Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Cookie Challenge. Restaurants, bakeries and cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Cookie creations into this challenge. Each restaurant, cafe and bakery will be featuring their cookie creations on their menu from April 19 – May 12, 2018.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the cookie creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best cookie creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Tweet (and don’t forget to tweet or instagram your photos) throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #CookieChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite cookie creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to share and taste the different cookie creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the Cookie creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Sweet Somethings

Cinnamon Bun Cookie
Cinnamon Bun Cookie
Price: $2.50
Created by: Emma Irvine
Description: This cinnamon bun cookie is inspired by our best selling baked good… our cinnamon buns. A chewy sugar cookie with a cinnamon filling and our cream cheese icing come together to create the perfect treat.
Available: all the time
Sweet Somethings
4321 Dunbar Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 842-0261
Web: https://www.sweetsomethingsvancouver.com/
Instagram @sweetsomethingsvancouver
Half Baked Cookie Co.

Malaysian Malted cookie
Malaysian Malted cookie
Price: $2.40
Created by: Chef Cheryl Low
Description: Chocolate malted cereal cookie
Available: All the time
Half Baked Cookie Co.
1211 Nanaimo Street, Vancouver
Tel: 778-848-0105
Web: http://halfbakedcookiecompany.com/
Instagram: @halfbakedcookieco
Panidor Bakery Café

Ladybug Bite
Ladybug Bite
Price: $3.50
Created by: Mario Armitano
Description: it is made of a butter cookie base with a raspberry jam, the on top, a decadent white chocolate ganache with coconut.
Offered: Tuesday – Sunday
Panidor Bakery Café
3080 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 877-3588
Web: https://m.facebook.com/panidorbakery/
Instagram @panidor_bakery
Italia Bakery

Cannoli Macarons
Cannoli Macarons
Price: $1.99
Description: Two chewy sides of cannoli flavoured macrons with the filled center of a mascarpone and cream cheese filling, roasted almonds and chocolate chips, light dust of icing sugar.
Created by: Chef Bozena / chef Michelle
Offered: All the time
Italia Bakery
2828 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604.251.6800
Web: http://www.italiabakery.ca/
Twitter: @italiabakery
Instagram @italiabakery
Fratelli Bakery

Almond Apricot Empire Cookie
Almond Apricot Empire Cookie
Price: $2.85
Created by: Loredana Hibbert
Description: The cookie has a really nice crunchiness to it and blends well with the apricot flavour
Available: all the time
Fratelli Bakery
1795 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 255-8926
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
And
Fratelli Bakery
459 E. Columbia Street, New Westminster
Tel: (604) 777-2524
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
Small Victory Bread & Coffee

Coconut White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie
Coconut White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie
Price: $2.95
Created by: Mark Mockler and the SV pastry team
Description: Soft, chewy and oh so delicious. This classic White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie is made with a blend of flour including an organic coconut flour. Mix in some roasted macadamia nuts and some sweet white chocolate… this cookie is a cookie lovers dream.
Offered: All day, everyday
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
1088 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-899-8892
Twitter: @sv_bakery
Instagram: @sv_bakery
Tartine Bread and Pies

Mystery Cookie
Mystery Cookie
Price: $2.95
Created by: Executive Baker Moriah Lutley
Description: The Mystery Cookie is a play on the “Compost Cookie” from Christina Tosi, Momofuku Milk Bar. We tweaked the ratios and added a couple more of our favorite ingredients. We called it the Mystery Cookie because you would never be able to guess all the ingredients. It’s unassuming in appearance and you can’t tell which ingredients are in each bite. We would never have thought that this combination of flavors would taste quite so delicious and become slightly addictive. It’s salty, sweet, crunchy and chewy all at once. They pair well with a glass of cold milk or a strong coffee.
Offered: All the time
Tartine Bread and Pies
1069 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 685-7437
Twitter: @tartinebnp
Instagram @tartinebreadandpies
and
Tartine Bread and Pies
770 Beach Avenue, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 685-7437
Twitter: @tartinebnp
Instagram @tartinebreadandpies
Laura’s Coffee Corner

Dulce De Leche Shortbread Cookie
Dulce De Leche Shortbread Cookie
Price: $1.50
Created by: Laura Cornale
Description: Who says Shortbread is only for Christmas 🎄 put a spin with dulce de leche to add just amount of sweetness to the buttery ness of this crisp on the outside and melt in your mouth.
Offered: All the time
Laura’s Coffee Corner
15259 Pacific Ave, White Rock
Tel: (604) – 538- 6600
Web:http://www.laurascoffeecorner.ca/
Instagram @lauras_coffee_corner
Make sure you pick up one of the Cookie Challenge postcards available at each of the participating bakeries and cafes. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are here.
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Louisa Chan
Writer and Editor of L for Life as well as Ming Pao
Twitter: @L_FOR_LIFE
Instagram @lforlife_vancouver
Karl Kliparchuk
Wine, Food & Travel Writer for MyWinePal
Twitter: @MyWinePal
Instagram @mywinepal
Jacqueline Chui
Food and Travel Blogger
Twitter @jacquelinechui
Instagram @jacquelinechui
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