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Les Papillotes de Noël



Les Papillotes de Noël are traditional, foil-wrapped Christmas chocolates.
They began in the city of Lyon in 1790 at la chocolaterie of Monsieur Papillot.
The chocolate-maker had a niece who lived above the shop. A young apprentice who was employed by Monsieur Papillot fell in love with her.


Tu es belle. Je t'aime.

The young man invented a clever way of sending secret love messages to his employer's niece.
He would wrap a chocolate inside a piece of paper on which his message was written. Then he would send it to her. When she unwrapped the chocolate, she would find the secret words hidden inside!

