About us

Years ago our founder, Rochelle, had a vision to create beautiful, TASTY cookies for her friend’s baby shower. She had experienced having gorgeous looking cookies at events, but they just never “tasted as good as they looked”. Her vision was started when she made her first batch of cookies that tasted great but looked really BAD. Like, hideous! But at least they tasted good, right?

From then on, she perfected her recipe and decorating skills through many trials and errors and started her endeavor. VERY quickly that “side job” became a full-time job, while also juggling another full-time job, a husband, three kids, and the many activities they were involved in. From afar her best friend, Larissa, who lived in Rhode Island at the time, listened to her complaints of late nights and watched her make thousands of cookies at any given time.


In the summer of 2022 Larissa had her first baby and after just 12 short weeks had to return back to work. Leaving her tiny baby behind was hard! It was then she realized there is more to life than just having a career. She would call Rochelle almost daily after work and eventually the light bulb clicked; Rochelle desperately needed help and Larissa wanted to find a better solution in her role as a “new mom”. So after devising a plan, Larissa talked to her husband and a few short weeks later, their house was on the market and they were moving back to Florida!

So- here we are! We are Larissa and Rochelle and we are the proud owners of The Cookie Barn! (formerly known as Colangelo Cookies). We met playing travel softball when we were 11 years old and have been best friends ever since! Larissa has taken quickly to her baking abilities and has become the partner Rochelle has always needed. We are busy moms in two different seasons of life, making this our new great adventure! We look forward to working with you creating awesome cookies & other special desserts for your next event!