Coffee Cake/Cabin Coffee

Guest blog time! For this edition of Dessert Valley, Wisconsin, I decided to lead with a few words from my fellow on-air personality, Dan Kasper, who you may know from…

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Cinnamon Roll/Mom’s Kitchen

The first image you see when you go to the menu at the Mom’s Kitchen menu page on their website is a cinnamon roll. Having never made my way up…

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Concha/La Norteñita

If you know where to look, there are little bakeries all over the Eau Claire area. By these, I refer to the ones that churn out muffins and loaves of…

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Shakes/Chippewa Family Restaurant

Good ol’ comfort food. It’s something practically everyone likes, yet, the best type in a restaurant is often found in local establishments. You can probably think of several in the…

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Peanut Clusters/Star Line Candy Shoppe

There are a good number of local confectionaries; some have storefronts, some are online, and some…show up where they show up. Take my recent discovery while perusing The Local Store…

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Fruitcake/Augusta Bakery

I had to have it. It’s the holiday season, after all. What dessert truly defines the lead-up to Christmas? Not necessarily in the realm of popularity, but in terms of…

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Figgy Tart/The Nostalgic Bean

We’re squarely in the 2023 holiday season; this meant that I wanted to see what was on the December Monthly Menu at The Nostalgic Bean in Altoona. The Christmas season…

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