Dad’s Cookie Company

Dads cookie company is awesome!!! All I can say is the Cookie Monster would be proud!!!

Wow! Great service, we gave wedding presents from many Stl institutions and this was our first stop here. Such GREAT service from Mary behind the counter. We bought over 100 cookies! Banana oatmeal or peanut butter with chips were my favorite.

Always have great cookies from the original recipe that goes great with milk or coffee or whatever your pleasure. To experience it all, you must visit the store to experience the friendly staff and the ambience of historic furnishings. Beware, if you visit the store and are tempted by chocolate coated licorice or other delicacies, I’ve never been disappointed by my experiences there!

If you haven’t tried the coconut cookies, you are in for a treat. I thought they were even better than the oatmeal.
I love the old fashioned vibe of this place, with the big barrels of cookies and the weighing scale. And I liked how they were packaged in a brown paper bag tied with string. Although you can’t buy less than half a pound, they are very reasonably priced.

Great cookies, friendly staff!
They had a nice selection of gift options — tins, and different size boxes reasonably priced. The gift box I selected was much appreciated. I had to sample and thought they were wonderful. Next time I’ll try the coconut too.

Very helpful, good cookies, good snacks for welcome gifts to St. Louis.
Friendly staff

Authentic and outstanding. All of the cookies are EXCELLENT I want one now.
I’m honestly not a big fan of Oatmeal cookies but I could eat a million of Dad’s, I love them!
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One of the best finds in St.Louis. Dad’s is an institution. I know you can find many of the tasty varieties of Dad’s cookies at local stores, but you really need to visit the location on Louisiana.
You need to take a few steps back in time and get a few measures of the cookies in brown paper to enjoy. In addition, if you call ahead you can get a full Dad’s glass jar filled with cookies when you arrive. All of Dad’s varieties are amazing, but please get the original Scotch oatmeal. They are so good. Plain or dunked in milk or coffee, you cannot miss!

Awesomely delicious cookies, great customer service AND they ship their cookies too??? Oh yes, I’m loving Dad’s Cookies something serious!!! YUM!!!
Got the oatmeal scotch and the chocolate chip and both were SUPER DELICIOUS! Even my husband loved them (and he’s as picky as they come!) Since I live in the Chicago area, I’m very glad they ship their wares… I can feel that I’ll need a fix SOON!

While I do not visit here frequently this is a great place for a trip down memory lane.
All the cookies are made in house and stored in old wood barrels. You order by the pound and the scale is a balance that still uses old iron weights to do it.
The cookies are amazing I am a fan of pretty many of them so I wont list them here but if your in the area and need some cookies I would suggest Dad’s to anyone.

I went against the name and was distracted by a cart of popcorn when I first walked in. This was my first trip to Dad’s and I hope to return soon, but I ate the popcorn I got so fast I’m afraid to go back!!!
Whoever was smart enough to mix cheddar popcorn and caramel in the same mouthful was a genius. I appreciated the lack of kernels you get at the bottom of a bag of popcorn…
They have several different kinds of popcorn, maybe I will try a different bag next time… maybe not. :o)

People hide these from other people in my family when we pick them up. (And we always buy bags and bags of them) Seriously, everyone has a secret stash because they disappear so quickly. They are crispy, perfectly seasoned, and delicious.

My first 30 years were lived in south city & these days when I bore visitors to tears with a «landmark tour,» Dad’s is a fixture on my itinerary. Previously jaded tour buddies leave promising to name their grandchildren after me! Here’s something for local history buffs — Dad’s Cookie Company is a franchise from the late 1920’s… one of the earliest in the country. And people, these crispy crunchy dream-​cookies actually beg to be dunked. Coffee is an all-​time favorite but they are also fond of dipping in milk, cocoa, fresh squeezed OJ, hot tea. Use your imagination! And here’s a TIP: Approach this unassuming storefront with your own sense of enjoyment & anticipation intact. Sometimes the folks here may initially appear testy. Speak pleasantly & be patient. Everything is done the way it was 50 years ago… before instant gratification became the norm. Appreciate their authenticity. It will make your brown paper wrapped cookies from barrel size tins taste even sweeter.

4.5 STARS (Theyre too good to be 4 stars)
Its in a crappy part of town and it doesn’t scream Dads Cookies. I passed by it twice, and theres very little parking. I’ve only got one thing and that’s the scotch cookies. Whoa, are they DIVINE! They’re crunchy, spicy, and cheap. I believe a good portioned bag is no more than $ 4.00. Their chocolate ones are good too, and I don’t really like chocolate.

Any of their cookies are absolutely awesome, but i have to say that i adore the scotch oatmeal cookies, much like everyone else! There is something about the crispy cookies that makes my heart melt.

This place reminds me of what the shops must have looked like in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The building is old and a bit musty, sweet little old ladies that have probably worked there for decades dote on you while you shop for cookies, there are BINS upon BINS of cookies everywhere… I swear… it’s a child’s heaven… apart from the old musty building smell that is.
I will admit, I have never really been one for the gooey softness of most cookies. I like my cookies to have a little crunch and leave trails of crumbs down my shirt. That is exactly what a Dad’s Cookie does. They are huge and chunky and crunchy as can be. I know most people dunk them, and that’s probably the purpose of the crunch… but I just gnaw on them as is. No milk necessary.
I think they have eight or so different types of cookies at Dad’s…my favorite is the peanut butter, but I have yet to turn down a Scotch Oatmeal if it’s handed to me. I have tried them all but they have a coconut one that I have steered clear of for years (allergies, hives… no cookie is worth THAT!) Dad’s Cookies are definitely a South City gem.

I am new to Dad’s Cookie Company, and my first visit was just before Father’s Day. I got my Dad some cookies and a mug, as they make their mugs a little bigger in order to accommodate the dunking of cookies into them. There are eight varieties of cookies here, and due to my sweet tooth I had to try one of each. I must say, these are some excellent cookies, and I am not ashamed at all that it took less than an hour to eat eight of them. There, I said it. I can’t really recommend one over the other, as they are all very good and it more depends on what flavor you like best. You won’t go wrong no matter what you order. I will say that these are not soft cookies, as they seem to be made more for dunking, and therefore have a more dense consistency. Still, they aren’t hard or anything.
The store is a bit magical, as there are huge vats of cookies, old time scales and sweet little old ladies. I think walking in is really what did it for me simply because there are few places that will transport you back in time like Dad’s Cookie Company does. You have to make your purchases by the full pound or gift box, so don’t expect to go there and buy one or two cookies. But no worries, they’re dirt cheap and it won’t hurt your pocket book any.

Oh man, I love Dad’s cookies. Whose dad? I do not know but that is the name of the place, Dad’s Cookie Company. There they make some of the best oatmeal cookies. The place prides itself on them in fact and I do not blame them for it at all. The cookies are nice and scrumptious, not too crunchy and not too soft to the point where they will just fall apart in your hand. Of course the best time to eat them is fresh, but that really does not matter when it comes to Dad’s Cookies, oh no, they can be eaten at anytime, best with milk for dunking.
I enjoy going to Dad’s Cookie Company for many reasons. They have great cookies and not only that but history as well.

I am totally addicted to these cookies!
I normally get mine at Blue City Deli… and I’m sure lots of folks carry them, so keep an eye out. I think they are at Dierbergs as well.
The smell of these cookies alone will make your mouth water. Great w/​milk or without, but personally I love mine a little stale so that they get all mushy… mmmmmm

The first thing that hits you when you enter is the smell… it’s not really a cookie smell. It’s the smell of an old, established building. But I digress. Dad’s Cookies are awesome! There’s something like seven or eight flavors, and all are quite delicious. There are rules: you MUST like hard cookies (no wimpy ones, as a Dad’s mug proclaims), you must be patient as the helpful ladies ladle these delights out of ginormous tins and weigh them on old-​school iron scales while you wait, you must buy in either half pound or full pound increments, and you MUST try the double chocolate chip. Deee-​licious! And at $ 3 and change a pound, they’re cheap!