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Top Shelf Cookies’ Story

Our Beginning

Before Top Shelf Cookies was a bakery, it was a superstition. A Boston hockey girl through and through, Heather first came up with the Black & Golds as a good luck charm to share with her fellow fans for every home game. Not only were the cookies a hit, but the team kept winning. A few months later a trophy got raised, the Duck Boats paraded down Boylston Street and an idea was born.

 

With a broad selection of unique, delicious cookies, Heather launched Top Shelf Cookies in 2014. What started as a passion became a calling and Boston’s Craft Cookie company was now a reality. Using high-quality, often unexpected ingredients, a creative spark for combining flavors, and meticulously crafted recipes, Heather creates cookies that aren't just one of a kind, they're also pretty tasty. And hey, if she can work in a reference to the city she loves while she's doing it, all the better. After all, these are "Cookies as Fresh as the City They Come From."

Meet the Scoopers Union #656

When we started in Commonwealth Kitchen, we would drop the dough in the 6/5/6 formation on the cookie sheet. That would allow for the cookies to spread in a way that they shouldn't touch each other. When we started, it was kitchen help made up of friends and they joked they should be called the scoopers union, so we named ourselves the Scoopers Union 656.  

Meet Our Team

Heather Yunger, CEO (Chief Everything Officer)

  • What's Your Favorite Top Shelf Flavor?

    Black & Gold - it's my firstborn!

  • What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?

    Patriot's Day – The best day to be a Bostonian. Get up early, have some brews and bites with good friends, hit the Red Sox game, get out cheer on marathoners (around that time it's regular people - so it's pretty cool to cheer them on!), and if the sports gods are great, head over the Bruins playoff game.

  • What's the thing you most appreciate in your life?

    I'm so lucky to be able to follow my dream and run a cookie business. Mostly nobody gets mad at me (I have cookies) I get to be creative with cookies. I get to honor the city I love with cookies. I spend most of my days in Boston with cookies. I get to create jobs in a neighborhood in Boston that needs it. I have an awesome co-worker in Brady (Chief Dog Officer), and I love the team that works for Top Shelf Cookies and the production team that works with us out of Commonwealth Kitchen. Being a small business owner is challenging, but my worst day owning Top Shelf Cookies is far superior to my best day in a cubicle.

  • What's your favorite Boston sports memory?

    June 15, 2011 - Bruins win the Cup. I was in the Fours (shocker) with a lot of my close friends. It's the championship I wanted for the ten years prior. I loved that team, there was a lot to like about them. Beating Montreal (after being down 2-0), sweeping the Flyers after being embarrassed by them the year before, one of the best series of hockey I had ever seen up until that point vs Tampa, then to just go in and play the arrogant Canucks and play their game and be so focused. It was awesome to enjoy that for 2 months and during that time, I figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up.

  • When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?

    That's a good question and a hard one (and I came up with these!) Right now, I try to work with a lot of new bakers at Commonwealth Kitchen to help them figure out how to best get started. I was lucky enough to have people help me and I believe in paying it forward

AnnMarie, Bookkeeping & Event Help

  • What's Your Favorite Top Shelf Flavor?

    Chocolatte.

  • What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?

    I love going to see live music. The Paradise is great, and I love going to the Pavilion in the summertime.

  • What's the thing you most appreciate in your life?

    My family. They are my tethers to the world.

  • What's your favorite Boston sports memory?

    The 2004 playoffs and World Series. No sports moment will ever top that.

  • When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?

    Budgeting! It's my biggest talent.

Brady, CDO (Chief Dog Officer)

We didn't ask him any questions, but he's our office dog and Heather's best friend. Adopted shortly after the launch of Top Shelf Cookies so Heather would have a friend in the office. He's a senior beagle, and he'll sniff out any unsecured cookie in Heather's home. He's also been known to protect Dorchester from menacing squirrels and cats all from behind a window in Lower Mills.

Meet Our Team

Heather Yunger, CEO (Chief Everything Officer)

  • What's Your Favorite Top Shelf Flavor?

    Black & Gold - it's my firstborn!

  • What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?

    Patriot's Day – The best day to be a Bostonian. Get up early, have some brews and bites with good friends, hit the Red Sox game, get out cheer on marathoners (around that time it's regular people - so it's pretty cool to cheer them on!), and if the sports gods are great, head over the Bruins playoff game.

  • What's the thing you most appreciate in your life?

    I'm so lucky to be able to follow my dream and run a cookie business. Mostly nobody gets mad at me (I have cookies) I get to be creative with cookies. I get to honor the city I love with cookies. I spend most of my days in Boston with cookies. I get to create jobs in a neighborhood in Boston that needs it. I have an awesome co-worker in Brady (Chief Dog Officer), and I love the team that works for Top Shelf Cookies and the production team that works with us out of Commonwealth Kitchen. Being a small business owner is challenging, but my worst day owning Top Shelf Cookies is far superior to my best day in a cubicle.

  • What's your favorite Boston sports memory?

    June 15, 2011 - Bruins win the Cup. I was in the Fours (shocker) with a lot of my close friends. It's the championship I wanted for the ten years prior. I loved that team, there was a lot to like about them. Beating Montreal (after being down 2-0), sweeping the Flyers after being embarrassed by them the year before, one of the best series of hockey I had ever seen up until that point vs Tampa, then to just go in and play the arrogant Canucks and play their game and be so focused. It was awesome to enjoy that for 2 months and during that time, I figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up.

  • When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?

    That's a good question and a hard one (and I came up with these!) Right now, I try to work with a lot of new bakers at Commonwealth Kitchen to help them figure out how to best get started. I was lucky enough to have people help me and I believe in paying it forward

Megan, Left-Hand Gal

  • What's Your Favorite Top Shelf Flavor?

    Black & Gold and Midnight Delight.

  • What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?

    Either just walking around the city or going to a sporting event of some sort.

  • What's the thing you most appreciate in your life?

    Family and friends.

  • What's your favorite Boston sports memory?

    Adam Vinatieri's field goal to win Super Bowl XXXVI.

  • When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?

    Technical issues...even though I'm not exactly tech-savvy.

Amy, Event Help

  • What's Your Favorite Top Shelf Flavor?

    Boston Lager Chocolate Chip!

  • What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?

    Wander around - there's always something to see :)

  • What's the thing you most appreciate in your life?

    My family.

  • What's your favorite Boston sports memory?

    Being at the 2013 World Series win!

  • When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?

    Math #teacherproblems.

AnnMarie, Bookkeeping & Event Help

  • What's Your Favorite Top Shelf Flavor?

    Chocolatte.

  • What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?

    I love going to see live music. The Paradise is great, and I love going to the Pavilion in the summertime.

  • What's the thing you most appreciate in your life?

    My family. They are my tethers to the world.

  • What's your favorite Boston sports memory?

    The 2004 playoffs and World Series. No sports moment will ever top that.

  • When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?

    Budgeting! It's my biggest talent.

Brady, CDO (Chief Dog Officer)

We didn't ask him any questions, but he's our office dog and Heather's best friend. Adopted shortly after the launch of Top Shelf Cookies so Heather would have a friend in the office. He's a senior beagle, and he'll sniff out any unsecured cookie in Heather's home. He's also been known to protect Dorchester from menacing squirrels and cats all from behind a window in Lower Mills

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