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Inspired by an old family recipe for peanut
brittle, Lori Murphy never imagined that she would run her own
business. By experimenting with the peanut brittle recipe, she
discovered that putting a bit of peanut butter on top of peanut
brittle and dipping it into chocolate was a wonderful combination.
Taking this classic brittle recipe a step further, she tried pecans
in place of peanuts, smothered the pieces with caramel and then
dipped this taste of heaven in chocolate creating turtle brittle.
With this, in 1992, Ultimate Brittle was born.
Lori was encouraged by family and friends, and
found tremendous support from various specialty markets and other
corporate avenues to start her business, Ultimate Brittle. Soon
after the incorporation, she began to experiment with various nuts,
fruits, and cream centers, and different combinations of milk,
dark and white chocolates, and found great success. Shortly after
one year, the name was changed to Ultimate Confections to promote
the ever-expanding line of chocolate creations.
For years, the home for Ultimate Confections was an
industrial-equipped kitchen in a church basement. In the fall of
1995, Ultimate Confections found a new home in the heart of
Milwaukee, Wisc., specifically in the Wauwatosa area.
Ultimate Confections' business relationships and customer base has
expanded through word-of-mouth and their committed participation
at the Wisconsin and Minnesota
State Fairs, local craft fairs,
ethnic festivals, and
the world's largest and longest running music
festival, Summerfest
, right here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Ultimate Confections has received many Wisconsin State Fair Seal
of Excellence awards for our gourmet hand-dipped
chocolates from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, as well
as recognition in local newspapers, media outlets and the magazine,
Taste of Home.
Our website is packed full of information about
chocolate, the
ingredients
we use, events
that we participate in, and other links
that you may be interested in. Don't forget to visit our store to
see what fabulous confections you might like to try.
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