One Dozen Cookies (Customize!)

Custom cookie box from Pittsburgh — pick your dozen, support a real mission
The custom cookie box from Pittsburgh’s Cookie Cookie Ice Cream is a build-your-own twelve-cookie gift box from the McKees Rocks bakery whose mission is to put neuro-diverse young adults in real, dignified, paid work. You pick the flavors. They bake, box, and ship. Every custom cookie box you order directly supports a 70%-neuro-diverse team building careers in food service.
The Cookie Cookie Ice Cream story (briefly)
Cookie Cookie Ice Cream was started by Addison and his mother Connie because of Hannah — Addison’s sister — who wanted to work in food service in high school and couldn’t find a single restaurant near her school willing to work with special-needs transition students. Two years after Hannah graduated, the family opened Cookie Cookie Ice Cream at 1815 McKees Rocks Road to be the place that didn’t exist for her: a real food-service job that trains, supports, and respects neuro-diverse staff. They partner with Pennsylvania’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and area schools to bring students through the program.
What you get
One custom cookie box, twelve cookies, hand-selected with the flavors you choose at checkout. Cookies are baked to order in McKees Rocks, packaged thoughtfully, and shipped or available for local pickup depending on your selection. See the cookie selector for current available flavors — the bakery rotates seasonal options and runs themed monthly drops (the team’s “new flavor every month in 2026” program is in full swing).
Why this gift means more than the average cookie box
Buying a custom cookie box from Cookie Cookie Ice Cream isn’t a charity transaction with a feel-good line in fine print — it’s the actual revenue model that funds the jobs. Every twelve-cookie box you ship to a friend, a sympathy recipient, a coworker, or yourself is direct support for someone learning to work, advocate for themselves, and earn a paycheck in a field they chose. The cookies are good (we’d write the same copy if they weren’t) — but the sentence that lands when the recipient asks “where are these from?” is what makes them remarkable.
Best gift moments
Strong fits as a gift for: a sympathy package; a get-well shipment; a thank-you to a teacher, nurse, or hospice worker; a corporate-thank-you box that doesn’t read as cynical; a Pittsburgh-area welcome basket for new neighbors; a “thinking of you” parcel to a long-distance friend; or a self-purchase on a Friday afternoon when you’ve earned twelve cookies. The Cookie Kindness Box brand name is honest — a custom cookie box arriving with this mission attached lands harder than a generic cookie tin.
About shipping and pickup
Cookies are baked to order at the McKees Rocks bakery. Local Pittsburgh-region pickup is typically available; nationwide shipping is offered for most flavor combinations. Bake-and-ship lead time is a few business days — the team holds shipping for cooler weather where cocoa or chocolate-coated flavors require it, so plan ahead for summer orders.
About the maker
Cookie Kindness Box is the gift-box arm of Cookie Cookie Ice Cream, a McKees Rocks, Pittsburgh-area bakery and ice cream shop with a mission to provide meaningful, dignified work for neuro-diverse young adults. The shop is at 1815 McKees Rocks Road. Founded by Addison and Connie around the unmet need their sister/daughter Hannah experienced trying to find food-service work as a transition-age student, the business now partners with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to train students from local schools. 70% of the supported staff is neuro-diverse.
FAQs about the custom cookie box
Can I really pick all 12 cookies?Yes — the customizer at checkout lets you choose your dozen from the current flavor lineup. Mix and match across as many flavors as you like.

What’s special about Cookie Cookie Ice Cream’s mission?The bakery exists specifically to provide real, paid food-service work for neuro-diverse young adults. 70% of the supported team is neuro-diverse. The shop partners with Pennsylvania’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to train students from area schools. Buying a box directly funds those jobs.

Where is the bakery?1815 McKees Rocks Road, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 — just west of downtown Pittsburgh.

Do you ship outside Pittsburgh?Yes, nationwide shipping is offered for most cookie selections. Some chocolate-coated flavors are seasonal due to summer shipping conditions; the bakery will note any holds at checkout.

Is this a good sympathy or get-well gift?Yes — these are popular as care packages because the recipient receives both the cookies and the story behind them, which lands as a warmer gesture than a generic gift basket.

Can I see other Cookie Kindness Box products?Yes — Cookie Cookie Ice Cream offers monthly subscription boxes too: the Cookie Cookie Box (6-month and 12-month) and the Dough Good Club (6-month and 12-month). Browse the maker’s full lineup.