Whether you prefer yours ooey-gooey, with more of a crunch, extra sweet, or a little on the savory side, it’s official: there is no wrong way to bite into a cookie. With colder temps on the way and National Cookie Day quickly approaching on December 4th, there is no better time to celebrate this sprinkle-topped list of the top cookie spots in each U.S. state and Canadian province.
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- Alabama: Cookie Fix (Homewood, AL)
- Alaska: Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop (Anchorage, AK)
- Arizona: Urban Cookies Bake Shop (Phoenix, AZ)
- Arkansas: Markham & Fitz (Bentonville, AR)
- California: The Cookie Jar (Fontana, CA)
- Colorado: Dolce Sicilia Italian Bakery (Wheat Ridge, CO)
- Connecticut: Neil’s Donuts and Bake Shop (Wallingford, CT)
- Delaware: Bavarian Bakery & Deli (Dover, DE)
- Florida: Cindy Lou’s Cookies (Miami, FL)
- Georgia: Monster Cravings (Atlanta, GA)
Photos from: Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop, Monster Cravings, and Cindy Lou’s cookies
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- Hawaii: BanyanTreats (Lahaina, HI)
- Idaho: Bear Paw Cookies (Coeur d’Alene, ID)
- Illinois: Hellas Pastry Shop (Chicago, IL)
- Indiana: Amelia’s (Indianapolis, IN)
- Iowa: Cafe d’Marie (Davenport, IA)
- Kansas: Upper Crust Pie Bakery (Overland Park, KS)
- Kentucky: Nord’s Bakery (Louisville, KY)
- Louisiana: Angelo Brocato (New Orleans, LA)
- Maine: Scratch Baking Company (South Portland, ME)
- Maryland: Harmony Bakery (Baltimore, MD)
Photos from: Hellas Pastry Shop, Upper Crust Pie Bakery, and Amelia’s
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- Massachusetts: Clear Flour Bakery (Brookline, MA)
- Michigan: Ridley’s Bakery Cafe (Troy, MI)
- Minnesota: Baking Betty’s (Bloomington, MN)
- Mississippi: Sweet Somethings Bakery (Laurel, MS)
- Missouri: Whisk: a Sustainable Bakeshop (Saint Louis, MO)
- Montana: Wild Crumb (Bozeman, MT)
- Nebraska: Sweet Magnolias Bake Shop (Omaha, NE)
- Nevada: Chocolate Chip Cookie Company (Las Vegas, NV)
- New Hampshire: Old Village Bakery (North Conway, NH)
- New Jersey: Erie Coffee & Bakery (Rutherford, NJ)
Photos from: Whisk: a Sustainable Bakeshop, Clear Flour Bakery, and Sweet Magnolias Bake Shop
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- New Mexico: Cornerstone Bakery & Cafe (Ruidoso, NM)
- New York: Levain Bakery (New York, NY)
- North Carolina: Honeybear Bake Shop (Charlotte, NC)
- North Dakota: Nichole’s Fine Pastry & Café (Fargo, ND)
- Ohio: Boosalis Baking and Café (Centerville, OH)
- Oklahoma: Sweets & Cream (Tulsa, OK)
- Oregon: The Hungry Hero Dessert Co (Sherwood, OR)
- Pennsylvania: Nancy B’s Bakery (Homestead, PA)
- Rhode Island: Feed the Cheeks (Providence, RI)
- South Carolina: Silver Spoon Bake Shop (Columbia, SC)
Photos from: Honeybear Bake Shop, The Hungry Hero Dessert Co, and Feed the Cheeks
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- South Dakota: Eileen’s Colossal Cookies (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Tennessee: Butteriffic Bakery & Cafe (Memphis, TN)
- Texas: Paper Route Bakery (Austin, TX)
- Utah: Local Cookie Co. (Jordan, UT)
- Vermont: Vermont Cookie Love (North Ferrisburgh, VT)
- Virginia: Rookie’s (Forest, VA)
- Washington: Bell’s Cookie (Seattle, WA)
- West Virginia: A Step In Time Bake Shop (Ranson, WV)
- Wisconsin: Yummee (Madison, WI)
- Wyoming: Mary’s Mountain Cookies (Cheyenne, WY)
Photos from: Butteriffic Bakery & Cafe, Local Cookie Co., and Mary’s Mountain Cookies
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- Alberta: Confetti Sweets (Sherwood Park, AB)
- British Columbia: The Garden Strathcona (Vancouver, BC)
- Manitoba: Le Croissant (Winnipeg, MB)
- New Brunswick: Chess Piece Patisserie & Cafe (Fredericton, NB)
- Newfoundland & Labrador: Rocket Bakery and Fresh Food (St. John’s, NL)
- Nova Scotia: East Coast Bakery (Halifax, NS)
- Ontario: Oishiii Sweets (Toronto, ON)
- Prince Edward Island: Receiver Coffee (Charlottetown, PE)
- Québec: Café de’ Mercanti (Montréal, QC)
- Saskatchewan: The Griffin Takeaway (Saskatoon, SK)
Top Cookie Spots in Every State Methodology:
This is a list of the Top Cookie Spots in Every State. We identified businesses in the bakery, dessert and food categories on Yelp with a large concentration of reviews mentioning “cookies” then ranked those spots using a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews mentioning “cookies,” between January 1st, 2001 and October 17th, 2021. All businesses were marked open on Yelp as of October 27, 2021. When available, all businesses on this list have a passing health score as of October 27, 2021.
