Halloween falls on Saturday this year, and you are going to need something better than a bag of mini chocolate bars. Montreal pastry shops have rolled out seasonal sweets for the occasion. Here are the best Halloween treats in Montreal for the weekend, plus a few fall classics if you would rather skip the spooky theme. One tip: limited editions sell out, so call ahead or go early on Friday.
Best Halloween treats in Montreal pastry shops
Chez Potier (Wellington Street)
This gourmet pastry shop at 630 Wellington Street, near Griffintown, lists a Halloween collection chocolate box on its online shop, alongside cannelés bordelais, flan parisien and boxes of croissants and chocolatines. Online orders must be placed the day before pick-up, so plan ahead for Saturday.
Missed the cut-off? Chez Potier says most products are also sold in store, open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and to 5 p.m. weekends.
Un Instant en Provence (Saint-Henri)
At 4835 Notre-Dame Street West, this Provençal bakery is known for its tarte tropézienne, and this month it is also offering an Entremet d’Halloween, a limited-quantity Halloween cake. Not into theme desserts? Its other cakes to share include a mille-feuille, a Madagascar vanilla flan and a lemon meringue tart. It is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Fous Desserts (Plateau-Mont-Royal)
The Franco-Japanese pâtisserie at 809 Laurier Avenue East has announced on its website that its Halloween chocolates are now available in store. While you are there, grab a croissant or chocolatine, or try the almond croissant with hojicha and apricot if it hasn’t sold out. Closed Mondays.
Fous Desserts’ hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, so Saturday morning works as plan B.
Les Madeleines d’Émilie (Plateau-Mont-Royal)
Facing Jeanne-Mance Park at 129 Mont-Royal Avenue West, this shop is all about madeleines, sweet and savoury. Its social feed says Halloween madeleines are at the shop during the last week of October, and are also sold at OASIS Immersion on Oct. 29 and 30, during the Le Veilleur horror show. Look out for the fall pumpkin madeleine too.
The fall menu also lists a pear, chocolate and almond madeleine. Its site lists hours of 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday to Sunday.
Fall pastries if you’d rather skip the spooky stuff
- Pâtisserie Mélilot, 1062 Laurier Avenue West in Outremont: kouign-amann, cannelés and a Paris-Brest with pecan and milk chocolate (open Wednesday to Sunday).
- Madeleine, 2105 Beaubien Street East: croissants, chocolatines, Paris-Brest, Tropéziennes and seasonal tarts, per Tourisme Montréal.
- Pâtisserie Zébulon, 4001 Saint-Denis Street: 100% plant-based cakes and mignardises, ideal if someone in the group is vegan.
- Mont Éclair, 33 Mont-Royal Avenue East: sweet and savoury éclairs, according to Tourisme Montréal’s pastry shop guide.
Order-ahead options and cut-offs
- Madeleine on Beaubien is open Wednesday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; next-day orders close at noon.
- Rhubarbe no longer has a storefront, but orders are picked up on Saturdays between 9 a.m. and noon at its workshop at 1320 Charlevoix Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles.
Making a weekend of it? Pair your pastries with one of the spots in our Sunday brunch guide, and see what else is on this week in Montreal.
A Halloween food market at Parc Jean-Drapeau
Want to make an outing of it? Grab your pastries on Friday morning, then head out. The Montréal Halloween Food, Craft and Artisan Market runs Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 at Parc Jean-Drapeau, with food vendors, crafts and live entertainment, according to Tourisme Montréal’s Halloween roundup. It is an easy way to add a few more Halloween treats to the stash before the trick-or-treaters show up on Saturday night.
Before you go
- Limited editions can sell out. Call ahead or order online where available.
- Check opening days: Fous Desserts is closed Mondays and Mélilot opens Wednesday to Sunday.
- Clocks fall back on Sunday, Nov. 1: an extra hour to finish the leftovers.
More ideas for the weekend: our full Halloween 2026 guide, the best pumpkin spice lattes in Montreal to pair with your pastry, and everything else in our Food section. Joyeuse Halloween!
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Photo: Albarubescens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources: Chez Potier, Un Instant en Provence, Fous Desserts, Les Madeleines d’Émilie, Pâtisserie Mélilot, Pâtisserie Zébulon, Tourisme Montréal, Tourisme Montréal (Halloween), Pâtisserie Madeleine, Rhubarbe
