Baby Boomers Cafe is a small restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa that made national news in November 2008 over the fondness of President Barack Obama's daughters for the cafe's chocolate chunk cookies.Breitbart.com: Iowa cafe swamped with orders for "Obama cookie" (November 28, 2008) The family had been regulars at the cafe during the Iowa Democratic primary campaign of 2007, during which the candidate's Des Moines headquarters was located next door. In October 2008, after Obama's staff ordered a dozen of the cookies during a Presidential campaign stop, the cookies became unofficially known as the "Obama cookies," and the cafe was swamped with orders.Breitbart.com: Iowa cafe swamped with orders for "Obama cookie" (November 28, 2008)

"Two months ago I was giving these cookies away. Now, it's like 'I need two dozen cookies. I need four-dozen cookies... I think everybody just thought, 'Oh, great cookie, great president—the world is a happy place. Barack's going to fix all the problems and if I have a bite of this cookie it's going to make me feel good."—Rodney Maxfield, co-owner of Baby Boomers CafeBreitbart.com: Iowa cafe swamped with orders for "Obama cookie" (November 28, 2008)