Swoon (Cookie Crafters)

Swoon is a custom-cookie bakery at 924 E 5th St in Columbus Park, where owner Sofia Hudson hand-decorates made-to-order sugar cookies from a family recipe.¹² Started in 2007 as a side gig and moved into its Columbus Park storefront in January 2020, Swoon is mostly a by-order and ship-nationwide operation, with a small retail window a few days a week for drop cookies and treats.¹

Description

Swoon makes custom decorated sugar cookies to order — holiday assortments, business logos, weddings, baby showers, and birthdays — hand-decorated with vanilla buttercream from a family recipe using natural ingredients.¹ Owner Sofia Hudson says roughly 85% of the work is fully custom, designed for a specific client or event, with nationwide shipping.¹

Alongside the custom business, the Columbus Park shop keeps a small retail component: drop cookies like brown butter chocolate chip, double chocolate, and monster, plus oatmeal cream pies, lemon bars, brownies, and a house item called “5th Street Crunch,” available during limited retail hours (current listings show Thursday–Friday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.).¹³ Swoon sits next door to Café Cà Phê on East 5th Street, part of the small cluster of independent food businesses that has reanimated this stretch of the neighborhood.⁴

Ownership and history

Swoon began in October 2007 as a side gig for Sofia Hudson and grew into a full custom-cookie business serving Kansas City and, by mail, beyond.¹ The business moved to its current Columbus Park home at 924 E 5th St in January 2020.¹ It remains locally owned and owner-operated by Hudson.¹⁴

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Source: Northeast News¹ · Confidence: Medium (product list sourced; no full priced menu)

Custom-cookie bakery. 924 E 5th St, Columbus Park. Custom orders via website/email; limited retail window.¹

Made to order:¹

• Custom decorated sugar cookies (vanilla buttercream; holidays, logos, weddings, showers, birthdays)

Retail / drop items:¹

• Brown butter chocolate chip, double chocolate, and monster drop cookies
• Oatmeal cream pies
• Lemon bars
• Brownies
• “5th Street Crunch”

Made-to-order decorated sugar cookies from a family recipe, hand-crafted in Columbus Park.

Links

• Website: https://www.justswoon.com/ ¹
• Columbus Park KC business listing²

Sources

Footnotes

1. Northeast News — “Swoon! KC’s favorite custom cookies call Columbus Park home.” https://northeastnews.net/pages/swoon-kcs-favorite-custom-cookies-call-columbus-park-home/ — asserts: owner Sofia Hudson; founded October 2007 as a side gig; moved to Columbus Park (924 E 5th St) in January 2020; ~85% fully custom work designed per client/event; nationwide shipping; made-to-order vanilla-buttercream decorated sugar cookies from a natural-ingredient family recipe; drop cookies (brown butter chocolate chip, double chocolate, monster), oatmeal cream pies, lemon bars, brownies, “5th Street Crunch”; limited retail hours Thursday–Saturday. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Columbus Park KC — Eateries directory (Swoon Cookies listing, 924 E 5th St). https://www.columbusparkkc.com/eateries — asserts: Swoon located at 924 E 5th St, Columbus Park. ↩ ↩²

3. Yelp — Swoon, 924 E 5th St, Kansas City, MO 64106 (listing updated June 2026, categorized Desserts). https://www.yelp.com/biz/swoon-kansas-city — asserts: address 924 E 5th St; active dessert/bakery listing with 2026 reviews; phone (913) 687-6233; retail hours Thursday–Friday 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ↩

4. KC Magazine — Columbus Park/Café Cà Phê coverage noting Swoon. https://kansascitymag.com/we-searched-for-the-kcs-best-banh-mi-here-are-our-five-favorites/ — asserts: Swoon Bakery, owner Sofia Varanka Hudson, sits next door to Café Cà Phê in Columbus Park and expects the coffee shop to grow local retail traffic. ↩ ↩²