Biscotti confirmed on their own site
Il Registro · Illinois
Biscotti bakeries in Illinois
5 bakeries, each verified from its own published website. 2 of them ship nationally.
Che cosa significa
Every listing here was confirmed by reading the bakery’s own site, not a directory. Nobody paid to appear, the order is alphabetical by city, and where we have any tie to a bakery it is disclosed on the entry. This is a floor rather than a census — Illinois certainly has good bakeries that publish no menu online, and they are missing for that reason alone. The full register covers 175 bakeries.
Che cosa cuoce Illinois
Across these 5 bakeries, the flavors named most often are chocolate (2), anise almond (1), pistachio (1), orange chocolate (1), blueberry vanilla (1), almond (1).
The oldest here by its own account is Scafuri Bakery of Chicago, which dates itself to 1904.
Chicago
Scafuri Bakery Ships
est. 1904 · almond, hazelnut
Little Italy bakery in the same family since 1904; sells its hazelnut version as biscotti di noci.
Chicago Heights
Marconi Baking Company Ships
est. 1911 · anise almond, pistachio, orange chocolate, blueberry vanilla
Baking in Chicago Heights since 1911; its signature is a soft biscotti rather than the hard twice-baked style.
Grayslake
est. 2009 · chocolate
Mundelein
est. 2009 · chocolate
Gli stati vicini
Nothing close enough in Illinois? Most of these bakeries will not ship, so the next state is often the real answer:
Or skip geography entirely — the bakeries that ship nationally will send a tin anywhere.
Manca qualcuno?
Know a Illinois bakery that belongs here? Tell us — listings are free and always will be. If you would rather bake than buy, the recipes are documented in baker’s percentages, and the pairing table will tell you what to drink with the result.