Brainstorm Bakery/Crapola World Headquarters

The shop is cute and has so many goodies!We stopped by and had some coffee, hot chocolate, a couple cookies, 2 brownies and a pound of Kissypoo Chocolate granola. Super neat to meet Andrea. We'll definitely stop back when in the area and awesome to know they sell in bulk plus are available in coops in the cities!

While visiting Ely I noticed the signs advertising Crapola brand granola in the grocery store (Zup's) and there's a brochure for the Crapola World Headquarters at the Ely Welcome Center that made it seem like a fun place to check out. We were surprised the outside of the building they're in looks nothing like the brochure, apparently they just moved to a new (to them) building. But inside is very nice, it's a small bakery that also has smoothies, and they were selling 4 flavors of their granola, and tshirts. We picked up a bag of Kissypoo (chocolate raspberry) granola and it's tasty, although the Crapola name/brand isn't anywhere on the package. Not sure I'd go out of my way to stop in again.

My husband and I purchased dinner rolls for Thanksgiving here and they were phenomenal! The service here is excellent, and the baked goods and coffee are delicious. I'm so grateful we have Brainstorm Bakery here in Ely, MN. Thanks for all that you provide!

One of the best scones we have had - somehow we missed stopping in on our last trip to Ely but now will be on my permanent must visit list. Took some cookies to go for after snow shoeing snack - amazing and gluten free - highly recommend the maple pecan cookie. Customer service was friendly and provided suggestions for activities in town.

Just had the best pumpkin spice muffin top. Got a brownie for later. Picked up some Crapola to try. Friendly staff. Highly recommend!

Very good granola. Having now tried all of your flavors I can say that "Number 2" with its orange background flavor is my personal favorite! Every flavor is still among the best granola out there. And with a name like Crapola Number 2 it's way out there. But seriously, I have found all of the flavors to be enjoyable. I'm having a bowl of the original right now. Thanks for the satisfying product with only the natural sweetness. The only problem with my life is I am now out of Crapola and need more.

Find Crapola at Zombie Runner in Palo Alto.

The owners are really great people. The granola is tasty. My favorite is Kissypoo. We tried their sourdough last time and it was awesome. I’d recommend stopping at their cute shop for coffee & a cookie.

Excellent granola, wonderful baked goods and friendly service. The breads are great to bring home and enjoy. We love all the cookies. Can’t be beat!

I love the vibe of the kindly folks who work there, as well as not overloading their baked goods with sugar. Just a little, not a lot. And of course all of their gluten free cookies.

What a cool business, we were camping up near Ely and stopped in on a whim, we met one of the owners who explained the naming of Crapola. The product tastes great and we even came back on out way home for some coffee.