Set aside 24 whole hazelnuts for garnish.

Decorate rim with reserved whole hazelnuts and press remaining ground hazelnuts around the sides.

Decorate the top with the whole hazelnuts before the glaze sets.

The chocolates come in dark and milk chocolate varieties as well as bars with nuts and raisins, whole hazelnuts, raisins and liquorice chips.

We started with Plaisirs Sucres, an intricate layering of caramelized puff pastry, hazelnut cream shaped into cigarette-like logs, whole hazelnuts and shavings of milk chocolate.

Taste the gianduia (chocolate-hazelnut ice cream with whole hazelnuts inside) and you'll be an instant convert.

For the chocolate fancier, the dessert of choice might be chocolate triangle, a fudge-like island in a sea of creme anglaise dotted with whole hazelnuts.

Voll-Nuss - Milk chocolate with whole hazelnuts (Brown Wrapper with Hazelnut-Pattern)

Dunkle Voll-Nuss - Dark chocolate with whole hazelnuts (Dark Brown Wrapper with Hazelnut-Pattern)

Weiße Voll-Nuss - White chocolate with whole hazelnuts (White/Cream Wrapper with Hazelnut-Pattern)