Millies Cookies

If you have a sweet tooth like I do then Millie’s cookis si the place to go to. You can practically smell the freshness of the cookie and can see all those colours that make it so tempting you would step over your own mother just to get one… or six. I must confess I bought six of them and got another six free the other day thanks to my handy voucher on my iPhone. Needless to say that my belly was hurting after I ate them all in one night. Never again…
The staff members are friendly too recommending their favourite flavours and all the offers they do. They even do massive heart shaped cookies for valentines day. How sweet. Anyway, they also offer more than cookies including ice cream and milkshakes. But if you have ice cream, cookies and then a milkshake you better check yourself into A&E right now. It can get busy on certain periods and I wish there were some kind of seating area for you to relax and enjoy.
Besides the lack of seating area, Millies Cookies had a delicious range of freshly baked goodness that will leave you always wanting more. Try not to make yourself sick now!

I really love cookies in general, but Millies’ cookies are some of the best. They are soft and lovely in the inside, tasting a bit like they haven’t been cooked properly, but I love it this way. Providing all kind of cookie goodness, you can even get a giant cookie for a special occasion inscribed with the icing words of your choice.
This is not the place for you if you’re on a diet and that is the bit that makes me sad, I’m one of those people constantly on a diet, so can’t really go to Millies cookies as much as I’d like to if at all, I can only watch as my boyfriend shoves them down his throat. Poor me, I hear you cry.
This establishment is situated in Queens Arcade and is in a prime position to develop queues due to this central location. The staff always deal with this as best they can, so don’t worry you’ll get your cookie pretty swift!

Perhaps it’s due to the location but Millie’s doesn’t really do it for me. Millie’s is nestled in the Queens Arcade I just can’t think of any reason to purposely come here when there are so many other shops in Cardiff that offer the same thing. The cookies are nice but not something I would write home about.
Don’t get me wrong they also sell ice cream and milkshakes etc which all looks great but unfortunately Millie’s doesn’t have the je né se qua I would expect from a confectionary place looking to stand out from the crowd

I do love a good cookie. A good cookie drags you right back to your childhood when your hands were just slightly too small to hold the cookie properly, so you have to use both of them and you’d dunk it in your milk and nibble the edges delicately to make the cookie last as long as possible. At the same time, a good cookie feels like a thoroughly adult indulgence. It’s a declaration of independence. Buying a cookie from Millie’s Cookies is you saying «look at me! I am a grown up! I can eat sweets whenever I feel like it now!»
Millie’s Cookies is clearly designed to take advantage of these thoughts. It’s a shop that catches you on the way passed and invites you in with promises of youthful excess and a buoyant waistline maintained by the stern discipline of your metabolism. All those pretty pastel colours are subliminal adverts, drawing you into their sugary cavern. Millie’s Cookies aren’t exactly the best cookies ever, but they’re certainly not the worst either. And there is a certain element of enjoyable decadence in their product.

I remember quite vividly being on a Weight Watchers diet when coming across Millie’s Cookies. I literally out on the weight of a small child the following week.
Imagine dying and going to a gooey, sweet, doughy heaven and being so satisfied your knees go weak. Well, this is what its like going to Millie’s.
A little store in the bustling Queens Arcade, be warned queues can be pretty wild but the young staff are quick and efficient and get the cookies to you before you want to start performing. (No one likes waiting for treats, ask my Staffordshire bull terrier!)
Now this little gem of a stall/thing’y not only provides the best cookies in Cardiff city it also offers a wide range of ice creams, yes; this place really is a sensitive tooth nightmare. It does milkshakes and cold drinks too. To me it really is a perfect pit stop.
There is no seating this place is purely a pick-​up and go type of joint but that should not put anyone off as there’s loads of optional benches in and around Queens Arcade.
Millie’s is not ideally reasonable but as your all ready being super indulgent by purchasing one in the first place who cares about not getting much change out of a fiver!
All in all sweet tooth people should head here sometime around brunch to avoid massive queues and get that wee sugar fix before you get angry at the dawdlers and the ‘um…I’m not sure’s.’

I will very happily admit to being a fan of Millies Cookies, but I much preferred the Cookie Jar cookies that came before it many years ago in the same spot. Anyone else remember that? Shame.
At lunch time Millie’s Cookies tends to get a backlogged queue, but the staff are very efficient and polite at dealing with it all. You really want to get there early though, because after this busy period, some of the flavours have a tendency to disappear mysteriously. It’s spooky.
These cookies are wonderfully gooey and self-​indulgent. Each one feel naughty, and oh so good at the same time. My tip is to put them in the microwave for a couple for seconds if you still have some at the end of the day, to revive the fresh warmth and the all important yummy factor.
Once I got a giant cookie for a friend’s birthday. And while it went down well and was tasty, you can’t actually feed that many people with it. If you’ve got many mouth to feed, you’re better off getting a cake, but the giant cookie with personalised writing will aways be delightfully quirky.

I think most people have fond memories of Millies Cookies from their childhood. They are soooo yummy and actually rather good value. I also have to say that this Millies has the loveliest staff, and I can never get over how hard they work (the place is very popular)!

Millies do lovely gooey centered indulgent little (or big) cookies that are perfect for a little afternoon sugar fix.
The little kiosk usually has a pretty decent sized queue behind it so I’m not the only one who needs to eat naughty things every few hours in order to keep upright.
The cookies are tasty, yes but they’re not amazing and as Laura has mentioned you can get more for your money at somewhere like Pipi’s.
That said I can’t ever seem to walk past without getting the urge to stop and drop some dosh.

There’s nothing more immediate and satisfying then a trip to Millies cookies. Just a stall inside the shopping centre there’s not much to say about the actual store. Just that the people working there are general friendly and always laugh when we make ‘Ooo’ noises at all the delicious cookies we order.
£3.99 will get you 6 of the little monsters. There is also drinks and milkshake to be had as well as hot drinks and ice creams to cool you down.

Millie’s Cookies is a great port of call when you’re flagging a little bit after a long afternoon of shopping. Sometimes you’ve been there so long that you know you shouldn’t have something real to eat because you’re only a few hours from supper. But you do need a little sweet to perk you up.
And Millie’s Cookies is excellent for that because their cookies are absolutely delicious. However, I don’t give them a very high score for two main reasons.
First of all, there are so many other places (like Pipi’s for example) where you can go for the same thing and support a local shop.
Secondly, the prices aren’t really that good. Again, Pipi’s will offer you something better for less.
However, they ARE good cookies and I will get one if I’m nearby with a hankering for something sweet.