Black Jet Baking Co.

Black Jet is amazing!!! Have you had there blondies? If not then you’re not living life to the fullest. The homemade Oreos are also a huge favorite. They have such an awesome down home style to there sweets as well as variety to choose from. Give them a try you will be happy you did.

Jam barrrrrrrrrs. Y’all don’t even know. Everything from here is buttery and addicting. Their dark chocolate sandwich cookies and crackaroons are amazing. Need to try more!

Best sour cream coffee cake you will ever eat!

I’ve ordered a few items through Good Eggs as I don’t live near any of their available locations. One thing that really strikes a chord with me is that the desserts are not overly sugary — yes, obviously there’s some sugar in there, but it’s not overkill. I like the artisan quality and am so happy to support a local business. I bought a holiday cake for a special occasion and it was delicious! My favorite treat is the «German Shepherd» with 2 chocolate mini-​cakes with that wonderful pecan frosting in between (check out the photos and you’ll seen one). Yum! They’ve not been available on Good Eggs of late and I hope they’ll be back soon. :)

So far, I have only tried the pop tarts at Matching ½ Café in Nopa. They are a grown up version of the original thing. Not too sweet, not too heavy, just right. Addicted.

CRACK A ROONS!!! Buy them, eat them, crave them! Repeat.
They were amazing! I bought two (through
) with the intentions of bringing them to work the next morning to eat one and give one to my work friend. It didn’t happen. I looked at them and they looked a little burnt so I decided to break a little piece off and try it before giving it to someone else. I ate the piece, then I ate the whole thing. THEN I ate the other one. All of it. I’m currently stalking them online and will be messaging them soon with the hopes of getting some more today. I wish their business hours were posted here…

I ordered mini chocolate chip cookies from through Good Eggs (which I love).
I’m not sure whether it was just the batch I received, or it’s the normal recipe, but there were quite large rocks of salt on my cookies.
They made for some surprising shockingly salty bites!

We tried these through Good Eggs which is an awesome website! You can order fresh fruits, baked goods, meat and even (GASP!) eggs! I’m a huge cupcake person, I LOVE cupcakes, so does my husband. So whenever we go on vacation or see a cupcake place we have to try it. We usually get a variety and then cut it in four and share with our kids. So when I saw this on Good Eggs I had to try it. I ate one, and I wasn’t impressed but I can be picky. So I let my kids try them, they each took a small bite and walked away. Really my kids don’t like them? Last but not least my husband comes home and I point. He’s the least picky of all of us. He’ll eat pretty much anything, if there’s something left over send it to Andrew cause he will eat it. He walked into the kitchen and 30 seconds later walks out and shakes his head. We got 6, four of which are still sitting on our counter. We got he red velvet with cream cheese frosting. The cake was dry and not flavorful, and the frosting tasted more like butter and oil than cream cheese. I don’t know why I gave them 2 stars other than I feel sorry for them, and at least the cupcakes were pretty, although I’d rather have ugly good tasting cupcakes then pretty unedible ones.

BROWN BUTTER BLONDIES! OH HOW I LOVE THEE! These arent just any blondies, they are a chewy, sweet, salty, chocolatey, buttery party in your mouth! My eyes are rolling to the back of my head as i’m typing this… yes they are THAT good!
So… I walked into the ferry building a few weeks ago and saw that black jet was no longer at their usual location (near the exit, across from sur la table). I was DEVASTATED! I NEEDED MY BLONDIE FIX!
So i looked them up and sure enough they were still available on
(whew!) however i noticed that goodeggs only deliver in the bay area. Since i dont live in the bay area this was not helping my cause one bit! I decided to email Gillian direct and ask if i could pick up a batch from their cesar chavez location… sure enough she made it happen! Yay! Gillian was super awesome and responsive! I’m sure i’ll be ordering again and again.
Now on to try the other items on the menu…

I wanted to like this place. I really, really wanted to like this place.
The bf and I came to SF for the first time (together), and wanted to go to the Ferry Building Marketplace. We were looking up cupcake places before we went, since we were both having sugar cravings. This place came up per Unilocalers, so we decided to try it out.
When you walk in from one of the entrances, you’ll see Black Jet on the right side. It’s a very small shop, with a few tables out, and a case of the cupcakes. They seemed to have a good variety of flavors. I was in a wheelchair and I didn’t want to block traffic, so I had the bf go order whatever he wanted.
I wasn’t too far, but I could hear the bf and the employee talking. The employee sounded super-​bored or super-​tired while helping the bf. He wasn’t rude or anything, but he really didn’t look like he wanted to be there. The bf ordered a chocolate-​vanilla, brought it over on its napkin, and we each took a bite.
Texture-​wise, the cupcake wasn’t that impressive. A bit chewy, and it didn’t really taste that fresh? Maybe it was cooled down too quickly when taken out of the oven? The cream on the cupcake was okay. Not too horribly sweet, and it was edible. For its size and price ($ 3.50), it didn’t seem perfectly matched to our tastes. There was no wow factor for us, nothing that made us go «mmmmmmm». The bf and I may be spoiled from being from SoCal, but if this is what SF thinks is a 4-​start cupcake place, I don’t know if I can agree.

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. tried the vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing and the are perfection. The cake was moist and decadent and icing was super delish. Very high quality — I love cupcakes.

@Joanna L. — you were right to avoid that salted chocolate chip cookie. It’s awful. I read all the glowing reviews and thought this place would be awesome. I had a hard time finding BJBC and the offerings were slim. Just some brownies, oreos, and choc. chip cookies. Nothing looked too appealing, then I heard my hubby shout out from behind me, «I’ll take a chocolate chip cookie». OK, that makes the decision easy then, doesn’t it? He cracked off half, I took one bite and promptly handed my half back. The cookie was so dry and awful that I wanted no part of it. Hubby took a bite and then crumbled up our leftovers and fed them to the birds. So, it ended up as bird food. Will not bother trying anything else.

May 2013 update:
Black Jet is as badass as ever. Since my first review, they have gotten alot of press and even expanded in the Ferry Building. Probably the worst thing you can say about BJ is that their popularity (well earned) means that they may not always have the dessert you came for.
The macaroons (crack-​aroons) are astonishing. Truly.
There’s a reason they have been voted best bakery in the city. Don’t hesitate.

Oh great … another cupcake place. *Rolls Eyes* GF wants another baked good to satisfy her ever-​growing sweet tooth. «Okay, but on the way back.» [After eating at just about every other Ferry Terminal Market …]
— «What’s your most popular cupcake?»
— «Try to the coconut [something something — sorry, I wasn’t paying much attention at the time]»
— «Ok.»
— «It’s got a pie crust.»
— «[Suddenly, she’s got my attention] Yes. That one.»
We put the cupcake aside since we’ve consumed a fair amount of sugary treats for the day. Two mornings later, I realize that we should eat this «cupcake» thing before we leave. I take one bite and already I’m in love with the thick, buttery-​flaky crust. There’s a creamy, gooey goodness in the middle. There’s something amazing about contrasting textures. Crunchy exterior vs. silky interior. Dry shell vs. moist filling. F*** cupcakes. Pies are the future. Pies shaped like cupcakes is our destiny.
I reluctantly save the other half for the GF. She’s still asleep. I should have told her that we had to throw the cupcake out because it spoiled. Her loss anyway for not eating it sooner but I do the right thing.
4 Stars — I want more and that’s rare for me. [Original Visit: 2013 Memorial Day Weekend Eating Tour]

Blink and you’ll miss this little stand while walking through the Ferry Building. Maybe that would be a good thing.
I’d heard good things about Black Jet’s version of a Pop Tart filled with Nutella (!), but they didn’t have any. I’d also heard about the salted chocolate chip cookie, but one look at that thing gave away how crispy and overcooked it was. So I checked out the brownies and probably released an audible sigh. It looked super-​dense in the middle and dried out on the top. On to the «Oreo». That didn’t look too offensive so I handed over $ 2.50 (after an annoyed ‘Is that all you want?” from the cashier) and was given a cookie the size of a half dollar.
Oreos are made with black cocoa; that’s what gives them their dark color. Black Jet is a little cocoa-​happy in their kitchen because that flavor was overkill. The cookie was chewy and not in the manner of, «Mmm, this cookie is so chewy and delicious» but more like, «Uh, this cookie is really chewy. Ew, is it stale?!» The filling tasted like straight-​up whipped salted butter.
So if you see this place while you’re walking through the Ferry Building, my advice is to keep walking.

I have not been having good luck with restaurants or bakeries lately. I asked my friend to pick up some goodies from Black Jet for me since she works nearby. Unfortunately, all of my first choices were either not available that day, or were sold out. She ended up purchasing:
Brownie w/​Salty Nuts (
): Ehh. the brownie was too dry and the salt ratio was too high for my taste. I didn’t like this and wouldn’t order it again.
Chocolate Chip w/​Sea Salt (
): Again, too salty and on the dry side. I like chewy cookies, and this was a crispy/​crumbly texture. Skip.
Overall, I wasn’t in love with the baked goods I tried from here, but since I normally wouldn’t have chosen either item, I’ll have to come back!

I am in love with this bakery. It’s probably my favorite one in the city, and I eat a lot of cookies.
My favorite things:
–Oreos: huge, extremely chocolatey, and not too buttery (in a good way)
–Salted choc chip cookies: crunchy, flavorful, unique
The staff is always very helpful and sweet.
I recommend this above most other businesses ever. I’m so serious. Get over there ASAP.

I always see the stand but never bought anything. The other day, I passed by and noticed they were selling their version of «Oreos.» I’ve loved Oreos since I was a kid so of course I bought one for myself to take home. $ 2.50!
Their oreos had two giant chocolate cookies and a bit of frosting in the middle. I love the cookie part more than the frosting part (I like to take the frosting part out of my cookies sometimes) so I was stoked about it.
Took a bite and wasn’t astounded. I liked the texture and I still liked that there was more cookie than icing, but the cookie part tasted kind of burnt… it may or may not have been. I’m not sure because the cookie was so dark. I ate all of it though.
I’m planning to try something else this time. Hoping for something better.

Boyfriend has a habit of wandering away from me when we’re out somewhere and then I’ll find him buying himself a chocolate chip cookie (CCC). It’s a silly addiction, really, and he always shares with me so I don’t mind. I lost him in the madness that is the Ferry Building on a Saturday morning and found him standing in line at the Black Jet kiosk, looking at all of the desserts. He asked the cashier what was the best thing they sold, and she said the homemade oreos, the cookies, and «basically everything else.» Not being one to resist a CCC, he handed over $ 2 and I laughed at this silly man I ended up with.
But in all seriousness, this is our favorite chocolate chip cookie. It was really massive, with huge chocolate chunks. The edges were more crispy, and the center was very thick and almost biscuit-​like. But a biscuit that got into a fist fight with a few tablespoons of butter and a chocolate bar. I mean, a chocolate chip cookie is a chocolate chip cookie. You normally can’t expect to be TOO impressed by one, but this one stands out in our minds as a great CCC.

I had heard good things about this bakery, so when I saw them at the Ferry Building, i knew we had to try something.
My husband and I shared one of their «pop-​tarts» since that is what they’re most well known for.
The pastry was flakey and buttery, and i liked that the brown sugar filling had oatmeal mixed in with it.
I’m actually glad we just split one, because while i liked it, i wasn’t blown away.
Although, If i walked by their kiosk again, i would definitely try something else. Everything looked amazing.

First timer, but needed something sweet after my lunch feast. Everything looked good, homemade Oreo cookie thingies, mini apple pies and such. But the lemon tart kept calling to me. We had walked away at first since we’d just consumed Roli Roti, but the thought of that tart lemony treat made me corral the man back towards Black Jet. My husband was being indecisive and decided he had to have a donut, whatever…
Let him go, I know what I must have and it’s calling to me. So I get my sugary treat and let me tell you, yes it was messy and gooey and oh so lemony luscious. And was just what the doctor ordered (that’s Dr. Sugar to you). I’m sure all those other delectable treats are just as delish, so maybe I’ll have to go back soon.

Black Jet Baking Company is situated at a kiosk in the Ferry Building smack-​dab between El Porteno & Pepples.
My high school bestie & I were fascinated with their Devil Dogs ($ 3), a taller rather than flatter & rounder whoopie pie. Devil foods cake sandwiches vanilla buttercream– a traditional & sweet union!
We also bought mini cookies (3 for $ 1.) Chocolate Chip Sea Salt were definitely that popular combo of sweet & salty. I liked the chocolate chunks but the actual cookie dough was a bit dry. My girl enjoyed her Oatmeal Boozy Raisin & Sable (like Sandies w/​almonds.)
BJBC sells grown-​up versions of your favorite childhood doughy treats.