Proof of this are the many specialized shops with a wide choice of chocolates and similar products.
Good shops are to be found in all the main shopping streets.
Let's start with the Steenstraat. Here you will be able to buy excellent chocolates at Venerande . Everything has been home-made with fresh cream for the past 36 years. You can choose from a large variety of chocolates, marzipan, chocolate bars, petit-fours and fruit spread. The speciality is no doubt the truffles, which you find here with chocolate flakes or cocoa powder.