The classic: a soft brown-sugar cookie with semi-sweet chocolate chips.

You know them. You love them. We love them too. They are the most popular cookie in the United States. Let's give a big round of applause to the Chocolate Chip Cookie!

Their invention is generally credited to Massachusetts chef and hotelier Ruth Graves Wakefield in the 1930s, although versions existed that preceded hers.

It is rumored that they were first baked in France in the late 19th century by a woman named Nestlay Toulousa.

Rich chocolate and crunchy pecans come together in this chocolate pecan cookie with just the right balance of sweet, chocolatey and nutty. A little more grown-up than your average chocolate cookie, although we certainly won’t require proof of maturity to buy one.

Chewy oats, pecans, and tart dried cranberries baked into a buttery cranberry oatmeal cookie bar. There are oats. There is fruit. We feel this makes a compelling case for classification as a health food and will be accepting no further questions. The Taster once ate an entire bowl of the off-cuts in one sitting. Quality control is demanding work.

Bright lemon and sweet coconut come together in a soft, sunny lemon coconut cookie that tastes a little like warmer weather. Light, citrusy and just tropical enough without requiring you to own a Hawaiian shirt.

A bright, lemony cookie loaded with smooth, creamy white chocolate chips. The sweetness of the white chocolate balances all that citrus for a cookie that’s rich, tart and extremely easy to keep eating. Currently the Taster’s favorite. “Currently” is important. While devoted to the Baker herself, the Taster is not known for long-term cookie monogamy.

A gently spiced cookie with just enough cinnamon-and-spice warmth to make things interesting without tasting like you accidentally ate a Christmas candle. If you love cookie butter or Biscoff-style cookies, this one is very much in your neighborhood.

Deep caramel-like brown sugar flavor with a warm touch of maple makes this soft maple brown sugar cookie taste like fall even when Texas is stubbornly refusing to participate. Cozy, buttery and unapologetically autumnal. This cookie is manifesting sweater weather.

Chocolate, vanilla and raspberry come together in one nostalgic Neapolitan cookie, inspired by the Baker’s grandmother, who worked in the local school cafeteria in the 1970s and occasionally brought home leftover cookies and little cartons of milk. It turns out childhood memories make pretty good recipe inspiration. Three flavors, one cookie, zero need to choose.

Chewy oats, rich brown sugar and sweet, buttery butterscotch chips come together in this classic oatmeal butterscotch cookie. Cozy, chewy and criminally underappreciated. We’re doing our part to correct that.

A chewy, hearty oatmeal chocolate chip cookie packed with old-fashioned oats, warm brown-sugar flavor and plenty of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Familiar, comforting and exactly what an oatmeal cookie ought to be. The Baker’s daughter’s favorite, which is a pretty solid endorsement considering she’s had access to a lifetime supply of cookies.

A soft, old-fashioned peanut butter cookie made with plenty of peanut butter and real peanuts mixed right into the dough. Each one gets a roll in sugar and the traditional crisscross top, because some things do not need improving. A particular Taster favorite—his mom used to make them. We know better than to compete with Mom, so consider this a tribute.

Tender, buttery shortbread with the delicate flavor and satisfying crunch of real pistachios. Rich without being overly sweet, simple without being boring. An excellent cookie for people who claim they “don’t really like sweets.” We’ve heard about you.

A soft, sweet strawberry cookie made with real strawberries, which are dehydrated and then enthusiastically pounded into powder by the Baker’s son. This is both an ingredient-preparation technique and apparently a very satisfying household chore. The result is genuine strawberry flavor in every bite.

Butter, vanilla, sugar and cream. That’s the idea, and we see no reason to complicate it. This classic vanilla icebox cookie is tender, buttery and delicately sweet with plenty of real vanilla flavor. Simple cookies have nowhere to hide, so they have to be good.

A buttery cherry almond cookie loaded with sweet-tart cherries and complemented by almond flavor. Or, as we prefer to describe it: loaded with cherries, accessorized with almond. She knows what she’s doing.

A soft, chewy snickerdoodle cookie generously rolled in cinnamon sugar and made from the Baker’s mother’s recipe. Is it a treasured family recipe passed lovingly from generation to generation? Technically, yes. Did it possibly originate on the back of a Crisco container sometime around 1957? Also possibly yes. Either way, it’s been making excellent snickerdoodles for decades, and we’re not about to start asking uncomfortable questions.

Halloween treat box filled with 30 cookies of your choice.

Half dozen cookies, your choice packaged in a small treat box or bag.