1st Place: Olson’s Ice Cream
2nd Place: Dessert First
3rd Place: Obsession Chocolates

Olson’s Ice Cream Parlor & Deli in Chippewa Falls, heralded for their homemade ice cream and up 28 to delicious flavors (including Raspberry Green Tea, Glacier Bay Lemon, and Butterfinger) took the cake this year for Best All-Around Dessert, also marking the first year Olson’s appears in this category. Last year’s first place winner, Dessert First got a frosting-drizzled batch of second place for 2009. The bakery’s congenial downtown presence, personalized catering and zest for experimenting at the fraying edges of cupcake-ology makes itself a piping hot contender for delicious treats in the Chippewa Valley. Obsession Chocolates came in third, boasting specialized chocolate truffles, candies, and sauces with high-quality ingredients. And we can’t wait for their new downtown store to open! – Tyler Griggs