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Las Vegas Dessert Tour: World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain October 10, 2009

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Let’s continue on my Las Vegas Dessert Tour with a stop at the delicious Jean Philippe Patisserie inside the Bellagio:

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Berry Crepe

The best way I can think of to describe the Jean Philippe Patiserrie inside Las Vegas’ iconic Bellagio hotel is as a much smaller and much more grown-up French version of Willy Wonka’s candy factory. 
 
First of all, Jean Philippe Patiserrie is home to the world’s largest running chocolate fountain!  The mouth-watering fountain is 27 ft. tall and circulates over 2100 pounds of melted chocolate.  The fountain has 25 tiers of three types of chocolate: milk, dark, and white.  The chocolate begins its journey in the ceiling, sprouting out of the ceiling into six different glass plates, and continues its journey through a intricate chocolate maze down to the floor.  Sadly, all that chocolate is protected by superheavydutyglass so you can’t stick your head under the chocolate falls as I dreamed of doing.  Check out a video tour on their official website.
Chocolate Crepe with Dark Chocolate Fudge

Chocolate Crepe with Dark Chocolate Fudge

Not only is the Jean Philippe Patisserie famous for their Chocolate Waterfall, they are also known for their French style crepes.  There are all sorts of crepes – sweet, indulgent, fruity, and savory – to satisfy everyone.  We tried three different crepes:

Veggie Crepe: Crepe filled with Mediterrenean vegetable mix and a side of field greens.  Good, but not amazing.  Tasted a little bit like marinara pasta and salad.

Chocolate Crepe: Crepe with chocolate syrup, intense chocolate fudge, brownie bites, chocolate shavings, powdered sugar and mint garnish (comes with whipped cream if you like).  I LOVED this crepe – Very indulgent and SO delicious!  Extremely chocolate-y; a must for chocoholics! 

Berry Crepe: Crepe with berry (strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry) compote, powdered sugar, and whipped cream – my favorite one of the three!  Sweet and berry delicious!  I loved the chunks of fruit and the perfect balance of sweet and tangy fruit.  Very light and leaves you craving more.

Pastries

Pastries

The dessert paradise that is Jean Philippe Patiserrie has a never-ending supply of pastries, candy, cakes, and gelato.  There are giant almond brioches, fancy eclaires, a variety of sandwhiches, baguettes, hazelnut spread, opera cake, slabs of chocolate from the chocolate fountain, Sponge Bob birthday cakes, Hello Kitty cupcakes… you name it!  I could barely take it all in with my eyes.  Can’t wait to go back!

Jean Philippe Gelato

Jean Philippe Gelato

Comments»

1. ali87 - October 10, 2009

yuuummmmmmmmmm :)

2. VeggieGirl - October 10, 2009

True chocolate/dessert heaven!

3. Emily - October 12, 2009

Oh man, I wish we had stopped in when we went to Vegas. Everything looks incredible!

4. Catherine - October 15, 2009

My mouth is literally watering…and that fountain–is it really good chocolate, or just kind of for show?

5. Blond Duck - October 15, 2009

I’m booking my ticket to Vegas now!

6. Lovliebutterfly - October 15, 2009

Oh my! I’ve just had lunch and now I seriously want a chocolate dessert, a really nice decadent one! Those patisserie are awesome!

7. grace - October 15, 2009

i don’t know when it happened, but recently i’ve been craving fruit desserts more than chocolate. shocking, i know. i’d never pass up a chocolate fountain though. :)

8. BitterSweet - October 22, 2009

Looks like sweet, sweet heaven to me!

9. make roux - December 5, 2009

Oh my gosh! Such adorable deliciousness! I especially love the waffles and cookies!

10. ramsha - January 17, 2010

yuuuummmyyy!!! i havea huge marron chocolate fountain at my house right now!! i got for my b.dy!! it has 5 layers!! im going to have some chocolate drink from it right now!!