Our Story

CHEF MICHAEL FIRST RECOGNIZED HIS APTITUDE AND LOVE OF BAKING WHILE HELPING HIS MOTHER MAKE EXCEPTIONAL DESSERTS AS HE GREW UP.

He went on to study the art and science of baking and making fine pastries, and graduated as a pastry chef in Vienna, Austria. From there, he's put his gourmet expertise and love of his craft to work in some of the world's most respected luxury hotels and resorts.

Now Michael's Cookies are served as favorites in the same premier settings in which he built his career. Michael’s Cookies are a favorite treat served globally by luxury and full-service hotels, bakery cafes, restaurants and other elite purveyors in search of the best.

Why cookies? Michael started with cookies, if you ask us, we’ll explain how cookies are the perfect comfort food, helping customers recall fond childhood memories. Michael’s Cookies are so good that they're the closest a customer can come to fresh-from-the-oven homemade - gourmet cookies like these can't be found just anywhere!

Michael's Cookies continues to grow steadily, primarily by word-of-mouth referrals of satisfied customers. Michael's offers its renowned cookie dough in more than twenty flavors, including the ever-popular Vegan options. 

Michael's products and services continue to grow in step with the business. That's because the Michael's Team isn't content unless it's making things better. The secret to a great business is as much about great people and great relationships as it is about great cookies.

Today Michael's operates out of a 54,000 sq. ft. facility in Clear Lake, IA with the following certifications: GFSI (SQF Quality Level), Certified Kosher Dairy by Orthodox Union, Certified Halal by IFANCA, and food safety processes based on an approved HACCP plans. With our wide variety of flavors and emphasis on customer satisfaction, Michael's is the choice among discriminating gourmet chefs and quality food service establishments.