Welcome to Kirk's Cookies!

I'm Kirk, and I love making cookies.  I am a little obsessed with them, to be honest - I have whole notebooks filled with cookie recipes, observations, and ideas.  I began baking when I was four, and over the past twenty years I have invested significant effort into perfecting the traditional chocolate chip cookie.  At this point it is really about perfect, and if you try one, I think you'll agree.  I may feign humility in many areas of life, but chocolate chip cookies are not one of those areas.

Anyway, while I was baking about 50-100 cookies per week for the last two decades, I slowly developed knockout recipes for a smattering of other cookies, which you will find on the Products page.  Of course, I make lots of other pastries as well, but my near-obsession is with cookies and therefore I have decided to scrap those extraneous options (you didn't really want apple crumble or bread pudding anyway, right?) and present you only with those baked goods that are downright amazing and close to my heart.  Please enjoy!

Kirk's Cookie Resume

Age 0: Kirk's mom was worked in a cookie factory before and during pregnancy (in fact, she originally thought 'the bump' was the result of eating too much cookie dough).  Her favorite cookie was chocolate chip.

Age 4: Kirk (with assistance) made his first chocolate chip cookie.

Age 5-15: Kirk baked more and more, and began raiding his grandmothers' cookbooks.

Age 16: Kirk's cookie-baking habit simply became too much for his family to handle, and he commenced carrying Tupperware boxes of them around school, church, the town, et cetera.  He still does this, so flag him down if you spy Tupperware.

Age 17: Kirk's cookies play a significant role in securing a B- in Calculus.  Unfortunately, AP Calc. graders were less flexible and awarded Kirk zero points for his essay response on the proper use of high-gluten flour in cookies.

Age 18: Kirk and his cookies go to UNC-Chapel Hill and are promptly leveraged by multiple campus ministries (Intervarsity and Lutheran) as evangelism tools.  Kirk once provided 1,600 cookies for an Intervarsity welcome picnic.

Age 20: Kirk's roommate gives up chocolate for Lent and cracks 3 days later.

Age 22: Kirk begins writing a book about chocolate chip cookies. Kirk is now producing approximately 5,000 cookies per year, on a recreational basis. Kirk moves to DC.

Age 24: Kirk's Cookies, LLC is born.  After being deluged with free pastries, Sidamo Coffee and Tea (both locations) and Sova Espresso and Wine Bar agree to carry them.   The cookies have been selling out ever since.

Cookies as Agents of Goodness in the World

The only thing more fun than selling cookies is giving away cookies, so Kirk's Cookies donates pastries on a regular basis. For example, SRA International, Inc. advertised a 2009 "Cans for Cookies" food drive with platters of Kirk's Cookies as the prize. "Cans for Cookies" was an overwhelming success, raising over 16,000 lbs. of food donations and $2,500 for the DC Central Kitchen. Kirk's Cookies donated 1,600 Chocolate Chip Cookies, enough for all canned food donors.

UPDATE: 2010 "Cans for Cookies" raised 13,000 lbs of food and cash donations for food banks in Frederick, MD, Fairfax, VA, Arlington, VA, and DC.  Kirk's Cookies donated 2,100 chocolate chip cookies to reward the generous donors!

Update: Kirk's Cookies is also supporting Haiti relief efforts with cookie fundraisers in North Carolina!

Update: Kirk's Cookies is also supporting the Fairfax Montessori school auction with cookie donations!

So, whether you need a dozen Pumpkin Muffaroons or 2,000 Eggnog Snickerdoodles, Kirk's Cookies would love to bake for you and yours. Feel free to browse our products and contact us with any questions. Thanks for looking!