I had just finished having lunch at Joey K’s on Magazine Street when I came across the dessert shop Sucré. They were bustling with customers, so I knew it must be good.
As soon as I walked in I could smell chocolate. They had every type of dessert you could want: chocolate candies, pastries, rainbow colored macarons, cupcakes, and several gelato choices.
I noticed a sign hanging proudly on their wall that says their éclairs have been voted “World’s Best” for the last 2 years. Naturally, I knew I was going to try one of those.
The éclair was very pretty to look at. It had this iridescent edible glitter on top. The decorative pearls were little crunchy candies.
The pastry dough was light and puffy, exactly what an éclair should be. It was filled with a sweet vanilla cream. They used a ton of filling which was great because this ensured that each bite got cream and not just pastry. The chocolate glaze they used on top was semi-sweet and they used a lot of that too. The dough was not sweet which was good since it balanced out the sweetness that came from the cream and glaze.
I wanted to try another dessert so I went for their Devil’s Food. It was layers of chocolate with those crunchy decorative pearls on top.
If I could re-name this dessert I would call it “Death by Chocolate”. There were 4 different forms of chocolate in this creation. It starts with the moist chocolate cake which was layered with a thick chocolate fudge, like a ganache. Then the cake was covered in a homemade chocolate shell. To decorate the top they used a chocolate buttercream icing.
This dessert was SWEET. If you love chocolate this is a must try. Every component was great but this dessert was overwhelmingly rich. I ended up having to share it because there was no way I could eat it by myself. My favorite part of this was the cake itself. It was light and not as sweet as the other chocolate parts. The sweetness all came from the fudge and icing.
Finding Sucré helped make my visit to New Orleans a little sweeter. They have a few locations around town so check out their website at http://www.shopsucre.com/
If you cannot make it to one of their stores you can buy some of their sweets on their website.
Enjoy!
T
