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This Burnaby Christmas dessert collection makes me purr like a kitten

Lots of people like to give out chocolates for Christmas, but I swear, if I ever get another box of Black Magic I’m going to scream.
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Mon Paris owner and pastry chef Elena Krasnova has brought back a few must-have signature treats in addition to her delicious new festive offerings. Mon Paris Pâtisserie photo

Lots of people like to give out chocolates for Christmas, but I swear, if I ever get another box of Black Magic I’m going to scream.

There’s no reason to give our substandard chocolates for Christmas in Burnaby when you have so many great place to choose from.

Case in point,Mon Paris Pâtisserie (4396 Beresford St., Burnaby).

Sweetening the season with her gorgeous new holiday collection, Mon Paris owner and pastry chef Elena Krasnova has brought back a few must-have signature treats in addition to her delicious new festive offerings.

Playful chocolate characters, delightful stocking stuffers, lavish advent calendars and an exclusive lineup of decadent Yule logs are available now until Christmas at Mon Paris.

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Mon Paris owner and pastry chef Elena Krasnova has brought back a few must-have signature treats in addition to her delicious new festive offerings. Mon Paris Pâtisserie photo

Yule log (serves eight)

• Pistachio raspberry, $38: raspberry jelly with pistachio bavaroise, crunch, cream and biscuit. 

• Redcurrant vanilla, $38: organic redcurrant jelly, Japanese biscuit with vanilla crème mousseline. 

• Log exotique, $42: orange marmalade and biscuit, passion fruit, banana and mango crème brûlée, with dark chocolate mousse.

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Mon Paris owner and pastry chef Elena Krasnova has brought back a few must-have signature treats in addition to her delicious new festive offerings. Mon Paris Pâtisserie photo

Holiday chocolate gifts

• Chocolate tree, $23: milk or dark chocolate, with a variety of nuts and dried fruits. 

• Milk chocolate Rudolph, $18: made with real milk chocolate. 


• Chocolate poinsettia flowerpot, $15.50: milk, dark and ruby chocolate. 


• Chocolate ornament, $14.50: milk or dark chocolate ornaments decorated with an elf, snowman or ornate design, with signature truffles. 

• Chocolate baskets with ornaments, $58: milk chocolate basket with two ornate milk or dark chocolate ornaments filled with signature truffles. 

• Advent calendar, $24: behind each day hides one of five premium Belgian chocolates (white, milk, dark, caramel and ruby). 

• Chocolate stocking stuffers, $2.95: Christmas tree and gingerbread men shaped milk chocolates. 

• Chocolate Santa hat bonbons, $1.70: dark chocolate filled with cranberry ganache

The 2019 holiday collection is available now at Mon Paris Pâtisserie. Yule logs can be ordered in advance for pickup on Dec. 22, 23 and 24, 2019. Orders for Yule logs, holiday collection treats, boxes of macarons and Belgian chocolate bonbons can be made online, in-person at Mon Paris, through email at info@monparis.ca or by phone at 604-564-5665.