As each company, state and even city have their own unique lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures in place in the wake of COVID-19, we wanted to take the time to speak about our strict food and employee safety standards.  Before the pandemic, we had always taken great pride in running the cleanest, most compliant facility by industry standards (we have the American Institute of Baking certificate to back it up).  Since March, we’ve increased our safety standards to comply with all CDC guidelines to ensure the health and safety of our employees as well as the handmade co ..read more

2020 has been an unprecedented and challenging year to say the least.  Many of us have had to rethink our regular routines, adjusting how we work, how we interact with people, and we are all itching for social interactions.  Many opportunities to meet up, spend time together, and celebrate special events and milestones with our friends, families, and loved ones have been cancelled since the beginning of shelter-in-place took hold.   But, we’ve been busier than ever sending out gift boxes of our handmade cookies.  You’ve blown us away with your thoughtfulness and kind messag ..read more

We get pretty excited when we hear all of your glowing feedback about our cookies. But, what makes us even happier than hearing you’re crazy about the taste of our massive, handmade with love (and all the good ingredients) cookies? When we hear about how you were gifted a box of Carol’s Cookies and it made your day, your month, or even your year! So, as while we were prepping for the holiday season, the early mornings, the long days, the weekends in the bakery…we wanted to put together some reminders of why we do it. Here’s our favorite feel good comments about people gifting the gift of Carol ..read more

Plant-based is the new buzz word you might have seen around your grocery store or popping up in articles.  Depending on who you ask, you could get varying answers on what qualifies a plant-based diet.  Some define it as consuming predominately plants in their diet, but still allowing some meat and animal products.  Others would define it as keeping their diet free of animal products.  Some draw the line at allowing eggs and dairy, others maybe fish.  Plant based can be an ambiguous term that means something different to different people.   Vegan on the other hand has a clearly defined definit ..read more