Best Mail Order Cookies: Salty Sweet Cookies, San Francisco, California

A Cookie for Every Craving! Cookies arrive individually wrapped, perfect for sharing.

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A reviewers’s top pick, the quality, consistency, and just plain deliciousness makes Eat Salty Sweet Cookies one of the best mail order cookie gifts. These are the cookies you send to your best friend, your best client, your favorite college kid and get raves every time.

You have got to try their Caramel Crunch Chocolate Chip Cookie. This gourmet cookie starts with a classic chocolate chip cookie batter and then adds their signature crunchy toffee/caramel/salty chunks that takes this cookie to the next level of craveability.

These gourmet cookies are made with house-made vanilla and all the finest, buttery ingredients you would expect in an exceptional cookie. Crunchy on the edges with a soft-baked, chewy middle, every cookie is topped with delicate flakes of sea salt.

Their classic chocolate chip cookies use Guittard chocolate chips that layer throughout giving each bite the perfect dough to chocolate ratio. We also love the Oatmeal Raisin cookies (“Best I’ve ever had” said one taster), the Dark Chocolate cookies (“Deeply chocolate without being too sweet’) and the Spicy Cinnamon cookies which absolutely live up to the name. Gluten-Free and Vegan cookie options are available too, and they are just as delicious as the classic versions.

Each gourmet cookie comes individually wrapped in its own clear cellophane envelope so you won’t mind when eager tasters paw through the selection to find their favorite.

Sweet Girl Gourmet Cookies, Charlotte, North Carolina

Levain Gourmet Cookie Bakery, New York, New York

From Top:

Double Chocolate Chip Cookie, Chocolate Chip with Walnuts, Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookie, Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie.
This is what cravings are made for!

Cookie Society, Dallas Texas

You know what you become when you are a professional cookie reviewer? If you answered “chubby” I won’t argue the point, but I was thinking of a different word: Picky. Primadonna level picky.  When a shipment of cookies arrive we first consider the box. Is it a box we feel a gift recipient would like? Then we unbox the cookies. Do they look high-quality? Irresistible?  Do the flavors offer something out of the ordinary? Is the cookie made with quality ingredients that you can taste in every bite? How much does each cookie weigh? How wide? How thick? Texture: crunchy, chewy, soft baked or a combo? When we finish one do we eagerly reach for another? We’re happy to report Cookie Society cookies surpasses every standard we set.

Named one of Oprah’s favorite cookies, these are hefty 4 ounce cookies (that’s a quarter pounder cookie!), four inches across, with a dense, soft-baked texture with an excellent bite that can also hold its own dunked in your beverage of choice.  Our surprise favorite: the chewy and perfectly spiced Sweet Potato Pie Cookie.  Sounds weird. Taste ahhh-mazing. Another surprise: Peppermint Hot Chocolate, a brownie-like chocolate mint cookie that pulls off the nearly impossible stunt of tasting like the iconic Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie. Bottom line, even our toughest reviewers agree:  Every flavor is “bangin’.”

The Dirty Cookie, Phoenix, Arizona

When you open your box of Dirty Cookies a card suggests you heat your cookie before you take your first bite. Can you skip that step? Of course, but don’t. That heat wakes up the warm, sweet goodness these cookies are designed to deliver. A few minutes in the oven or microwave elevates these good cookies to great cookies and provides a delectably warm moment of mmmmmmmmm.

Choose from the ever changing menu of stuffed cookie flavors (we loved their signature Chocolate Chip stuffed with Nutella), and definitely consider their cookie shots—deliciously edible cookie shot glasses lined with chocolate and other flavors that are ready to be filled with milk, cold brew coffee, ice cream, or whatever you’re craving. Cheers to you!

Most Like Homemade Cookies: Bake My Day, Mobile, Alabama

What’s the secret to the homemade goodness? Using tried and true southern recipes passed from mother to daughter going back four generations. Imagine a cookie baked perfectly golden brown, just pulled from the oven, and given time to settle back into itself. This results in cookies with a slightly crisp edge that gives way to a tender and rich soft-baked middle. Tempted? This will seal the deal: your order includes free shipping.

Available in assorted flavors including classics like Chocolate Chip, Toffee Pecan, Oatmeal Raisin, and Funfetti Sugar, we also suggest your order includes the Sweet-n-Salty Chocolate Chip cookie studded with pretzel pieces. It’s their most popular cookie, and after one bite you’ll know why. Cookies weigh in at 2 ounces each and are nearly 4 inches wide. If you decide to buy a dozen for the kids, and keep an extra dozen all for yourself in your secret snack hiding place, well, I won’t tell on you if you don’t tell on me.

Most Quirky Cookies: Milk Bar Cookies, New York, NY

Bon Appétit magazine calls Milk Bar “one of the most exciting bakeries in the country.”

Leila Love Macarons, Available at Amazon

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Magnolia Bakery, New York, New York

Dominique Ansel’s Cookie Gift Combo Box. Rich and Impressive!

Fun Cookies: Elle’s Belles, Bozeman, Montana

Danny Macaroons, New York, New York

These are the same top-secret macaroons chosen by Manhattan Fruitier for their gourmet gift baskets, but we tracked them down for you and here they are: Danny Macaroons in New York City. These naturally gluten-free, organic, handmade, super premium macaroons will ruin you for any other macaroon. These golf-ball sized beauties come in flavors from old-school classic to “how in the world did Danny think of that?” We predict these macaroons will be the MVD (most valuable dessert) of the holiday season.

Operation Cookies, Pittsburgh, PA

Need to quench your craving for home-baked cookies? Operation Cookies, a Veteran-owned, family-run bakery in Pittsburgh PA, makes small batch cookies in more than a dozen popular flavors that ship to all 50 states as well as APO & FPO addresses.

Baked from scratch, each cookie is individually scooped and formed by hand. Flavors include classic chocolate chip (of course!), as well as chocolate chip topped with Andes Mints, or M&Ms, or Reese’s Pieces. Or you could order the super popular chocolate chip with salted pretzels baked in. They also offer three oatmeal cookie varieties, and for those who can’t decide, choose the assorted cookie gift box guaranteed to please every taste.

This wonderful small business regularly donates to veteran-focused organizations including the Wounded Warrior Project, Fisher House Foundation, the Gary Sinise Foundation, Tunnel to Towers and Folds of Honor.

David’s Cookies

Vermont Cookie Love, North Ferrisburgh, Vermont

After many years in the high-end restaurant business (Per Se, Le Cirque, Union Square, Postrio) former New Yorker Paul Seyler was ready for a new adventure. In 2007, he and his family headed north to the little town of North Ferrisburgh, Vermont where they got seriously busy and launched Cookie Love. Their recipes reflect their commitment to local ingredients and clean fresh food.

Cookie Love’s gourmet cookie flavors include the classics like Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal with dried Cranberries, but you’ll also be tempted by Mocha Chocolate Chip, or how about their heartiest cookie named Enduring Love that combines organic coconut with almonds, oatmeal, chocolate chips and dried cranberries. With loyal customers across the country and rave reviews, Vermont Cookie Love is the place to order rich, all natural cookies and frozen cookie dough for lovers of just-out-of-the-oven home baked cookies.

Make Cookies like a Pastry Chef: Eat Salty Sweet, San Francisco, California

If you want to send the freshest cookies possible, nothing beats homemade! The gourmet cookie mixes from Eat Salty Sweet Bakery makes it so easy. With 1 egg, 1 stick of butter, and 12 minutes in a 375 degree oven, you can have 20 freshly baked cookies ready to go! The Cookie Kits include:
– 1 bag of flour with leavening ingredients
-1 bag of chocolate chip discs from Guittard
-1 bag of homemade vanilla infused sugar
– baking instructions

At just $15 per cookie kit, consider stocking up on these just to have in the cabinet in case a baking urge hits. It’s like having a pastry sous chef on call.

Choose from classic chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin.

Most Colossal Cookies: City Cakes, New York, New York

Okay, what’s your angle? Are you sending cookies to say congratulations, happy birthday, or thank you? Are you trying to cheer someone up? Or do you need to send an apology that can’t be ignored?

We’ve found the cookie that is the equivalent of sending your message in ALL CAPS.

City Cakes cookies weigh a half pound each. They are New York City’s version of an “Urban Legend” that just happens to be true. Big? Yes. But don’t assume these cookies let their size carry the day. The chef’s at City Cakes are devoted to quality ingredients with a ratio of dough to chip that ensures the cookie doesn’t overwhelm with sweetness.

Choose from classic flavors like Chocolate Chip, Ginger Spice, or Hearty Oatmeal, or increase the surprise factor by choosing Red Velvet, Triple Chocolate Spice, or the gluten-friendly Macamochip made with macadamia nuts, milk chocolate chips and filled with a layer of Nutella.

The cookies are baked and shipped the same day, individually wrapped in a pack of eight. That’s right, 8 cookies = a box of four pounds of freshly-made cookies. City Cakes knows 8 big cookies may be a lot for some, but the individually packaged cookies freeze well and return to their fresh-baked goodness with just a few minutes in a 350 degree oven or a few seconds in the microwave.

Milk Jar Cookies, Los Angeles, California

The LA Reader says Milk Jar Cookies are “Possibly the best fresh cookies in town.” Oh yeah? We sent our Los Angeles taster to go see. A half a dozen warm cookies later, he texted in to Eat Gift Love HQ that they were indeed fresh and really good. Well, that’s what we translated from the one word description he actually texted: “Deece!” (We apologize his description is lacking. He’s young and works for cookies. He’s not yet reached the descriptive heights of, say, an Anthony Bourdain. But we are confident in his judgment.)

What’s fun about ordering cookies from Milk Jar is the ability to create a custom box and choose from 15 different flavors that include Banana Split, Birthday Cake, Rocky Road, and White Chocolate Raspberry. Or skip the pressure of choosing and just order the popular assorted box. Order as few as a half dozen ($15) to up to two dozen for online orders ($60). Need more than two dozen? Just give them a call.

Zabars, New York, New York

Zabar’s is as New York as it gets. Whether you’re celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas or New Years, Zabar’s bagels, deli meats, and pastries will put you in a New York state of mind. The Black and Whites are particularly fun to eat. Do you eat one side first then the other, or take an equal bite of both sides down the middle? I haven’t decided yet, so I’ll keep practicing.

Cake Monkey Bakery, Los Angeles, California

For those who loved Ding Dongs (a.k.a. Ring Dings) you’ll want to order the Cakewiches, delightful mini cake sandwiches filled with peanut butter & house-made marshmallow, or raspberry and vanilla cream enrobed in bittersweet chocolate. Do you crave a Yodel? Try Cake Monkey’s El Rollos.

Or try the Oreo Cookie reinvented as the “Big O” with a scrumptious butter cream sandwiched between two gourmet chocolate cookies. We could go on, but be a big kid and go see for yourself!

Free Shipping! Mail Order cookies online at Cake Monkey Bakery, or order directly by phone 877.640.CAKE (2253).

Baked in Color, New York, New York

Julie Waxman, founder of Baked In Color. has perfected stop-in-your-tracks-vibrant rainbow-colored chocolate chip cookies. Baked in Color can do any color combination you can think of—including those of your favorite college or sports team.

Made by hand every day, each dough color is rolled out and then twisted with others to create the delightfully psychedelic color combos. Extra chocolate chips are sprinkled on top right before baking giving the cookies an even yummier taste and an irresistible look.

Ready to give a little crazy?

Ruby Snap Cookies, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ruby Snap Cookies are the retro-inspired glamour girls of the cookie world. Each of the 18 flavors on the cookie menu is named like a pin-up girl—Margo, Lola or Lilly—to highlight the beauty and seductive quality of each cookie. The tongue in cheek silliness works. You’ll be seduced.

Yes, you can get your chocolate fix with flavors that include Coffee Toffee (“Nina”) and Peanut Butter Truffle (“Penelope”). But you’ll really be turned on by the tart come-ons of “Zoey” a Blueberry Lemon Chia cookie with a tart, fresh-squeezed lemon juice glaze, or “Lilly” a Lemon Sugar Cookie with Lemon Heads and a fresh-squeezed lemon glaze (best eaten upside down so the glaze dazzles your tongue with a mouth watering tartness). Or surrender yourself to the siren call of “Suzie” and her rosy-pink glow of tart cherries, a zig-zag of milk chocolate, and her sparkling pink shimmer of sugar.

Craftsman & Wolves, San Francisco, California

12 delicious gourmet cookies for $69.95 (shipping included). Ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, Valrhona 80% chocolate, maldon sea salt.

Cake, Chicago, Illinois

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Jaques Torres, New York, New York