Vegan & Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

This vegan, gluten-free cookie is bursting with chunks of crunchy walnuts and semi-sweet vegan chocolate chips. Baked with a rich and creamy butter that’s made from cashews, it’s a plant-based take on the classic Levain cookie – one that everyone can enjoy. Each cookie is packed in a beautiful cellophane bag with a hand-tied blue ribbon.

Levain Bakery founders Pam Weekes and Connie MacDonald didn’t plan on creating one of the most popular and influential cookies the world has ever seen – but they did! When they opened their tiny bakery on New York’s Upper West Side back in 1995, they initially intended on only selling fresh-baked breads. But when they decided to whip up a batch of giant chocolate chip walnut cookies, a phenomenon was born. “The cookie,” as it came to be known, soon took on a life of its own. Crowds began to line up for a taste, and the buzz hasn’t died down since.