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The Mont Blanc collection at Epicerie Corner brings together 11 Mont Blanc dairy dessert products: the signature Crème Dessert range in chocolate, Madagascar vanilla, praline and multivariety (4×125g and 570g large formats), and the Récré O'lé children's dairy snack in vanilla, chocolate, caramel and mix formats (4×85g and 12×85g multipacks, and 12×85g squeeze pouches).

About Mont Blanc Crème Dessert

Mont Blanc is a French dairy dessert brand with a long tradition in the crème dessert category — ready-to-eat chilled cream desserts that sit between yoghurt and mousse in terms of texture. The crème dessert is a distinctly French product, typically made from full-fat milk thickened with starch and flavoured with chocolate, vanilla or caramel. Mont Blanc Crème Desserts are made from good-quality milk with no preservatives, using carefully selected ingredients — the Madagascar vanilla version, for example, uses vanilla from Madagascar, one of the world's primary vanilla-producing regions (accounting for approximately 80% of global vanilla production). The brand's positioning emphasises dairy quality and traditional dessert flavours aimed at the whole family.

Crème Dessert Range — 4×125g Portions

The individual portion range (four 125g pots) covers the four core flavours:

• Mont Blanc Chocolate Dessert Cream 4×125g: extra-fine chocolate cream dessert — the most popular flavour in the Mont Blanc range. Made with full-fat milk and cocoa, the chocolate crème dessert has a dense, smooth texture designed to coat the spoon.
• Mont Blanc Madagascar Vanilla Dessert Cream 4×125g: vanilla crème dessert using vanilla from Madagascar — the pods or extract from Bourbon vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) grown in Madagascar, which is the standard of natural vanilla flavouring. The intensity of natural Bourbon vanilla is noticeably different from synthetic vanillin.
• Mont Blanc Praline Dessert Cream 4×125g: a praliné-flavoured crème dessert — combining caramelised hazelnut and almond notes with the creamy milk base. Praliné (caramelised nuts ground to a paste) is a classic French patisserie flavour.
• Mont Blanc Multivariety Dessert Cream 6×125g: a six-pot assortment pack — combines the main flavours (chocolate, vanilla, caramel or similar) in one pack for households who want variety without purchasing multiple single-flavour packs.

Crème Dessert Large Format — 570g

• Mont Blanc Chocolate Dessert Cream 570g: the large-format chocolate crème dessert — equivalent to approximately 4.5 standard individual portions in a single tub. Designed for serving at the table, or for households that consume the product frequently and prefer the economy format.
• Mont Blanc Vanilla Dessert Cream 570g: the large-format vanilla crème dessert — same positioning as the large chocolate format, for regular consumers of the vanilla flavour.

Récré O'lé — Children's Dairy Snack

Récré O'lé is Mont Blanc's dedicated children's dairy snack range — a cream-based dairy dessert in individual 85g serving formats, with 85% milk content and no preservatives. The Récré O'lé range is designed for children's goûter (afternoon snack) use, positioned as a daily dairy snack for school-age children:

• Récré O'lé Vanilla 4×85g: the single-flavour vanilla format in a 4-pot pack — the standard household pack for daily use.
• Récré O'lé Vanilla Gourds 12×85g: the same vanilla formula in squeeze pouch (gourde) format — 12 individual pouches of 85g for on-the-go use (lunchbox, after-school snack, sports). The resealable nozzle format makes it neater than a spoon-based pot for children.
• Récré O'lé Chocolate 12×85g: chocolate flavour in the 12-pack multipack — the economy multipack for households where one child consumes the snack daily.
• Récré O'lé Mix Vanilla, Chocolate, Caramel 12×85g: the variety multipack combining the three main Récré O'lé flavours across 12 pots — for households with multiple children or those who prefer variety.
• Récré O'lé Mix Caramel, Chocolate, Hazelnut Cookie Brownie 12×85g: the four-flavour assortment — caramel, chocolate, hazelnut, and brownie-inspired, in a 12-pot mixed multipack.

For cream desserts and ready-to-eat dairy desserts, see Cream Desserts. For children's desserts and dairy snacks, see Kids' Desserts. For all dessert products, see Desserts.

Mont Blanc FAQs

What is the difference between crème dessert and yoghurt?

Crème dessert and yoghurt are both chilled dairy products but differ in composition and texture. Yoghurt is made by fermenting milk with live bacterial cultures (Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus), giving it a naturally acidic taste and a protein-set structure. Crème dessert is made from milk thickened with modified starch (not fermented) and flavoured with chocolate, vanilla or caramel — it has no acidity and is sweeter and denser. Crème dessert generally has a higher sugar content than plain yoghurt and a different texture: smoother and more uniform, without the slight tang of fermented dairy. Under French law, only fermented dairy products containing live cultures at point of sale can be labelled as yaourt (yoghurt).

Why is Madagascar vanilla considered higher quality?

Madagascar is the world's primary source of Bourbon vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), supplying approximately 80% of global production. Bourbon vanilla grown in Madagascar is valued for its high vanillin content — typically 1.5–2% by dry weight — and its characteristic complex flavour, which includes not just vanillin but hundreds of other aromatic compounds that develop during the curing process (which takes 3–6 months). This contrasts with synthetic vanillin, which provides only the single dominant flavour compound without the complexity of natural vanilla. When Mont Blanc specifies "vanille de Madagascar" rather than generic "arôme naturel de vanille", it signals the use of real Bourbon vanilla extract or pods rather than a commodity flavour blend.