Cookies Chocolate chip, gingersnap, oatmeal raisin, and peanut butter…some Boston area bakers make them even better than mom. Phantom indulges a snack attack at the 8 GREATEST cookie destinations.

Lyndell's (The Greatest: Half Moon)
720 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 625-1793
www.lyndells.com

Dating back to 1887, Lyndell’s Bakery is still worth its weight in cake flour. Italian pastries pack the cases, but don’t you dare leave without a half moon in hand. This black and white cookie is for icing lovers only, with a fluffy cake supporting twice as much vanilla-on-chocolate frosting. Lydell’s cookie count includes molasses, praline, and butter crunch varieties. But they also do honey dipped donuts, incredible cinnamon buns, frosted cupcakes, and flaky elephant ears. Rainbow birthday cakes line the front window, and it’s fun to watch them machine-wrap the cookie boxes with string.

A Dozen Eggs (The Greatest: Cookie Tin)
adozeneggs.com, 
(617) 650-0048
www.ADozenEggs.com

Specializing in iced sugar cookies, A Dozen Eggs turns famous Boston landmarks into edible art. Their signature Beantown Cookie Tin is packed with sweet treats that look like the Citgo sign, the T, floating swan boats, and even a red sox jersey. They bake specialty cookies for every season, including snowflakes in winter, flowers for spring, and leaves in the fall. The best way to get a bite of Beantown is to order a tin of the crunchy, buttery cookies online.

The Boston Chipyard (The Greatest: Chocolate Chip Cookies)
257 Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 742-9537
www.chipyard.com

Every single cookie at the Chipyard is made with chocolate chips, but there’s still plenty of variety. Beyond the best-selling traditional chocolate chip cookie, the little bits go into oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. White Chocolate Chip is a spin on the original, and mint chocolate chip flies off the shelf like hotcakes. Chunkier versions might include macadamia nuts or walnuts. Chipyard cookies are pretty petit, so they’re perfect for snacking or sharing.

Rosie's Bakery (The Greatest: Dark Chocolate Cookie)
5 Massachusetts Locations
www.rosiesbakery.com

Rosie’s Bakery whips up amazing pastries, coffee with whipped cream, and beautiful tarts. But it’s their Soho Glob that has Phantom coming back again and again. Like a decadent dark chocolate brownie in cookie form, the chewy treat is absolutely packed with pecans, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Speaking of brownies, the Chocolate Orgasm is scandalously rich, frosted with fudge. Cinnamon rolls, buttercream iced cakes, and savory stuffed croissants round out the offerings. Locations include Cambridge, Chestnut Hill, South Station, Porter Square, and Wellesley.

Flour Bakery (The Greatest: Oreos)
1595 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 267-4300
www.flourbakery.com

The gourmet oreos at Flour Bakery blow away the store-bought brand. Their rich, chocolatey rendition sandwiches deep, dark, snappy cookies around a creamy filling. The flavor changes occasionally to peanut butter or fresh mint. Flour makes a mean chocolate chip cookie with high-end Scharffenberger chips, and the meringue clouds are light as can be. Breads, pizza, and quiche fill out the tempting display, plus pastries like chocolate brioche, sticky buns, and sour cream coffee cake. At lunch you’ll find sandwiches such as the BLT with applewood smoked bacon.

Hi-Rise Bread Company (The Greatest: Iced Sugar Cookies)
208 Concord Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-8766

Hi-Rise crafts the most incredible iced sugar cookies around. Each artful piece is decorated in colorful detail, turned into cute animals like sheep and bunnies. Adults adore the pretty, puffy almond macaroons; and the chocolate chunk cookies are big enough to make a meal. Hi-Rise also makes one of the wispiest lemon meringue pies Phantom has ever seen, plus made-to-order sandwiches like the Nat Queen Cool with pulled pork, avocado, and cilantro. Customers can sink into an antique booth and watch the bakers kneading loaves walnut, olive, and cheddar pepper bread. There’s a smaller Hi-Rise in Harvard Square.

Dunkin' Donuts (The Greatest: Oversized Cookies)
5,000 Locations Worldwide
Chain, 
www.dunkindonuts.com

Everyone knows Dunkin’ Donuts as a go-to spot for quick, consistent coffee and chocolate glazed donuts. But their test kitchen has been baking up a storm, adding jumbo cookies to their sugary arsenal. At three times the size of the average snack, they’re simply irresistible. Indulgent flavors include oatmeal raisin loaded with cinnamon, gooey chocolate chip, and peanut butter cup made with huge hunks of candy. Check out their other innovations like the Surpeme Omelet on a croissant.

Bugaboo Creek (The Greatest: Skillet Cookie)
12 Massachusetts locations
Chain, 
www.bugaboocreeksteakhouse.com

Bugaboo Creek is a fun chain set up like a mountain lodge. Phantom likes to hike over for the seven-inch Big Foot Chocolate Cookie. Presented in an iron skillet, the ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookie is baked on a graham cracker crust and topped with vanilla ice cream. It’s warm, it’s soft, and it’s absolutely irresistible. First, you can work up an appetite with some blackened shrimp and a Moosebreath Burger. The rustic lodge decor is one-of-a-kind, displaying fishing gear, a stone fireplace, and Moxie the talking moose.