Incredible Destination Desserts Around Seattle to Devour With Kids

Editor's note: The Westlake Mall and University Way locations are temporarily closed. Check the Facebook page for food truck locations. 

I always wanted to be that cool mom baking cookies and letting the kids lick the spoon, but that’s not happening because who has the time? And eww, raw eggs.

So I was really excited to find out about Sugar + Spoon, an edible cookie dough company that uses no eggs and safe, heat-treated flour. It’s a brilliant business idea that two University of Washington students, William Hubbell and Ivana Orlovic, came up with for their senior entrepreneurship project.

“We wanted to create something that would be easy to sell and all the people around us would enjoy. Cookie dough does just that,” Hubbell said. “It’s a very fun product but at the same time, it’s very nostalgic and comforting.”

After graduation in June 2018, the two bought their first food truck off Craigslist for $40,000. Their business grew to two trucks, a 60-square-foot micro store in the University District and 40 employees.

You can order online and have cookie dough shipped anywhere in the country, or hit a pop-up from their roving food trucks. The trucks go out every day, visiting two or three neighborhoods each throughout the Puget Sound region.

Hubbell’s favorite flavor, by far, is the Party Animal. It’s sugar cookie dough dyed pink, with Mother’s cookies and rainbow sprinkles. “It’s soooo good,” he said. “Tastes like childhood.”

I ordered the smallest size cup to split three ways — and we still couldn’t finish it. It’s a fun treat, but verrrrry sugary.

To buy: The walk-up window on The Ave is open daily, 4–9 p.m., at 4518 University Way N.E. in Seattle. Check the Sugar + Spoon's Facebook or Instagram for pop-up times and locations.