The agents finally got to visit Gideon’s Bakehouse in Orlando. Blondie has been wanting to go there for what it seems to be an eternity. She was finally going to get their famous cookies.

Pulling up on the parking lot, the first red flag: hipster place. Let’s proceed with caution. Got into the building, and there it was. A small square, with a wooden counter. The decoration was, in fact, pretty. Old style “shoppe”. Okay. Let’s get to business. Let’s try these cookies, the agents thought.

6 dollars for each cookie. Okay, pricey, but let’s try this. They bought the original chocolate chip and the banana bread. Here they are:

Our thoughts about each of them:

Chocolate chip cookies:
Blondie: It’s a good chocolate chip cookie if you like cakey/doughy cookies. However, I do not like the coarse salt that they sprinkled on top of it. It does not completely ruin the cookie, but I’ll give it less points for that 6/10
Danish: Very doughy/cakey cookie. The taste and texture reminded me of the cookies they served in the cafeteria in middle school which were very popular with many kids, just not with me. I’m also not a fan of coarse salt on cookies, the saltiness lingers in your mouth much longer than the rest of the flavor of the cookie. 5/10

Banana bread:
Blondie: Again, a tall, cakey cookie. All of them are. I like the taste of it, and this one doesn’t have salt on top to ruin (almost) everything. 8/10 — by the way, I am not considering the outrageous price here.
Danish: I enjoyed the taste of this, but honestly I would rather have a piece of actual banana bread. 7/10

So, the verdict is: are they good? Yes. Are they super good, crazy different for it to be worth 6 bucks each? No. They are tall and loaded with chocolate, but 6 dollars is still way too much for these cookies.
Either way, trying a new cookie is always fun. Looking forward to new adventures!