Top tier crafted chocolates. The brandy hearts are my new favorite, my wife pulls to the curries. I…read morelove them all. I order chocolate from all over the usa, but while the best compete with gail, none exceeds her mark.

I am a big fan of dark chocolate, and this store is all dark chocolate, so it was perfect for me!…read moreIt's a small shop but they have a good variety of options including prepackaged items and fresh truffles, some of which are seasonal and some are year round. They also have a window where you can see the chocolate factory! They offered free samples of a jelly filled chocolate, which was tasty! The quality of the chocolate is very high and worth the price, in my opinion. I asked the employee for her recommendations and she was very helpful with that, as well as with explaining what some of the flavors were. There is also a list on the wall that explains their flavors in detail, and that list comes with each box as well. I opted for the machu picchu which is a year round flavor and the blood orange caramel, which is seasonal. These chocolates are just so tasty and I really recommend this place for a quick chocolate fix, and they'd also make great gifts!

Beautiful chocolates that taste as good as they look…read more If you're wanting a gift for someone one or yourself, Infusion Chocolates is your place. With a portal to the chocolate room behind the counter, you can watch them craftily make these treats while picking out several for your custom box. Or choose several other chocolate treats in their showroom. Gifts and cards are also available.

I stopped by on a Saturday for some quick chocolates. I took a 4 chocolate box (actually I skipped…read morethe box to save some money). Pistachio ganache, exotic caramel, honey lavender, vanilla creme brulee were my flavors. Pistachio ganache and exotic caramel were my favorite. While there I noticed they had some cool popsicles as well. I went for a cookies and cream popsicle, and it was great. It tasted like la michoacana popsicles.

Her cupcakes are actually really good - to the point that I want to keep buying them, but poor…read moreexperience resulted in this rating. Charged 100$ "to secure her" Canceled 2 months before my wedding - adding a lot of stress to already stressful planning process. We got our money back and she gave us "other" options - none of them worked out. - over priced alternatives or completely didn't have what we were looking for. If I would have pulled out of a contract, forget about getting my money back. Vendors shouldn't charge a down deposit unless they can commit. At this point we still don't have a baker for our big day.

Man alive I just ate one of their cupcakes in less than 2 minutes. I couldn't help myself. I had…read morethe campfire cupcake. They use chocolate chips in the batter so there was a little bit of texture. The cake itself is moist. I personally don't like too sweet so I took about half of the frosting off, not because it wasn't some kind of wonderful, just personal taste. So stinking good. I got these beauties at yesterday's beer festival. My hope is they have a storefront or some other way to get some more of these. Really good stuff!

Is it considered an addiction if I stop every time I'm in Oregon, or would I have to start driving…read moreto Oregon for their chocolate to tip the scale? Either way, give me more please. My introduction to their chocolate was in sample form and I immediately bought a few pieces "to share" with my boyfriend and roommate, not divulging that I was giving them one piece each and the rest were for me. Whoops! The Chocolate Caper specializes in praline - a soft, meltier chocolate with a snappier top. It's not the sugar/nut combo you're probably picturing; the owner, Dan, explained there are different types of praline (and pronunciations) and each has its own unique identity. The bases for the pralines are almond, hazelnut, toffee almond, and peanut butter, and come in white, milk, or dark chocolate varieties. My favorites are the dark chocolate peanut butter and the dark chocolate toffee almond. I surprised myself in enjoying the milk chocolate hazelnut better than the dark; given the choice between milk and dark I almost invariably prefer the latter. Each variety has a different drizzle pattern and there is a photo guide included in each box so you don't have to guess and can save your favorites for last. CC also offers other confections, and they recently obtained a liquor license and are in the process of developing wine tastings. My only warning is that once you stop in, you'll want to stop in again, and again, and again - their unique offerings and lovely staff will keep you coming back for more.

I shop here every year for mothers day chocolates. The chocolate is good and presented nicely. The…read morestaff has no personality at all, no smiles, no thank yous. It is like you are bothering them when you shop there. It would be nice to be appreciate just once!

Whether you own a baking business or you are making cupcakes for a friend, Vanilla Bean is one of…read morethe best places in Madison to find everything you need. Their selection is better than any big box store (including the nearby Joann) and they have the boxes/packing for all your needs. I started my baking company a year ago and Vanilla Bean has been everything I wanted and needed. They keep a stock for all the upcoming holidays and have a wall of cookie cutters of everything you could possibly imagine. Then they have cake and cupcake toppers and plastic characters for parties and milestones also ok that wall. They have a huge selection of flavors and food coloring -- both are highest quality. Their gel colors have been my saving grace! Also, all of their tools, accessories, little things you can use are available. It makes this an awesome place to explore for any baking enthusiast. When I was in the State fair, Vanilla Bean had the cake dummies (styrofoam) I needed and at cheaper prices than Joann or online. They also have all the boxes and cake rounds for the bases that you could need. They also have pans for shaped cakes and characters. It's one of my favorite places in Madison -- go visit!

Great service and products for over Twenty five years!!! Jane,Cindy( no longer there),Joyce…read morethey are all awesome.They will help you bring your cake/dessert vision to life!!!

The owner was super nice, just as everyone mentioned. She clearly loves the shop and the ice cream…read moreher family produces out of Milwaukee. You don't need to ask for samples, she'll just start handing them out. Their flavors are inspired and unique but still have classics available. The mint cookie crunch was exactly what you would expect, they don't have smaller cups so no matter what size you get the same one. I got the cherry almond which was good, but could have had more almond in it. It was very distinctly almond extract flavored. Otherwise, I didn't love all the flavors but appreciated all that they were trying to do

I would've never thought to see Purple Door Ice Cream in MADISON!!! I was so excited to see this…read morebecause I knew there'd be a wide variety of flavors to pick from. We jumped right into a scoop of the campfire - a smokey, non-marshmallow-based ice cream with chocolate and a cold brew blackberry chip - a caffeinated, not so bitter, sweet with blackberry chunks ice cream. The people who were helping us (who we also presumed had owned the place) were incredibly sweet and had us sample a ton of ice creams without asking. I guess in the same vein would recommend the salted vanilla bean!!

When my nephew decided to get married he and his fiance were ready. They knew it was the right…read morething to do, so why wait? In planning the wedding in a short seven weeks and in an effort to limit expenses he and his bride chose to forego a wedding cake. Having planned my own wedding I knew how important a cake was and didn't want them to have any regrets. So the uncles decided we were going to surprise them with a cake. The thing is, we learned this little detail just two weeks before the wedding. I live in Los Angeles. The wedding was in Monticello, Wisconsin which presents some logistical issues on top of having just under two weeks to make a cake happen. After a quick Google search I found Sweet Street Bakery. Enter Julie Winkelman. I placed a call to Julie and explained the situation. She was excited to help us with the surprise wedding cake, despite the short notice. During our conversation I told Julie how I would like the cake to look and chose a traditional wedding cake for the top tier, lemon cake with raspberry filling for the middle tier and cappuccino fudge chocolate for the bottom tier. This was all to be covered with a beautiful white butter cream icing with piped scroll details to be slightly different on each tier with the a monogrammed letter L on the middle tier. Mind you, this was all done over the telephone without benefit photos, only the picture I had in my head. Julie and the staff knocked this out of the park. The cake exceeded all expectations, both in looks and in taste. It was just what I pictured in my head and everyone tier was moist and delicious. But most importantly, the bride and groom were truly surprised and overjoyed. The cake was the final detail to make their special day perfect. And as an added benefit, Julie told them to call her a couple weeks before their first anniversary and she would bake them a small cake to celebrate. Saying thank you doesn't express how much we all appreciate what Julie and her bakers did for our nephew and his bride on their wedding day. I highly recommend Sweet Street. (I am posting a photo of the cake. I provided the cake topper so if it seems large for the cake, that's on me.)

For our wedding Sweet Street made us the most amazing cupcakes, cake and whoopie pies. All of our…read moreguests raved about the dessert. Our favorites were the bananas foster whoopie pies, the salted caramel apple cupcakes and the white cake with pineapple filling, buttercream frosting and coconut shavings. Julie was a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend Sweet Street for your wedding treats!

I'm a flight attendant and I tailor my flight schedule specifically so that I can fly into Madison…read moreevery chance I get to go to the Capital Square storefront to get a box of these chocolates. It is a hidden wonder of the world. You'd almost miss the storefront if you didn't know what you were looking for. Very minimalist, but with flavors like these who needs fancy schmancy sickly sweet interior decorations in a store. In my opinion all that stuff is just a trick to get your eyes to believe that the chocolate other stores are selling is really better than what your mouth is telling you. Nope, at Candinas just a glass display case with neatly stacked boxes. The truffle flavors are a random selection in each box, and usually that's a big problem, because random usually means I will only like one or two and have to give the rest away or throw them out.. But with Candinas, I can truly say that I liked almost every single one (not a fan of the Hazelnut truffle, I don't like hazelnut at all). The flavors are distinct without being overwhelmingly sweet or like someone went crazy with the (insert flavor here) oil, extract, or essence. The ganaches are creamy and soft, mousse-y smooth. I love how they got champagne in a chocolate and made it work so well. I like the Chai and Jasmine/Green Tea varieties...oh forget it I love them all. The Caramel is the perfectly balanced truffle because the caramel and the chocolate melt at different times allowing you to enjoy the full flavors of each before they meld together in bliss. I'm a seasoned patron so I don't have to guess which is which, but there is a list with photos of all of the flavors on the website, and for those of you that want to be a party pooper and only get one flavor, the website says that you can order via phone, customized orders......I can't wait til I get married because these are definitely going to be my wedding favors.

Received a large box as a thank you gift from our car dealer. So delicious! We then remembered…read moreCandinas and bought several small boxes as favors for our bridal shower. The guests loved the chocolatey richness. I especially love the espresso and caramel filled chocolates! Candinas was super quick in responding and shipping the chocolates. Arrived quickly and in a refrigerated shipping package. Will definitely buy again! Thank you!