Great American Cookies
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Great American Cookies

1001 Heavenly Village Way #10, South Lake Tahoe, CA

★★★★3.9(271 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

While Great American Cookies in South Lake Tahoe has moments of promise—particularly their soft, chewy mini chocolate chip cookies and creative ice cream sandwiches—consistency issues plague the experience, with stale cookies and inventory problems showing up repeatedly in reviews. The shop occupies a convenient spot at The Shops at Heavenly Village making it an easy family stop, though you might want to visit earlier in the day rather than closer to closing when selection dwindles. At premium Tahoe prices (cookie cakes running $54), the hit-or-miss quality makes it a gamble rather than a sure bet for a sweet treat.

What to expect

PastriesTraditional drinksFamily friendlyQuick grab

Google Reviews

Caroline Carter
★★★★★4 months ago

Came in abt an hour before closing and they were completely out of cookie cake and several cookies. We got a section of the cookies they had and some of them had been burned. Also prices were pretty high, it was a little over 6$ for a single scope of chocolate ice cream. The people working there were friendly enough and it was clean inside.

Julie
★★★★4 months ago

Stale and hard cookies, tasted old. Minimal ice cream selections. Horrible. Go somewhere else. Also, employees seemed to hate their life. I hated my life also after eating these cookies.

Michele Leocadio
★★★★a year ago

We came across this shop while walking around The Shops at Heavenly Village. We came to Lake Tahoe with our big family group in Sept 2025 so this review is a little late. The cookies were soft, chewy and delicious!! A little too sweet though. When we arrived, the cookie glass case wasn’t too full. I like that have a variety of cookies and brownies.

Marc Holmes
★★★★★3 years ago

We were in South Lake Tahoe for Christmas and I ordered a large cookie cake for my son’s birthday while we were there. The good news is that it looked good which made the $54 cost a little easier to swallow. The bad news is that it was totally underbaked and had a paper lining stuck to the bottom of the cake that was hard to cut through and would not come off without effectively destroying each slice. On the bright side, they apologized and immediately refunded the cost when I called the store a few days later.

Jamie Gutierrez
★★★★4 years ago

Such a perfect way to enjoy delicious dessert!! Mini chocolate chip cookies are so soft and the mini sneaker doodles are so soft..also the ice cream sandwich was so yummy,My husband enjoyed the rocky road ice cream..

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