5 Interesting Facts About Pacific Cookie Company

Pacific Cookie Company has been in the cookie business for over 34 years, and there might be some things you didn’t know about us that we had to share!

1.  Even though we are known as Pacific Cookie Company, our business license says The Pacific Cookie Company.
2. The oven we use in our retail store in Downtown Santa Cruz is the same oven we’ve been using since 1980.
3. Tom Grant won a cookie naming contest we held for a new cookie we were debuting, that cookie is now known as Almond Joe. The cookie was even christened by a Methodist Minister named Clyde Vaughn from Aptos Community Methodist Church, making Almond Joe our most sacred of flavors!
4. Our first flavors were Oatmeal Raisin, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip with Walnuts, Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip.
5. Our tip bowl at our retail bakery in Downtown Santa Cruz is filled with water because people kept stealing it right off the counter!