LA LOUPE Garmisch - Partenkirchen No. 1 - 2013/2014

‘Chocolate can be
compared with wine
– cultivation region,
type and the way it was
processed count.’
‘Each member of
staff can try the new
products. And my wife
is the greatest critic.’
‘Whether men or
women – chocolate
can be used to catch
them all!’
‘Our Gapalade is the
type of chocolate that
goes perfectly with
Garmisch-Partenkirchen.’
‘The fact that chocolate
makes you happy is
scientifically proven!’
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Schokolade aus Tansania zum Rotwein. Oder eine Grand-
Cru-Schokolade, deren raue Kakaosubstanz und Rohzuckerkristalle
langsam auf der Zunge zergehen. Oder …
engl. ⁄ Since 2003 it has been enchanting locals
and guests of Garmisch-Partenkirchen alike:
Chocolaterie Amelie!
Seriously spoilt for choice: 40 types of homemade broken chocolate,
30 types of hand-scooped chocolate bars, drinking chocolates and 50
types of filled chocolates. ‘But we also offer figurines like our new and
remarkably real-looking chocolate tools’ is what the owner, Franz
Kässer, tells us. His recipe for success: only the best raw materials
are used to make individual chocolate creations by hand and by now
there are two stores you can try them
at – in Garmisch’s pedestrian zone
and in Partenkirchen’s Ludwigstrasse.
Franz Kässer likes to find
inspiration for new creations while
he travels, to France, the N ° 1
Gourmet-Nation, for example – but
it’s also personal preferences and
the latest trends that influence what
is handed over the counters in his
lovely shops. Franz Kässer smirks
as he easily admits to the fact that
as a salesman it can indeed be hard
to resist the temptation: ‘Of course
the boss has to sample his products
personally!’. According to scientific
studies this must make him a very
happy man, many substances
contained in chocolate are proven to
prompt the production of happiness
hormones in the brain. The dark
colored ‘food for the gods’ is even
said to be an aphrodisiac and to
prevent heart disease. And because