Hand-made pralines, chocolates, macarons, patisserie, cakes and baked goods from our own manufactory in Winterthur.

Vollenweider Chocolatier Confiseur AG

Winterthur · ZurichNew on Amplifa

1943Founded

70Employees

5Locations in Winterthur and Zurich

1841Confiseur craftsmanship at the parent house since

About Vollenweider Chocolatier Confiseur

Vollenweider Chocolatier Confiseur AG is a Swiss family business with 70 employees that has been producing pralines, truffles, chocolates, macarons, amaretti, patisserie, cakes and baked goods daily by hand in Winterthur since 1943. At the parent house "Zum oberen Schönenberg" on Marktgasse, confiseur and bakery craftsmanship has been practised uninterrupted since 1841. Since 2017, the company has been producing in a new manufactory at Gärtnerstrasse 2 in Winterthur, which also includes a course studio and a manufactory shop. Mostly organic raw materials are used, including Grand Cru organic cocoa beans from the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, Piedmont hazelnuts, milk and cream from the Zürcher Oberland, eggs from the Tösstal and flour from the Zürcher Unterland. In addition to retail, Vollenweider supplies corporate customers with giveaways as well as the gastronomy sector with aperitif creations and team events. The company operates a total of five locations in Winterthur and Zurich and trains pastry chef apprentices every year.

Site: Winterthur
Processes: Hand production of pralines, chocolates, macarons, patisserie, cakes and baked goods, Aperitif creations, Wedding cakes, Corporate giveaways, Gastronomy/team events, Seminar room rental, Course studio, Training of pastry chef apprentices
Materials: Organic cocoa from Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, Piedmont hazelnuts, Milk and cream from the Zürcher Oberland, Free-range eggs from the Tösstal, Flour from the Zürcher Unterland
Founded: 1943
Employees: 70
Industries: Confiseur/Chocolatier, Bakery/Pastry shop, Retail, Gastronomy, B2B corporate customers/giveaways

01
Raw material procurement (cocoa, hazelnuts, milk, eggs, flour)
02
Production in the Winterthur manufactory
03
Sales in own stores in Winterthur and Zurich
04
Corporate customer and gastronomy orders

Raw Materials and Ingredients

BIO-Kakao

Organic cocoa from Ecuador and the Dominican Republic

Grand Cru organic cocoa beans for chocolate and pralines, used for the majority of products since 2015.

Haselnuss

Piedmont hazelnuts

Carefully roasted and selected nuts from Piedmont for home-made pralines and bread spread.

Milch & Rahm

Milk and cream from the Zürcher Oberland

Organic dairy products 100% Swiss origin from the Rüegg dairy in Hinwil.

Eier

Free-range eggs from the Tösstal

Eggs from Eiertom in Oberlangenhard for cakes, pâtisseries, macarons and baked goods.

Mehl

Flour from the Zürcher Unterland

Flour from the Oberembrach mill made from regional grain as the basis of the baked goods.

Locations

Winterthur Marktgasse 17

Parent house, main store with retail and café (since 1841, café since 2022)

Winterthur Gärtnerstrasse 2

Manufactory/production, course studio and manufactory shop (since 2017)

Winterthur Stadthausstrasse 20

Café/retail

Zurich Theaterstrasse 1

Retail store (since 2008)

Zurich Storchengasse 11

Retail store (since 2025, previously Pop Up)

Products

**Boîte Vollenweider No. 5**Handwork · Retail

**Passion Fruit Cake**Patisserie · Retail

**Milk Chocolate 40%**Chocolate production · Retail

**Light Giraffe Cake**Patisserie · Retail

**Boîte Vollenweider No. 3**Handwork · Retail

Inside the production

Hand-made creations from the manufactory

Products from the Winterthur manufactory

Industries

Confiseur/ChocolatierBakery/Pastry shopRetailGastronomyB2B corporate customers/giveaways

Additional services

Hand production of pralines, chocolates, macarons, patisserie, cakes and baked goodsAperitif creationsWedding cakesCorporate giveawaysGastronomy/team eventsSeminar room rentalCourse studioTraining of pastry chef apprenticesManufactory shop with clearance sales to combat food waste

Reference customers

Claude Nicollier (carried Vollenweider chocolate on Space Shuttle missions)

History

1841
At the parent house "Zum oberen Schönenberg" on Marktgasse in Winterthur, confiseur and bakery craftsmanship is practised uninterrupted.
1943
Willi Vollenweider takes over his former training business at Marktgasse 17 in Winterthur and runs it with his wife Elisabeth.
1989
Renovation of the store at Marktgasse 17; in the following years, further stores open in Winterthur.
1992
Claude Nicollier flies with Vollenweider chocolate on his first space mission.
1995
Vollenweider becomes one of the first providers of high-percentage chocolate in Switzerland.
2008
Opening of the store at Theaterstrasse 1 in Zurich.
2015
Switch to organic cocoa for the majority of products.
2017
Occupancy of the new production facility including course studio and manufactory shop at Gärtnerstrasse 2 in Winterthur.
2022
Conversion of the main store at Marktgasse 17 into a retail store with café.
2025
Opening of the store on Storchengasse in Zurich.