Tasty baked goods no longer have to be baked in your kitchen. You don’t have to run down to the local bakery and wait in line only to find out your favorite cookie has been sold out or order a cake from the grocery store and discover that it doesn’t taste all that great. All you need to do these days is use your mouse and keyboard and you’re on your way to receiving some gourmet, scrumptious bakery items.

Here is my go-to list of baked goods you can find online that will keep you coming back for more:

Dancing Deer Baking Co.

I was sent a box of these cookies one year and thought the giver has baked them herself. Yes, they are that good! They’ve got a wide variety of flavors and different collections that will satisfy anyone’s cookie craving. There are also tempting holiday cookies like Gingerbread and Molasses Clove. Delight in cookies like their famous Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Tangerine, Sugar Cane Lime, and Cherry Almond Ginger. Not only do they bake and deliver cookies, they also have mouth-watering, chocolaty brownies (Caramel Pecan and Peppermint Fudge) and hearty cakes (Brownie Crumble Bourbon and Maple Pumpkin Cranberry). Order now! Visit Dancing Deer Baking Co. for more information.

Cookies Direct

Featured in a 2006 issue of O Magazine, Cookies Direct has been making home-made cookies for delivery since 1991, thanks to baker and owner Debbie Godowsky. You’ve got to try her popular Cookie of the Month Club — receive freshly-baked cookies every four weeks. Bite into the Penobscot Peanut Butter Cookie with rolled oats or the Liberty Red, White, and Blue Cookie with dried cranberries and blueberries with a touch of vanilla. Cookie ingredients include margarine, white sugar, eggs, vanilla, and baking soda. No yucky artificial flavors or preservatives, just fresh, homemade cookies made with care. Send cookies as a care package to your young adult in college or say Happy Birthday with a variety of Debbie’s creations. Visit Cookies Direct for more information.

Black Hound New York

Relegated by The New York Times as the place for pastries and cakes, Black Hound New York lives up to its reputation. Their signature Busy Bee Cake is loaded with chocolate: three layers of chocolate butter cake, two layers of almond butter cake, two layers of bittersweet chocolate mousse, and topped off with a layer of marzipan. Other popular cakes include Chocolate Macaroon Flourless Cake, the Autumn Leaf Cake (almond cake with poached pears and Bavarian cream), and the Lemon Daisy Cake (vanilla butter cake with homemade lemon curd and raspberry preserves). If this doesn’t make your mouth melt, then there’s no hope for you. Cookies, chocolate, confections, and other pastries are also available. When you want to impress someone, contact Black Hound New York.

We Take the Cake

We Take the Cake is a very short drive away from my house, so it’s difficult to not stop in once in a while and take home their Key Lime Bundt Cake. I cannot get enough of this stuff, and I’m not the only one. In 2004, Oprah selected this Key Lime Bundt Cake as one of her favorite things, and they’ve been featured by the Food Network on several occasions already. Also available for delivery is a Carrot Cake, Fresh Strawberry Cake, the Prize-Winning Chocolate Cake, bundt cakes and various decadent muffins. I’ve had a bite of this cake and believe me, it will blow all you chocolate lovers away. if you happen to be in the South Florida area, drop by or order one of their one-of-a-kind customized cakes. You definitely will not be disappointed when you order something from We Take The Cake.

Sugar Daddy’s

I heard about this company while tuned into The Ellen Degeneres Show not too long ago. What’s good for Ellen is good for me, right? I quickly ordered a sweet collection of desserts. After biting into on of their brownies, you will not be able to get it off your mind. Flavors include the signature American Beauty with a harmonious blend of chocolate and peanut butter and the Auburn Original with bittersweet chocolate and espresso powder with bits of chocolate and walnuts. Blonde brownie flavors include the Strawberry with strawberry and peanut butter and the Tahiti with cashews, white and dark chocolate chunks, with hints of coconut and pineapple. Escape to an island getaway with a click of your mouse. All baked goods are elegantly packaged in silk bags with satin ribbons. Luxurious and delicious. Go to Sugar Daddy’s to buy some brownies today.

Recchiuti Confections

If you’re a chocolate fanatic, or know someone who would do anything for chocolate, you have not lived until you have tried a morsel from Recchiuti. The chocolates in the Green Box are totally original and have unique combinations of fresh herbs and teas with chocolate, including Pearl Mint Tea, Star Anise and Pink Peppercorn, and Lemon Verbena. There are plenty of chocolate combinations in the different boxed series. There is also the famous Key Lime Apples — dark chocolate-coated apple slices that will make you giggle like a little kid. There also various nuts, fruits, chocolate bars, and sauces. Recchiuti Confections does gourmet chocolate right.