Dollies was started by my sister and I back in 2018, in our mum’s home kitchen. It all began when our brother returned from a food-fueled trip to New York and was having serious cookie cravings. Just as any great sibling would, we decided to take matters into our own hands and get baking.
Not long after, we surprised him with our recipe and hoped that it would be filled with nostalgia and bring back great memories. Boy, did it do just that! They were an instant hit, not only with him but with our friends and family.
What followed were countless requests to share our recipe, it was at that moment we realised that we had created something special. We launched our business delivering warm New York style cookies across our local city of Leicester. They proved so popular, with our social media videos going viral time after time. So much so, that we began shipping up and down the country.
We worked hard, with many long nights spent hand making each and every single cookie from our tiny kitchen. Only able to bake ten cookies at a time in the family oven, equipped with one mixer and a lot of drive and passion.
Three years later, we received the keys to our commercial kitchen where we currently bake all your favourite treats. We pride ourselves on producing the same quality product in small batches and hope to share this with customers, loyal and new.
We consider ourselves to be pioneers in New York style cookies, having created the first business in the UK of its kind. We firmly believe that we’ve perfected our craft (it’s an art) and look forward to sharing this and much more with you all.
Neelam and Nida 💕