Scratch Cookies & Bakery

I had these cookies at a local farmers market at City of Hope and let me just tell you that you should kinda just bypass some of the negative reviews.
I had no trouble with the owner/​man who gave me excellent cookies. I did have a very brief exchange so maybe that doesn’t help me judge him, but I mean the guy gave me 5 scrumptious cookies for a mere $ 2… What are you complaining about people?!
I decided to be basic, or classic if you are looking at this half full, and get chocolate chip. I think I have mentioned before how I have used chocolate chip cookies as a standard to judge bakeries on, because if you mess up a simple chocolate chip cookie… What are you doing running a bakery?
It was crisp on the edges and super moist and chewy in the center, the makings of what I consider a beautiful cookie confection. I hope to see these guys in the future and hopefully make their own brick and mortar.

I’ve had soft and chewy cookies as well as crisp and dry cookies, but I’ve never had soft and dry cookies until I tried these. These are the shittiest cookies I’ve ever bought that were not off a supermarket shelf. Seriously, Chips Ahoy might be better. I could bake better cookies when I was 9 years old using Duncan Hines mix…

(Review based on 2.5 stars)
Stopped by the Monrovia Street Fair yesterday evening with my husband. I walked pass the Scratch Cookies & Bakery table and thought that I would try them out. So after I made my round of the all the food vendors, I went back to the table and decided to purchase a bag of cookies for only a mere $ 2 ($ 2 per bag of 4 cookies or $ 5 for 3 bags).
I have seen Scratch Cookies & Bakery’s table at the street fair many times before and have always just wanted to try them, despite that poor reviews on Unilocal (overall rating is 2 stars at the time of this review) because I wanting to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Well anyways, when I approached the table, the man behind the table was just sitting there. He was not aggressive like the other vendors offering free samples and telling people to come over and try their products. I assume this guy is the owner of the bakery and he always just sits back of his stall until someone approaches his table.
Well I asked him what was the most popular and he said the chocolate chip cookies so I decided to go with that. These cookies are pretty soft and moist and kind of reminds me of these cake cookies I sometimes make out of a box of cake mix. The texture of the cookie was a little crumbly as well. There were only a few chocolate chips in each cookie, which I wouldn’t really consider a chocolate chip cookie. It was more of a sugar cookie with a few chocolate chips in it. The cookie itself definitely could use a bit more sweetener. But for people who don’t like sweet desserts, they would probably like this cookie.
Overall, these are definitely cookies I could make at home and taste a bit better. Doubtful that I will be purchasing from this bakery again.

Most flavorless, unattractive cookie I have ever had.

I’ve passed by this bakery many times and finally bought a small bag of 4 chocolate chip walnut cookies for $ 2 that this bakery was selling on a small table at the Sunday farmers market right by the Monrovia library. In the bag the cookies look fine, but when I opened it and ate a cookie it had no taste and it was about to crumble. Ugh! Chocolate cookies are not supposed to crumble! The ingredients looked normal for chocolate chip cookie recipe, but the problem has to be their measurements. The cookie got shorted on the butter, chocolate chips and walnuts! Seriously, there was only 1 or 2 chips and walnuts. Chips Ahoy has more chocolate chips! If you want cookies head over to the Homeboy Bakery stall at the farmers market and get it there.

The driest peanut butter cookie I have ever eaten. It was hard, it crumbled when trying to break in half and only had a hint of peanut butter. If they can’t get something as simple as a peanut butter cookie right, then I have no hope for the rest of their offerings.

Half of the pumpkin chocolate chip cookie i bought from here fell on the floor when i bit into it, and i wasn’t even the least bit sad.

I really liked this bakery. They have a really cool selection of cookies and I have gone back a couple times now. The staff is helpful and cool. They have a lot of seating and it makes for a nice place to meet a friend over some kind of warm delicious baked goods and something to drink.
I thought it was a little bit expensive but I guess you are paying for the presentation. Ribbon on the plastic rappers holding the cookies — which really pass for gifts rather than run of the mill cookies. If you catch a movie down the block, I think it would be a nice capper to stop by to sit down for some conversation and a treat.

I have to agree with Antonio A’s opinion of the flavor. Drab. Off. Bland. You know how it feels to eat a bad cookie? It feels like a mouthful of sadness is how it feels.
We’ve now been to two bakeries in Monrovia with the word «cookies» IN THE NAME, and both have disappointed. You gotta be kidding me, right? Maybe they make good cakes, but they have got to improve the cookies or it’s coitans, I tell ya. Coitains!

Driving down the quaint, festively decorated Myrtle Ave in downtown Monrovia, I noticed Scratch Cookies & Bakery! I thought «hm, I bet this is a great place to get some cookies to give as a Christmas gift!»
Hmm… scratch that idea. When I went inside, it was super slow. Whenever I see businesses like that, I wonder how they’re able to pay rent. I’m sure Myrtle Ave ain’t cheap! Maybe the interior décor could use some sprucing up. I feel like an independent neighborhood bakery should look warm and cozy, like it has a woman’s touch…
I inquired about getting a box of cookies from the man behind the counter… he seemed nice enough, but when he showed me the options, I honestly felt like there wasn’t enough «presentation value» in these «gift boxes» to give them as a gift! They were just cookies in plastic bags, dropped in a red cardboard box. Disappointed. Again, maybe a woman’s touch is in order. A young, stylish woman.
I decided to try one cookie before I committed to ordering 2 boxes… good thing i did! I tried a chocolate chip cookie (how could u go wrong with that?), but it just tasted like baked dough; it was rather flavorless. dammit, I almost gave 2 boxes of flavorless cookies as a gift! good thing i sampled one before i ordered!
At first I thought I may have been trippin; maybe my taste buds were off that day? So I sampled my friend Jody’s home made peanut butter chip cookies that SHE made from scratch later on that night… DAMN. Now those are what good cookies should taste like. Jody’s cookies were like crack on a baking sheet. Maybe SHE should open up a bakery on Myrtle, for real.

snickerdoodles to murder your mother for.
peanut butter cookies are amazazazaing.
troll doll décor is just plain creepy.

Yummy and cheap: recipe for love.