The formula is familiar: Thin layers of jam lie between three spongey, cakey layers. The whole thing is enrobed in a quick pour of chocolate. Zola Bakes’ cookies are about an inch long, chicly ombré in color, and feature a zing of raspberry or apricot jam. Just one more, I told myself again and again as I sneaked another from the container. They’re light, just sweet enough, and a complete joy to eat. A box of 20 small-ish cookies will set you back $40 for standard flavors, and $62 for specials—not a bad price per cookie.

Founded by a husband and wife team—the Taylor’s as you may have intuited—this cookie company opened its first stand in 2018. They produce 24 types of cookies, as well as four options that are gluten-free and six that are vegan. Flavors range from the more traditional Chocolate Chip to the unexpected Peanut Butter & Jelly.

I love that Taylor Chip uses mostly natural ingredients, which can be a rarity when it comes to delivery cookies. While others rely on emulsifiers and preservatives, these cookies have an ingredient list made up of real butter, cream, and eggs that you can actually taste. I took some points off for a few major breakages that befell the cookies during transport—I suspect it was due to how tightly they were packed against each other in the box—and because a few varieties felt overwhelmingly sugary. These supersized cookies are priced at almost $69 per dozen, and a dozen chocolate chip cookies comes to almost $81, which breaks down to just about $5.75 per cookie and 6.75/cookie for chocolate chip. By and large, though, I loved munching on Taylor Chips’ prodigiously sized and creatively crafted desserts.

The Original Crumbs Bakeshop Cookies

You may remember Crumbs from its glory days when it was on seemingly every street corner, hawking oversized cupcakes with gritty frosting and in dubious flavors like a shockingly dry take on a Hostess cupcake. The company went dark in 2014 but has recently been revived by its original owners. Their new business strategy: delivery (and a few select grocery store aisles). Cupcakes are still the star, but Crumbs has jumped on the delivery cookie bandwagon as well, offering small, five-inch-tall cookie jars filled with mini cookies in flavors like Chocolate Chip and Cotton Candy that you can pluck and enjoy immediately.

The chocolate chip cookies, the flavor by which I generally judge a cookie company, didn’t have much flavor—nutty, sweet, chocolate-y, or otherwise. But I’m happy to report that when I popped the bite-sized Sprinkle Sundae (essentially funfetti) into my mouth, I thoroughly enjoyed the sweet buttery flavor enough to nibble on another. Oatmeal Raisin was passable as well, and the Psychedelic Cookies were worth a try, too. If you’re ordering cookies from Crumbs, prepare to commit: The minimum order is five mini cookie jars, which comes in at $45. These aren’t cookies that are going to rock your world or make you understand something new and mysterious about the universe, but they certainly make for a good mid-afternoon treat.

These cookies hail from, you guessed it, Hawaii, and are made with local ingredients. Each cookie comes individually wrapped, and these things are enormous. They’re between six and eight ounces each, and, like most cookies, are better when warmed up. Prices range between $5.75 and $8.50 per cookie, which is more than I would prefer to pay for any cookie as a rule; although these are particularly large, so you’re getting more for the higher price.

The original flavor, the ButterRum Triple Chunker, is piled high with milk, dark, and white chocolate. Some cookies, like the Kona Coffee Dark Choc Espresso, have a deep, more complex richness, while others, like the Lilikoi (Passionfruit) White Chocolate, were overwhelmingly floral and perfumed. The White Chunk Mac Nut had a smooth butteriness to it, some like the Grown-Up Samoa (currently only available in mini form), were like a blast of eggnog spices and surface-level sweetness. Though these massive desserts had a decent crumb and texture, the flavors were hit or miss.

It’s no surprise that Crumbl ranks last; for every rabid fan, there’s at least one detractor. Since Crumbl reshuffles its cookie offerings on a weekly basis (for hype and suspense), I couldn’t try every single flavor, but I did taste my way through three, which I grabbed, fall-apart-soft, from the box.