Carol’s Cookies

Someone sent us cookies from Carols as a thank you gift. Unfortunately, the cookies were very stale and many were very hard. Even the kids did not like them. They were very big, so I am sure they were awesome when fresh. But I would definitely never order for shipping in other states.

These cookies are delish! I had one of the first time as part of a thank you gift– they are truly amazing. From reading the reviews below, I see they are at Whole Foods– well here I come! The cookies are soft and chewy. I may have to squeeze in more gym time this week. Definitely try one if you haven’t.

Carol’s Cookies have been around for what seems like forever — at least 20 years, I’d say? Maybe more. I’m still hanging onto my 20’s and I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know that these cookies existed and I always wanted to get my hands on one. They’re one of those old timers my parents & grandparents rave about. I agree. They’ve done things right and should stay around forever, at least to show newfangled competition how to begin making a seriously decadent, bursting with flavor, delicious cookie. Every single bite is fresh and fantastic. Carol’s are not the warm-​out-​of-​the-​oven kind of cookie, and that’s fine by me. They don’t need any gimmick or partner to hoist them up to deliciousness, as they are delicious room temperature and hold their own with or without an accompanying refreshment. Chocolate chunk, peanut butter chocolate, toffee crunch, sugar, The Kitchen Sink, traditional chocolate chip with walnut, the white chocolate macadamia nut, are all outstanding. The only slight issue I have with these cookies are the gargantuan size of the cookie. Simply too much for 1 serving; actually best to keep it at 4 servings per cookie. While that’s what’s recommended by Carol, herself, it’s nearly impossible to cut off ¼ of a cookie and not come back to it until the next day or the day after. Better to have 3 people with you at the exact time of purchase so that no one (I’m) is tempted to over indulge. As good as the ingredients are pure as the driven snow, all that butter and all that sugar is bound to turn a Carol’s Cookie lover as round as a snowman or snow-​woman in a Chicago February. Otherwise, one of the best cookies available on planet Earth!

Danger, Danger! If you have a sweet tooth stay away! Once you try them, you cannot un-​try them. They are wonderfully made with the right texture outside and in.
As far as I can tell she makes 2 sizes: Huge & Delicious; Normal & delicious. I fell in love with the huge ones and found the small ones to be more reasonable but harder to find in the market. This is why her website is so nice.
I recommend to stick with the classic chocolate chunk or the sugar. You’ve been warned.

I’ve been a fan of Carol’s Cookies for years. Last year, I was excited to be able to order 150 tins for corporate gifts. The service was topnotch in every way. The lucky recipients loved the cookies and I was the hero at work for a job well done. We will be working with Carol’s Cookies for our corporate gifts forever more. And I will continue to enjoy the best cookies on the planet, because happily they tend to jump in my cart whenever I’m at Whole foods.

For years I’ve wondered what all the hype is about these cookies. They are HUGE and HARD and very much lacking in flavor. I’ve probably tried them a handful of times over a 20+ year period when I’ve received them as «gifts», just trying to understand why people love them. Add to that the «nutrition» information and why bother? Done.

The first time I had a carols cookie I was a 16 yr old volunteer working in the gift shop of elmhurst hospital… 17 years later I’m still enjoying these unbelievably delicious cookies, they are heavenly. I am 37 weeks pregnant and forcing my husband to run to whole foods before it closes so I can bite into a buttery soft sweet cookie with just a hint of salt and have my eye closing moment of pure perfection!

CAROL! You are my friend and my foe. Your cookies are devilishly delicious. They’re also jam packed with flavor and calories, just the way a proper cookie should be.
If you live near a Whole Foods or other upscale grocery establishment that may sell Carol’s Cookies, consider yourself lucky (or doomed if you’re a cookie monster like me). Carol makes some of my favorite cookies on the planet and they are the huge (4 servings in one cookie) and perfect. 800 calories worth of perfection, folks. Maybe it’s best to split Carol’s Cookies… or maybe consider it a meal replacement.
Some of the flavors I’ve sampled:
Peanut Butter Chocolate: One of the drier cookies but mouth-​watering nonetheless. The ratio of peanut butter to chocolate chunk is fantastic.
Toffee Crunch: My current fave as the cookie hosts large pieces of not-​too-​chewy toffee. I will not share this one.
Chocolate Chip: Classic and the right amount of crunch and softness.
Kitchen Sink: While I wouldn’t turn this cookie down, it’s not my fave in the bunch. Flavor wise it doesn’t stand up to the Toffee Crunch or PB Chocolate.
Well, there you have. Carol, I’m sending you my bill for my hot yoga classes… I need to counteract my cookie love somehow!

I love the cookies but I was very disappointed when I sent them to my nephew in Washington,
she didn’t get them. I ordered them last week and I called because he never got them. The woman that answered the phone at carol’s cookies called me back and said they put a note on the door that he had to come to fed Ex and pick them up — I paid extra for the residential delivery and who is home during the day? they left no phone or anything to sign to leave the cookies. Then she told me that since they were shipped last week they should be thrown out anyway. Thanks a lot — I won’t order again

Having these delivered to my house as a gift each year is something I look forward too. They are absolutely DELICIOUS and I’ve never had a cookie like this. They are the perfect gift for any occasion and you can get different combinations and sizes. They practically melt in your mouth and taste even better if you microwave them for a few seconds.

I love Carol’s Cookies so much, in person and packaged. However today for the first time (after over a year of consuming them) I read the nutritional info on one of the packaged chocolate chip cookies and OMG, I am shocked.
I do understand Carol’s Cookies are made with pure butter and chocolate but seriously, one cookie is marked as FOUR SERVINGS@ 200 calories each so if you accidentally eat a whole one of these you consume 800 CALORIES AND 32 GRAMS OF FAT with 20 grams being saturated fat not to mention 68 GRAMS of sugar. gulp.
I consider this to be incredibly irresponsible marketing and packaging-​who is thinking that ONE cookie would ever be considered to be 4 servings??! I am proof that no one even wants to look at the «nutritional» info. because they know it will be bad but in 2014, numbers like that are ridiculous.

I found Carol’s Cookies at the Bristol Farms in the Westfield Center in SF. The Toffee Crunch is so good, honestly I’ve not gotten around to trying any of the others because I can’t keep away from that one. The cookies disappeared from my local store and I hounded the bakery staff for months to have them ordered again. Well, now they are back, but no toffee crunch :(I check every time I’m close (2 to 3 times per week). Can someone please convince them to order the toffee again?! Otherwise I’ll have to wait until the holidays to get my cookie fix, sad sad times!

These cookies are just wrong and I mean that in a good way. They are GIANT cookies that are like someone took everything right about your Grandmother’s old school cookie recipe and turned it up to 11.
They are an absolute hit to the senses in a way that will make you happy that the nutrition information isn’t listed on the individual packages. The ingredients are very good — maybe not ultra high-​end, but this isn’t about a tiny cookie with small batch chocolate from one particular farm. People love these because they boil down absolutely everything that people love about the old school cookies that mom/​grandma used to make and present it in the form of cookies the size of hockey pucks.
You know, a thought — and I know Carol apparently reads these reviews: smaller cookies and an assortment in traditional packaging. I know everyone loves the giant individually packaged cookies and that could ab-​so-​lutely still be the main option, but would love to be able to buy a pack on the supermarket shelf and have a taste here and there of the various flavors.
The only other cookie that really is in a similar ballpark for me are Matt’s (also local) and that’s saying a lot, as those were certainly an element of my childhood.
Lastly, one element that people like about going to Doubletree Hotels are the Doubletree Cookies at check-​in. Doubletree cookies are very good, but they’re nothing like these. Would love to see these at check-​in at hotels, as they’d make people quickly forget about the famed Doubletree cookie. Maybe they could be a cookie at a suite chain (Residence Inn, Embassy Suites. etc.) I can see the ads: «Big Rooms. Big Value. Now… Big Cookies.»

These are the BEST cookies ever! I told my boyfriend though he can only have one every 3 weeks. I haven’t looked at the calorie or fat content because i just can’t. But they are so delicious. We have a NYC Bagel deli right near work where I pick them up. They only sell the chocolate chip. I would really like to try other varities. They are so big and soft. Put them in the microwave and they are divine. Thank’s Carol for helping me satisfy my sweet tooth =)

Eating a cookies can substitute for a meal. Deliciousness! You can find these at just about any grocery store in the NorthShore and if someone who lives in the area hasn’t heard of Carol’s, then they’re definitely not natives. ;)

These lil fat boys are something special.
Big in size and they make a BIG impression. Fresh, natural ingredients, the cookies taste like love went into them. The toffee crunch with Vosges chocolate is good. You’ll relish every mouthful!

I’ve never been here, but I’ve tried their cookies multiple times and they’re literally the best cookies I’ve ever had! I love the chocolate chip ones with big yummy pieces of chocolate in them! Hopefully I’ll be able to visit the store one day.

BEST COOKIES EVER: O super thick with such a wonderful buttery, unique taste to them, regardless of the flavor you get. The chocolate chip is my favorite, but their snickerdoodle is ridiculous too.
Last year I was at a sort of fundraising event where tons of local bakeries had tables set up with their bakery items and you could go around sampling them all! That was SOOO fun in itself! BUT I almost fell over in happiness at seeing that Carol’s Cookies had a table there! I must have gone back close to ten times for more cookies. THEY ARE INSANE. Not until later in the evening did I find out that the person standing behind that booth was CAROL herself! Someone who knew her introduced me and I was star-​struck. Such a sweet lady, no pun intended ;)
With that established, I should warn you that this address is just the site where they make the cookies and then use them to fill online orders and to distribute them to grocery stores in the vicinity and what-​not. I don’t believe they have an actual little bakery, where you could go in and buy a cookie to enjoy in the shop — her brand is just sold at stores in the area. Though that’d be so great if they could open an actual store!
Regardless, her cookies are so fantastic.
Carol sure knows what she’s doing — keep it up!

These are a very special cookie — obviously not the kind you would eat every day and obviously not the kind the average person could finish in one sitting. They are absolutely delicious though, and well worth the treat!
We gave out the white chocolate macadamia nut cookies as our wedding favors in 2008. We bought two cases in bulk for our wedding of 130, and I was pleasantly surprised by how little the cost worked out per person. Seriously, an almost half pound cookie for each guest? I am sure people thought I spent much more than I did — such a big bang for a very reasonable buck! I wrapped them up in cute cellophane bags with a thank you tag, and they were waiting on the plate of each guest as they arrived at their table.
Anyway, the cookies were one of the highlights of our reception and people still talk about them 4 years later. I have ordered Carol’s Cookies on various occasions in the last few years, which always brings back special memories of our big day. I would definitely recommend these cookies to anyone!

With all this stuff about the high calorie count in these cookies, I ask you this:
Do you really expect a giant cookie to be healthy?
NO! Carol’s Cookies are good for the soul. Every flavor is delicious, and they’re all cooked perfectly so that the middle is just the slightest bit under-​done. Go buy one, don’t heat it up or put ice cream on it or anything. Just eat it and know that you’re part of an elite, small group of people who can say they’ve tried these legendary cookies.
Then go to the gym. So you can eat another one later.

Yes their calorie content is really high, but WHO CARES WHEN YOU’RE INDULGING IN THE SLICE OF HEAVEN THAT IS KNOWN AS A CAROL’S COOKIE!!!
These are hands down the most delicious cookies I’ve ever had the privilege of eating. They’re huge, but it’s hard to stop eating once you’ve taken a bite. So I always find myself (almost) finishing a cookie in one sitting. I have to actually say to myself, «Gee, Brenda, I think you should stop eating now… just one more bite…» But not because I worry about the amount of calories I’m downing, but because I want to make it last longer! My favorite is the chocolate chip, plain and with walnuts. I love sinking my teeth into these giant cookies, and I love how they make my lips feel all buttery and delicious.
They’re kinda hard to find in Southern California – I can only find them at Whole Foods in Tustin… I wish they carried them everywhere! I always try to spread the word about these amazing cookies because people deserve to have these cookies in their lives.
I know that if I was on my deathbed I would ask to eat a Carol’s cookie before I go.

Carol’s Cookies is a staple in this area and every time you drive by the location, you can smell the delicious aroma in the air. If you haven’t had the privilidge of consuming one of the monster cookies… then you are truly missing out!!!
I’m a big fan of the Brownie Cookie and Milk Chocolate Chunk!!! They are hefty cookies and make you drool as you heave them towards your mouth!
Excuse me if I carry on about the Brownie Cookie — but it’s ORGASMIC!
I’m pretty sure that you can order them online, but nothing is better than a fresh one and they are around everywhere!!! Many local establishments have them delivered from Carol’s and sell them at their business’.
Save room after your meals because these cookies will leave you feeling full, satisfied, and fulfilled!

These cookies are almost as big as your hand and they are so full of real ingredients that they weight half a pound. I do not waste my sweets quotas on unworthy treats but I can eat one for lunch!
Best of all, they are locally owned by a woman (Carol!) and produced in Highland Park. That’s why I get them as gifts all the time, and have them ship directly to my recipients. A tin with one dozen cookies cost $ 34 and it makes a really warm gift as a congrats or get well gift.

These are the only chocolate chip cookies I will eat besides my own.
You can literally taste the butter in every mouthwatering bite. I swear these cookies have so much butter, you could rub one on an ear of corn.
It boggles my mind how something so big can still be so moist, and stay that way for days, which is how long it usually takes me to eat one of these behemoths.
Since I’m somewhat of a traditionalist (and anaphylactic shock notwithstanding due to my nut allergy), I’ve only tried the chocolate chip without nuts, but I have on good authority that each and every flavor is a masterpiece unto itself.
Worth every calorie.

FYI — and you’ll thank me for this should you ever get lost in the Highland Park area trying to find Carol’s during your precious lunch hour, like someone I hypothetically may or may not know who may or may not be myself — Carol’s at 1480 Old Deerfield doesn’t sell individual cookies. You can buy frozen dough by the dozen, but that’s about it… unless you’re interested in the free smells.
Also, should you want bulk dough or free smells, you’ll find this little hide out by turning at the Old Deerfield Business Center sign by the railroad tracks and driving over 4 speed bumps, at which point you should see a corner building marked Carol’s Cookies.
I tasted one of Carol’s toffee crunch cookies, sold at Whole Foods for $ 2.39, and I had higher expectations. I was excited that Vosges toffee was used in the cookie, but it was like chewing on granules of tough sugar. Should that be a surprise if the second and third ingredients listed are white sugar and brown sugar?
Maybe these bad boys would taste better fresh out of the oven, but this cookie left me thinking Carol who? Where’s Mrs. Fields?