Kringle is a long oval Danish pastry with fruit or pecan filling, baked from layered laminated dough and topped with icing, the official state pastry of Wisconsin.
Danish immigrants brought the kringle to Racine, Wisconsin, in the late 1800s; by 1949 the O&H Danish Bakery in Racine was producing them at scale. The Wisconsin Legislature declared the kringle Wisconsin's official state pastry in 2013. Today Madison-area bakeries including Clasen's European Bakery in Middleton bake kringles year-round, especially around the Christmas holidays, with almond, cherry, pecan and cream cheese fillings the traditional canonical options.
2 editor picks for Kringle in Madison, ranked by editorial score. All Madison signature dishes · Kringle across every city.
Greenbush Bakery ★ 4.6
1402 Regent St, Madison, WI 53715
Greenbush Bakery on Regent Street, the city's only certified kosher dairy bakery since 1998, sells over 50 daily donut varieties near Camp Randall Stadium.
Clasen's European Bakery ★ 4.4
7610 Donna Dr, Middleton, WI 53562
Clasen's European Bakery on Donna Drive in Middleton, the family-run European-style bakery serving Madison, bakes kringle, tortes and laminated pastry.