Pink Door Cookies

08/30/2026

Frosted Funfetti: Dolly’s Version available now at the shop! 🦋💖🦋💖

08/27/2026

If you’re needing a rainbow, we’ve got plenty for you 🌈💖

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08/21/2026

Hey, Cookie Fam! Watermelon Sugar is back on the menu! 🍉🍉 Inspired by visits to Mexican bakeries during his time in Chicago, Mathew created this cookie with the mission to not just make a sugar cookie that looks like watermelon but a sugar cookie that TASTES like watermelon. Mission accomplished! Watermelon Sugar is a delicious mix of salty, buttery watermeloniness topped off with a pink candy glaze and candy watermelon seeds. Think watermelon taffy and you’re in the right neighborhood. ☺️ Available now at the shop and on Uber Eats! 🩷🍉🤗

08/09/2026

Popcorn & M&M’s: A crunchy harmony of M&M’s and rainbow chocolate candies synced with the butteriness of movie theatre popcorn! Available now at the shop and on Uber Eats!

And don’t forget, starting tomorrow (August 10th), we will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Wednesday thru Sunday, we’ll be open our usual hours from 10 am to 9 pm. Thank you all, love you all, hope you have a good week! 🩷🦄🩷🦄

08/04/2026

It can’t be said enough: thank you all so much for the massive outpouring of love and support you’ve shared. The memories, the stories, the feelings. I know Mathew is receiving all your love like a sweet prayer covered in sprinkles and frosting.

We first debuted Popcorn & M&M’s back in Spring 2022. Mathew and I loved going to the movies. His favorite meal for a picture was a gigantic and crisp Diet Coke and a gigantic and buttery tub of popcorn. It may (or may not) surprise some of you that he wasn’t the biggest fan of chocolate. He’d eat it, sure, but it would never be his first choice in a sweet. But he did like M&M’s, and he understood very well how their candy-coated power magnified when combined with salty and buttery popcorn.

That first version of Popcorn & M&M’s contained multitudes: mini M&M’s, popcorn, AND Sno-Caps (again, understanding the assignment). But he wanted to switch things up for this new version. Something brighter, cuter, and with more unicorns. In the last couple months, Mathew sourced customized M&M’s emblazoned with our beloved unicorn logo. He also switched out the Sno-Caps to rainbow nonpareils which align much more harmoniously with the overall PDC vibe. And while he did make these small changes, the flavor is still there. The flavor is still here. It was never going anywhere.

I suppose, in a way, this is the last cookie Mathew worked on. He had tons of ideas and it’s hard right now to live in a world where he’s not able to use his mind, his hands to create his magic. But what we do have of his, we will continue to share. It’s unlikely there will be anything “new” coming out of the PDC kitchen. There will be returns of old favorites which may be new to some or most of you. But there is no plan to bring in a pastry chef to continue expanding the PDC lineup. Which is not a knock on any pastry chefs as there are so many brilliant and fantastic pastry chefs in this world. Mathew was close with many of them. But, there is only one Mathew Rice. Mathew Sweet. Matty. Chooch. And no one can compare.

In this very weird time of transition, beginning next week on August 10th, we will be closed Mondays and Tuesdays. This may be temporary.

07/24/2026

Hi, Cookie Fam,

This is Chris, one of the owners of Pink Door and the life partner of Mathew Rice. I am so deeply sorry to inform all of you that Mathew passed away Wednesday evening. He was surrounded by love and he was not in any pain. Many of you did not know that for over 2 years, Mathew had been living with colorectal cancer. I say “living with” because he was never ever “dying from.” While it was never easy, he faced his diagnosis with bravery, courage, and a smile. He was so optimistic and positive. The true emobodiment of optimistic vibes.

Pink Door Cookies was his dream and what a beautiful dream it has become. He started Pink Door in 2020 during the pandemic, at a time when there wasn’t much to look forward to, much to be happy about. He wanted to bring joy to the community in some way. So he made cookies. But not just any cookies. HIS cookies. Staples like Chocolate Chip but also using his childhood memories as inspiration for flavors like PB&J and Cotton Candy. And when people had them, they smiled. They cried. They loved them. And they loved him.

So many of you who have met Mathew know how wonderful and magical he was. And he was that wonderful and magical person until the very end. It is a profoundly devastating loss in so many ways.

I hope you all understand that the shop will be closed at least through the weekend. If we decide to close longer, we’ll keep you posted here.

Thank you all so much for helping fulfill Mathew’s dream of spreading joy through a sweet treat. Your love and support has meant so much. We hope to see you again soon. Love you all bunches.

- Chris

07/17/2026

We’ve always got rainbows for your rainy days 🤗🌈💖

07/06/2026

06/30/2026

Hey hey, cookie friends! Heads up: we will be closed on Saturday, July 4th and Sunday, July 5th so if you’re wanting cookies (like our yummy vegan and wheat-free seasonal Strawberry Horchata) for the holiday weekend, get em by Friday!!

Hope y’all had a joyous and jubilant Pride Month!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦄 Luv you bunches!! 🤗

06/28/2026

Celebrating 🏳️‍🌈love🏳️‍⚧️ this weekend (and always really)! 💖

P.S. The Unicorn Neapolitan will be going off menu at the end of the month so get it while you can (Ernie got his)! 🦄💖 ok luv u bunches, stay safe out there!!
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