Artisans & Producers

Candy factory La Fabrique de Julien

Bourg-Argental

In a workshop especially designed to welcome the public, Julien and his team work with sugar & chocolate to make their homemade creations. These confectioners work their magic on the ingredients to create all sorts of sweet treats, in a range of delicious flavours: sweets in all shapes and sizes, marshmallows, etc.

PriceAdult: 7.50 € Child: 6 €. Group rate available for 30 people or more.

opening dateFrom 01/04 to 13/05/2026 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12 pm and between 2 pm and 7 pm. Closed exceptionally on Easter Monday. From 14/05/2026 to 31/12/2027 on Monday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 2 pm and 6 pm. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 2 pm and 7 pm. On Sunday and bank holidays between 10 am and 1 pm and between 2 pm and 6 pm. Closed exceptionally on January 1st, Easter Monday, Whit Monday and December 25th.

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Demonstration of how sweets and chocolates are made using natural ingredients. Sugary and chocolate-based creations of all kinds.

When visitors arrive on the premises, the confectioners/chocolate makers invite them to begin the tour. There are four parts to the tour:
- Explanation of the different natural ingredients used, through fun workshop activities.
- The museum of manufacturing sweets and lollipops the traditional way, and the various tools used in the past.
- A live demonstration from a qualified confectioner of making sweets and lollipops from baked sugar, in an amphitheatre with an opportunity to taste afterwards.
- Walkway overlooking the other workshops (manufacture of marshmallows, nougatine, chocolates, candied chestnuts, and, of course, the packaging room).