Location & History

Sucré is located on Magazine Street

Magazine Street

Magazine Street is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. Like Tchoupitoulas Street, St. Charles Avenue, and Claiborne Avenue, it reflects the curving course of the Mississippi River...

 in the Garden District in New Orleans. Sucré (French for sugared)is owned by New Orleans restaurateur, and former Emeril Lagasse

Emeril Lagasse

'Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as “Kick it up a notch!” and...

 sous chef, Joel Dondis. Dondis partnered with famous pastry chef Tariq Hanna

Tariq Hanna

Tariq Hanna is Executive Pastry Chef and partner of the Sucré dessert boutique in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born and raised in Nigeria, and after attending boarding school in England, Tariq moved to the United States to attend Lawrence Technical University in Detroit, Michigan...

 to open the restaurant.

At the time Sucré opened in 2007, it was the first dessert-only restaurant in New Orleans. Sucré serves plated desserts with custom garnishes in addition to boxed sweets.

Pistachio & Rose Petal bar

Pistachio & Rose Petal is a candy bar sold exclusively through Sucré and through their website. It is packaged for individual sale and also in bundles mixed with Sucré's other chocolate bars. It is made of milk chocolate studded with Sicilian pistachios and candied rose petals and was first created by famous pastry chef Tariq Hanna

Tariq Hanna

Tariq Hanna is Executive Pastry Chef and partner of the Sucré dessert boutique in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born and raised in Nigeria, and after attending boarding school in England, Tariq moved to the United States to attend Lawrence Technical University in Detroit, Michigan...

 at Sucre Sweet Boutique. Tariq is known for his unique pairings of exotic ingredients including these Sicilian pistachios, candied rose petals and violets, and Venezuelan chocolate

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

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Ingredients

The main ingredients in this chocolate bar are Sicilian Pistachios, Milk Chocolate, and Candied Rose Petals. The Sicilian pistachios are specifically chosen because they are said to have a stronger, sharper taste, due perhaps in part to the volcanic soil in which they're grown, and are slightly longer and thinner than those grown in the Middle East.