whoa, i never thought i’d see the day. first a national pizza chain offers a dairy-free cheese option, then a mexican fast food joint flirts with a huge plant-based protein, and now starbucks (the corporate-est of all corporate mofos) is offering lucy’s vegan cookies in locations across the nation!
lucy's vegan cookies: $1.50 per bag of 4
that’s right, starbucks has officially begun rolling out lucy’s line of vegan/gluten-free/nut-free cookies in several of their stores, and each bag of 4 cookies is under 200 calories! the cookies can be found in locations all over los angeles, and i gotta say, they are surprisingly delicious.
when i first heard the healthy low-calorie stats on lucy’s cookies and learned that they were super allergy-friendly, i wrongly assumed that they wouldn’t taste very good. however when i got them home and took a bite, i seriously couldn’t stop. they are so addictive!
chocolate chip, cinnamon, sugar cookie
they’re hard, crunchy, and super sweet…and are seriously like little sugar-coated pieces of crack. they come in chocolate chip, cinnamon, and sugar cookie flavor; and while my personal favorite is the chocolate chip, all varieties are awesome.
so next time you are in starbucks, be sure to buy a bag (or 3) of lucy’s cookies! let’s support their huge decision to cater to vegans.
oh, and if you wanna go even further and send starbucks a thank you note, check out this form on veggywood.com!
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8:32 am on January 23rd, 2010
perfect. i’ll pop into starbucks and pick up a packet of these and take them across the street to pete’s where I can get decent coffee. starbucks’ coffee really is bad.
10:09 am on January 23rd, 2010
I work at starbucks, and was just as surprised! We also have a couple options of raw granola bars, dried fruits, vegan dark chocolate, some pretty tasty fruit n’ nut combos. A good portion of our new snack foods are vegan. I never thought I’d see the day.
10:46 am on January 23rd, 2010
Peet’s coffee also has vegan ginger cookies and a fat free apricot oatmeal vegan scone. don’t fooled by food that advertises low calories, its meaningless unless its low fat calories. These cookies are around 33% fat which actually isn’t too terrible. 20% being an idle lesser evil packaged good.
2:00 pm on January 23rd, 2010
I’ll check these out, though I prefer chewy cookies.
2:14 pm on January 23rd, 2010
Lucy’s cookies are also gluten free; although always check the packaging! And yes just noticed they also are stocking KIND bars, which I am addicted to – so yummy nut bars (try the almond/cashew o the strawberry/nut delight) that are also gluten free. Way to go Starbucks.
2:15 pm on January 23rd, 2010
I never go to Starbucks, but it’s nice to know these are there!
Also, my friends and I went to Shojin last night and we’re going to Rahel tomorrow, thanks to your reviews!
4:09 pm on January 23rd, 2010
forgot to add: Lucy’s cookies are not the BEST vegan cookies. Urth Cafe takes that crown!
6:20 pm on January 23rd, 2010
Cool, I will ask for these next time I’m in a Starbucks. Thanks!
6:57 pm on January 23rd, 2010
Urth Cafe cookies are okay. We bake chocolate chip cookies that are WAY better.
7:49 pm on January 23rd, 2010
I don’t go to starbucks but this is GREAT news! “sugar-coated pieces of crack” ha ha!!!
9:45 pm on January 23rd, 2010
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7:58 am on January 24th, 2010
Miss Anthrope;
Are these cookies being vegan a coincidence that could go away or did Starbucks make the conscious decision to have something vegan ( or at least hypoallergenic ) to offer their customers?
8:21 am on January 24th, 2010
@beforewisdom: i dunno, i am hoping it was conscious. either way, i hope they stick around!
6:34 pm on January 24th, 2010
Oh man, definitely going to support this!
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10:59 am on January 27th, 2010
It’s about time! It always surprised me that Starbucks, being from such a veg-friendly city like Seattle, didn’t offer at least one or two vegan options. It’s very exciting, and I sent them a letter of thanks based on veggywood’s. Since veggywood didn’t have SB’s email contact on the post, I’ll include it here: http://www.starbucks.com/customer/contact.asp
4:31 pm on January 29th, 2010
I’m all about supporting vegan options (and I did this morning when I purchased some with my morning coffee), but these cookies taste like cardboard. Well, maybe sandy cardboard. I’m worried people will eat these and think vegan cookies have to taste this way! I appreciate what Lucy’s is trying to do with this product, but I couldn’t even finish the four small cookies in the bag.
10:37 pm on February 6th, 2010
Since I read and commented on this post, I have walked into at least four different Los Angeles Starbucks and asked for these. The employees in all four places had never heard of these cookies. This is a bit odd.
1:15 pm on February 10th, 2010
I just went into a Starbucks in NYC and asked for Lucy’s cookies. They never heard of them. So the only vegan option they appear to offer is soymilk.
5:57 pm on February 11th, 2010
Ill def being buying more than a few bags of these!! vegan and gluten free! Now that is where it’s at!
10:19 pm on March 15th, 2010
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5:00 pm on March 16th, 2010
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6:15 am on April 19th, 2010
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12:30 pm on July 17th, 2010
I was seriously sooo thrilled when i saw these the other day!! Vegan AND allergy free! Crazy.
And they tasted really good.