Super Duper Cookie Co., a shop in University Park that employs people with disabilities, will close May 1, 2026.
After serving Dallas for two years near Southern Methodist University, the shop is closing because of an unsustainable “social enterprise model,” said company founder Benjamin L. Crosland in an email. “Our product price relative to rent and other costs just made it so that we had to shutter our doors.”
During its time in business, Super Duper Cookie employed 20 people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Super Duper sells cookies in a 1970s-themed restaurant. Its employees are called “boogie guides,” and they contribute to “every aspect of our business,” the website says, from baking cookies to assisting customers to making this groovy shop a fun place to visit.
“By giving our BG’s [that’s Boogie Guides] a lot of choices, they have the chance to learn what they love and what they are best at,” the website says. “Then they can practice — gaining employment skills they can use lifelong.”
Super Duper is working with Hugs to place its staff members in roles with Hugs’ restaurants.
“We are sad about the closing, but know that we were able to make a positive difference in the lives of our staff members and their families,” Crosland wrote in an email.
Super Duper’s cookies range from chocolate chip to snickerdoodle to “Disco sprinkle” — a classic sugar cookie with rainbow sprinkles. It has vegan and gluten-free options as well. Ice cream flavors include chocolate, mint chip and peanut butter burst.
“Come say goodbye and get a cookie,” the Instagram post reads, “and dance under the disco ball one last time.”
Super Duper Cookie Co. is at 6401 Hillcrest Ave., #102, Dallas. The shop closes May 1, 2026.