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Cookie Trail Around Champaign-Urbana

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Whether you prefer oatmeal, chocolate chip, monster, or sugar, we’ve got recommendations for some of Champaign-Urbana’s finest cookies

 

Do your personal cookie preferences lean toward plain? or something with the kitchen sink thrown in? Either way, Champaign-Urbana is sure to have a cookie to satisfy your tastebuds. We asked our readers to tell us their favorite bakeries to support, and your recommendations have us wanting to hop in the car and take on this trail right now.

As one reader told us, “I love these (food trails). Never a consensus. One of the best things about our area: plenty of ‘best of’ everything.” We couldn’t agree more.

Cookie Trail around C-U with Pride cookie from Hunny Bunny Bakes
Pride cookie from Hunny Bunny Bakes

Our readers recently lost their collective minds when learning that the signature pink boxes of Crumbl Cookies are coming to Champaign. Besides Crumbl, readers expressed love for the cookies at Barnes and Noble, Potbelly, and DP Dough, as well as the magical delivery option at Insomnia Cookies — but as always with our food trail posts, we put the focus on small businesses in our community.

Keep in mind that the bakers listed below who do not have physical storefronts conduct most business through pre-orders. Brick-and-mortar bakers will also appreciate pre-orders for large or special orders. Some bakers may also offer DIY cookie decorating kits, cookie decorating classes, or other cookie-related fun.

Amy’s Sweet Delights, Royal: Decorated sugar cookies, drop cookies, crinkle cookies, and more. Check out her fun elf arrival cookies for December. These treats can be found at area markets, but Amy also offers local pickup (in Royal) and operates a kiosk in Lincoln Square Mall (near the Art Coop) on select days of the week.

Art Mart, Champaign: “Art Mart has the best milk chocolate chunk cookies.” “She took the words right out of my mouth!” “Art Mart pumpkin cookies.” “Art mart monster cookies, cherry sugar cookies, and lemon cookies. (I’ll stop there).”

Bevier Cafe, Urbana: “Oh, Bevier Cafe, definitely!”

The Bread Company, Urbana: “All of the fresh baked cookies at The Bread Company are delicious!”

Central Illinois Bakehouse, area farmers markets and Market Wagon: “Make sure to try the pistachio shortbread cookies!”

Common Ground Food Co-operative, Urbana: “Chocolate chip from Common Ground!” “Seconding Common Ground!”

Harvest Market, Champaign: “Harvest Market has amazing chocolate chip cookies!” “Their chocolate chunks (and oatmeal raisin) are the best in town!”

Hopscotch Bakery + Market, Champaign: “We love the seasonal cookies at Hopscotch. This summer they had an amazing chocolate chip with caraway.” “Their macarons are delicious!”

Hunny Bunny Bakes, Champaign: A new storefront for Hunny Bunny now lives on South Neil Street next door to frequent collaborator CU Flower House. In addition to making delicious custom cakes and cookies, Mary has a wacky design imagination that knows no bounds; witness her current holiday offering of a Taylor Swift Advent Calendar in cookie form.

Krannert Center’s Intermezzo Cafe, Urbana: “I love their cookies!”

The New Sweet Indulgence, Champaign: “I give them a big thumbs up.” “I love their cookie dough sandwich or sunflower chocolate chip shortbread cookies.” “Can’t go wrong with their decorated sugar cookies. Yum!”

Pekara Bakery & Bistro, Champaign: “Pekara has really tasty chocolate chip cookies!”

Pies by Inge, Monticello: “We love their iced sugar cookies and iced lemon cookies!”

RegCakes, Savoy: “You have to try their persimmon cookies. Delicious and gluten free!” Note: new Savoy location!

Rick’s Bakery, Urbana: “Oh, Rick’s frosted sugar cookies … they are the best.”

Wildflour Bakery, Tuscola: Specializing in decorated sugar cookies, “fat & famous” drop cookies, chocolate chip cookie cakes, pies, and more. It can often be found at pop-up markets, especially around the holidays — but also offer local pickup (in Tuscola) and shipping.

 

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