Amy Hicks

Amy is the creator of Cookie Snack Attack w/ Seriously Sweet, a free online cookie tutorial group. With 25+ years of experience, she competed on Christmas Cookie Challenge and has been featured in top magazines. She hosts Virginia retreats, teaches at Cookie Con, and is a longtime Cookie-A-Thon instructor. A technique mad scientist, she pushes cookie artistry’s limits.

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Angela Watkins

Angela, the owner of Bake Angel, brings over 20 years of experience in baking and decorating to her sweet creations. Passionate about teaching, she shares recipes and tutorials on her website and YouTube channel, inspiring others to bake and decorate with confidence.

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April Berry

April, a cookie decorator from Birmingham, Alabama, has been creating stunning cookies for eight years. She loves experimenting with new techniques and materials and is thrilled to join Cookie-A-Thon as an instructor for the fifth time!

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Becky Norton

Becky is the owner of 2B's Cookies, specializing in sugar art and high-resolution embossing (featured on Arty McGoo, Icing Images, and Cookie-A-Thon). She competed on Food Network's 2023 Holiday Wars and has received four awards from CookieCon. Her work is also featured in Cake Collaborators Magazine.

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Celia Strickland

Celia is the owner and designer of the online store Sweets from the Soul. She has a passion for designing cookie cutters and stencils that are used to create coordinated cookie sets. She also enjoys seeing how others bring her designs to life..

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Christina Braun

Christina, chef by trade, is the creative mind behind 13 Baking Company, where cakes and cookies become edible works of art. With a passion for learning and pushing creative boundaries, she loves using baking as a canvas for her artistry.

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Crystal Perez

Crystal is the owner and founder of Edible Art Studios Cookie Co., located in Sussex, Wisconsin. Her passion for art and baking inspired her to start the business a decade ago, and she was recently featured on Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge.!

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Diane Mercado

Diane has been baking with her dad since she was five years old. A childhood hobby eventually turned into a small storefront in Fairfield, Connecticut. Her corporate job was coming to an end so no better time to follow her childhood dream.

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Donna Garland

Donna is the cookie artist behind Donna’s Designer Cookies. A self-taught and award-winning home baker from North Texas, she combines her love of art and sweet treats to create custom orders. She also enjoys sharing her skills by teaching decorating classes.

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Elizabeth Boyd

Elizabeth is a former interior designer turned homemaker who blends her passion for art and design with cookie making. She enjoys experimenting with royal icing and exploring new techniques to craft edible works of art.

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Elizabeth Deveraux

Elizabeth, the founder of Frosting Artist LLC, brings over eight years of experience in cookie decorating and stencil design. Specializing in layered stencils, she empowers decorators to create stunning cookies effortlessly. She is dedicated to helping others elevate their designs to the next level.

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Erin Dougal

Erin is the creator of Darling Cookie Co., a thriving cookie-based business in Boise, ID. She has taught several classes, including sessions for hundreds of students in Boise, as well as fellow cookie decorators at Cookie-A-Thon, Cookie Better, and Cookie Con.

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Fabiola Romano

Fabiola has been decorating sugar cookies for several years, taking the time to learn and practice her decorating skills, and eventually developing her own recipes. After teaching locally, she is now an online instructor and enjoys it very much.

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Ingeborg Ten Oever

Ingeborg loves everything cookie, from creating new cookie cutters using new technologies to decorating the cookies by hand. She owns a small cookie business based in the Netherlands and ships cookie tools worldwide through her Etsy shop.

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Jennifer Moshier

Jennifer is a web developer by day and a sugar artist by night. She has been featured in multiple cake magazines and enjoys sharing her knowledge with fellow enthusiasts. At the end of 2021, Jennifer competed on Food Network’s Holiday Wars.

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Julie Gowen

Julie is a cottage baker based in San Antonio. She took a beginner cookie decorating class in 2019, before COVID, and quickly became hooked. She practiced between telehealth counseling sessions and developed a passion for experimenting with flavors and learning new techniques.

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June Hinkle

June has been decorating cookies since 2012. She began her cookie journey after stepping away from work due to medical issues. She found that cookie decorating provided fulfillment and a sense of purpose. Now, June focuses on teaching both cookie and cupcake decorating classes.

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Kelli Basher

Kelli loves learning new things and has shared her passion for decorating with others since October 2000. KMB Confections is a home based business creating custom cakes, cookies and cupcakes and also offers decorating classes for adults and children.

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Latisha Soucek

Latisha is a self-taught baker who discovered her passion for baking 15 years ago when she received a cake carrier. She finds joy in bringing happiness to others through her beautiful designs and cherishes the moments when someone’s face lights up after taking a bite of something made with love.

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Lisel Powell

Lisel has been creating decorated cookies for over a decade, having developed a passion for the craft after taking a class in 2012. She loves the art of cookie decorating and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others.

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Lori Goedken

Lori is a cookie and cake artist with 17 years of experience in creating edible art. Though she has been in the business for 2 years, she possesses a wealth of knowledge in the field and enjoys sharing her expertise with others.

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Mary Millerbernd

Mary started her cottage home baking business three years ago in January, initially making macarons. Having never tasted a macaron before, it was purely by chance that she decided to start making them. She enjoys the process of making macarons and considers it a form of therapy.

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Maythe Del Angel

Maythe is an international award winner, recognized since 2017 for multiple cake and cookie contests, both in person and online. She is a Food Network champion, a brand ambassador for MaBaker and Chef, and a product developer for Sugarin India.

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Megan Bowers

Megan founded Three Melons Bake Shop in March 2017, seeking a creative outlet as a stay-at-home mom. She now works full time out of her home studio in Woodstock, VA.

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Mitchie Curran

Michelle, also known as “Chef Mitchie,” is a cake and sugar artist based in Las Vegas, NV. She has been recognized as the NV Restaurant Association's Chef of the Year and is best known for her extravagant edible creations for A-list celebrities and beyond. Mitchie also serves as Nevada’s State Sponsor for Icing Smiles.

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Paulina Perez Ordoñez

Paulina is a Graphic designer and self-taught baker in México.She started her baking journey with cakes, but switched to decorated cookies as her main product. She loves teaching cookie decorating and creating social media content with tips and tricks for new cookiers.

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Rabiha Sami

Rabiha is the face of Rabiha’s. What began as a hobby and creative outlet to slow down the chaos of life became the perfect therapy when her son fell ill. She soon fell in love with the phenomenal community and the friends she made along the way.

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Sally Danko

Sally has a lifelong passion for baking and enjoys the creative outlet of cookie decorating. She credits the generosity of the online cookie community for her continued interest and loves the challenge of trying new techniques and tools."

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Sharon Mason

Sharon comes from a line of women who, when they see something, think, "I can make that." Cookies are no different—sometimes driven by necessity, but often just for fun. While decorating cookies can be challenging, the joy of being in the kitchen is something that accompanies her every day.

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Shawna Cooper

Shawna is the creator of BenAxel Sugar. After years of wanting to try her hand at cookies, she took the plunge in 2019 and hasn't looked back. She enjoys learning and connecting with others in the cookie community.

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Silvia Zolfanelli

Silvia learned about baking at a young age, growing up in her grandfather's bakery in Italy. She got into cookie decorating to impress her kids at Christmas but quickly developed a passion for these cute and edible little pieces of art.

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Susan Backman

Hello! Sue here from Sugar Loo's (formerly Sweet Sue's Art 2 Eat). She is a self-taught home baker and a mom of three boys. Sue loves to create, bake, and bring smiles to faces by sharing her passion for baking.

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Susan Trianos

Susan has been obsessed with all things sugar since she was a young girl. Her career spans over 36 years, beginning with decorating cookies! She has owned her own bakery, worked in R&D, marketing, sales, and teaching within this field.

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Susie Jacobs

Susie is an award-winning cake and cookie artist who owns a cottage bakery called SusieMakes in League City, Texas. While she initially focused solely on cakes, the allure of cookies proved irresistible. Now, she proudly embraces her role as a cookier.

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Susie Kemp

Susie is a home baker who started baking as a side gig in 2020. Though her background is in academia, having received her doctorate from a joint program through UCLA/UCI, she now also teaches classes and runs an online cookie cutter and digital image shop.p.

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Tammy Youngerwood

Tammy is the creator of Jerusalem Cake Design. Originally from Canada, Tammy launched her custom cake and cookie business in Israel over 10 years ago. She has a passion for design, creative baking, and a weak spot for cinnamon buns.

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Traci Canfield-Milliken

Traci started an at-home baking business with her nanny over 12 years ago. Over the years, she has continued to grow her business and expand her skill set. After attending a Cookie-A-Thon three years ago, she branched out and began focusing more on cookies.

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Viviana Blandon

Viviana is the proud owner of Vivi's Cakes n’ Treats and a passionate cookie decorator. With a sprinkle of creativity and a dash of love, she transforms simple ingredients into edible works of art.

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