How Maya Madsen's Vegan Cookies Went From Farmers' Markets to the National Spotlight Overnight

San Diego Magazine's Happy Half Hour · Jan 21, 2021 · 53m

We're excited to have Maya Madsen, the founder of Maya's Cookies, on the show this week. Maya's Cookies is a line of soft-baked cookies that are completely vegan but also popular with non-vegans. Maya founded the company in 2015 when she couldn't find any vegan cookies that she liked, so she started baking her own. Today, her company is the No. 1 Black-owned gourmet vegan cookie company in the country. The cookies are available online and ship nationally, and she opened her first retail store location last fall in Grantville. Maya says she has a sweet tooth and that cookies have been one of…