Remember what it was like when you were a kid? Dunking freshly baked cookies into a big glass of milk and letting your worries melt away.
This is the concept behind The Cookie Jar and More cookie shop that recently opened at 130 E. Court Street. Hot, fresh, made when you order cookies along with coffee or milk can now be delivered right to your door.
Co-founders Christine Johnson and Maureen Lanigan have been baking for their friends and families for a couple years.
“Everyone kept telling us that our cookies made them happy and that we should start a business – so we did,” Johnson said. “We think cookies go with every occasion. Have a bad day? Have some cookies. Get an ‘A’ on a paper? Have some cookies.”
Everyday, The Cookie Jar and More has chocolate chip, oatmeal, raisin and cinnamon chip and flour-less peanut butter cookies. In addition, there is a cookie-of-the-day as well as a low-sugar version of that same cookie. Orders must consist of a minimum of six cookies.
“Our cookie dough is made from scratch everyday with the best ingredients we can find,” Johnson said. “We have already had a fair amount of orders come in without much advertising aside from word-of-mouth.”
Johnson and Lanigan handed out free samples and flyers during the Black Swamp Arts Festival last weekend.
Customers have several options as to how they wish for their cookies to be handled. Call ahead and your cookies will be delivered in 30 to 40 minutes or a specific time thereafter. Also, patrons can come into the shop, place an order and wait 20 minutes in the waiting room area. The front lobby of the shop currently houses four tables.
Since this is such a new concept, many specials are in the works, Johnson said.
They are currently planning fundraisers, poetry readings, bands and seeking out local artists to display their work in the shop.
Along with the girls and two delivery people, Johnson’s mom, Susan, is helping with accounting-type issues.
Only local Smith Dairy milk and Grounds for Thought coffee is served.
“We are all about supporting the entire Bowling Green community,” Johnson said.
