Laois chocolatiers included in Michelin Guide equivalent for chocolate

Laois business Temptation Chocolates have been included in the Michelin Guide equivalent for chocolate, Le Guide des Croqueurs de Chocolat 2025. 

Chocolatier twin sisters Kate and Ruth O'Hara, originally from Durrow, travelled to Paris for the launch of the very exclusive guide. Temptation Chocolates, based in Abbeyleix, was the only Irish business to be included in this year's guide.

 "We are absolutely over the moon to have been included in the Michelin Guide equivalent for chocolate, Le Guide des Croqueurs de Chocolat 2025 and to have been awarded Tablette d’Argent distinction! This guide recognises the best chocolatiers in France & abroad, and it’s an honour to have been included, especially being the only Irish chocolate business," they said.

 "We were delighted to be invited over to Paris to the @salonduchocolat for the launch of this amazing guide. Thank you so much for this prestigious recognition and thank you all so much for your amazing support, we couldn’t do this without you!"

In the midst of the pandemic Kate and Ruth left behind careers in accounting and finance in Dublin to turn their hobby into a business in early 2021. They grew up with a love of French chocolateries and patisseries from family holidays to France and started dabbling with chocolate in the depths of the pandemic as an escape. The business has gone from strength to strength since then.