CLEVELAND, Ohio – Blink three times and the holidays are going to be here. It’s coming fast. Are you ready? More importantly, are you in charge of bringing dessert to your holiday gatherings?
Do you go to your local favorite bakery, buy your holiday cookies there and pass them off as you own on a cute holiday tray? Just kidding (kind of). We know none of our readers would ever dream of doing such a thing (wink, wink).
Let’s face it: not everyone is a baker, has the time to make their own cookies from scratch or decorate them. Never mind trying to make them so festive, pretty and irresistible that people are afraid to eat them! But maybe you still want people to camp out at the dessert table and try every kind on the platter.
We hear ya, fam. That’s why we’re asking where the “Best Holiday cookies in all of Greater Cleveland” can be found. We know some of you are tempted to nominate yourself, your mom, or your family members.
Not this time. We want to know where we should order our cookies from, after all Santa is expecting a plate of deliciousness and that’s a lot of pressure.
Send in the name of your favorite bakeries and why you love them. We will then take the ones with the most nominations and let you our readers narrow down the list to the best of the best.
We will then create a readers’ poll where the top 10 spots will compete for the title of the BEST.
There’s even more. The top three bakeries (as chosen and voted on by you) will receive a visit from your “Best of Cleveland” team. We’ll profile the top three spots, their owners and bakers, and get to the bottom of what makes them so, well, sweet.
Got it? OK. Here’s the instructions: To keep track of all of the incoming nominations, we have developed a simple nomination form you can find below or access online here.
Here is the link, should you have trouble: form.jotform.com/242954943142157
We know that you may be excited to let us know where the best bakeries are in your opinion, but don’t get it frosted. Please note that only one nomination per person will be counted, so there’s no need to send in multiple nominations.
You will have until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Please keep nominations to local establishments (yes, that includes local microchains) but please steer clear of national chains like Crumble no matter how good they may be.
We’ll keep track of all your recommendations and create a poll, giving you the chance to vote for those go-to spots where we can get the best holiday cookies in all of Greater Cleveland.
And, of course, once all votes are accounted for the “Best of Cleveland” team will hit the road to taste-test your selections, as well, bringing you the stories behind your Top 3 establishments.
Where is your go-to spot for your holiday cookies? The one you tell all your friends they have to go check out? As long as it can be found within our seven-county coverage area (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage or Summit) we want to know and are hungry to hear from YOU!