Levain Bakery, a New York City chain reportedly renowned for its 6-oz cookies, is releasing a new Carrot Cake Cookie for a limited time this spring, inspired by the classic dessert and rooted in the bakery’s 30-year tradition of rich, indulgent cookies, it says.

Available in all bakeries and online for nationwide shipping, the Carrot Cake Cookie is packed with freshly grated carrots, sweet apricots, creamy white chocolate chips, and crunchy pecans.

The Carrot Cake Cookie was created out of Levain's exploration of a breakfast cookie—an experimentation with ingredients like apricots, pecans, and warm spices that felt familiar yet slightly unexpected, the brand says. As those flavors came together, carrot cake emerged as the natural throughline, a classic with warm spices and a seasonal appeal that feels especially at home in spring, Levain notes. Bringing the dessert into Levain's signature format required much testing and tasting, from refining the spice balance to perfecting how freshly grated carrots blended into the dough while maintaining the bakery's signature rich, indulgent texture, the brand adds.

"We had been experimenting with a breakfast-forward cookie for a while, and ended up with carrot cake—and this is when everything finally clicked. It's a classic for a reason: the kind of flavor people genuinely love. When it came together, it felt like the perfect way to welcome spring. It's also our first vegetable-forward cookie, and one we really enjoy," says Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald, co-founders, Levain Bakery.

Also returning this spring is Levain’s Lemon Cookie, a consumer-favorite with citrus flavor and sweet lemon chips. Together, Carrot Cake and Lemon aim to bring a fresh seasonal twist to Levain’s lineup.  

Both seasonal flavors are available individually and featured in the new Spring Garden Party Assortment, a collection that includes Lemon, Carrot Cake, Oatmeal Raisin, and Caramel Coconut Chocolate Chip cookies and is available in 4-, 8-, and 12-packs. All cookies are baked fresh daily and available to ship nationwide.  

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Levain will debut a brand-new limited-edition Mother’s Day Cookie Tin, available April 20 through May 11. Featuring a vibrant floral design and sized to hold an 8-pack cookies, the tin offers a twist on the traditional bouquet. The tin will arrive in bakeries the week of April 15 and will be available for purchase nationwide in bakeries and online.  

The Carrot Cake Cookie and Lemon Cookie will be available for a limited time through this June. Seasonal assortments, the Mother’s Day Cookie Tin, and nationwide shipping are available at levainbakery.com.  

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