A good eclair is like magic….light, chocolately, creamy, and always makes you want another. So, not wanting to waste our precious eclair euros, where can you get a really good eclair au chocolat in Paris?

Le Figaro asked that question, and put 20 pastry shops to
the taste test. Six people were chosen for the jury, both amateurs and professionals.
The criteria? Freshness of the pastry itself, visual aspect of the icing, quality of the chocolate filling, harmony of tastes between the icing and the filling (not too sweet, cohesive textures), welcome of the shopkeepers, and packaging of the eclairs.

And here are the pastry shops that create the best eclairs au chocolat in Paris:

1 - Carette (4 place du Trocadéro XVIe)
2 - Jean-paul Hevin (23 bis avenue de la Motte-Piquet VIIe)
3 - Stohrer (51 rue Montorgueil IIe)
3 - Ladurée (16 rue Royale VIIIe)
5 - Vandermeersch (278 av. Daumesnil XIIe)
6 - La Maison du Chocolat (8 bd. de la Madeleine VIIIe)
6 - Lenôtre (15 bd. de Courcelles VIIIe)
8 - Blé Sucré (7 rue Antoine Vollon XIIe)
9 - Rollet-Pradier (6 rue de Bourgogne VIIe)
9 - Dalloyau (101 rue du Faubourg St Honoré VIIIe)
11 - La Gerbe d’Antan (249 bd Voltaire XIe)
11 - Fauchon (26 place de la Madeleine VIIIe)
11 - Pascal Pinaud (70 rue Monge Ve)
14 - Gérard Mulot (76 rue de Seine VIe)
15 - Arnaud Lahrer (53 rue de Caulaincourt XVIIIe)
15 - Arnaud Delmontel (39 rue des Martyrs IXe)
17 - Paul (17 et 21 rue de Buci VIe)
17 - Kayser (10 rue de l’Ancienne Comédie VIe)
17 - Rousseau et Seurre (22 rue des Martyrs IXe)
17 - Laurent Duchêne ( 2 rue Wurtz (XIIIe)