Panellets are sold two different ways in Barcelona, and the two do not line up. By weight, the cheapest house here is €66 a kilo and the dearest €74. By the piece, the range runs from €1.33 to €3.00 — a gap of more than double.
Neither number tells you which is better value on its own, because a €3.00 panellet is usually far bigger than a €1.33 one. The sum that settles it takes ten seconds and almost nobody does it.
What are panellets and what do they cost in Barcelona? Small marzipan sweets eaten around All Saints, classically rolled in pine nuts. The trade body puts the average at €6 to €7 per 100 grams, over €70 a kilo. By the piece they run €1.33 to €3.00, and box prices divided by the count are the only fair comparison.
Do this sum before you buy
Divide the price of the box by the number of pieces. That is the whole method, and it reorders the shelf immediately:
| Box | Price | Per piece |
|---|---|---|
| Bubó, 24 traditional | n/a | €1.33 |
| Bomboneria Pons, 24 | €40.45 | €1.69 |
| L’Atelier Barcelona, 18 | €35.00 | €1.94 |
| Hofmann, 7 pine nut | €19.00 | €2.71 |
The Gremi de Pastisseria puts the sector average at €6 to €7 per 100 grams, which is over €70 a kilo. Only two houses on this list publish a kilo price at all: Faixat at €66 and Brunells at €74.
That matters because weight is the honest unit for a sweet whose size varies this much between workshops.
The nine houses, with what they charge
Pastisseria Faixat, Carrer de Muntaner 159. €66 a kilo, the lowest weight price here, and it won best pine nut panellet in Catalonia at the sixth edition of the dedicated route. Best credential and lowest published kilo rate in the same shop.
Brunells, Carrer de la Princesa 22, El Born. €74 a kilo, with pine nut, coconut, cocoa, coffee and pistachio. It also makes pa de morts, the other product of the All Saints window. Closes Mondays, which matters when 1 November falls in a long weekend. Phone 936 53 64 68.
Pastisseria Hofmann, Carrer dels Flassaders 44, El Born. €3.00 a piece, with a box of 7 pine nut ones at €19.00 and a mixed box at €15.00. The flavours are the least traditional in the city: pine nut with Haitian vanilla, pistachio with marzipan and candied orange, raspberry, and hazelnut with soft caramel. Phone 932 68 82 21.
Escribà, Gran Via 546 and La Rambla 83. €2.20 a piece, box of 6 classics at €12.00. Beyond pine nut on marzipan it does lemon pie, tiramisu, raspberry, crema catalana and Oreo. Trading since 1906, as covered in the historic pastry shops guide.
Pastisseria Carrió, Carrer de Provença 139. €2.25 for pine nut and €1.95 for the flavoured ones, across fifteen varieties — pine nut, almond, coffee, chocolate, egg yolk, coconut and cinnamon among the classics, sacher, mango, tiramisu and marzipan-with-chocolate among the rest. Holds a Panellet d’Or from an earlier edition of the route and opens daily 10:00 to 20:30.
La Pastisseria Barcelona, Eixample. €2.00 a piece: a box of 6 pine nut at €12.00 and 12 mixed at €20.00. Its own flavours include cherry, caramelised banana and a version made with Zacapa rum.
Bubó sets the floor at €1.33 a piece in its box of 24 traditional ones. Bomboneria Pons, in Sants since 1960, sells 24 for €40.45. L’Atelier Barcelona sells 18 for €35.00.
What the flavours tell you about the shop
The classic panellet is marzipan rolled in pine nuts, and every house on this list makes it. Where they separate is everything else.
At one end, Carrió runs fifteen varieties and mixes the traditional set with sacher and mango. At the other, Hofmann rebuilds the sweet entirely, pairing pine nut with Haitian vanilla and hazelnut with soft caramel — which is also why it charges €3.00 a piece.
If you want to taste what the tradition actually is, buy pine nut. If you want to see where Catalan pastry is going, the mixed boxes are the shortcut. For the rest of the city’s sweet counters, see the chocolate and churros guide and the best cheesecake in Barcelona.
When to find them, and what else is out that week
Panellets belong to a short window around All Saints at the start of November, as part of the Castanyada. They are not a year-round product, and buying them in July is not an option.
Two things share the same weeks. Pa de morts appears at Brunells and elsewhere, and roast chestnuts turn up on street corners. The wider seasonal calendar — panellets in November, the Kings’ Day tortell in January, the mona at Easter, the coca for Sant Joan in June — runs through the same houses, and the Easter half of it is in the mona de Pascua guide.
If your trip is not in that window, none of this is available, which the seasonal reasoning in the best time to visit Barcelona is worth reading against.
Frequently asked questions about panellets in Barcelona
What is a panellet?
A small marzipan sweet eaten in Catalonia around All Saints, at the start of November. The classic version is rolled in pine nuts, but bakeries also make them with coconut, coffee, chocolate, almond and increasingly non-traditional flavours.
How much do panellets cost in Barcelona?
The trade body puts the average at €6 to €7 per 100 grams, which is over €70 a kilo. By the piece the range is much wider: from €1.33 at Bubó in a box of 24 to €3.00 for a single one at Hofmann, because a €3 panellet is usually a lot bigger.
Which bakery makes the best pine nut panellets?
Pastisseria Faixat at Carrer de Muntaner 159 won the award for the best pine nut panellet in Catalonia at the sixth edition of the dedicated route, and at €66 a kilo it is also the lower of the two houses that publish a kilo price.
When are panellets sold in Barcelona?
Around All Saints at the start of November, as part of the Castanyada. It is a short seasonal window, and some houses sell pa de morts in the same weeks. Brunells closes on Mondays, which matters when 1 November falls in a long weekend.
Compare by the kilo, or divide the box. Anything else is guesswork.