Dessert Valley, Wisconsin

Sugar Cookie Sundae/44 Below Ice Cream Shop

By Luc | February 22, 2022

I have preferences with regards to cookies. If there’s lots of chocolate, I’m in. Massive chocolate chunks, awesome. Chocolate in-general, good. Both…oh boy. Peanut butter is also solid, as are…

Peanut Butter Heath Pie/Cadott Family Restaurant

By Luc | February 14, 2022

A family restaurant is a place for comfort food. Whether you go to sit down, or to get something to go, your stomach will feel all nice and warm when…

Chocolate Chip Muffin/Kwik Trip

By Luc | February 7, 2022

I’ve always found fascinating that Kwik Trip bakes its baked goods, and drives them to their stores across the state/region, early in the morning. That would be kind of a…

Éclairs/Sue’s Deluxe Bake Shop

By Luc | February 1, 2022

I’ll get right to the point: you already know Sue’s Deluxe Bake Shop, and you already know it’s awesome. I won’t make a case for going there because the case…

Sweet Driver Chocolates

By Luc | January 24, 2022

Ever watched a cooking competition show where part of the assessment involves the presentation of a dish? To be honest, I’ve always focused most on the taste of food, but…

Monster Crispy Bar/Best Maid

By Luc | January 17, 2022

They are practically ubiquitous at convenience stores across western Wisconsin: those Best Maid Cookie Company Crispy Bars. The marshmallow, the peanut butter, and, of course, the colorful wonder that is…

Xango/Azul Tequila

By Luc | January 10, 2022

Every had a cheesecake chimichanga? Ever had a xango? Same thing. Essentially, we’re talking a smaller amount of cheesecake wrapped in a tortilla (pastry-style), seasoned with cinnamon and sugar, and…

Yule Kaga/Festival Foods

By Luc | January 2, 2022

You know you live in a predominantly-Scandinavian part of the country when one of the local grocery stores sells a Scandinavian dessert amongst its baked goods. Being half-Norwegian, this particularly…

Donut Holes/Bloomer Bakery

By Luc | December 16, 2021

I first discovered the donut hole as a kid. My dad would bring home a box from one of the Eau Claire grocery stores, and they proved quite the convenient…