The Jacques Bockel chocolate shop was not born in the Vosges, but it has a store here: in Vagney, on the road between La Bresse and Remiremont. For anyone planning a food focused route through the Hautes-Vosges, it makes a good complement to local producers, with a bean to bar chocolate making approach that is rare enough to be worth mentioning. Here is what the shop offers and how to get there.
An Alsatian chocolate house, from cocoa bean to bar
Jacques Bockel is a chocolate house making Alsatian chocolate since 1985, founded by Jacques Bockel, with its head office in Monswiller, near Saverne. What sets it apart: it controls the whole production chain, from roasting the cocoa beans to the finished bar, a “bean to bar” method that few houses in France still practice. The chocolate maker has its own dedicated roasting facility, with single origin bars depending on the harvest.
The network has around fifteen shops spread across Alsace and Lorraine. In the Vosges, the Vagney shop is the closest one to La Bresse: the town belongs to the same tourist area, alongside La Bresse, Cornimont and Ventron.
The Vagney shop: what is on offer
The Vagney shop is a retail point of sale, not a production site. Most of the house range can be found there:
- bean to bar bars in 70g, 200g and 1kg sizes, including several single origin ones,
- molded chocolates,
- the Nut’Alsace spread, made without palm oil,
- sugar free versions made with maltitol,
- gift boxes.
The house highlights commitments tied to the Cocoa Horizons and Cacao-Trace certifications, linked to more traceable cocoa sourcing.
For a family trip, the palm oil free range and the sugar free maltitol versions make it easy to put together a treat basket suited to different people, from a child curious to try a single origin bar to an adult keeping an eye on sugar intake. The gift boxes work well as a souvenir to bring back after time in the Hautes-Vosges, alongside specialities already known in the area such as sweets or farmhouse munster.
Practical information
- Address: 11C rue du Général de Gaulle, Super U retail zone, 88120 Vagney
- Phone: 03 29 61 40 75
- Access from La Bresse: head toward Remiremont, via Cornimont and the Moselotte valley
- Opening hours: not detailed on the official website, it is best to call the shop before making the detour, particularly outside peak season
Visiting the workshop: rather on the Alsace side
For anyone keen to see the production process, the roasting and chocolate making workshop can be visited in Monswiller, near Saverne, some distance from the Vosges. Group visits are offered for 18 people or more, with prior booking by phone. The house also runs occasional workshops (“Mercredis du chocolat”) and open days at the end of the year. None of this takes place in Vagney: the Vosges shop remains a point of sale, which is plenty to round out a food focused stay without the round trip to Alsace.
A sweet stop to combine with other addresses
A detour to Vagney fits easily into a local produce day built around La Bresse. Round out the outing with the free workshop tour at Confiserie Bressaude, where sugar is cooked in copper pans, or a stop at Ferme du Saichy to bring back an AOP farmhouse munster. Beer lovers can happily extend the route with one of the craft breweries around La Bresse, some of which even offer chocolate beers in an autumn-winter edition.
To plan time around these food addresses in the Hautes-Vosges, our chalets in La Bresse offer a practical base for exploring La Bresse, Cornimont and Vagney. The idea is not to fit everything into a single day: it is better to pick two or three stops depending on the time available and leave room for walking or swimming in the nearby lakes.
See also
- Confiserie Bressaude: free workshop visit in La Bresse
- Ferme du Saichy in La Bresse: visit and farmhouse munster
- Craft breweries around La Bresse: 5 addresses to discover
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Jacques Bockel shop closest to La Bresse?
In Vagney, at 11C rue du Général de Gaulle, in the Super U retail zone, 88120 Vagney. This town is part of the same tourist area as La Bresse. Phone: 03 29 61 40 75.
Can you visit the production workshop in Vagney?
No. The Vagney shop is a retail point of sale only. The roasting and production workshop is located in Monswiller, near Saverne, in Alsace, where group visits are organized for 18 people or more, by reservation.
What can you buy at the Vagney shop?
Bean to bar bars in 70g, 200g and 1kg sizes, including several single origin ones, molded chocolates, the Nut'Alsace spread made without palm oil, sugar free versions made with maltitol, and gift boxes.