It took the recent recession and a tough job market to stir her talents into a new delicious career where she developed a passion for baking irresistible confections. During the extra time while trying to make it as a graphic designer, Lydia found herself mixing and dreaming up new cookie baking recipes. Coffee and Bailey Cookie - Soft chocolate cookie, with a hint of coffee and bailey. With a bai
ley icing and topped with a chocolate covered espresso bean. Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookie - Heath and chocolate chip cookie. Dipped in a Nutella and chocolate gauche and topped with heath. Oatmeal Rum Raisin - Soft oatmeal raisin cookie, with a hint of rum and toasted pecans. Orange Cardamom Cookie - Soft orange and cardamom sugar cookie. OREO Chocolate Chip - Chewy chocolate chip cookie with crushed Oreo. Dipped in Chocolate topped with Oreo crumble. Her artistic display, mix of flavours and the finest ingredients impressed all who she shared her baked treats with. Lydia was slowly moving away from the designer behind the computer to a cookie designer in the kitchen. The repeated requests for her hand-crafted gourmet cookies and her own desire to live a sweeter life, where passion and career are one, pushed Lydia to launch 8 Sweets in 2011. Each and every cookie from 8 Sweets is deliciously designed from start to finish with love from Lydia. Lydia would like to thank all the wonderful people in her life. And, a special thanks to her parents and her dear friend Chris Coggins for supporting her to follow her dreams and live the sweet life.
