The Best Cookies in Seattle

Eater

23-05-2025

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Trends come and go but cookies are forever. Big or small, chewy or crisp, basic chocolate chip or more complicated recipes — a cookie makes your day a little more bearable. Luckily, cookies are everywhere you look. For this map compiling some of Seattle's best cookies we went to not just bakeries but coffee shops and even grocery stores. Anywhere there was a cookie, we went there and we ate it.
The result of our research is this rundown of Seattle cookies, as usual organized geographically rather than ranked. Note that this is a distinct list from our bakery list or our dessert list. If you're one of those people who believes the only proper way to enjoy a cookie is hot out of the oven, try this list of Eater editors' favorite cookie recipes.
Know of a spot that should be on our radar? Send us a tip by emailing [e-mail]. As usual, this list is not ranked; it's organized geographically.
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You may not have seen a cookie as blue as Ben's Bread's blue corn cookie before, and you haven't tasted one quite like it either. The starchy corniness paired with the buttery cookie dough toes the line between sweet and savory, recalling the flavor of a chewy corner piece from a deep-dish loaf of cornbread. Trust when we say it's delicious on its own, but it is tempting to warm it up at home, throw on a pat of butter and drizzle of honey, and eat it just like cornbread.
The colorful signage and outdoor seating make Bell's Cookie Co. a bright spot across from Green Lake, and that's before you even get to the cookies inside. Started by CIA-trained culinary consultant Brooke Perez and her husband Tomas, this spot offers decadent and gourmet spins on classic cookie flavors. The Bell's cookie is not to be missed, loaded with toffee, chocolate chips, pecans, and potato chips for a satisfyingly chewy-crunchy texture akin to a candy bar.
This farmers market mainstay recently opened a brick-and-mortar location in Sunset Hill, where you can pick up well-curated grocery products and loaves of house-made sourdough bread. But do not turn your nose up at the bakery's one-of-a-kind onion cookie, which mixes caramelized Walla Walla onions with warm cinnamon sugar for a unique version of a classic snickerdoodle that is also vegan to boot. If you have ever enjoyed the particular cross-flavor experience of eating a cinnamon bagel that brushed up on an everything bagel in the bag, this cookie is that amplified by a hundred.
This cafe is unique thanks to its blend of German and Chinese flavors. The house chocolate chip cookie has black pepper and swirls of salty licorice caramel, giving a little bit of an edge to a classic treat. Although licorice can be divisive, this cookie should unite everyone with a surprisingly gentle complexity (it's not all that anise-y). If you're a real licorice fan, get the lava hot chocolate to accompany your cookie.
Hello, Robin arguably kicked off Seattle's cookie craze in 2013, when it began to pump out hand-scooped treats. You can still see the dough being scooped and baked in the pastel-colored open-concept kitchen at any of its three locations. These little babies are cheaper and smaller than others on the list, so you can blow through a half-dozen with ease and sample at least of the 14 options Hello Robin consistently has on rotation. Where birthday cake–flavor cookies can often be one note, Hello Robin makes some of the best with a delicate crunch from the sprinkles and creamy white chocolate. The chocolate orange habanero has some real-deal spice for adventure seekers, and the Totes Oats adds oatmeal and wheat germ to the classic chocolate chip batter, so it's basically healthy, right?
Capitol Hill's newest and buzziest bakery has been jam-packed since it's only (for now) operating on a Friday to Sunday schedule. People come for the truly great rice crispy treats, but the cookies are nothing to snuff at either. Where a lot of citrus cookies lack zing, the vegan yuzu crinkle is loaded with it, filled with tangy yuzu juice and candied yuzu peel that is a nice bit of texture in a fluffy, soft cookie. Curiosity will surely be piqued by the neon green pandan cookie topped with crunchy coconut crumble in the bake case, and your curiosity will be rewarded with a buttery, toasty vanilla flavor.
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Hana Yohannes started serving tender cakes and stellar Pop-Tarts out of a little house in the Central District in 2020, but the business expanded when it moved into its new home in the Pike/Pine corridor in 2024. Shikorina's expansion brought in a new line of cookies, with the house special bebere caramel cookies ranking as one of the best and most unique cookies in the city. A soft and chewy cookie dough gets a nutty edge with the addition of crushed walnuts, all of which gets wrapped around a runny caramel filling made fragrant by Ethiopian berbere spice mix. The ginger and licorice-y fenugreek stand out, with a creeping chili coming up from behind, making for a unique eating experience. Also try out the chai-spiced oatmeal white chocolate and floral honey-spiked snickerdoodles.
Since its first location opened in Wallingford in 2021, Midnight Cookie Co. has been quenching late-night cravings with saucer-sized cookies until midnight (or later — the Wallingford store is open until 1 a.m.) Most of the flavors here are pretty traditional, like chocolate chip, peanut butter, and candy-loaded M&M. Cookies from Midnight are satisfying, nostalgic, and you can get them delivered. What more do you want?
Lowrider's cookies are made for fans of dense and chewy cookies that leave distinct teeth marks when bitten into. The texture verges on brownie-like fudginess whether you get an Oreo-packed Cookies and Cream cookie or the toasty, caramelly Salted Toffee Pecan cookie. You'll want to make monthly trips to sample Lowrider's stellar seasonal options. I count down the days to September every year for the Stuffed Strawberry Poptart cookie, with sweet sugar cookie dough wrapped around a bright and juicy strawberry filling. Get these cookies at the Georgetown location (only open on the weekends), or go to the Central District or Burien outposts; they're also available at SeaTac airport.
This humble stand in Pike Market is supposed to be known for their cinnamon buns, which ehhhhh. The oversized cookies stacked in the bake case, however, are truly where this place shines. These suckers are the size of my hand, have the perfect texture combo of crispy edges with a soft and chewy center, and are loaded with mix-ins for those who like a big, substantial treat. The Monster cookie lives up to its name with a scary amount of oats, nuts, chocolate chips, and M&Ms, and the Buckeye cookie comes topped with a whole peanut butter cup placed right in the center.
Only one spot has ' the cookie,' and it's an upscale grocery store chain. The chocolate chip cookie at Metropolitan Market is heavy on the chocolate: It contains two types of Belgian-style chocolate chunks, and the result is a mess of melted chocolate all over your mouth and hands. It's almost overwhelming, though the crunchiness of the toasted walnuts helps temper the chocolate intensity. No other cookie in town so perfectly recalls the childhood joy of digging into a messy cookie fresh out of the oven. We promise not to look while you're licking your fingers clean.
The cookies at Little Jaye might look a little modest compared to the snack cakes, cereal bars, and Shokupan buns bursting with cream, but skipping them would be doing yourself a disservice. Chef and owner Charlie Garriosn has said to have tried 40 different cookies in the area when developing his own chocolate chip cookie recipe, eventually landing on his prime combination of molassesy brown sugar flavor and a crisp, crumbly texture. Little Jaye is constantly switching up seasonal flavors, all of which are worth the long waits, but keep a keen eye out for the candy-loaded monster cookie with M&Ms, Butterfingers, peanut butter cups, and chocolate chips for a veritable candy dish in one singular bite.
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You may not have seen a cookie as blue as Ben's Bread's blue corn cookie before, and you haven't tasted one quite like it either. The starchy corniness paired with the buttery cookie dough toes the line between sweet and savory, recalling the flavor of a chewy corner piece from a deep-dish loaf of cornbread. Trust when we say it's delicious on its own, but it is tempting to warm it up at home, throw on a pat of butter and drizzle of honey, and eat it just like cornbread.
The colorful signage and outdoor seating make Bell's Cookie Co. a bright spot across from Green Lake, and that's before you even get to the cookies inside. Started by CIA-trained culinary consultant Brooke Perez and her husband Tomas, this spot offers decadent and gourmet spins on classic cookie flavors. The Bell's cookie is not to be missed, loaded with toffee, chocolate chips, pecans, and potato chips for a satisfyingly chewy-crunchy texture akin to a candy bar. Open in Google Maps
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This farmers market mainstay recently opened a brick-and-mortar location in Sunset Hill, where you can pick up well-curated grocery products and loaves of house-made sourdough bread. But do not turn your nose up at the bakery's one-of-a-kind onion cookie, which mixes caramelized Walla Walla onions with warm cinnamon sugar for a unique version of a classic snickerdoodle that is also vegan to boot. If you have ever enjoyed the particular cross-flavor experience of eating a cinnamon bagel that brushed up on an everything bagel in the bag, this cookie is that amplified by a hundred. Open in Google Maps
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This cafe is unique thanks to its blend of German and Chinese flavors. The house chocolate chip cookie has black pepper and swirls of salty licorice caramel, giving a little bit of an edge to a classic treat. Although licorice can be divisive, this cookie should unite everyone with a surprisingly gentle complexity (it's not all that anise-y). If you're a real licorice fan, get the lava hot chocolate to accompany your cookie. Open in Google Maps
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Hello, Robin arguably kicked off Seattle's cookie craze in 2013, when it began to pump out hand-scooped treats. You can still see the dough being scooped and baked in the pastel-colored open-concept kitchen at any of its three locations. These little babies are cheaper and smaller than others on the list, so you can blow through a half-dozen with ease and sample at least of the 14 options Hello Robin consistently has on rotation. Where birthday cake–flavor cookies can often be one note, Hello Robin makes some of the best with a delicate crunch from the sprinkles and creamy white chocolate. The chocolate orange habanero has some real-deal spice for adventure seekers, and the Totes Oats adds oatmeal and wheat germ to the classic chocolate chip batter, so it's basically healthy, right? Open in Google Maps
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Capitol Hill's newest and buzziest bakery has been jam-packed since it's only (for now) operating on a Friday to Sunday schedule. People come for the truly great rice crispy treats, but the cookies are nothing to snuff at either. Where a lot of citrus cookies lack zing, the vegan yuzu crinkle is loaded with it, filled with tangy yuzu juice and candied yuzu peel that is a nice bit of texture in a fluffy, soft cookie. Curiosity will surely be piqued by the neon green pandan cookie topped with crunchy coconut crumble in the bake case, and your curiosity will be rewarded with a buttery, toasty vanilla flavor.
Hana Yohannes started serving tender cakes and stellar Pop-Tarts out of a little house in the Central District in 2020, but the business expanded when it moved into its new home in the Pike/Pine corridor in 2024. Shikorina's expansion brought in a new line of cookies, with the house special bebere caramel cookies ranking as one of the best and most unique cookies in the city. A soft and chewy cookie dough gets a nutty edge with the addition of crushed walnuts, all of which gets wrapped around a runny caramel filling made fragrant by Ethiopian berbere spice mix. The ginger and licorice-y fenugreek stand out, with a creeping chili coming up from behind, making for a unique eating experience. Also try out the chai-spiced oatmeal white chocolate and floral honey-spiked snickerdoodles. Open in Google Maps
Foursquare
Since its first location opened in Wallingford in 2021, Midnight Cookie Co. has been quenching late-night cravings with saucer-sized cookies until midnight (or later — the Wallingford store is open until 1 a.m.) Most of the flavors here are pretty traditional, like chocolate chip, peanut butter, and candy-loaded M&M. Cookies from Midnight are satisfying, nostalgic, and you can get them delivered. What more do you want? Open in Google Maps
Foursquare
Lowrider's cookies are made for fans of dense and chewy cookies that leave distinct teeth marks when bitten into. The texture verges on brownie-like fudginess whether you get an Oreo-packed Cookies and Cream cookie or the toasty, caramelly Salted Toffee Pecan cookie. You'll want to make monthly trips to sample Lowrider's stellar seasonal options. I count down the days to September every year for the Stuffed Strawberry Poptart cookie, with sweet sugar cookie dough wrapped around a bright and juicy strawberry filling. Get these cookies at the Georgetown location (only open on the weekends), or go to the Central District or Burien outposts; they're also available at SeaTac airport. Open in Google Maps
Foursquare
This humble stand in Pike Market is supposed to be known for their cinnamon buns, which ehhhhh. The oversized cookies stacked in the bake case, however, are truly where this place shines. These suckers are the size of my hand, have the perfect texture combo of crispy edges with a soft and chewy center, and are loaded with mix-ins for those who like a big, substantial treat. The Monster cookie lives up to its name with a scary amount of oats, nuts, chocolate chips, and M&Ms, and the Buckeye cookie comes topped with a whole peanut butter cup placed right in the center. Open in Google Maps
Foursquare
Only one spot has ' the cookie,' and it's an upscale grocery store chain. The chocolate chip cookie at Metropolitan Market is heavy on the chocolate: It contains two types of Belgian-style chocolate chunks, and the result is a mess of melted chocolate all over your mouth and hands. It's almost overwhelming, though the crunchiness of the toasted walnuts helps temper the chocolate intensity. No other cookie in town so perfectly recalls the childhood joy of digging into a messy cookie fresh out of the oven. We promise not to look while you're licking your fingers clean. Open in Google Maps
Foursquare
The cookies at Little Jaye might look a little modest compared to the snack cakes, cereal bars, and Shokupan buns bursting with cream, but skipping them would be doing yourself a disservice. Chef and owner Charlie Garriosn has said to have tried 40 different cookies in the area when developing his own chocolate chip cookie recipe, eventually landing on his prime combination of molassesy brown sugar flavor and a crisp, crumbly texture. Little Jaye is constantly switching up seasonal flavors, all of which are worth the long waits, but keep a keen eye out for the candy-loaded monster cookie with M&Ms, Butterfingers, peanut butter cups, and chocolate chips for a veritable candy dish in one singular bite. Open in Google Maps
Foursquare