Dutchman’s vs. Swig: Who Invented Utah’s Pink Sugar Cookie? | Eater

"A regional soda chain known for syrup-spiked “dirty sodas” and flavor-forward drinks (the Raspberry Dream is a top seller) that added a homemade-style pale pink sugar cookie to its menu after modeling it on the small Santa Clara bakery’s cookie. When that bakery was shuttered temporarily by a 2012 flood, the chain developed and refined its own recipe to keep up with demand, expanded baking into a larger Salt Lake City operation, and scaled distribution across dozens of locations in Utah and Arizona — turning the frosted cookie into a widely recognized, heavily copied item and spawning many online copycat recipes. As the brand grew, some longtime customers noted the cookie’s shift toward a more manufactured texture versus the original’s handmade look, creating a tradeoff between broad availability and small-bakery authenticity." - Carlye Wisel