Popelini

We are absolutely in love with these choux. We used to live in Paris and now live in Thailand — yet these are the pastries we still talk about all the time. This week, during our trip back to France, we made a special stop in Paris just to have them again. Every flavor is delightful and distinct — rich, balanced, and full of character. The perfect harmony of puff, cream, and frosting. It’s hard to put into words how much we adore them. Truly one of the things we miss most about Paris.

The first time I had choux from Popelini was in 2022. They were so good then and still are today in 2025. The cream filling of each of the flavors are well pronounced without being too intense. The texture of the cream is smooth and almost velvety, not so dense that it feels heavy in your mouth. There's a good enough amount of soft crust for you to chew while savouring the cream with each bite.

While this is a new take on Choux pastries, I couldn't shake the feeling that it was a mix of macaron and Choux that I was indulging in. Perhaps it's due to its petite size, but it's incredibly convenient to eat, especially if you're not looking to indulge too much. I tried the Choux of the day, which had a delightful hint of pineapple and mango. It was tasty, although I found there to be a bit too much cream for my liking. My absolute favorite, however, was the Pomme Tatin. It was beautifully flavored and perfectly balanced. Well done!

Incredibly delicious and beautiful cream puffs. We tried the hazelnut, cafe, biscoff and vanilla cookie cream puffs and all well delicious. The cream puffs are light and airy and the flavor of the pastry cream intense. Can’t wait to go back and try other flavors!

The choux are beautiful but have a predominantly ganache flavor, that is not delicate and complex. It's good but not in comparison with Paris boulangeries.

Delicious choux filled with various flavours! Personally I preferred the 'caramel beurre salé', coffee and passion fruit! Take away boxes are nice and everything is definitely instagramable, but some might find 2.50€ a piece is rather salty!

We chose the passion fruit and cafe latte. The flavor largely comes from the crème in the choux. I would recommend to go with tangy/tart flavors after trying both. A reviewer said they are small. It’s true that I could hold both in 1 hand. I think they are the perfect size for a little sweet treat without feeling guilty. I wished the choux was a little more crisp like Beard Papa cream puffs.

Simply lovely and delicious. Really want to go back and try all those flavors. The seller is super nice. Thanks to her, the whole 3 mins in-store experience is truly pleasant. I wish all sellers in Paris were like her!

Amazing custard filled choux -- had never been to this branch but it was every bit as good as the others we have tried. I love the pistachio so always get it but my wife prefers the vanilla

Popped into here on a food tour and it was the delicious ender to our day of eats! Yummmmmmmmmy. I'm not a HUGE sweets person, but these were decadent little bites booming with flavor. It was a cream puff on steroids and I was all about 'em. Must try while walking around the Marais.

The strawberry cream puff was one of the best bites I had in Paris. The cold cream was perfection. I tried another one later in the trip that was also good. But that strawberry mmmmmm

Cute place, great choux pastries, very nice staff, super efficient, great recommendations, a quick but enjoyable experience

Their creme puffs here were just outstanding. So creamy on the inside, and flavorful and crunchy on the outside. My favorite was their vanilla. I know, so vanilla right? Haha.... If it didn't need to be refrigerated, I would have bought a few dozen to take home. It was that good and service was excellent. Cheers!

I had high hopes for this place, we have a similar place in Houston called beard Pappas, and the beard Pappas are about orange sized filled cream puffs for about the same price as you get this small sized item. I had the raspberry lemon, and in my opinion it was way too sweet for the quantity, I wish it was not as sweet. They are beautifully presented. Friendly staff.

You must must must visit Popelini if you're ever in Paris. This is my absolute favorite dessert place ever. I was never a big fan of cream puffs, but decided to try Popelini out since my boyfriend loves them. The first flavor I tried was passionfruit and I literally stopped in my tracks. I was speechless. It was one of the most delicious, beautiful, flavorful, bright, and perfectly sweet desserts I ever had. I also tried their raspberry, pistachio, vanilla, lemon, and hazelnut flavors. All of these were wonderful, but the standouts for me were passionfruit and raspberry. The mini cream puffs are filled with light cream and topped with beautiful sweet icing. They weren't the most affordable desserts around. For 6 of these magical things, it was 14 euros. I came here twice, the first day of my trip and the last. For tourists who do not speak French, don't be scared! The cashiers I encountered were familiar with English.

Another win for the Paris food tour. This was a quaint little shop with super fancy eclairs. While I may have forgotten what I got or how much I paid for it (yay for honeymoon brain), I'll say that this was super cute and worth a visit.

We came here after reading a recommendation from reddit and we don't regret it! The outside window is sooooo cute! and the inside decor is spotless and very simplistic. The creampuffs are slightly pricey, I forget how much. I usually don't like cream puffs in america cause I'm not big on "cream" but I was blown away here. We liked it so much I had to get it again before we left paris! We got a few, but my favorite was the salted caramel and the white-chocolate strawberry one. SO creamy and SO delicious. I do recommend you eat it right away as the cream is chilled and it helps avoid the cream puff being soggy. We also got some more fruit flavors like passion fruit but I'm not sure if I really liked them as much. Highly Recommend! Pop in for a cream puff or two :P

Sweet Jesus, is this place for real? I've been wanting to try their choux since i saw the photos on Instagram- every single flavor was out of this world delicious. Forget the macarons, these petit choux were AMAZING. Can't wait to go back. I would LOVE for them to open one in NYC.

This establishment is incredibly cute and colorful. My eyes lit up when I saw the display. The cream puffs are sold in boxes of 6 for 14 euros or individually for a reasonable price. However, if you purchase less than six expect to take your puffs out on a napkin. I went for the box of six mainly because I was not going straight home and the packaging is sturdy. I love that they slip a sheet that has all their flavors in your bag before you leave. Otherwise, I would not have remembered what I asked for lol. Overall, I rate them 3 stars because service was just okay and the cream puffs were nothing spectacular. I thought the filling in just about all of the flavors I tried were off in one way or another. I bit each puff once before I tossed them away.

The mascarpone cream puff was super cute and delicious!! We were randomly walking by and decided to pop into this place and see what they had-cute cream puffs galore!! Btw, double check the hours. We came on a Sunday at 5pm, but yelp said it closes at 3pm. FYI!

A little pricey for the size but 100% worth it. The flavor of each puff was off the charts (I had one of each besides the coffee and pistachio flavors). The cream filled every puff perfectly. I liked the praline and citron flavor best! The filling in the citrus one is extremely tart but the topping is sweet and gives the puff an overall great balance!

Yuuuummmmm!!! We went back over and over on our trip to Paris. Their cream puffs are AMAZING!

The most adorable little store. We made a stop here to grab snacks before heading vack to our hotel. Packaging, wait staff, cleanliness all A+. I had a lot of questions about flavors and etc. these mini cream puffs were good, not too sweet on some flavors. My favorite, I remember was a coffee flavor, cannot remember the name entirely lol It is a bit pricey but worth a stop.

The best Cream puff!! You need to try when in Paris two thumbs way up!! We will come back for more.

These choux were some of the best things that we ate during our weekend in Paris - this place only sells choux - you can buy them individually or in sets of 6, 12, etc. If you want the cute, long rectangular box that holds 6, you'll have to buy that many (and it will cost you 14€). The little shop is beautiful, modern with a minimal wooden interior that lets the little colorful-topped choux stand out. You need to keep these refrigerated, so if you're hoping to save these for a snack on a train or plane later, you may want to just buy what you can consume as the cream inside may spoil after a long trip, or the pastry shell will get soggy. We had ordered 6 and then were told they needed to be refrigerated, so we proceeded to eat all 6 of them right away in the span of 10 min. It was a delicious lunch ;) They have about 20-25 different flavors, and the parfums du moment rotate, so ask them what flavors they are since they are not labeled with the actual flavor. The staff speaks English well, so you'll be able to get by even if you don't speak French. The outside pastry shell of the choux are all firm on the outside but soft at the same time. Exactly how this pastry should be. The cream is the right texture, not grainy and not overly sweet (for most of the flavors) We loved that they were mini sized so we could try a variety of flavors - there were some that had us wanting to go back to the store to get seconds. The flavors we got: - Passionfruit - I love everything passionfruit, so naturally I loved this one. This one was probably a tinge sweeter than the apple one, but it was delicious all the same. - Apple - This was a really unique flavor as I've never really had an "apple cream puff" but it was a perfect fall dessert. Small little pieces of apple were scattered through the cream and there weren't too many spices in the cream to overpower the whole chou. I'd highly recommend this one if you see it in the store; also the metallic copper chocolate piece on top was pretty. - Raspberry - This tasted like a raspberry sorbet in a chou; slightly tangy and tart, slightly sweet but not too sweet. This was a great combination and pretty unique. We liked this one a lot. - Salted Caramel - The salted caramel they make in Paris is amazing - not sickly sweet, and you can taste the saltiness to round out the rest of the pastry sweetness well. We loved this and wanted more. - Gianduja - I normally like anything with chocolate + hazelnut but this was too sweet for my taste. I wouldn't get this again. - Roasted Peanuts - This was one of their special / seasonal flavors and it was amazing. The texture of the peanut cream was light, perfect, and had just that perfect salty-sweet going on to complement the rest of the chou. This was one we wanted seconds of. Overall, about the same price as you'd pay for a macaron at Pierre Herme, so slightly pricey, but totally worth every penny. I loved these and would definitely come back here. Best to eat these fresh so the texture is as intended. Will definitely come back here again - there are 4 locations total in Paris, so hopefully you can find one of them to try these cute little choux.

A nice place for some choux! They have ~15 flavors available, which is great. Most were very good (our favorites being lemon and coffee) - we liked the seasonal flavors a bit less than their year-round classics (champagne was weird, raspberry was tasting more like mascarpone than like fruits). It is a bit more expensive than other places (€14 for 6 choux, compared to €10 at Odette; €27 for 12 choux). I like Odette better, but I must say that the variety here is nice :)

Really yummy- more inventive than a religieuse. Tried rose flavor and then caramel- both very intense and rich and creamy and yummy.

Super cute shop and friendly service. The girl working spoke perfect English & inadvertently made us feel ashamed that we don't have a mastery on French in return. That aside, these choux a la creme are really cute & IG-friendly but way too sweet for my tastes. We got the passion fruit and the salted caramel. Both were only eaten half way before trashed.

The cutest shop! My brother and I ran into this store while roaming the streets and fell in love. The place is modern, clean and the staff was welcoming! We ate them as soon as we walked out. Pricy, but delicious and a Paris must.

The macaroon or mini cupcakes concept of cream puffs are indeed fantastically tasty and the fillings are full and delightfully appreciated, but the venders' coldness has totally turned our experience down. Don't buy anything here if the venders poker face you.

To die for. So so good, I can't recommend enough. The line moved fast and the girl working was super appreciative for exact change. Every single bite of the 6 that we ordered were phenomenal. Do yourself a favor and go.

After spending a week in Paris, eating a panoply of foods including fresh baguettes, eclairs, beignets, macaroons and chocolate, these cream puffs quickly jumped to the top of the list of things eaten. The many flavors and crisp outside puff made Popelini one of the best places we visited in Paris

Absolutely delicious!!! The rose and passion fruit flavors were especially delightful! Tres tres bien!!

Delicious cream puffs! The cream puffs are small, and perfect! The fillings were delicious and not too sweet, and I love that each flavor has a different sweet topping on them (not sure what to call it, but it's sweet and has sort of a soft candy texture to it. I don't remember all the flavors we got, but we got apricot, strawberry, salted caramel, and a few others (we got a box of 6). All of them were delicious, and different from the cream puffs we're used to. Give these a try! They're something different from your typical French desserts like macarons.

Forget the hype over macarons. This is the new shit! My favorite flavors rose of course and peach - rosemary. Classics chocolate or vanilla. They're all to die for. Spread the word!

The cream puffs are probably the best pastry you can get in Paris. They were absolutely delicious. The lady that attended me and my friends was very helpful as well.

omg this place is literally amazing. these things are basically round little donut holes but with filling. so basically an eclair shaped like a ball. the lady wasn't the nicest but the donut things made up for it. i got 2 of the caramel ones. HIGHLY recommend.

I am usually not a big fan of choux, but this one is absolutely amazing! I walked out of the store and took my first bite of the passion fruit choux, and walked back in and bought a whole box of choux! I would love to have this in London.