GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A local bakery can now say they make the coolest thing in Wisconsin.
That’s because Uncle Mike’s Bake Shoppe, which has locations in Green Bay and De Pere, was announced the winner of the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin competition on Tuesday.
Specifically, it’s their Sea Salt Caramel Pecan Kringle that’s taking home the hardware.
“There were three other companies in this final round and they said that if you added all of their votes up they still couldn’t beat us,” says owner (Uncle) Mike Vandewalle.
After advancing to the “Final Four” of the competition over a week ago, Mike says they kicked things into maximum overdrive.
“We had ambassadors running around town with kringles,” he explains.
The effort was worth it in the end and Mike couldn’t be more proud.
“It sort of validates that if you come in everyday, work hard, and make a good product, then people appreciate it,” he explains.
He’s also hoping the award will make his delicious kringle more well-known throughout the state.
“This way it also helps spread the word of what Uncle Mike’s has and what we’re all about,” he says. “And just being a part of the community means so much to us.”
Uncle Mike says it takes about three days to finish making one of their kringles and they make theirs in a pretzel shape, which is how they originally were made in the 1800’s in Denmark. Now that’s one cool kringle.
