Maroon Bells of Colorado Chocolate Shop Closed on Valentines Day

The store use to be located in Brookfield Square mall.

Maroon Bells of Colorado chocolate and ice cream shop closed at Brookfield Square on Thursday, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The store originally opened in 2010 in the mall. The shop carried "fine gourmet chocolate, homemade gourmet ice cream and premium roast gourmet coffee." A user on the company's Facebook page commented in January that their Bayshore location also closed.  In other mall news, Blue Waves recently opened a store in Brookfield Sqaure at the Abercrombie & Fitch space. Scott's Brewery Collectibles will be opening at the former Radio Shack location, according to the mall's Facebook page. 

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Chocolate Is Always in Season at Tosa's Ultimate Confections

You can indulge almost any whim at this place to go cocoa nuts.

Visit Ultimate Confections in Wauwatosa and observe the customers. It’s like an anthropological study in indulgence. Some take their time to make a single selection. Some know exactly what they want and choose quickly. Many times those sweet savory morsels are enjoyed immediately. Some customers are obviously stockpiling for delayed gratification. And of course, at this time of year there is plenty of chocolate bought for gift-giving. Owner Lori Presser-Murphy admits the holidays are great for business, but she’s hard-pressed to name a time when chocolate isn’t in season. “Maybe summer, but our ice cream bars hand-dipped in our chocolate, or the ice cream turtle bars that are hand-dipped in caramel and chocolate and covered in roasted, …

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Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory to Open Brookfield Store

Shop at Brookfield Square would be the company's second one in Wisconsin.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, which has more than 300 gourmet chocolate stores around the world, is planning to open a location at Brookfield Square, the Journal Sentinel reports. The store, which is expected to open in November, would be the company's second location in Wisconsin. The shop in Delafield features more than 300 varieties of handmade chocolates and confections, including caramel apples and fudge. The average store size is about 1,000 square feet, and most stores are open seven days a week, according to the company. About 40 percent of the candy sold at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory stores are prepared on the premises. The company, based in Durango, CO, and its franchisees and licensees operate 365 stores in 36 states, …

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