New Glarus Bakery

New Glarus, United States

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21 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 608-527-2916
Website:
www.newglarusbakery.com
Address:
534 1st St, New Glarus, WI, 53574
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Delivery
No
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Take-out
Yes

Today

Today 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Open now
Local time (New Glarus) 7:59 AM Saturday, June 7, 2025

Business hours

Monday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Description

Specialties

American, Swiss and German Baked Items: Artisan Breads, Butter Cookies, Nut Horns, Holiday Stollen, Bratzeli, Pfeffernusse, Basle Leckerli, Springerli, Hand-​Dipped Turtles, Almond Horns, Jula Kaga, Buttercream Cakes, Layered Buttercream Desserts, Apple Fritters, Buttercream Filled Donuts, Scones, Flavored Frycakes of the Season. All signature recipes and made right at the Bakery’s one and only location.

History

Established in 1910.

New Glarus Bakery originally started in 1910 by Albert Wolfe. In 1916, Albert built the building where the Bakery currently stands today. Time honored traditions of hand-​made, signature recipes continues to present day. Angela Neff, has owned the New Glarus Bakery since 2004 and worked while in high school in the mid 90’s. She is the 6th owner since the Bakery’s beginning. Former proud owners include the Matzinger, Ward, and Weber families.

Meet the Business Owner

Angela N.

Business Owner

The passion for owning the New Glarus Bakery started while working there in high school. Growing up in Monticello, just 8 miles down the road, I worked for the Weber family between 1992 — 1995. From 1995 until 2004, I worked for Alcoa Wheel Products in the I. T Dept as well as accomplishing a Bachelors in Business Administration with Associates in Computer Science. The dream to own the Bakery was achieved in 2004. On Sept 1, 2004, New Glarus Bakery opened its doors under my ownership. Today, we have 12 employees and make 98% of all of our products from recipes handed down through the generations. Being the 6th owner, it is our duty to uphold our Swiss and German traditions with American traits. We’ve been featured on the Food Network for our hand-​rolled Nut Horns and the destination location for many patrons of our local bike trails in summer and winter.

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21 reviews of New Glarus Bakery

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Place rating: 4
Milwaukee, WI
Was a wonderful place to stop in and explore a few weeks back on a friday during the day. Several European treats to choose from. My husband and I adored the Linzer bars. fresh flaky and fruity.
Place rating: 5
Solon, IA
Love this sweet bakery and all the amazing treats they offer. Been in NG for over 75+years.
Place rating: 4
Ottumwa, IA
The nut horn was awesome, I wish I would have bought more of them! My husband had a caramel apple fritter that was messy but good.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Every trip to Wisconsin should include this fantastic bakery. So many old world goods and just so yummy.
Place rating: 5
New Glarus, WI
A great local bakery well known for it’s Christmas stollen. They make excellent cakes — with excellent buttercream frosting. Other favorites include donuts, bars, nut horns, and cheesecakes. If you’re in New Glarus don’t miss the bakery!
Place rating: 5
Singapore, Singapore
Love this unpretentious popular bakery, located right next to the ever popular Glarner Stube. I was so delighted I got some treats to wade me through the long wait at Glarner Stube.
There are treats for all ages, and everyone found things they liked. There’s usually a line, but the wait is not long at all.
I personally really enjoy the original nut horn. It is coated with a nice sugar cover, but not too sweet. The pastry is rather thin, like a flaky pastry. And best of all, its filled with a nutty inside. A little like pecan pie, but not as sticky and sweet.
I also tried the sticky bun. It is definitely a steal at $ 1.75! I like the pastry that is not too thick. Kinda like a cinnamon bun, but with nuts on top!
My friend also liked the cookies and bought a pound to share with everyone! Great for party snacks!
I definitely will stop by again if I pass by New Glarus. And, if you’re hungry at Glarner Stube, remember to get some tasty pastries!
Place rating: 4
Waterford, WI
I had many items from this bakery and they offer some more unusual bread and donuts. Everything is made to a high standard and much better than grocery store offerings.
Place rating: 5
Oak Park, IL
I baked for many years, making bread, muffins, donuts and bagels from scratch, so I have a pretty good idea of what makes a great baked good. This place is pretty much as good as it gets. They have everything from bread to pastries, muffins, and cookies. Definitely highly recommended.
Place rating: 5
Tempe, AZ
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!
Rock-​bottom, bargain-​basement prices!
Cream cheese brownies were so good that we had to come back the next day and buy more! Nut horn – phenomenal! Strawberry/​Rhubarb bars – to die for.
Lucky we don’t live here – I’d weigh 400 pounds.
PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
And please give these folks your business – they deserve it!
Place rating: 3
Wauwatosa, WI
Cute little bakery in the middle of New Glarus — they have doughnuts, cakes & cookies as well as some Swiss/​German specialties like aniseed cookies.
We tried a cream horn (delicious flaky pastry with a sweet cream filling) and took home some M&M cookies. Ok, most of the cookies didn’t actually make it home because they were pretty tasty.
If you don’t have a sweet tooth, they also bake fresh bread and even sell homemade pretzels.
Place rating: 4
Silicon Valley, CA
Two words: apple bread.
Three more words: tasty and delicious.
Place rating: 2
Lancaster, OH
My father has been a loyal customer of this bakery and would get each of his children a stollen every year. We got the stollen and looked foward to consuming it. Imagine our disappointment at the dried out stollen with none of the flavor of butter or kirsch… nothing like the stollen of years past. Truthfully I get a better stollen at Aldi’s or Trader Joe’s. For $ 20 I will get a Racine kringle before I take another chance on one of these dried out loaves of stollen. This is upsetting as in years past it was a go to WI made gift. Sad.
Place rating: 4
Minocqua, WI
Stopped by before visiting the brewery. The apple slice, apple fritter and cookies were exceptional. Coffee satisfied, too. Nice selection of sweets and breads.
Place rating: 3
Madison, WI
This is an update to a previous review in which I shared a bad experience I had at the NGB. The owner contacted me in regard to my review and whenever an owner takes the time to write it tells me that someone is listening and gets an improved rating. I have been assured that what I experienced was an issue for a short time but has been corrected. For this I am thankful because I have always liked the bakery here.
My favorites are the croissants and unique cookies that you cannot find anywhere else nearby.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
I visited this place after sampling all the New Glarus beer that the Beer, Bacon, and Cheese fest had to offer. I mean, come on, it’s hard not to sample the delicious beer of the same name as the town. About 92% sure that the beer didn’t cloud my judgement, but I’m thinking every item this bakery produces is tasty.
We got a tub of chocolate cookie dough, and I’m telling you, it made some of the best goddamned cookies I’ve ever eaten. The dough rose upwards during the baking, and it was really freaking delicious.
Can’t comment on prices because I don’t remember. I do remember, however, tasty cookies. And walking out like I just won the fire bet.
Make sure to take a beer break and visit this bakery in the awesome little town of New Glarus.
Place rating: 5
Madison, WI
Let me tell ya a little story about a boy named… Maurie!
Maurie likes sugar. A lot. And although Marie is afraid to admit it in social settings, he secretly wishes everything he puts in his mouth is sweet. He’s gotten better over time, worked to recognize the importance of savory things as part of a complete diet, but places like New Glarus Bakery make Maurie return to old ways.
On a recent trip to New Glarius Maurie had an apple cider donut before lunch. And an apple cider donut AFTER lunch. And a nut horn after lunch. And a Swiss desert made with pasty cream, honey and almonds too. Maurie also took home some sea turtles (super cute turtles covered in sea salt) with the idea that maybe his roommates might enjoy a lil something sweet, but Maurie had a hard time sharing. And ate most of them. Poor roommates.
Everything is delicious.
You should visit.
Call ahead with large quantities or items they don’t stock routinely.
And tell them Maurie sent you.
Place rating: 1
Clinton, IA
I can not remember a bakery who believe they are worth the prices they charge. Must have been that little mention on a tv show that swelled their heads! $ 2.50 apeice for a nuthorn?! They are so small. It might be different if they were bigger than 2 bites. Spend your money more wisely nextdoor at the sausage shop. This bakery isn“t worth the price you pay for what you get. NEVER AGAIN!!!
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
I liked this bakery. I was impressed at the wide variety of baked goods and the prices were lower than I expected. The pumpkiny items were not AS pumpkiny as we would have liked, but they were tasty. We had a pumpkin frycake (which, as far as I could tell, was a normal doughnut), a pumpkin cruller, a nut horn, and a caramel apple fritter (altogether, the total was $ 3.70). I think the caramel was not really necessary so I’d recommend getting the regular apple fritter. There were also a lot more specialty, Swiss? items that had decent descriptions, so if you’re looking for more specialized items, it’s worth looking here.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
The best blueberry scone I’ve ever had came from the New Glarus Bakery. Most scones are really dry and thirst-​inducing, but the scones here are soft and flaky, like a fresh biscuit, with tasty fruits and a light glaze on top. Not too sweet, either — just right.
I also recommend the «frycakes» ($ 6 for a container of 12, I think), the soft pretzels, and the breads — especially sourdough. My mom says the rye bread is really good. I hate rye bread in general, but I’ll take her word for it. To each his own, I suppose. Individual doughnuts are 60 – 85 cents each and are «buy one, get one free,» last time I checked. Check the shelves for day-​old baked goods for an even better value.
Come to think of it, I’ve never disliked something from the New Glarus Bakery.
Place rating: 4
Madison, WI
This is a bakery if I’ve ever seen one… Worth the stop if you are within an hour radius.
Things we tried:
*Nut horn — really good
*Honey Bar — like a graham cracker with frosting. yumm
*Peanut bar — unique and tasty
*Donuts — cheap and delicious
Place rating: 4
West Des Moines, IA
So if you’re driving through the area on a big south central Wisconsin road trip, you gotta stop here. This is a super cute bakery which sells many tempting goodies.
Back in the day when all the kids graduated from high school your party was considered «cool» if your cake came from the New Glarus bakery. My brothers cake came from there, mine on the other hand was home made cupcakes, since I was a baker in the making.
So if you want to be «cool», order a cake from the New Glarus bakery and be sure to get their raspberry filing to really impress everyone.