Just in time for Halloween, bat-shaped cookie sandwiches from Zest Bakery, a gluten-free bakery in downtown San Carlos (a small town on the SF Bay Area peninsula about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose).
They’re spooky good! Kinda like an Oreo in that it’s a chocolate sandwich cookie with a creamy filling. But so much better.
Not a soft cookie, nor a hard one, it’s somewhere in between. Actually, it’s just about right (I never cared for the hardness of an Oreo cookie). And the creme filling is light and soft. Available in vanilla or chocolate flavor for $1.50 each.
While all of Zest’s items are gluten-free, just a few are also vegan. If coming from afar, it’s probably best to call ahead and see what they have available. Or you can special order things. They’re super nice and they know their stuff.
The batch of cookie sandwiches I first looked at were dairy-free and gluten-free but not quite vegan. It had powdered sugar processed with bone char. But they offered to make some that were vegan by the very next day. And instead of just regular ol’ round cookie sandwiches, they surprised me with cute Halloween bats.
Holy smokes, Batman! How’s that for great service?
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Wow, that is nice gesture. I like the sound of a softer-than-Oreo cookie. The hardness of Oreos is one reason I never cared much for them, but I’d be willing to give the Zest cookies a try. They’re too adorable to resist, anyway.
Now that’s a bakery you want to be friendly with! I love that they went out of their way to make you a special Halloween treat.
Their menu has vegan pumpkin ravioli – I look for GF vegan ravioli at every grocery store in town and I have yet to find it. I wish I lived in CA just for that!
Although on second thought the pasta dough probably has eggs in it =(
awww! bats are by far my favorite non-human animal and those cookies look adorable and sound crazy tasty! that’s pretty much the bee’s knees on them offering a few vegan eats – and you know i love that they’re gluten-free, too! happy halloween to you! squeeeeee!
that is amazing service, they are sooo cute too!
What cute bats!
Adorable! Too bad they’re only around for a limited time… Halloween goes by so fast!
Adorable! I love that they’re not the usual round sandwich cookies.