Les Anis de Flavigny, Confectionery and museum in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France
Les Anis de Flavigny is a working confectionery and small museum set inside a former abbey in the medieval village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, in Burgundy. The factory produces small round anise-seed candies, and visitors can walk through rooms where the making process and old tools are on display.
The building was once a Carolingian Benedictine abbey where monks and later nuns cultivated herbs and prepared plant-based remedies. After the abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution, private manufacturers took over the site and continued making the anise candies that the religious community had developed over the centuries.
The anise candies from Flavigny have been sold for centuries in the same small oval metal tins, recognized across France. For many people, the tin itself is a childhood memory as much as the candy inside.
The visit covers both the working factory and the museum area, so it is worth leaving time for both parts. A shop at the end of the route lets visitors taste samples and buy candies or gift boxes before leaving.
Each candy is made by coating a single anise seed with layers of sugar syrup over several days until it reaches its round shape, a process called panning that takes around 15 days per batch. This method has not changed since the early production at the abbey, making each candy a direct continuation of that original process.
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