Sure, we love the scent of freshly baked cookies. We don’t, however, love the mess that is inherently baked into baking, so we often prefer to leave it to the professionals. These bakeries around the South deliver melt-in-your-mouth goodies right to your doorstep!
Psst! We’ve added three delicious new options to this year’s list!
HiFi Cookies | Nashville, TN
Everything about HiFi Cookies is funky, musical, and creative. New York native Sean Newsome left the restaurant industry and started experimenting and remixing some of his mother’s classic recipes. After he fell in love with his wife Kristen, they also fell in love with Nashville, launching HiFi cookies in 2016.
Inspired by childhood classics like Fruity Pebbles and Cosmic Brownies, Sean wants his cookies to evoke something magic or nostalgic in you — like a great song. Since HiFi is a small-batch operation, they only ship select cookies on Wednesdays. You can see what’s shippable HERE.
Chloe’s Giant Cookies | Memphis, TN
Chloe of Chloe’s Giant Cookies is a former news producer and marketing wiz turned baker and published author. She’s now focused on shipping her baked delicacies to hungry fans across the country, many of whom have come from her 2.3 million strong TikTok following! (She’s @chloebluffcakes.) Flavors range from nostalgic options like Snickerdoodle, S’mores, and Peppermint to inventive selections like Cookie Monster, Berry Pop Tart, and Banana Pudding.
Cookie Fix | Birmingham, AL
After a childhood fascinated by her mother’s baking magic and years of whipping up cookies for her own family, Amy started Cookie Fix. She quickly couldn’t keep up with demand — everyone around Birmingham wanted her homemade dough in their freezers in case they needed it. Now, she features more than 80 rotating flavors to pick up in-store, and you can try a select few flavors in tubs and frozen dough HERE.
Sugar Shane’s | Atlanta, GA
Shane Quillin quit a corporate job to chase his passion for baking cookies. With no formal training, family recipes, or culinary experience, Shane has won Dessert Wars and gained many hungry fans in Atlanta and beyond. Sugar Shane’s has a creative and rotating menu of melt-in-your-mouth flavors with a signature gooey (and very Insta-worthy center), and he ships nationwide. Shop Sugar Shane’s HERE.
Sucré | New Orleans, LA
Sucré is a luxury sweets boutique with a handful of pretty shops around Louisiana. While it is known for its handmade macarons, you’ll find myriad French-patisserie-worthy confections to order for your next gathering or birthday gift. Shop macarons, brownies, candied nuts, coffee, gift sets, and more at the Sucré Goldbelly shop, HERE.
Sweet Girl Cookies | Charlotte, NC
When Alec Felder decided retirement just wasn’t for him, he dove head-first into cookie-baking in 2014. Soon after, his wife joined full-time to help grow the passion into a full-production, team-led biz named after their daughter Zoe, aka “sweet girl.” Their bakes have collected many awards over the last decade, and they offer easy flat-rate shipping. You can shop and ship HERE!
Cookie Rich | Austin, TX
Lorin Michel Peters was forced to leave her career as a chef when the pandemic rocked the culinary industry. She set out to shake up the classic cookie by creating a bulbous, curvy, double-sized cookie with delectable fillings in between … while also honoring classic homemade cookies’ nostalgic flavors and textures.
After lots of recipe tinkering in her home kitchen, the perfect cookie took shape, and Cookie Rich was created. Get this chef’s quirky creations shipped directly to you via Goldbelly.
Ham’N Goodys | Knoxville, TN
If you know, you know. Knoxville-based cafe and bakery Ham’n Goodys serves up lemon cookies for the ages. These lemon cookies are soft and sweet — but not too sweet — and topped with a tangy lemon icing. They’re nostalgic, delicious, and shipped by the dozen all over the continental United States. (And yes, they’re known for their glazed hams, too!)
MidnighTreats | Vienna, VA
From texture to flavor, customers rave about this Northern Virginia bakery’s giant cookies. MidnighTreats‘ cookies are really big — four times bigger than your average cookies — and they weigh a third of a pound each. They’re perfect for sharing after gameday or holiday meals or shipping/bringing to anyone moving, celebrating, grieving, or hosting. They’re good for up to nine days and best reheated before devouring.
Whimsy Cookie Company | Memphis, TN
This is the place (and the only of its kind on this list) for decorated sugar cookies. Let the pros at Whimsy add some whimsy to your celebrations by creating edible art in the theme of the moment. Holiday scenes? They’ve got ’em. Baby showers? They do those. Wedding theme? Check. You can even pick a DIY decorating kit and involve the whole family. Shop HERE.
Susansnaps | Sandy Springs, GA
We recently got to know this fabulous mother-daughter-run business whose cutely packaged ginger snaps are perfect for gifting year-round. Susan started perfecting the snappy family recipe to brighten up her mother Laura’s day as she underwent cancer treatment. There is so much to love about the rich molasses and bitey spices of a gourmet ginger snap, and this brand churns out 10,000 of them a day!
Grey Ghost Bakery | Charleston, SC
Grey Ghost Bakery’s cookie recipes have been passed down for generations (like many ghost stories) from owner Katherine Frankstone’s childhood. At five, Katherine learned to bake — not with an Easy-Bake oven but alongside her parents in the kitchen.
She started the small, family-owned baking company to honor those lazy summer baking days and Carolina Lowcountry lore, one of which says that the friendly Grey Ghost will warn residents of impending coastal storms. Shop lemon sugar, molasses spice, chocolate bourbon, and more addictive flavors HERE.
Appalachia Cookie Company | Boone, NC
David Holloman launched Appalachia Cookie Company during his senior year at Appalachia State University. He’s won over fans the nation over, including Paula Deen. She called his Blueberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie one of the top 10 cookies in the country, but other flavors like Cookies and Cream or Cheesecake might become your favorite. The good thing is you can order an assortment directly from Boone HERE.
Celli’s | Williamsburg, VA
Gina Celli entered the cookie business after leaving a career on Wall Street once her four children were grown. Since setting up shop near the heart of Colonial Williamsburg in 2019, Celli’s has lured a legion of loyal cookie fans who want a taste of the recipe it has taken Gina more than two decades to perfect. Have some shipped and try them for yourself HERE.
Kizito Cookies | Louisville, KY
Many Kentuckians already know Elizabeth Kizito’s joyful smile and her irresistible cookies. If you don’t, you will soon. Elizabeth was born under a banana tree (literally!) in Uganda and came to the United States in 1975 with a dream to start her own life and business. She’s been working on realizing her bakery dreams for over 30 years, and flavors like Lucky In Kentucky and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip have customers lining up. You can order from Kizito’s Louisville bakery online HERE.
Get your delicious Southern cookies, cookie monsters!
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