Fosdal Home Bakery

The cinnamon rolls are to die for!!!

The donuts are really, really good and the cakes are amazingly good. The buttercream isn’t overly/​fake sweet and the cake actually has some flavor unlike most grocery store cakes. Same with the cream they use in their filled donuts — yum!
Fosdal’s is an old school bakery, and the food outweighs the discomfort of the physical space, but every time I’m there I find myself wishing they would do a little bit to fix their ambiance. The whole set up of the front room just feels disjointed. The space is weird, the tables are wobbly and usually sticky, and the front entrance is dangerously sloped.
It’s an in and out kind of place, too busy and too poorly laid out to linger more than five minutes. Good thing the donuts are so good they go down quickly!

a fan of the sweets that is … had a nice window seat too … some of their recipes are top notch, and you wont find them anywhere else. the only drawback to a five star rating was the customer service and servers … a handful of teenaged girls gossiping and use of foul language when not serving guests had me hurrying to leave … I would recommend getting your order TO GO!

Amazing cookies and the selection is unreal! Truly enjoyed all the pastries and when I say all that’s because we could not stop tasting. If you are passing this town def stop!

Awesome hometown bakery. Donuts are great, coffee is fresh, staff is friendly. Don’t miss it.

Best cake ever! Ate a cupcake delissh. Then idk how but I had gotten a piece of cake an it was better then the cupcake!!! I don’t normally like sweets but since I had cancer this past year I crave cake an frosting !!! An yours is the BOMB!!! Gonna be so sad when i move to Florida. Would u overnight? Lol

Love this place! Yummy baked goods! Their scones are to die for!

Really good donuts for cheap!
This is a classic small town bakery. I eat my fair share of gourmet donuts, usually costing 2−4x the cost of a donut here. They don’t exactly have the most unique options here, but the standard raised options are fluffy, moist, and delectable.
They do offer coffee but it’s pretty basic with no barista service or hand made options. I much prefer a donut shop with a nice espresso machine to pair with my sugar.
Overall great option in Stoughton and clearly above grocery store options!

We drove from Madison just for the donuts at Fosdal’s. It’s not a trek we take often, considering delicious Greenbush Bakery is close by, but we took the drive on a special occasion. Like Matt W. mentioned, it’s full of Stoughton residents, and a table of older ladies helped us navigate making a hot chocolate at the coffee bar (which I don’t recommend btw) because the person behind the counter would barely talk to us. The service was actually pretty snarky — not downright rude but certainly not warm and friendly.
We picked many delicious desserts from their case — probably too many! — and some rolls. It all looked so good, including the cream puffs, and variety of frosted cookies and donuts, but my absolute favorite is their buttercream-​filled frosted donuts. They’re clearly diet (haha) and are delicious warmed up the next day too. It makes the drive worth it and, despite the service, I’m rating it 5 stars for taste. Maybe the sour service makes it taste even more sweet!

Foadal’s is just a classic small town bakery. I can remember it growing up back in the 70s and it really hasn’t changed much and that’s just fine. Occasionally go there for coffee and donuts but recently bought a decorated carrot sheet cake birthday cake and it was fantastic tasting and very nicely decorated.

The Kringle is amazing. We have had their donuts many times as well. They are both very good.

OMG… died and gone to bakery heaven… this place is AMAZING. I went for a cookie and got so much more. There are cookies, donuts, eclairs, woopie pies… I mean AMAZING. How are the cookies still soft 1 and 2 days later!!! SOOOO GOOD. Everything. Gotta get an éclair and don’t pass on the cookies either. This is a MUST STOP.

Can’t go wrong with fosdal’s, everything is good. Have been going here my entire life.

It’s a long drive to Stoughton from Waunakee and quite honestly, I was dreading making the trip through snowy conditions for my daughter’s early morning Saturday basketball game. Then I paid a visit to Fosdal Bakery and suddenly the trip didn’t seem so bad.
The Fosdal doughnuts have some substance to them without feeling heavy or greasy. Their doughnuts are less expensive and better in overall quality than their counterparts at Greenbush Bakery in Madison.
While I didn’t pick up any bread, I tried several samples and was impressed with the taste and texture.
The women working the counter that Saturday morning were wonderful. Even though it was my visit, they treated me like a regular. The cozy surroundings seem to be a popular gathering spot for the Stoughtonites. If I lived closer to Stoughton, I no doubt would be joining them.

Great place for a snack (anytime until 5pm!). Love this place!!!

You just won’t find a better home town bakery, PERIOD! Service is just fantastic and always with a smile and it makes no difference what you buy, bread, donuts, Danish, cookies, coffee, it will be the best ever! Don’t miss out on this one

One word: YUM!
Awesome, local bakery, VERY reasonably priced and everything tasty and fresh. And fat free of course…
They have many different flavors of Kringle, which are reasonably priced (can’t remember price as been awhile) and incredibly good. Donuts and cakes (I ordered one for a bridal shower and I think a birthday) are likewise beyond tasty. I’ve also gotten really good brat buns here.

Best place for donuts, kringle, other baked goods. They have decent lunch items too. We love Fosdals!

I’m a huge fan of this bakery. I was raised in Stoughton, so I’ve been coming here for as long as I can remember. The library on the corner gives children a card that entitles one to a free cookie on reading hour days, so I would always come here. The donuts are light, not over done and delicious. Everything is cheap and wonderful, the cookies are especially worth your money. I’d recommend the molasses, sugar and Charlie Brown. (chocolate with raisins with chocolate frosting)
There’s also homemade bread and soup. If you stay, you’ll undoubtedly be witness to casual exchanges between neighbors and the gathering of older men who sit in the window. It’s a great way to experience the spirit of Stoughton and if you’re lucky, you’ll hear a bit of Norwegian!
I strongly recommend this bakery if you have the chance to pass through town. If you have a bit longer, I’d go down to the river and eat your donuts there. (Take main to Division and turn right, follow until you hit the river. Total distance is about 2.5 blocks)

Support local? Yes! And do it often!
It’s not an Italian bakery (sad face) but it gets me what I want without having to go far and they do a great job with it. The counter service has always been polite and helpful, and, like Megan R. mentions, the smell alone from outside the place is a perfect invitation.
As much as I prefer to do my own baking, bread isn’t something you just make a loaf at a time when you want it. They have an outstanding product, and, when matched with the cookies and small pastries, is a far better quality than trips to Roundy’s or wherever just to save a buck.
You’re not going to find selections as varied as specialty stores (no forty individual varieties of doughnuts or cookies) but they do hit all marks. I’m blanking on whether or not they had cheesecake though… guess I’ll have to drag myself down the strip for another visit…