For TNT readers, one shop makes the best cookies in Tacoma area. It wasn’t close
The Tacoma area takes its cookies very seriously.
Lots of local bakers have perfected their version of the beloved sweet treat, but one Tacoma business takes the cake (or the cookie), according to our readers.
The News Tribune recently asked readers to vote for the spot that makes their favorite cookie in the area.
Nearly 130 readers cast their ballot, and 117 of those readers agreed that Cove’s Cookies — soon to be Cove’s Bakery — made the best cookies of them all.
The rest of the votes went to three other local cookie makers. Here are the results.
Cove’s Cookies
- Soon to be at 766 St Helens Ave., Tacoma
- 206-353-3051
- .instagram.com/covescookies
Cove’s Cookies is a popular vendor at local markets but soon will open a storefront in Tacoma under the name Cove’s Bakery. The store is slated to open this summer. The jumbo cookies are $6 each, and varieties include brown butter chocolate chip, s’mores, raspberry white chocolate, strawberry shortcake and blueberry cobbler. Cove’s also does rotating flavors each month, and past flavors include apple pie, pumpkin cream cheese and brown sugar cookie butter. Along with cookies, the bakery will sell banana bread, cinnamon rolls and New Zealand-style ice cream. To see where to find Cove’s, check out its Instagram for the monthly schedule.
Metropolitan Market
- Tacoma: 2420 N. Proctor St., Tacoma, 253-761-3663
- Gig Harbor: 5010 Point Fosdick Dr., Gig Harbor, 253-858-4842
- metropolitan-market.com
- Both locations open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day
This grocery store chain produces a locally famous chocolate chip cookie, dubbed “The Cookie.” For $4.19, you get a large, dense cookie with Belgian chocolate chips and toasted walnuts. It’s served warm, and the inside is so soft that it can be a bit of a chocolatey mess to consume. That’s also because almost half of the cookie’s total weight is in chocolate, according to the Met Market website. Along with chocolate chip, the grocery store also makes a peanut butter version of “The Cookie.”
Balloon Roof Baking Co.
- 1702 6th Ave., Tacoma
- 253-232-7680
- balloonroof.com
- Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day
This relatively new storefront for the local bakery has been quite popular so far, so you might have to wait in line to score some goodies. Along with sourdough, house-made focaccia and a few pastries, Balloon Roof offers cookies in two flavors — ginger molasses and chocolate chip with Maldon Sea Salt. Both cookies go for $4.
Maggie Magee’s Bake Shop
- 604 Regents Blvd., Fircrest
- 253-302-4494
- maggiemagees.com
- Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday.
This Fircrest bakery is all about cookies. It offers custom cookies and cookie classes, along with selling a variety of in-store sweets. The bakery offers classic cookie flavors like chocolate chip, snickerdoodle and oatmeal raisin, and also comes up with new flavors often, like strawberry lemonade and banana pudding. Regular cookies go for $4, and vegan and gluten-free cookies go for $4.25.
