The Sugar Cookie
Full Size Peanutbutter Cookie
Full Size Snickerdoodle
Bite Size Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Coconut, Chocolate Cherry, Red Velvet, Chocolate Cream Cheese, Double Chocolate, Chocolate Vanilla, Original, Orange, Cherry, Coconut, Lemon
Based out of St. George Utah, but recently expanding to store number two in the large shopping plaza at 4624 West Sahara Avenue, The Sugar Cookie brings their signature style of a buttery, soft base topped with several style of icing to a city where the only other cookie-specific shops tend to focus on sandwiching them around Ice Cream, tastes of fifteen of the eatery’s twenty current options almost universally excellent at not-too-high a price.
Focusing mostly on the eponymous style of cookie, a few jammy Shortbreads also offered alongside Snickerdoodles, chewy Peanut Butter or Molasses rounds and a thick seasonal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip variety, all twelve frosted flavors can be had for under $10 by way of mini-combo pack, the larger selections still substantially less than Panera or Kneaders despite a fresh baked texture that is better than both.
Friendly in service, the walls still minimally decorated given the shop’s recent launch, it was a zippy sample of smooth lemon cream and a spicy Molasses morsel that conversation was held with the shop’s owner about the tried and true concept of doing one thing better than all the competition, a tab of just $14 sending me on my way to indulge at home with Coffee, though the store does offer a few small tables for those wishing to enjoy Cookies there.
Already having a good idea of what was to follow, the miniature cookies at best two-bites, but at the same time less than a mouthful in whole, bites of both the sugar-coated Snickerdoodle and Peanut Butter puddle showed a crisp edge with a nearly pudding soft center full of flavor amidst substantial sweetness, the one complaint about The Sugar Cookie potentially being this unfortunate inattention to nuance.
Doing best to taste various flavors in logical sequence, a total of two bases with the Red Velvet virtually identical to Chocolate as a fudgey sort Milk Chocolate tone is added to the buttery white Flour original, it is in the Icing that The Sugar Cookie differentiates itself from the competition as everything from Fruit to Cream Cheese is thickly piped atop the Cookies in dollops, the texture far lighter than one might assume on inspection with the Cherry, Coconut and Lemon all particularly memorable.
FOUR STARS: Cheaper than the chains while still turning out better, the choice of minis available for those looking to taste a variety or perhaps counting calories, The Sugar Cookie will attempt to fill a unique niche in a somewhat hidden location that will require their ownership getting the word out without having to compromise their pricepoint or quality as part of a PR or advertising deal.
RECOMMENDED: Snickerdoodle, Molasses, Chocolate Coconut, Cherry Original, Orange Original.
AVOID: Chocolate and Cherry simply aren’t my thing while the Peanut Butter Cookie was far too sweet.
TIP: 10a to 8p Monday through Saturday and cheaper by the dozen, half dozen or other daily deals.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
http://nocrunchycookies.com