The Cookie Department

Their ginger detox cookie is my FAVORITE cookie of all time. Yes it’s a bold claim and yes I’m here to defend it.
I also like their sweet potato cookie and the peanut butter cookie.
Awaken baken is good too but I love the above three more.
Perfect amount of sweet, moist, texture, and flavor. I’ve hit the jackpot of cookies!

This cookie is also sold at Berkeley bowl. I had a sweet potato wellness cookie and I sampled a chocolate chip cookie. I really liked them! They are small batch cookies so taste virtually homemade. Also they have some vegetables inside. This makes you feel better about eating cookies. Then it makes you eat more cookies. I really can’t give this cookie five stars because it’s really expensive. It’s priced like a lunabar and isn’t as protein filled or nutritious. However it is a damn good cookie.

I first saw The Cookie Dept. after visiting my local coffee shop Café Yesterday (1122 University Avenue Berkeley, CA). The packaging caught my eye and then I fell in love with the selection. The fun and super healthy ingredients keep me as a repeat customer. The vegan Great Full sweet potato is my favorite.
I am super health conscious and tend to spend a lot of time reading and picking apart ingridients in foods that I eat when out, but with The Cookie Dept., I don’t have to. The cookies are always moist and go great with the Verve coffee I order from Café Yesterday. Yumm!

I’m not a baker. I hate measuring ingredients. And I can never get a cookie right. But OMGEE these are amazing! And functional? Crazy good! I’ve been clean eating and these are tooo good to be true. I’ll be ordering these all the time now. The shipping was fast as well. Guiltless free cookies? Ummm yes please!

The Awaken Bake cookie is possibly the best cookie ever. Real coffee and chocolate? Does not get better than that.

A good cookie is it’s own reward, and these are GREAT cookies! Even better that they’re useful too!

The ginger detox cookie will change your life. Seriously.

Theses cookies are fully functional. Thats right functional! Akiva is leading the way in a new wave cookie industry. I’v been seeing his cookies all over the bay area for the last few years but now I’m seeing them in major leading natural grocery stores. My personal favorite is the vegan cookie! Im not even vegan but its sooo tasty. His espresso cookie is ridiculously good and it actually works. There is a full cup of coffee in cookie. Sprinkled with a little sea salt. Holy crap its a good cookie. I am looking forward to see what else this guy can come up with. Somebody said something about a natural aphrodisiac cookie! Hope its ready for valentines day. Go try these cookies if you don’t like them, then your not a avid cookie eater. His flavor profile and texture is spot on. Great job, great cookie!

Recently had the pleasure to devour 5 ‘functional cookies.’ 5 functions in a cookie for a well rounded day.
You might ask, «Who the h*ll eats 5 big cookies a day? (thumbs pointing towards myself) Yeah, this woman.
Had the energy cookie when I woke up, had the protein cookie for brain power fueling all my brilliant ideas, the grateful cookie end of workday to pat myself on the back for all my good work, the libido cookie to engage my frisky factor and the hangover cookie the next morning after an evening of debauchery.
Eat 5 functional cookies a day and have a wonderful life!

Best.Cookie.Ever. They’re upcoming gingersnap is AAAMAZING.
Please come to SoCal!

Amazing, amazing, AMAZING!!!
I’ve always loved a good cookie, so when my buddy Akiva told me in 2008 he was starting a cookie company I was stoked.
I never knew before how amazing a cookie could be.
The peanut butter one is fantastic — just the right amount of moistness in the center, slightly crisp on the rim, and tight little nuggets of peanut goodness found throughout.
Chocolate chip «nookie» cookie — yummy! SUCH a good muthaf*&$*&# cookie!!!
Vegan cookie… sweet potatoes, dates, cranberries, sea salt… who knew a cookie could be SO DAMN TASTY?!?
He also created a caffeinated chocolate cookie and a rejuvenating ginger snap. Both are wonderful.
And… boys and girls… I just got to try a prototype of the newest CD product… I’m not going to say what it is but this cookie should not be eaten while driving… it is *that* good that you should be sitting at home, completely focused on the experience that begins in your mouth and continues until every cell in your body is blissed out on the gastronomic orgasm that these cookies provide.
No matter what business I ultimately begin, I will definitely stock The Cookie Department products on the counter for my customers. Delicious!

The Cookie Department makes my absolute FAVORITE peanut butter cookie. They are chewy, a little bit salty and just the yummiest. Plus, if you’re running low on protein for the day they are packed with it!

Delicious! Akiva’s business is definitely something I can see expanding in the very near future. Honestly, I was a bit of a harassment for poor Akiva with multiple emails about changing orders. However, he was very accommodating and even delivered late on a Sunday. He even threw in a few extra for me to sample! Now that’s GOOD customer service.
For now, they’re only sold in select grocery stores but once their online ordering service is up, I’m sure people will realize what they’ve been missing all this time.
The cookies themselves are just as amazing as the service provided by The Cookie Department. I ordered half a dozen Chocolate Chip Nookies and half a dozen Awaken Bakes. I think the Sexy Cookie is now the Chocolate Chip Nookie. Apparently, the Chocolate Chip Nookie has an ingredient called Maca (?) which is a form of an aphrodisiac. Hilarious so I promptly bought those for my roommate as a joke birthday gift. BEST cookies I’ve had so far during my existence! I’ll definitely order from The Cookie Department again.

Delicious AND functional cookies?! I think I scored the jackpot with the Cookie Department. I ordered cookies for the office a couple of weeks ago, and low and behold, Akiva delivered them himself :)
**Awaken Baked is caffeine + chocolate addiction.
**Smart cookie (I just realized that was a double-​entendre, ha ha) is a vegan’s dream cookie
**Protein Power: FINALLY, a peanut butter cookie that has enough protein to keep me happy.
**Sexy Cookie: My favorite! I forgot what afrodisiac is in this thing, but the taste is intriguing. it’s sweet + salty chocolate chip yumminess. That’s sexy enough for me.
They’re all pretty bomb so why choose? Go for them all.
Thank you Akiva. The cookies never made it to my office; instead, most made it to my tummy. Another attempt may be in order :)

These cookies are amazing. My favorites include «Awaken» and the one with the cranberries. I get my cookies at the World Grounds Café in Oakland.
The owner is super cool and as nice as the cookies :-p
He is very receptive to feedback and just an awesome guy.
I just heard that the Cookie Dept can now bring over cookies to your work or home.

As someone who bakes for a living, I eat more than my fair share of sugar and it’s rare that I venture beyond my own creations, especially to the point of obsession. This has, however, become the case with The Cookie Department’s Awaken Baked cookie.
My two favorite things about it: the pep in my step I get from eating a fully caffeinated cookie (gone are the days of being tethered to the closest café) and this amazing, yummy saltiness it has. I swear it is perfectly balanced.
To boot, the peanut butter protein cookie with toffee in it (killing the name) is the only peanut butter dessert I like.
And lastly, don’t sleep on it, The Cookie Department makes the best vegan cookie I have ever had, ever.
5 stars.

Dangerously good cookies. And when I say dangerous, I mean that they are so good you run the risk of eating waaaaaay more than your fair share.
My favorite so far (i know they are making new flavors) is the «Awaken Baked» chocolate chip cookie. It’s a great mix of the traditional chocolate chip cookie with premium coffee added to the mix. Subtle, but delicious. Not to mention the salt on top, what an unexpected treat for my taste buds.
Highly recommended!

I can’t lie… I have a serious weakness for the «Awaken Baked» chocolate and coffee cookie.
Now that the climbing gym (Berkeley Iron Works) carries them, I can get a tasty treat, that also gives my that kick-​in-​tail to keep climbing. Simply put, it’s the perfect balance of delicious chocolate chips and true espresso punch, all blended into the ultimate cookie!

C is for Cookie. and Chocolate… and Caffeine… put them all together and you’ve got something that’s magically delicious. I’m looking forward to the next concoction from The Cookie Department, I hear its going to be delicious and nutritious.
Meanwhile, I’m trying to keep myself to just one a day.

We all have our vices, and with the way we work too much these days, many like myself resort to some of the last legal fixes we can get into our hands. These include (but are not limited to) caffeine, sugar, and nicotine.
Yes, these days I smoke like a fiend, consume a massive amonut of sugar, and stay consistently caffeinated. But hey, we are all looking to be more efficient, with both time and money. If you can do two things at once, wouldn’t you?
That’s where The Cookie Department comes in. With Awaken Baked, you can keep you sugar level up, and stay caffeinated at the same time. Yes, what you heard is correct. You can eat your delicious locally baked cookie, and get your caffeine and sugar fix, all at the same time. All the cookies are make with organic fair trade coffee, organic flour and sea salt and semi-​sweet Guitard chocolate. WTF!!! What could be more miraculous? Winning 12,000 dollars at the blackjack table in Las Vegas after putting in only 100 dollars? Yes, that’s pretty miraculous too, but with a much higher risk than investing in Awaken Baked cookies.
Their website is creative and straightforward, with a sort of «Dilbert, I’m gonna make tons of notes on post-​its» sort of feeling, and Awaken Baked is available at tons of places around the bay like Coffee Spot in Berkeley, or in the Rincon Center at the market, right downtown SF. I can also spot their cool old skool styled van zipping around town. I wonder if I can get the cookies right from the van? If so, I’m gonna flag those guys down next time I see them!
Now I can multi-​task while driving, eating my sugary delicious chocolate caffeinated cookie… now onto quitting smoking, but that’s another thing. At least I’ll have my Awaken Baked!