DANCING DEER BAKING CO. $39.95 (69 cookies) dancingdeer.com The chocolate stars have “huge cocoa flavor.” The neutral packaging works well for all the holidays.
DEAN AND DELUCA HOLIDAY SAMPLER $48 (51 cookies) deandeluca.com The frosted snowflake cookies were almost “too pretty to eat,” but some were hard or stale.
CHERYL & CO. HOLIDAY TIN $38.95 (36 cookies) cherylandco.com Fresh and buttery, this assortment includes chocolate-mint crisp and buttercream-frosted chocolate.
HARRY & DAVID $39.95 (28 cookies, plus pretzels and candy) harryanddavid.com A great party gift, it comes with red-frosted petits fours and individually wrapped mint chocolates.
