small atelier in Geneva.
Chocolat Noir introduced — a recipe still kept in a vault.
The first international maison opens in Beirut.
Praline Suisse wins the Salon du Chocolat grand prix.
Six houses, twelve countries, one quiet devotion.
Atelier
Maison Mère
14 Rue du Rhône, 1204 Genève
Correspondence
maison@gandour.ch
Heures
Tue — Sat · 10h — 19h
We answer every letter, in time.