I am a firm believer in the concept of supporting local businesses. There are two main reasons for this. The first is because generally, local business owners are really nice to you and the second is because they almost always sell extremely delicious foods. I don’t want to make too much of a definitive statement, since we all have that ice cream parlor we grew up going to where the owner yelled at all of the kids and napkins were distributed as often as a diabetic sucks on a sugar cube (or a place like that).
In my quest to stimulate the economy as well as my tastebuds, I stumbled upon some eye-catching cookies baked right here in New York City. LaRay’s cookies started in 2011 by Lauren Strong. She started baking cookies and decided it was worth a shot trying to sell them. Currently, LaRay’s has a web-store with twelve cookie flavors to choose from. Customers are also able to place online orders for custom cookie designs which gives you an almost infinite number of cookie options.
When I learned about LaRay’s I proceeded to visit the website immediately to get more information on these great looking cookies. I was having such a tough time deciding what flavor to get that I ended up ordering three different ones. Mind you, I didn’t order three cookies, it was actually three dozen cookies because each flavor comes in a mason jar filled with at least twelve cookies in it. As usual, I went a little overboard with the quantity of food I purchased, but I wanted to try a few different flavors!
Thanks to my good old ability to not make a decision, I’d say I was on the LaRay’s website for somewhere between thirty and forty-five minutes going back and forth between various flavor pictures, trying to figure out what to buy. By the time my seventy-sixth birthday passed… I had made a final decision. I chose The Signature, The Hippie, and The Velvet Rope.
Have you ever dunked Oreos into milk? That’s what The Signature tastes like. The base flavor of the cookie is a vanilla milk and there are chunks of Oreos mixed in. When I ate these cookies, I understood why The Signature flavor was LaRay’s best seller. The Hippie is a not-so-basic sugar cookie. These are purple, yellow, and turquoise tie-dyed cookies that taste as pretty as they look. The final flavor I tried, The Velvet Rope is a rich red color (since it’s a red velvet base) with white chocolate chips mixed in. This one is also delicious.
I like that LaRay’s cookies come in large mason jars that can be reused for a lot of other things. For example, I can use the glass jars as a vase to display flowers. I can also store pens in them. Another idea would be to make sand-art (remember that!?). I wonder if you can still buy colorful sand in an arts & crafts store. It’s really not something I look for or have noticed in a long time. I’m going to write this down so I don’t forget. I want to do sand-art one day soon… LaRay’s is 100% a place that I will order from again. The cookie delivery was extremely fast, less than two days. Since the packaging is so nice, they’d make a great gift for someone, in addition to purchasing a few of your own. So take my advice, do yourself a favor and order some LaRay’s cookies. And if you don’t want to them for yourself, can you order me some?
I am a firm believer in the concept of supporting local businesses. There are two main reasons for this. The first is because generally, local business owners are really nice to you and the second is because they almost always sell extremely delicious foods. I don’t want to make too much of a definitive statement, since we all have that ice cream parlor we grew up going to where the owner yelled at all of the kids and napkins were distributed as often as a diabetic sucks on a sugar cube (or a place like that).
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Cookies look amazing! Love this post!