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Cookies are having a major moment in LA right now!
Remember the cupcake craze of the mid-2000s?
It’s like that…cookie shops are popping up everywhere! Levain Bakery opened on Larchmont earlier this year.
The Very Best Cookie in the Whole Wide World opened on Robertson in July.
Lei’d Cookies opened in Culver City two weeks ago. AND there’s the online-based cookie businesses too like Crumbl, Brady’s and Last Crumb.
Why now? Some say it’s our collective anxiety and need for comfort post-pandemic.
So, here are some of the best cookies to try right now:
The OG from The Very Best Cookie in the Whole Wide World
• Crisp around the edges with a soft and chewy middle…with hand chopped chocolate, and topped with Maldon sea salt!
The Durango cookie at Valerie in Echo Park
• Chocolate chips with roasted almonds, cocoa nibs, and hickory-smoked salt.
Brown butter chocolate chip cookie from Zooies Cookies in West LA
• This cookie has a finesse to it…it’s well balanced, not too sweet and with the toffee notes of brown butter throughout