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The World’s 100 Best Pastry Shops

Moulin Chocolat

Madrid, Spain

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST PASTRY SHOPS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 33 2026
Moulin Chocolat

A small French-style pastry shop and bakery beside Retiro Park, selling croissants, cakes, macarons, chocolates and Spanish seasonal sweets. It is known for a chocolate palmier with a thick, divisive fondant-style coating and for its Three Kings' roscón.

Highlights

  • Chocolate palmier
  • Cheesecake and raspberry croissants
  • Roscón and seasonal sweets

Good to know

  • Palmier costs €4.90, prices run high
  • Queues for Three Kings' Day cakes
  • Cake orders taken by phone with card

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