It’s hard to beat a homemade cookie—fresh out of the oven, these warm, chocolatey treats are like a tiny taste of heaven. But even after those months in lockdown, here at Urban List we’re yet to perfect our baking skills—we just can’t quite nail the chewy cookie consistency we all know and love. So for now, we’ve decided to throw in the towel, and leave it to the experts to satisfy our sweet tooth.
Thankfully, Brisbane/Meanjin is bursting with all kinds of weird and wonderful cookie concoctions. Chewy, crunchy, nutty, gooey, sprinkled with salt and covered in Caramilk—if you can dream it, you can eat it. We’ve rounded up the best cookies in Brisbane, so you can quench those cookie cravings no matter when they strike. Just FYI, it’s BYO milk.
Peach Cafe
97 Haig Road, Auchenflower
Peach Cafe's Nutella lava cookies are legendary in certain circles (our office, for example), and if you call yourself a cookie lover, you need to get your hands on one, stat. While the Nutella numbers are their signature, Peach also does a flavour of the month, which they take votes on in the cafe the month before. Cinnabon bun and pistachio cheesecake with white chocolate cookie dough are just two of their recent flavours, so you get the idea how decadent these specials are.
13 Bees Contemporary Bakery
694 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
Image credit: 13 Bees | Instagram
Okay, so 13 Bees Contemporary Bakery may not sell actual cookies, but they sell cookie pies, and that’s just as good (if not better) in our books. Serving warm cookie dough in the shape of pie slices, filled with the sweet goodness of your choice, this joint is forever one of our favourites. Come on, how could you possibly go past a kit kat biscoff slice with Nutella spread? You can’t, we’ve tried.
I Am ARI Dessert Cafe
30/1000 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
“Not too sweet, but absolutely delicious!” That’s what I Am ARI’s website says about their cookies—and they would be right. These Korean-style cookies are different, best eaten cold and with high expectations of delicious fillings. There are a range of creative flavours on offer, from matcha s’more to corn cheese. Yes, you read that right. Give the corn cheese cookie a shot, it may surprise you.
Golly Gosh
92 Hyde Road, Yeronga
Cookies aren’t the only thing you can get at Golly Gosh, but they are the best thing you can get there. Dished up with a side of soft serve—chocolate or vanilla, your pick—the fresh house-baked cookies are undeniably good. Lotus, Oreo, pretzel, s’mores, the flavours are endless. We hope your appetite is too, because you won’t just stop at one cookie. Only a dozen will do.
Batch Cookies
91 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD | Online
Image credit: Batch Cookies | Facebook
Forget boozy bars, we're far more interested in Batch Cookies' cookie bar. With a permanent store in the city and the ability to order online, these guys take your everyday baking ingredients and whip them up into a delicious blend of indulgent chocolate cookies. You can’t go wrong with their OG recipe—a blend of milk and dark chocolate and Belgian chocolate, baked to perfection—but they also have new out-ot-the-box flavours every week, from TimTam to Milo. And yes, there are vegan and gluten-free goodies too—their vegan ube velvet crackle cookie is a regular.
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Supernice
4/37 Mayne Road, Bowen Hills
Not-at-all-surprisingly, Supernice’s cookies are super nice. Chunky, decadent cookies, so full to the brim with fillings that they almost look like muffins. That’s the stuff we love, right there. Their rotating range of goodness is not to be missed, featuring hits like their matcha cookies, roast hazelnut Nutella cookies, and, our personal favourite, their red velvet cookies—packed with white, milk, and dark Lindt chocolate. Death by chocolate, anyone?
DRZLE
1/43 Evelyn Street, Newstead
It goes without saying, but DRZLE’s cookies slap. Their rotating collection of melt-in-your-mouth treats are not to be missed—after all, where else would you get a Caramilk-flavoured cookie? But, putting DRZLE over the top is what they pair with their gorgeous creations: acai, soft serve, and unique coffees. We’ll take one fairy bread cookie and soft serve combo with an iced tiramisu latte, please.
Flour & Chocolate
4/621 Wynnum Road, Morningside | 78 Old Toombul Road, Northgate
Image credit: Flour and Chocolate | Instagram
The secret to the world’s most delicious chocolate chip cookie? If you’re a Flour & Chocolate fan (who isn’t?), it’s as simple as a sprinkling of nuts, a dash of salt, and a whole lotta chocolate. Think pistachio and macadamia nuts mixed in amongst chunks of melt-in-your-mouth milk chocolate. De-LISH. They tend to rotate through flavours, so swing by one of their stores to see what’s up for grabs this week.
Butter Meets Sugar
5/112 Birkdale Road, Birkdale
A gem on the east side is the gorgeous Butter Meets Sugar. With interiors by Enixr Built, this cookie bar is as pleasant on the eyes as it is on the tastebuds. They trade in cakes, cupcakes and slices galore, but it's their chunky New York-style cookies that we've got eyes for, which come in rotating flavours like birthday cake, Jaffa, Biscoff, Mars Bar, s'mores and so many more.
Baked By M+G
402 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo | Online
Serving up six different types of freshly baked bikkies, Baked By M+G are Brisbane’s unofficial cookie queens (although cookies aren't all they do). Available at markets across the city, for delivery or from their Coorparoo store, M+G stock all our faves—we’re talking white choc caramilk, red velvet and choc chunk (for when choc chip just isn’t enough). They even have gluten-free and vegan options, so everyone can satisfy their sweet tooth.
Brooki Bakehouse
15 Marshall Street, Fortitude Valley | Gate 25, Brisbane Domestic Airport | L1 Westfield Chermside, Chermside | Online
Image credit: Brooki Bakehouse | Instagram
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have already seen Brooki’s New York-style chunky cookies taking the internet by storm. With three stores now open in Brisbane as well as online delivery, you can get your hands around a Brooki Bakehouse delight in the form of their signature chocolate chip and walnut NYC cookie with a soft, chewy centre and crunchy exterior. That's not the only flavour in the cabinet though–others include red velvet, Biscoff, pistachio and Nutella milk choc, with nut free options available. We'll just take one of everything.
Alphabet Cafe
243 Boundary Street, West End
For cookies so good they’ve earned a cult following, head on down to the Alphabet Cafe. Based in West End, their rotating cookies and speculaas practically fly off the shelves, so get in early if you’re keen to give the likes of pandan crinkle and dirty chai choc chip a try. Pair it with a warm brew of Coffee Supreme and don’t forget to thank us later.
Gold Coast Cookies
Various Cafes | Online
Like your cookies soft and gooey? Trust us—Gold Coast Cookies are nothing short of cult-worthy. Thankfully, you don’t have to make the long drive down south for a taste of these bad boys. Order them online, grab them at a Woolies Metro or visit the handful of Brisbane’s cafes that stock them so you can pair your morning coffee with a sweet treat. Find a stockist near you here.
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Image credit: Peach Café | Website
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