Best Cookies in Penang

Despite the name, you’ll never be moody until the moment you return home. Sited in the heart of Georgetown, this bright-yellow cafe beckons with whopping choices of desserts that dunk you into sugar heaven. The captivating cakes are front runners, yet the cookies are mastered to perfection. You would smoosh your face onto the glass shelf, where an exhibition of mouthwatering cookies certainly evokes that inner child within you. From brown sugar cookies to those loaded with assorted nuts, raisins, chocolate syrups, chocolate chunks and many more, it's ambrosial! 

This old-school establishment is renowned for peanut candy, or also known as “kacang tumbuk”, yet their cookies are praiseworthy too. Chinese version cookies are more pleasant to the palate, as its smooth and melts once it touches your tongue. Towering shelves are chock-full with cookies, leaving you with a conundrum, which is a good sign, you’ll leave the shop with armloads of cookies. From chocolate, peanut, butter or their special Raspberry and Hazelnut cookies, it certainly works wonders in your mouth.

From Nagore Road, they have now frolicked to Service Road, this top-notch French dessert house is merry-making Penangites with a range of fresh and delicious cakes and pastries. The dining area is limited, yet it’s pleasant, calm and filled with a hodgepodge of sweet-tooth goodness. Among the crowd pleasers are their 100% handcrafted cookies, Devil’s cookie which could tame the pickiest eater to an angel and Vanilla Sable has a smoother offering. Each bite of the chocolate cookie is absolute heaven, you’ll be greeted with little pops of melted chocolate that binds well with the crackling specimen. While the Vanilla version yields a smooth mouthfeel along a buttery fragrance. 

Juxtaposed Segi College is this comfy little cafe which has been receiving lots of recognitions for their freshly baked panini sandwiches and pasta. As soon as your entrees are done, your eyes will glue onto their luscious range of cakes and brownies that beckon a sweet wrap up. If cookies are your quest, then opt for their homemade cookies which are stacked up in jars. Chocolate chip cookies as well as oatmeal and raisin cookies are pleasantly flavoured, not overpoweringly sweet. The chewy bits of raisins complement the firmer layers of oatmeal while the chocolate version is generously filled with chocolate chips. Pair it up with their artistically presented coffees which shout for a post in Instagram! 

The name of the restaurant explains it in a nutshell, it’s a must hit spot for chocolate fix. The interior is elegant, spacious and adorned with quirky chocolate quotes. Patrons prefer to sit at their alfresco space as the top view is absolutely breathtaking, gazing at skyrocketing towers and a never-ending ocean is flawless. Cookies at chocolate passion are not the most-hyped item as compared to Belgian chocolates, cakes, ice creams, fondue and the list goes on. The cookies are usually paired with hot lattes or coffees, depends on the availability, but it’s downright delicious with a kiss of sweetness. Moreover, check out their Facebook page, as they give out chocolate cookies for free at times!

How about heading straight to a factory that has been churning out one of the best and unique cookies you’ve ever tasted. Lim Wah Thai is widely cherished as a must-go spot, as it’s habitually filled with tourist buses and locals. They have been manufacturing Chinese herbal soup, dried fruit, pickles, biscuits and pineapple cookies which is a bedrock for their rise to fame. Sink in this rectangular pillow, the outer layer crackles and shatter, oozing out the fruity pineapple filling. Their walnut and peanut cookies are worth devouring too.