Burke Candy & Ingredients

Small candy shop with the best toffee I have ever had. Everything is top notch here!

I can’t say enough about this place – it’s absolutely wonderful! Julia is the ultimate professional and is warm and gracious in her welcome. She was extra kind and solicitous to my coughing (hopefully one day) daughter-​in-​law the first time we shopped there, and I will always remember that kindness. Burke’s chocolate is incredibly delicious, especially their sea-​salt caramels and English toffee. The packaging makes it perfect for gifts too. My only regret is that I didn’t find this place sooner. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.

Best chocolate, toffee, sea salt caramels you’ll ever have and I don’t even like chocolate!

I cannot say enough about this amazing local business. Still, here goes:
The toffee is amazing. Their old family recipe is still a winner and I think that they have selected a great variety of toppings to please many different tastes. Sea Salt Caramel? Great, too! Turtles, bon-​bons, chocolate dipped orange peel? Great, great, great. I am quite picky about dark chocolate; I want it deep, rich, and neither too sweet nor too bitter. It is just right for me at Burke’s.
Others have noted that there is no store front to this shop. It is just an extension of the commercial chocolate kitchen, but what could be better?
Over the past several years I have on three occasions ordered 300+ mini-​boxes of assorted chocolates. Each has been perfectly packed as though it was the only one being done and staff had wanted to get it just right. These little gems are a perfect parting gift at a wedding, holiday gathering, or birthday. They are also a good substitute for standard desserts when you want guests to sit and linger for a while.
And, while I love it when Julia waits on me, I have found the service uniformly good.

They have the best toffee and sea salt caramels! Julia is so welcoming and definitely loves to make her chocolate! Love this place! A must stop when you are in Milwaukee or if you’re a Milwaukee native

The most amazing candy — the most amazing owners — so happy I can call you my friends…
Please do not miss the toffee — the orange sticks — well just do not miss the most delightful candy experience — EVER!!!

Didn’t know this existed until we made a wrong turn off Capitol. Glad we found it.
Everything we tried was great. Dark chocolate peanut butter was amazing. Will definitely be making more trips to Burke’s!

Holy guacamole, Batman. I have lived in Milwaukee for over 30 years, and never knew about this place until I was browsing Unilocal one day. After reading the reviews and being a self proclaimed chocolate expert, I had to check it out.
First off, diamond in the rough is almost a literal description of this place. While it is obviously not a literal diamond, it is an amazing place. It is down a random side road in a commercial district. You would NEVER know there is an amazing candy store on this street without the address. You park and get to the door, still wondering what you are about to experience.
Once you go in, the shop area is tiny. Probably less than 10×10 of shopping area, check out, and standing room. AWESOME. For the locals, you know when you walk through Old Milwaukee section in the museum? This is a modern form of one of those shops. A tiny place hand making delicious candy daily, and selling them with a smile and a friendly word. It feels like you are walking into a late 18^th century shop where the owners make the candy, sell it, and have a relationship with the customers. Incredible.
After sampling some toffee, I went for a mix of toffee and caramel. I would say they were both some of the best candies I have had. The prices were high enough to know you are buying quality, but not outrageous.
The shocker of the experience for me was when the lady got out her iPad and square to take my payment. I love seeing technology working for small business. When she asked me how I came across her store, and I told her Unilocal,a smile came across her face. We are doing some good for our community! Now go try some incredible treats and leave with a happy sweet tooth. Don’t forget to check in and notice the Unilocal sticker on the door on your way into paradise.

This is, hands down, the best candy I’ve ever had. The caramels and the toffee are my favorite sweet treats to get at Burke candy. The cute shop is attached to the factory so everything is as fresh as you can get and the service is outstanding! For me, it’s worth the drive from Chicago to stock up on Burke candy but when I can’t get to the store, their online ordering is so easy. I ordered caramels to be part of my company christmas gift last year and got rave reviews from everyone! I am definitely hooked…

The chocolate from Burke is out of this world! I used to live in Milwaukee and this was my go to place for gifts or specials occasions.
My favorite is their salted milk chocolate caramels! Thank goodness they ship because my boyfriend gets me some every valentines day.
Love you Burke!

The chocolates were each individual masterpieces. The problem was that I asked for 6 different items and only 5 were correct. One of my least favorite feelings is biting into something thinking it is one thing and getting another… so now I am hesitant to go back despite how tasty the flavors I liked were!

The sea salt caramel is delicious!!! I received a box for valentine’s day and they were all yummy, but the mix of salty and sweet was spot on for me!

I’m spoiled to have received Chocolates for Valentine’s day the past couple of years, but 2014 was OVER THE TOP DELICIOUS thanks to Burke Candy! I gobbled up every morsel in 3 days because every piece was scrumptious. The dark chocolate sea salt caramel is the most fantastic piece of candy that’s ever melted in my mouth.
I will be ordering Burke Candy for every holiday now!

I received a box of assorted chocolates and turtles from a friend for valentines day/​my birthday. I literally cannot tell you which is my favorite. The chocolate melts in your mouth and the salted caramels are to die for! So much better than the commercial mass produced chocolates. I would order these again for any event or celebration. Love Burke!

I may be biased, but chocolate is the best sweet that exists. Forget vanilla, and say bye bye to cherry – chocolate is where it’s at.
Whenever I hear that a batch of Burke’s toffee or caramels has made its way into my vicinity, I jump at the chance to be the first one to open the bag and take in the sweet smell and dig right in! I love dark chocolate and milk chocolate the same, but Burke’s makes it hard to choose, so I just try them all!
I’ve had most of their toffee flavors, and their dark/​milk salted caramels which are huge. You feel like you’ve won the lottery when you’ve had one of these. I’m serious. DE-​LECT-​TABLE!
I think it’s universal to have toffee in clear packaging and caramels in a box of sorts. With the toffee, you can see the layers of ingredients and with the box, it’s like opening up the best Christmas present ever!
Like I said, I love chocolate, but the quality here makes all the difference. Great for a present or a reward for yourself!

The office I work at orders Grandmother Reilly’s Chocolates from Burke Candy often. I’m a sucker for their English Toffee and Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels.
Their chocolate and caramel always tastes so fresh (if you’ve ever eaten a surprisingly stale chocolate bar, whether from a vending machine or a commercialized candy shop, then you know how important this is), and I love that the business is family owned and operated. Shop local! Eat chocolate!

I didn’t know this place existed when I lived in Milwaukee, but that’s probably for the best because I would have been broke after buying so much candy.
Go into the store and check it out. You can put together custom candy boxes or buy ones prepackaged. They had toffee samples out, covered in all different kinds of chocolate. Yum.

Burke Candy was recommended by another chocolate company as the place to go for truffles. We ordered 80 sets of two truffles each for a celebration dinner we held in Milwaukee. They were presented beautifully and were delicious. We can’t wait for another excuse to order from them. It’s a wonderful local company that ships all over the world.

I have never been inside their store, where you can get finished candies and neat things like Candy That Does Not Exist Yet: centers for you to take home and lovingly dip in the coating of your choice, sheets of toffees to eat or coat, bulk chocolate, and candy making ingredients [like Kreme Tex, Easyfond, Hard Butter and Perfecto Invertase].
I have however, once upon a time, retrieved a huge lump of chocolate with all sorts of bits of extra confection stuck in it from their dumpster, that was fed upon by many for one magical summer.