They might not be 'picture perfect' but new Durbin Park shop bakes rich, indulgent cookies
Craving a rich indulgent cookie but don't have the time, inclination, or skill to bake?
A newly opened Durbin Park dessert shop promises that its freshly made gourmet cookies are ready, willing and more than able to satisfy that craving.
Known for its freshly baked, multi-layer stuffed cookies, Dirty Dough is the newest addition to The Pavilion at Durbin Park in Saint Johns. Located at 90 Durbin Pavilion Drive, Suite C-103, the "grab-and-go-style" dessert shop is the first in Northeast Florida from husband-and-wife franchise owners Caleb and Jalen Hutchinson of St. Augustine. Dirty Dough also offers custom specialty sodas, ice cream and ultimately some edible cookie dough.
The 1,470-square-foot Durbin Park store is also the first to open in Florida for Dirty Dough, founded in 2018 in Tempe, Ariz. Other shops in the state are planned for Orlando, Pensacola and Sarasota, according to the company's website.
The cookie shop neighbors Cinemark movie theater and restaurants including Keke's Breakfast Cafe, Peterbrooke Chocolatier, Trattoria di Bernardone, and more at the retail center.
Dirty Dough cookies stand out, Hutchinson previously told the Times-Union, because they are triple layers, which is unique.
"They are probably the pinnacle of sweet treats," Hutchinson said of the cookies described by the company on its website as "super-stuffed cookie bombs."
As for the name, "Dirty" refers to all the fillings, mix-ins and layers that go into the cookie process.
Dirty Dough says on its website that "we aren’t trying to win any beauty contest with our cookies. We don’t care about being picture-perfect — cookies are for eating!"
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On the menu at Dirty Dough
The shop has five mainstay cookies, including the Brookie, a combination brownie and chocolate chip cookie filled and drizzled with caramel sauce; and the stuffed chocolate chip cookie, with milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips and stuffed with edible cookie dough.
New cookies are added to the menu each week.
Recently the weekly rotation menu featured:
The Cannoli: A sugar cookie stuffed with sweet creme and white chocolate chips, then topped with almond frosting and mini-chocolate chips
The Cup: A chocolate fudge-style cookie filled with peanut butter creme and topped with peanut butter frosting and Reese's crumbles
Carmelita: A cinnamon oatmeal cookie stuffed with cheesecake and drizzled with caramel, cinnamon cream cheese frosting and topped with mini-chocolate chips
Brown Sugar Toaster Tart: A caramel-filled brown sugar cookie inspired by a Pop-Tart with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and topped with Pop-Tart crumbles
Cookie prices range from $4.55 for one to $16.47 for a box of four, $23.18 for a half dozen, and a dozen for $44.10, Hutchinson said.
Dirty Dough is open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Teresa Stepzinski is the dining reporter for the Times-Union. Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @TeresaStepz or reach her via email at [email protected].
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