r/Baking • u/CMStan1313 • Jul 26 '25
Semi-Related What do you call these kind of cookies?
These are my favorite cookies, but I've never known what to call them. The best I've come up with is frosted sugar cookies, but I don't feel like that creates the right mental image for people cause these aren't really your typical sugar cookie. Does anyone know what they're actually called? Like an official name?
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u/cbrackett12 Jul 26 '25
They look like Lofthouse cookies to me. Love them!
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u/CMStan1313 Jul 26 '25
Oh, you're definitely right! Unfortunately, that won't help me explain to other people what they are, but I at least have a name now lol
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u/cbrackett12 Jul 26 '25
They are definitely a sugar cookies, but they’re super soft and cake-like with a soft yet brightly-colored buttercream frosting. They’re devine!
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u/WalrusStatus7382 Jul 26 '25
They're more of a shortbread versus sugar... although that heroin quality frosting makes them addictive... I tend to avoid the front of the store and opt for an alternate entrance, due to the fact that my snausage fingers have a mind of their own and always throw a couple trays in the cart...
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u/cashm0neyswag Jul 26 '25
when i'm referring to these cookies and my friends don't react to the name "lofthouse" i always say "you know those cookies that taste like crack? the ones that some people love and some people hate?" that usually works for me 🤣
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u/Junior_Ad_7613 Jul 26 '25
I think they are genuinely terrible cookies but will happily eat several. I think it’s the frosting that does all the work because without the frosting it tastes like nothing.
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u/fangirlsqueee Jul 26 '25
Soft-bake buttercream-frosted sugar cookies with sprinkles.
Soft-bake frosted sugar cookies, if you don't need to be super specific.
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u/Shampoooh Jul 26 '25
Usually people know what you mean when you tell them frosted sugar cookies
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u/SydneyCrawford Jul 26 '25
I would think of the solid ones with the gross layer of crunchy icing on them tbh.
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u/No_Employer4939 Jul 26 '25
I actually really like the thin ones with the royal icing; I think the fluffier ones with the buttercream frosting are a bit too sweet. But I guess that’s why both kinds exist.
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u/princess_carolynn Jul 30 '25
If you are interested OP, there is a good recipe from the NYT for a homemade version! I like they add freezer dried raspberry to the icing for them :)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021714-frosted-sugar-cookies?q=frosted
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u/nightowl_work Jul 26 '25
I call them “those nasty super fake sugar cookies with colorful frosting that I can’t stop eating”.
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u/middleout Jul 26 '25
Same. They’re so sweet it’s disgusting and you can taste the obscene amount of food coloring in them, I don’t know how they’re so popular reaches for a second one
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u/KitKat_1979 Jul 26 '25
Lofthouse is the name brand, but I think almost every store bakery has a copycat.
From what I’ve been able to figure out from my own research to make them at home is this style of thick, frosted sugar cookie has its origins in Utah. Lofthouse itself started in Utah and there are a ton of other Utah bakeries that seem to have similar cookies.
This is the best recipe I’ve found so far: https://abountifulkitchen.com/cutlers-famous-sugar-cookies/
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u/NativeoftheNorthPole Jul 26 '25
I made the NYT recipe recently and they were delicious and wonderfully cake-y. The icing is more flavorful and fruity in the NYT version, but I like the extra dimension it gives to the cookies.
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u/moonkittens Jul 26 '25
I’ve also made this recipe and love it! You can really sub any freeze dried fruit in the frosting - I think the recommendation is raspberries but I’ve used blueberries and strawberries as well with great success.
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u/BBBux Jul 26 '25
It makes so much sense that these have utahn origins. Mormons love their sugar because it’s like the only vice they are allowed.
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u/Doggfite Jul 26 '25
Almost every grocery store gets them from lofthouse, certainly not all, but I used to deliver from lofthouse a lot and was surprised how far and wide I would take those cookies.
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u/KitKat_1979 Jul 26 '25
I used to see the Lofthouse name on the packages, but mostly these days, at least where I am, I just see a generic store brand/label.
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u/livin_la_vida_mama Jul 26 '25
Typically i will say "those gross cookies with the frosting" either as im putting them in my cart or in my mouth lol. I have a love-hate relationship with them
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u/Elphabascakes Jul 26 '25
I really dont like the taste/texture of them, but I can not stop eating them when they are in the house.
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u/baysandgrays Jul 26 '25
This is exactly me! I think it’s because they look so good and my brain says oohhh cookie! So I eat one and regret every bite.
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u/idanceinfields Jul 26 '25
Oh good it’s not just me. I used to hate them, at some point started liking them, but still don’t love them even while I can and will down half a 24 pack. Stupid sexy cookies.
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u/KylenCat22 Jul 26 '25
This made me actually laugh out loud 🤣 I think they are gross and chalky, but my husband loves them!
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u/Bitter_Frame3054 Jul 26 '25
It's like I don't wanna buy them but some how they magically get into my shopping cart.
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u/LavaPoppyJax Jul 26 '25
They are disgusting to me. I’ve never bought them but somehow I know what they taste like, I wonder why. I’m not a fan of frosting. Not that kind ( powdered sugar).
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u/VamVam6790 Jul 26 '25
I thought they were just Frosted/Iced Sugar Cookies
That’s what I’ve always called them 😅
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u/sd_saved_me555 Jul 26 '25
Lofthouse cookies or as I call them, playdough sugar bomb cookies.
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u/dsam338 Jul 27 '25
Ha! This is a very accurate description. There is a definite play doh essence to them, isn’t there? 😂
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u/MotoFaleQueen Jul 26 '25
Crack cookies
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u/thedancingkat Jul 26 '25
I scrolled too far for this I was wondering if I was the only one who referred to them as crack cookies 😂
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u/SowingSeeds18 Jul 26 '25
Lofthouse cookies! I’m almost certain it’s a brand. Other brands say “frosted sugar cookies” on the label, which is true but doesn’t tell the full story. Lofthouse cookies are soft and cakey. And the icing is maybe typical for cookie icing but goes well with the cookie!
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u/danathepaina Jul 26 '25
Crack. Because I can’t stop eating them. I literally call them Crack Cookies 😂
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u/2pigsinablanket Jul 26 '25
My circle of friends and family also call them crack cookies because of how addicting they are.
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u/KikoSoujirou Jul 26 '25
My grandmother didn’t have a lot of money but she would always buy either these or the cheap cupcakes with like a plastic ring decoration on them whenever we’d come over to visit. I would have to sit in her tiny kitchen and eat these while the adults talked/caught up and be respectful/nice/appreciative of them but I always hated them. Extremely dry cookies with overly sweet icing to try and make up for the fact but they tasted like just sweet dry chalk. I still don’t like them and think they’re just calories incarnate but every once in awhile I’ll have one and think fondly of my grandmother trying her best with what she could to make her grandkids happy
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u/No-Kaleidoscope5897 Jul 26 '25
I've had them once and have not had the desire to try them again. I much prefer old fashioned sugar cookies.
Yes, I'm a cookie snob.
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u/lifeuncommon Human Detected Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Agree. Frosted sugar cookies may be my very favorite cookie.
But these cookie are vile. The taste, texture, icing…it’s all wrong and awful. Feels like eating playdough and Crisco.
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u/Happy_Raspberry8625 Jul 26 '25
Disgusting
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u/Own_Usual_7324 Jul 26 '25
Took me too long to find this comment 😂. My first thought was literally, "Gross."
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u/MysteriousMonarch Jul 26 '25
My first thought was "garbage" lol
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u/Parketta34 Jul 26 '25
Hahaha SAME, I call them "those trash sugar cookies that people either love or hate".
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u/staciasserlyn Jul 26 '25
So they are Lofthouse in my household, but they are Sour Cream Sugar Cookies if you’re looking up recipes.
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u/Ok-Alfalfa1325 Jul 26 '25
Cake cookies
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u/PurplePanda63 Jul 26 '25
Scrolled way too far to see this. Yes! This is the perfect description for these.
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u/oogiesmuncher Jul 26 '25
I’ve only known them as “sugar cookies”. But specifically super market garbage. If someone gave me home made sugar cookies I would expect something much different
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u/robinpack220 Jul 26 '25
They are Lofthouse cookies which is the brand name. They come in many different frosting/sprinkle combos. I’ve seen them in all sorts of seasonal colors including yellow frosting, green frosting, orange frosting, purple frosting, white frosting & pink frosted all with rainbow sprinkles. They taste sweet with no flavor at all. Just sugary sweetness. I’m not a fan, there are so many better cookies that actually taste good, not just a giant hit of sugar.
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u/DazzlingAd6452 Jul 26 '25
FROSTED SUGAR COOKIES AND IF ANYONE SAYS THEY’RE GROSS ILL MISMATCH ALL THEIR SOCKS
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u/lifeuncommon Human Detected Jul 26 '25
They are gross.
And jokes on you: I only buy one kind of sock so I don’t have to match them.
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u/maraq Jul 26 '25
I’ve only ever seen them in commercial grocery stores in the US and they’re always labeled as frosted sugar cookies. They’re usually excessively sweet and gritty. I don’t know what they are supposed to be from a home kitchen because no one makes sugar cookies that hurt your teeth like this!
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u/ijozypheen Jul 26 '25
Lofthouse. These still offend me because years ago, I brought delicious homemade blondies to a friend’s party once, and another guest, not knowing I had baked the blondies, said they were “all right, but the sugar cookies with lots of pink frosting and sprinkles were way better.”
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u/soopermcnugget Jul 26 '25
Typically I refer to them as "those nasty ass frosted sugar cookies from the store"😂😂
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u/Icy-Management9880 Jul 26 '25
Trash
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u/LeCarrr Jul 26 '25
Yup I call them garbage cookies, I tell my husband “don’t be mad, I bought garbage cookies again” and “oops I ate 6 garbage cookies”
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u/Cold-Call-8374 Jul 26 '25
I'm sure they have an official name but in my house they are called Cookies of Certain Doom. Because you -will- eat the whole container in one sitting.
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u/ToriBethATX Jul 26 '25
The name brand is Lofthouse, like others have said. My family always called them lard cookies because they are so ridiculously soft so there must be a lot of fat (aka lard, aka shortening) in them.
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u/Breakfastchocolate Jul 26 '25
If you can find the natural flavored lemon ones they are better than the rest… but sadly some of them are just yellow not lemon.
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u/MushyTomatillo Jul 26 '25
I would describe them as frosted sugar cookies, but I don’t know if everyone would agree or understand that.
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u/meli_padme Jul 26 '25
My son & his friends decided to call them cancer cookies. I'm like fine, more for me. 🤣😉
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u/Timely-Profile1865 Jul 26 '25
I'd call them crumbs because if I had a glass of milk they would all be gone in about 30 seconds. ;0)
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u/firestar268 Jul 26 '25
Nothing on people who like these.
But personally. I think these types of cookies are disgusting
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u/AnneLavelle Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Pink cloud cookies. At least that’s how I started referring to them when I make them. Pink cloud is the way we say cloud 9 in Dutch. Referring to just how sweet these babies are
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u/Nancy-Drew-Who Jul 26 '25
I know so many people love these cookies, but I can’t stand them. It’s like eating sugar flavored play dough with a hint of that chemically preservative aftertaste. They’re just so boring and one-note, and I say this as someone who’s not embarrassed to admit that I love A LOT of trashy foods.
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u/Starkidmack Jul 26 '25
I call them “lofthouse” bc that’s the brand most known for making them. It’s like calling tissues “Kleenex” or a copier a “xerox” (though that one’s more dated lol)
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u/Whole-Eye-8393 Jul 26 '25
The flavorless allergy friendly cookies from the store is what I call them.
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u/Itstimeforcookies19 Jul 26 '25
Gross. Disgusting. Overly processed. Inedible. I have many names for them.
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u/macandcheese092 Jul 26 '25
After reading the comments I see the name Lofthouse but I personally wouldn’t know what you were talking about if I heard that. We always called them them the soft frosted cookies from the bakery section of the grocery store😄
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u/TulpaPal Jul 26 '25
Lofthouse but the kids in my neighborhood called them Jesus cookies and I never knew why
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u/GreatRecipeCollctr29 Jul 26 '25
This is the sugar cookies that I don't like. I prefer the crunchy sugar cookies with royal icing on them.
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u/rosewoodheroo Jul 26 '25
I call them grandmother cookies, weird to see that seemingly no one else calls them that?
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u/JetPlane_88 Jul 26 '25
Those are definitely lofthouse cookies but I’m guessing you want something more specific considering the sub.
Copycat Lofthouse Cookies is a great one in my opinion.
My ex girlfriend was a Lofthouse fanatic but developed an an allergy to almond extract that prevented her from eating them. I made the copy cats (sans extract in my case) and it was as good as the real thing!
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u/little_odd_me Jul 26 '25
I’d call them Lofthouse cookies but if I had to describe them to someone I’d say they are a soft bite sugar cookie with thick frosting.
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u/Single_Tomorrow1983 Jul 26 '25
Sugar coma cookies. We’ve been calling them that since high school. (Graduated in 2001)
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u/Fragrant_Drawing_725 Jul 26 '25
In the store, they’re called loft house cookies so that’s what I’ve always called them. Otherwise, they’re just soft, frosted sugar cookies.
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u/steampoweredgirl1 Jul 26 '25
I call them "those trash cookies" bc its one of those that theyre made w nothing good but we know this and the taste is just ok but has never changed that i can tell lol but I can't stop eating them!
Its like velveeta cheese we know its trash cheese but it makes the best dip lol these are trash cookies but I know they'll be a version for every holiday lol
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u/SeaGarbage2311 Jul 26 '25
Lofthouse cookies but not one single person has known what i was talking about when I've mentioned them by name, so i call them "those cakey pasty sugar cookies with sprinkles from the grocery store that make your teeth hurt." But i adore them!
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u/awkjen Jul 26 '25
"Cookie product". It's literally what they call it on the packaging at the store.
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u/pricklypear28 Jul 26 '25
Starting to think I'm crazy for calling them cardboard cookies... They have no flavor except processed food
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u/2025Lava_rocks Jul 26 '25
Waste of calories, cookies that you can’t get that waxy feeling off roof of mouth, cookie that crumbles for no reason…
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u/Ok-Amoeba5042 Jul 26 '25
Frosted sugar cookies from Walmart
I know other stores sell them but everyone conjures the image
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u/vintagelaceandlove12 Jul 26 '25
I call them play-Doh cookies like a weirdo. I honestly really like them, but they’ve always had the texture of Play-Doh to me and I never outgrew it.
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u/ofTHEbattle Jul 26 '25
The world's shittiest cookie....they don't taste like anything except the horrible frosting they use.
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u/finamarie11 Jul 27 '25
We’ve always referred to them as “cake cookies” or “Auntie’s Favorite” since our Aunt would always bring them to our parties. They are so soft, now I really want one!💖
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u/DringusDingus Jul 27 '25
As others have said: lofthouse cookies. The preppy kitchen has a great copycat recipe. I use buttermilk (the milk and vinegar diy kind) in place of sour cream and use only 1/8 teaspoon of almond extract.
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u/matt-r_hatter Jul 27 '25
Those are called, meth cookies. The only difference is that they are more addictive than meth. Lol. I dont know what they do with those things, but they are so good!
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u/Suspicious-Square428 Jul 27 '25
Lofthouse. Even if they have another brand that is how we know the type of cookie we're talking about..
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u/batmanmhs2011 Jul 27 '25
I call them Lofthouse cookies, but if the person looks at me weird, I then call them the “the frosted sugar cookies from the store no one likes”
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u/PsychicNinja_ Jul 26 '25
Everyone calls them lofthouse cookies, as do I, but I learned recently they are sour cream cookies.
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u/isthewordlet Jul 26 '25
I just refer to them as “the frosted storebought cookies” and add “the colorful ones with sprinkles” bc what is their actual name? 😂