The Chocolate Factory

Specialties

Sensational Subs, Sandwiches, Salads and Sundaes.

Homemade, handmade, fresh made.

Our approach to food quality at the Chocolate Factory is simple: fresh, local ingredients, prepared to the customer’s order and served without delay. We bake our sub rolls and croissants in small batches all day long, so no matter when you arrive your bread will be just out of the oven. Deli meats come from area suppliers who slice them to our specifications. We shop the produce markets for fresh lettuce, tomatoes and onions. The mayonnaise that’s dressing your sandwich is our own family recipe, which we mix in small quantities to keep fresh. And our Blommer’s ice cream scoops the competition. Rich, creamy, it’s the product of both art and science and does the Dairy State proud.

History

Established in 1972.

Restaurants come and go, but the Chocolate Factory has been around since 1972. Founded by two young guys (now two old guys) Mike Toffler and Peter Blommer. Mike had been in the ice cream business for several years when Peter approached him about starting a quaint ice cream parlor in Cedarburg. It seemed like a great idea to Mike, one that would fit the character of Cedarburg. The original shop, which also sold candy, was opened on a shoestring and is still thriving today. The business was designed on the back of a napkin and the first menu was hand-​printed.

By October of that year, the now-​famous subs joined ice cream on the menu. But the owners were still searching for something to distinguish the business. While the Chocolate Factory made its own hot fudge, Blommer decided to take a food science course at the university dairy department so they could make their own very high quality ice cream. The rest, as they say, is history.