On the way home from Santa Cruz my partner and I wanted something sweet, so I took a gamble with a small place and chose Bakenstein. A lot of people really enjoyed this small (literally - I think it's in their house!) baker on Yelp so it was promising. There was a little quirk with the website (on mobile, I was unable to pick out which of the three cookie varieties I wanted) but this was promptly addressed by a text afterwards asking me how many of each flavor I wanted in my batch order. Service was very prompt, polite, and considerate via text and when we received the cookies (they even let us know how long it would take to cool down so we could time our arrival). The cookies were great! The brown butter is delicious and I'm not usually a snickerdoodle fan, but I really enjoyed their snickerdoodle. The added nuts to the chocolate chip cookie was also fantastic (but I'd be hesitant to recommend a person with a nut allergy to this place since most of the flavors have nuts). I'm happy with the cookies we received, and I'd like to see more cookies on their menu in the future. read more

Everything you heard is true. They do have Pac-Man outside to play for free. They are serving cookies from outside a house. Yes the cookies are beyond amazing! Wow, I came in here with no expectations and I was impressed. Order online, order ahead, get the strawberry chocolate chip ones, get a whole bunch, trust me. read more

Bakenstein - dozen! - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

We've craved this place many nights and could fill up a stamp card if they had one. Our friend introduced us to Bakenstein after he found it on DoorDash. When we ordered for pickup the first time, we didn't realize it was a ghost kitchen, and cautiously approached the front door. The owner seems very chill and has helped us when we had an issue with DoorDash delivery. They only have 3 flavors: white chocolate pecan, chocolate chip pecan, and snickerdoodle. Initially, I enjoyed the white chocolate pecan, but after my sweet cravings subsided, I found myself enjoying the chocolate chip pecan more. My fiancé always gets the snickerdoodle. They are perfectly baked, warm cookies! read more

Bakenstein - Front porch - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

These are best cookies I've ever had, I've ordered from them twice already and will keep ordering even though it's a 20 minute drive. My favorite is the strawberries and cream and my boyfriend loves the cookies and cream one. All the flavors are delicious though. The quality is great and service is amazing. I can't wait to see if they have anymore flavors coming out soon! read more

Everyone loves the cookies. So good! I brought to work and they were gone in a few minutes!

As a self proclaimed cookie connoisseur I have to say Bakenstein makes the best cookies I've ever had. My bf found them via google search and placed an order online. Cookies are made to order and you do have to wait for a bit. We picked them up from the home kitchen and they just smelled divine. We ordered the mini chocolate chip was pecans and it was the perfect amount of gooeyness and sweetness. I also appreciated that it came in a mini size. read more

We ordered the monster mash online in advance, pack of 4 monster cookies (a combination of chocolate chip pecan and snickerdoodle). Our quoted wait time was about 30-35 minutes. When we arrived, we weren't sure we were at the right location. The place looks like a residential home, without any identifiable decor or signage (or it was hidden behind a large bush). You pick up at the front porch, there's pacman game on the left, a QR code to order on the right, and a small buzzer/bell to ring for service or to pickup. The guy came out after I rang the bell, he was friendly and efficient in bringing out our order which was ready upon arrival, served hot and nicely packaged. Omg, these cookies were really good, we were pleasantly surprised. The snickerdoodle was quite delicious, freshly baked, nice texture, plenty of cinnamon. The chocolate chip pecan blew me away, chunky with lots of melted chocolate in every bite, and it wasn't too sweet, which made it even better. I may have a new favorite cookie, for chocolate chip flavor at least... they'll have to make other flavors like peanut butter or oatmeal to truly win me over. read more

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So, honestly I was looking forward to the big cookies. They ended up not being the standout of the order though. First, they had a Pacman game outside to play while you wait for your order to be freshly baked and cooled. Second, they have a limited time (hopefully permanent addition), the Strawberry chocolate chip cookies! The big cookies have a pretty thick putter crust that while easy to get through makes them pretty thick and more bite than I was looking for, when compared to the thinner strawberry cookies we got. Wow, that light crisp shell with the light strawberry flavor was fantastic! The porch area was a safe location to be on a well lit and waiting area. read more

The cookies were very good and warm! From what I read they use good ingredients. You can see them on their website. The only issue I had which wasn't a big one is that you have to order them at least a half hour before you pick them up. But they do bring them to your car, which is nice. They also are open till 11 PM. read more

Delicious cookies! Nice and warm. Loved the salted chocolate chip cookies. Easy to order online and it is like curbside pick up.

Awesome and deliciously fresh cookies. Order online and pick up from a super cute house front complete with a black cat doormat, owl doorbell, mini pacman arcade machine and metal corn yard decorations. All black cookie packaging to go with the theme!! Milk chocolate pecan was my favorite of what I ordered (snickerdoodle, strawberry, salted chocolate chip). read more

My husband and I had a late night craving for cookies! We wanted something local but decadent. We saw the stellar reviews for Bakenstein and gave it a shot. I placed my order online through a very easy process for a chocolate pecan cookie. We were given a pick up time and headed out. When we arrived we noticed it was actually a house- not a bakery but it was marked clearly. We rang the bell on the table, and we were given our cookie right away! We took our hot cookie home and it smelled divine. It was pretty big in size (see my photo with a quarter for reference). There was a ton of chocolate and pecans nestled in cookie batter. Oh and it's just excellent with milk- especially when it's warm. You can tell these are homemade. In fact, we ordered a half dozen a week later and they were phenomenal too! I highly recommend Bakenstein for all your cookie cravings! read more

Bakenstein - Chocolate pecan cookie - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

NEW BEST COOKIES! We got the mini chocolate pecan and mini snickerdoodle and both were sooo delicious!! The mini choco pecans were my favorite, and I love that they sold it in different sizes, perfect for a light snack after dinner! read more

Located right by SCU, parking is limited and spots are few. Ordering is done online. You can also call them which is what I did since I had a price issue with ordering online. Your order does take a while though since they do make it from scratch. They do have a pacman arcade machine while you wait though. Snickerdoodle (5/5): The edges were crispy while still holding a chewy and gooey interior. It was also generously coated with a layer of cinnamon sugar. Do note they are on the sweeter side. Overall, Bakenstein is a great place to fix your sweet tooth. SCU students and nearby residents don't overlook this place! Their cookies are phenomenal aside from the unconventional hours and location. read more

Bakenstein - Monster mash - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

Delicious cookies that are easy to order! I placed my order online and was able to quickly pick it up within 20 mins. The location is a bit hard to find but Waze will easily take you there. Just be on the look out for a one story house. Pick up was easy with just ringing the bell. You won't be disappointed if you're craving fresh cookies! read more

I came here on a Saturday night on the hunt for the best cookies closest to me. I pulled up to what looks like a house and there's a Pac-Man and a doorbell thing where you can order. I would suggest ordering ahead so you don't have to wait like I did but honestly it was fun to play Pac-Man and wait for the the yummiest cookies ever. Literally so warm, perfectly toasted, and freshly made, def recommend the snickerdoodle and the chocolate chip pecan. I'll keep ordering from here tbh cus the customer service is so great and why not come back for amazing cookies? I highly recommend!! read more

These cookies were super yummy! I enjoyed the Minion Chocolate Chip cookies were my favorite. The rest of the group LOVED the Minion Snickerdoodle. Service was quick & the people were kind & courteous. We will be back!!! read more

Bakenstein - 1 One Dozen Minion Cookies - 4 Minion White Chocolate Pecan/ 4 Minion Chocolate Chip Pecan/ 4 Minion Snickerdoodle - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

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Cookie shop operating out of a house in Santa Clara. They're available on Doordash for delivery! They have a very limited selection of flavours but they were all pretty tasty. My favourite was snickerdoodle. It was pretty cinnamon-y. The cookie texture was super soft. The cookies were super warm and soft when they got delivered almost to the point of completely fresh batch of cookies and it was so yummy read more

Bakenstein - White chocolate pecan, snickerdoodle, choco chip pecan - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

We went back with a couple out-of-town visitors and ordered another dozen and 2 monster cookies. Best cookies confirmed. Thanks for the easy pickup! read more

Wow, Bakenstein is amazing. My husband says it's the best cookie he's ever had, and I might have to agree! The monster cookie is a perfect size for a big dessert, and it strikes the fine balance between crunchy, soft and chocolatey. Wish I had the recipe and that they had longer hours! We've honestly been going almost twice a week since we discovered them! read more

Bakenstein - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

These cookies are really solid. I can't even choose a favorite! I got them as a gift for my friends, and they all enjoyed them too. I ordered over phone/text and it was super easy. They have iMessage hahaha. I ordered a dozen with their three flavors (snickerdoodle, white chocolate pecan, chocolate chip pecan), four of each. Total was $19.99, $10 of which was due at time of booking to confirm the order. They were sweet enough to even give me a monster cookie when I picked up! They were flexible about the pickup time too, when I wanted to change it. Super appreciative of that! I'd love to order from them again. read more

Bakenstein - snickerdoodle, white chocolate pecan, and chocolate chip pecan after i sampled each - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

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So I found Bakenstein thanks to Yelp! I was craving some chocolate chip cookies, they had really good reviews, and they were nearby. Yelp showed their hours as 8pm-11pm so it was right after dinner too, figured we'd swing on by after dinner and satisfy our sweet tooth. We pulled up in front of their place (they are baked in a home kitchen, gotta support small businesses!) and figured maybe they had some cookies pre-made for sale? NOPE! Everything is baked to order but wasn't a problem as we were asked what we'd like and how many minutes it would be for them to freshly bake them. About 20 minutes later and we had our warm monster chocolate chip pecan cookies. Couldn't wait to get home and try them, they were delicious. Not too thin, not too thick and a perfect blend of crispy and soft. I love nuts with my chocolate chips and wasn't disappointed! I will for sure be back and this time will order a few of each and place my order ahead of time. Not that they had a problem with it, they were very welcoming and accommodating, but more so they wouldn't have to fire up an oven just for our order. Thank you Bakenstein, we're fans! P.S: Whoever wrote that these are just Toll House cookies, that is quite an imagination and a discredit to this business. These are no mall cookies. read more

Bakenstein - Two large chocolate chip & pecan cookies - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

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These cookies are fire. Tucked away in a house in Santa Clara near the university, there is Bakenstein baking away delicious treats. They are baked to order!!!! So don't be in a rush, you need a good 20-30 min for them to make your cookies. Came out fresh, hot and the flavor is on point. read more

I've tried this place twice now, Monster and Minion size. Delicious cookies and accommodating staff. Really crisp, warm, and with a soft center. If you like Choc Cookies you'll also like this place. I think the person below has never had Nestle' Tollhouse lol. This place is bomb, definitely give it a try! read more

Bakenstein - Minion Chocolate chip pecan and Snickerdoodle - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

My company catered cookies from Bakenstein for our holiday party this year. We ordered 200 cookies for noon delivery. The cookies were just cooling and delivered right on time. All of our employees thoroughly enjoyed every cookie. Will definitely be re-ordering all of our cookie needs from Bakenstein. Perfect size for the minis!! read more

3.5/5 The cookies were delivered and still fresh which was great. The snickerdoodle was probably the favorite of my friend and I. The two other white and regular chocolate chip cookies were good too but probably too sweet (I get the nestle comment in regards to the chocolate chips used). If the sugar was cut down and Guittards semisweet chocolate chips were used I think they'd be more enjoyable overall. Still, happy with them. read more

Bakenstein - Chocolate Chip Cookie - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

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First off, I have to give Bakenstein at least two stars for coming up with the concept and the spirit of entrepreneurship. I believe I can sum up the conversation that took place before starting this company: "Hey - I have an idea on how we can make money for tuition-, Oh really!, how??" Phase 1: Create a website. Phase 2: Purchase Nestle' Tollhouse refrigerated cookie dough and pass it off as our own. Phase 3: Profit!" Nothing against the guys who started this company - like the saying goes, "don't hate the playa, hate the game." BB read more

Ordered from DoorDash and these cookies came perfectly warm! These are the perfect cookies for me- soft and chewy on the inside and the pecans add the perfect textural difference to keep things interesting. Definitely better than all the other cookies I've tried in San Jose. The white chocolate pecan cookies are my favorite out of the three and everyone I shared the cookies with said they were amazing. read more

Yummy cookies and amazing customer service! I texted to place an order for the next morning and they responded quickly and were very accommodating - I was able to pick up the cookies at 8am (an hour before opening). On top of that, I requested chocolate chip cookies with no pecans and they were happy to accommodate. They also included two extra cookies, so sweet of them :) The cookies were the perfect texture and sweetness - slightly crispy on the outside and soft & chewy on the inside. My partner and I also enjoyed the thickness of the cookies! Not thin but not too thick either. I ordered chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, and white chocolate pecan and all the flavors were solid. So happy I found Bakenstein on Yelp - def check them out :) read more

Bakenstein - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

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This was such an awesome discovery! Less than a mile from my house, this home-kitchen bakery has some of the best late night cookies you're going to find. Definitely order ahead on their site since they'll be freshly baked and take about a half hour. I strolled around in the meantime and it was very much worth the wait. It feels like discovering a little bit of whimsy tucked away on a residential street and I'm so glad I tried them. read more

Warm and Homemade! Cookies were delicious and perfect amount of gooeyness. We got 5 cookies! read more

Bakenstein - Chocolate Chip with Pecan Cookie - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

Bakenstein is AMAZING and you absolutely have to try it! I am not exaggerating when I say that the cookies are some of the best cookies I've ever had. Literally, the first time I tried their monster cookies, I turned to my partner and said, "these are the best cookies I've had in my life." They have just 3 flavors that they do VERY well (chocolate chip, white chocolate chip, and snickerdoodle). I recommend the larger monster cookies over the minion ones (even though the minion cookies are also still very good) as although the flavors are the same, the larger quantity of dough in the monster cookie creates a different and extremely satisfying texture, and it's with the monster cookie that you can really appreciate just how much filling of chocolate chips and nuts (pecans?) the cookie is PACKED with. There is so much chocolate, and all of it is melted and oozing. They absolutely do not skimp out on the chocolate chips or nuts. Although there are a lot of other cookie shops/franchises out there, Bakenstein is the only one I've had recently that I felt was worth the cost. Something to be noted is that both the white and regular chocolate chip cookies are not standard chocolate chip cookies; they've got a prominent brown sugar flavor and taste like pecan pie married chocolate chip/white chocolate chip cookie. I don't typically like white chocolate too much, as I prefer dark chocolate that isn't too sweet. Despite that, I was surprised to find white chocolate chip to be their best flavor. The mellow white chocolate just pairs so well with the pecan pie-like flavor of the cookie. If you have to try just one, I highly recommend the white chocolate chip monster cookie. The customer service is also excellent. I recently ordered a couple boxes of their smaller minion cookies for a Friendsgiving. The event was planned to start before his hours of operation started so I called to ask if it might be possible to pick up before open time. The owner was really nice, and was willing to accommodate pick-up outside normal business hours, saying that he wanted people to have the cookies while they were fresh. These are some of the best cookies I've ever had - I'm now ruined because I know I'll keep craving these cookies. Highly highly recommend! read more

The cookies are yummy and delicious. We ordered five different flavors and all of them are very good. It was delivery to our house and the cookie was warm. Excellent food and service! read more

Amazing cookies and even better service. Well worth the wait for the cookie. You can tell it is baked from love straight from home. The owner is such a nice and helpful man and I love the arcade game at the front while waiting for the cookie. Definitely have to try this place. read more

The chocolate chip and pecan cookies were very tasty, but a hair too sweet for me. However, I didn't notice when I paired my cookies with a cold glass of milk. I really appreciated that I could order one or a dozen. I also loved that I could choose regular 3" cookies or the giant ones. That simple fact puts this place above the other chocolate chip cookies place in San Jose which only sells the giant cookies and only in packs of four or more. Oh, I forgot to mention that my cookies were baked fresh when I ordered. Can't get better than that! One more thing, this place is located in a house with no signage that I noticed. I'd your looking for some fresh baked yummy cookies, give this place a try. read more

These are some of the best cookies you could ever taste! They are even better than crumble! Little local start up by two young entrepreneurs. read more

Bakenstein - Cookies from Bakenstein!! - Bakeries Near Me - Santa Clara, California

Best homemade cookies I've ever had, they were fresh out of the oven and really chewy. The customer service was awesome and at first I was a little confused because it was a residential address but I gave them a call and they helped me place my order and the pick up was really easy and quick. I would highly recommend anything in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara or San Jose to check them out. FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN COOKIES....... 10/10. read more

You need Bakenstein in your life! Not only are the owners kind, but they are incredibly skilled in their cookie baking abilities. I tried the chocolate chip pecan & it came out hot, a little crispy around the edges and gooey! I was in heaven and highly recommend giving it a try. read more

The perfect spot to get a late night snack of cookies :) The cookies are made fresh to order & are so yummy!! Definitely going to be my new go to place for cookies. read more

Honestly some of the best cookies I have ever had. Where do I start? Their monster sized cookies are reminiscent of a cookie straight from Lavain, yes that Lavain. A perfectly crisp outer surface complimented with a gooey, warm delicious core. I love their chocolate chip combined with their candies pecans, they add such an incredible crunch and texture. I'm so happy I found them in their infancy before they blow up and getting an order through would be impossible. read more