Crave Cookie is a sort of mash up of Swig and Crumbl or Chip or whatever. They offer three varieties of giant cookies: chocolate chip, coconut lime sugar, and a weekly special. On my visit, the last was snickerdoodle topped by Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and a generous drizzle of white chocolate. They are also doing the whole dirty soda thing, but that's not my jam, so you'll have to look over the menu to see if their offerings appeal to you.
Crave is nice because you can order inside or via their drive thru, and starting July 29 they'll also offer delivery. They took over the spot previously home to Straws (entirely new owners), and if you've been there before you know it's a bit of a tight space. Fine if you are the only person there, but it can get a little crazy with even a couple cars, especially if they are not all in the drive thru lane. There is seating outside and a few chairs inside, but I am sure 95% of customers take their treats to go.
I was greeted as soon as I walked in, quickly glanced at the menu and noted, in addition to cookies and sodas, the option for a cookie milkshake. This is smart, but only available with vanilla ice cream (womp womp). They also have warm soft pretzels: plain, with cinnamon and sugar, or cheese dip. So they do stand out from their competitors based on variety.
I ordered one of each cookie, but at $3 each, was informed for $1 more I could do a 4 pack. I see what you're doing, Crave, and you got me! The sugar cookies are served cold, the others are served warm, and all were placed in the same thick, high quality box. Thus, you've got some opposing temperatures if mixed, so unless you're eating everything right away they'll sort of cancel each other out. I'm not complaining, though. I wouldn't want to be wasteful with a separate box for each temperature (just typing that sounds ridiculous!).
The chocolate chip is made with milk. I loathe milk chocolate, but felt I had to give it a fair shot. I think they use Ghiradelli chips, and these tasted better to me than some others, but it's still not a cookie I would repeat. The sugar cookie is quite refreshing, and I do like that they went ahead and added additional flavors besides just "sweet" (though it is, indeed, very sugary). The icing, in particular, is very strongly flavored of coconut. The thin slice of lime on top is cute, but would be better as a sliver, 'cause ain't nobody eating that (I actually saw two on the ground in the parking lot. I tried to eat some with a bit of cookie, but it was too thick to bite in half, so then I was just chewing on plain lime). Snickerdoodle was okay, but seemed a little dry. Everything was underbaked, and I vacillate between preferring that and fully baked. I think in the end, I like par baked homemade cookies, otherwise not so much. They also made my throat a little itchy, which happens when I eat cookie dough, I think from the raw flour, so not sure what that's about, but it's interesting to note.
I don't even know why I went here. I haven't particularly enjoyed any of the copious cookie bakeries taking over. And I don't drink soda. It was just something new and exciting, I suppose! With that said, if you are a fan of those shops, I have no doubt you will love Crave as well. read more