Maus au Chocolat

About this board game

Maus au Chocolat is a board game for 2–6 players, with games lasting around 30 minutes. Released in 2009, it invites players into the kitchen of the Paris Chocolatiers, where ingredients become the foundation for small delicatessen.

Players collect ingredients for great sweets and cakes. Chocolate, nuts, fruits, and cream all have a place in this tempting culinary setting, but simply gathering the highest ingredient values is not always enough to secure victory.

• Collect chocolate, nuts, fruits, and cream.
• Create small delicatessen, including sweets and cakes.
• Watch out for an unusual team of kitchen aides.

At the center of the action is Maestro Mouse. When he steers in the pots, he receives help from kitchen personnel unlike any ordinary culinary staff: cockroaches, beetles, and other insects cavort throughout the kitchen.

This unusual combination of confectionery ingredients and unruly insect helpers gives Maus au Chocolat its distinctive character. The game’s premise balances the appeal of making delicious treats with the surprise that high-valued ingredients do not automatically guarantee the win.

Whether you are drawn to the Parisian chocolatier theme, the ingredient-collecting challenge, or the eccentric kitchen cast, Maus au Chocolat offers a compact game experience for 2–6 players. In roughly half an hour, players gather the makings of sweets and cakes while navigating a kitchen where mice and insects are part of the story.