Deluscious Cookies and Milk

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Deluscious Cookies and Milk
$38.95 for a dozen classic cookies. $1 extra for each “couture” cookie.

829 North Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
www.delusciouscookies.com

Before returning home for the holidays, I had promised to find my brother, a cookie fiend, the best cookies in all of Los Angeles. So began a quest that eventually took me to Deluscious Cookies and Milk.

Deluscious is a small bakery in Beverly Hills that only takes custom orders, i.e. they only make orders to ship across the nation or for pickup in Beverly Hills. It’s so exclusive that you can’t even buy single cookies. You must buy at least half a dozen cookies, and each cookie costs $3.25 or more ($1 extra for special “couture” cookies, i.e. the cookies that are seasonal). The place itself is nothing to speak of, since it’s just a factory more or less. But they do make your cookies fresh the day of your order, so that you can eat them warm. And they do a great job with presentation. Everything comes in a large, white box, wrapped with a ribbon, and each cookie is individually wrapped and placed underneath a pink layer of paper. This is a fantastic, old school, grandma-style presentation, making for a great gift. The presentation, however, is nothing if the cookie quality isn’t up to snuff.

Gladly, though, after having tried the cookies, I can assure you that they are amazing!  They have phenomenal texture! Each is unique, too—depending on the cookie, it might be buttery, brownie-ish, flaky, or crispy, etc. Each has immense flavor, tons of butter, and is completely different.

Moreover, Deluscious sells freshly bottled milk, served in a glass bottle. It is imported from Bouguereau farms in California, and it comes in all varieties of white milk (low fat, 2%, whole), and in chocolate. The milk, to be sure, is on the pricy side—$5 a bottle for white milk, and $7 for chocolate milk. I had to have the chocolate milk at least once, though, to see the difference in quality between milk bottled in glass and milk bottled in plastic. I have to say, the milk is excellent and unlike any other I’ve had. But the price is still hardly justified, as the difference isn’t large. I definitely wouldn’t get the chocolate milk again.

The cookies, however, are a bit more justified, since the quality is amazing, and they do make great gifts. For consistently good cookies in a variety of flavors, this is probably your best bet in LA. To be fair, though, if I were craving specific flavors, I’d prefer to go straight to other bakeries which specialize in those flavors. You probably will not find the absolute best cookies here for any given flavor, except if you’re looking for a very buttery cookie, a cinnamon/sugar cookie, or a brownie-texture cookie. The chocolate decadence in particular is phenomenal!

What I had (recommendations in bold):

1. Cinnamon Sugar: Very nice, flaky. Extremely nice sugary-ness to it, though it can be a bit much for some. For me, it was falling apart perfect. Practically melted. One of the best. 4.5-4.6/5.0
2. Chocolate decadence: Like eating a fudgy brownie, except better. Great sugar layer on top. Tons of chocolate flavor, almost an overload. The sugary top adds a nice counterpoint, making for a more multidimensional flavor. Interesting mix. Stick to this—it’s unlike anything else. There’s a reason why it’s the specialty. Like the “ooey gooey” at Milk but 10x better. 4.7/5.0
3. Chocolate chip: Also excellent. Buttery, moist, a bit greasy. Three different types of choc—extremely interesting choc flavor that meshes with butteriness of music. It’s an amazing choc chip cookie. One of the best. 4.0/5.0
4. White chocolate toffee: Interesting. Crispy, even more so than cinnamon sugar cookie. Not soft to the point of seeming too buttery. It’s fantastic for what it is—like a ginger snap cookie. The chocolate and toffee merge to form a kind of gooey, cookie, which you have to pull apart, and the white chocolate gives it a nice sweetness. Not for me though. 4.0/5.0
5. Oatmeal Raisin: Again, not my forte. Has a nice burnt taste to it on top. Much more moist than rest, but not too buttery. Oaty moreso. Great for what it is. But not the best. For oatmeal cookies in LA, I’d definitely turn to Auntie em’s or Susina’s Bakery. 2.0-2.5/5.0
6. Chocolate milk: Extremely creamy, rich, and delicious. Smooth and rich, unlike any milk you’ve probably had in your life. It is even labeled as “extra creamy,” and I have to say, it lives up to the title. It was a great experience to have once in my life, but it’s a bit much. It’s just a very cool add-on for a gift. 3.5/5.0

Taste: 4.0/5.0
Value: 1.0/5.0
Overall Score: 3.0/5.0. Maybe good to try once, but too expensive.