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It’s that time of the year… The season of holiday cheer, silver and gold decorations, and of course, delectable treats! As a team we’ve put together five Black-Women Owned businesses we love that make the best products for holiday gifts!  Bonus: Each of these small businesses offers products that are $35 or less (including shipping!)

The Maya’s Cookies team is happy to introduce our newest addition to the team: Meet Veronica, our Assistant Production Manager. Maya and Veronica work side by side in the bakery mixing and scooping hundreds of cookies everyday to get everyone the Maya’s Cookies they love. Not only is Veronica driven and willing to be up and ready to bake at the kitchen before 5am, but she always shows up with a smile on her face— a smile that brightens every room she walks into.   When asked about why she loves to cook, Veronica says she has found a love...

We are incredibly excited to launch our very first Maya’s Cookies Beach Clean Up! Details are below, followed by printable coloring page designs by Caiti Rose, the creator of Sharktopia. Check out more of her stunning work at www.sharktopia.org.   This beach clean up will happen at Mission Beach near Belmont Park on September 20th at 8am. We will provide trash bags, single use gloves, and importantly… free cookies for participants! We recommend you bring your own water bottle, sunscreen, and reusable gloves if possible (gardening gloves work!) PLEASE WEAR A MASK AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING! We will have our...

This August has been a busy one for the Maya’s Cookies team! Maya has been especially busy— baking cookies, being interviewed for features, and taking care of her new family’s new puppy, Duke the dachshund! As usual, Maya has been baking hundreds of cookies everyday while also planning out our new flavors for the holiday season (sorry, no flavor spoilers just yet!) It’s definitely funny to see Maya using the snowflake cookie cutter in the middle of a California heatwave. We’ve thought about investing in a kiddie-pool to help stay cool since there’s no AC in the bakery or our...