Dessert Valley, Wisconsin
Baked Goods/Family Fare
This is another of my findings driven by the legendary Eau Claire Foodies Facebook group. If you’re not a member, here’s one of the regular types of posts: Where can…
Peanut Butter Cookie/Breezy Hill Bakery
This is going to be a short entry in the “Dessert Valley, Wisconsin” oeuvre. I found out about Breezy Hill Bakery from my wife; she had been out with her…
Cookie Monster Sundae/The Danc’n Bean
My final dairy visit for June Dairy Month 2024 is a nice little place on the south side of Eau Claire. It’s sort of a combo ice cream/coffee shop, with…
Cranberry Gouda/House Of Gouda
The concept of dessert does not necessarily need to involve sugar. Dessert could be considered as a contrasting taste to a main course, perhaps a palate cleanser — or, the…
Cow-Shew Glacial Blast/Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
There are two places I had never gone, both of which were accomplished within a couple miles of each other. One was driving through Rusk, Wisconsin — a hamlet just…
Ice Cream Sundae/Chippewa Valley Museum Ice Cream Parlor
June Dairy Month means the time has returned for me to highlight dairy desserts for “Dessert Valley, Wisconsin.” Given the historical importance of dairy to this area, it seems appropriate…
Revel Bar/Golden Leaf Cafe
Golden Leaf Cafe in Menomonie is the location of a small milestone in the process of my family life. It is the place where, in mid-2016, my then-fiancée/now-wife and I…
Fried Ice Cream/Casa Vallarta Mexican Restaurant
The first time I heard of fried ice cream was probably in the late 1980s, likely via a Chi-Chi’s ad. I’d see the commercial on TV promoting something that struck…
Lava Cake/Grizzly’s Wood-Fired Grill & Bar
Earlier this spring, the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 was “Too Sweet” by Hozier. The essence of the lyric is that the object of his desire is, in…