Cookie Tier List: The Best Cookies, Head-to-Head
All 16 cookies here, ranked by 77 players. Chocolate Chip leads: it wins 69.3% of its matchups (n = 199) and was champion in 16 of 77 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
Size
ShortbreadButtery & crumbly
Chocolate ChipThe OG cookie
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Cookie Types: the community’s best
Win rate across 1,155 head-to-head picks from 77 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Cookie | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 138–61 | 69.3% | 16 | 199 | ||
| 2 | 113–66 | 63.1% | 11 | 179 | ||
| 3 | 106–65 | 62% | 12 | 171 | ||
| 4 | 114–70 | 62% | 7 | 184 | ||
| 5 | 80–70 | 53.3% | 7 | 150 | ||
| 6 | 76–72 | 51.4% | 5 | 148 | ||
| 7 | MacaronFrench meringue cookie | 68–74 | 47.9% | 3 | 142 | |
| 8 | 67–75 | 47.2% | 2 | 142 |
Cookie Types: the community tier list
From 1,155 head-to-head picks in 77 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Chocolate Chip
- Oreo
- Double Chocolate
- Snickerdoodle
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- White Chocolate Macadamia
- Red Velvet
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Macaron
- Peanut Butter
- Samoa / Caramel deLites
- Sugar Cookie
- Gingerbread
- Thin Mints
- Oatmeal Raisin
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Biscotti
- Shortbread
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Linzer Cookie
How the Cookie Types bracket works
This cookie tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Chocolate Chip or Oatmeal Raisin? Snickerdoodle or Peanut Butter? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. By the end you have ranked all 16 without ever having to look at more than two at a time.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), with every one of the 16 choices in the field. The draw is seeded: the same for everyone today, different tomorrow, and different again whenever you press New draw. You can also play it at 8 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 16 entrants
All 16 entrants are listed below, including Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Snickerdoodle and Peanut Butter. Updated
- Chocolate ChipThe OG cookiePhoto: brainloc on sxc.hu (Bob Smith) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Oatmeal RaisinLove it or hate itPhoto: Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- SnickerdoodleCinnamon sugarPhoto: jim Winstead from los angeles, usa / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Peanut ButterFork-pressed classicPhoto: Janet Hudson / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Sugar CookieSweet & simplePhoto: AceDragonfly / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Double ChocolateChocolate on chocolatePhoto: Tcbeane / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- MacaronFrench meringue cookiePhoto: Michelle Naherny / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- ShortbreadButtery & crumblyPhoto: Elumineau / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- White Chocolate MacadamiaNutty & sweetPhoto: Andie712b / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- GingerbreadSpiced holiday cookiePhoto: Gaetan Lee / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- OreoMilk's favorite
- BiscottiTwice-baked ItalianPhoto: Gwang17 - Blog: intoafoodcoma.wordpress.com / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Thin MintsGirl Scout classicPhoto: Mx. Granger / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Samoa / Caramel deLitesCoconut & caramelPhoto: Famartin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red VelvetCream cheese filledPhoto: Wiki Farazi / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Linzer CookieJam-filled AustrianPhoto: Häferl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tier list instead?
Load all 16 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Answer as if both options were in front of you and you could only eat one.
- The default run puts all 16 choices in the draw. Short on time? Drop to 8 slots — a quicker run over a random 8 of them.
- Use undo the moment you regret a pick. One reflex answer in an early round can knock out a favourite before it gets going.
Questions people ask
What is the best cookie?
According to 77 BracketRanker players, Chocolate Chip (The OG cookie). It wins 69.3% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 199) and was champion in 16 of 77 brackets (20.8%).
How many choices are in the Cookie Types bracket?
The pool holds 16 choices. A default run puts all of them in the draw and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16 slots.
Which choices are included?
Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Snickerdoodle, Peanut Butter, Sugar Cookie, Double Chocolate, Macaron, Shortbread, White Chocolate Macadamia, Gingerbread, Oreo and Biscotti, plus 4 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Cookie Types bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other choice grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two choices that never met. If you would rather place the choices into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 16 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Cookie Types community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 16 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a choice I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own choices, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 16 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.