The husband and spouse crew behind the tremendous profitable Skinny Cookies are at conflict over dough.
Yoseph Raja and Zohal Azimi Raja, whose marriage is within the weeds, constructed a cookie enterprise with two well-liked shops — one on Bleecker Avenue in Greenwich Village and the opposite in Hicksville, Lengthy Island.
However now their cookie empire is crumbling.
A lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court docket alleges Azimi is sabotaging it and has withdrawn greater than $100,000 from the corporate financial institution accounts for her personal use.
She can be accused of seizing a walk-in cooler containing a list of dough — and swiping the corporate supply van.
And that’s an excessive amount of harm for her hubby’s style.
The swimsuit claims Azimi, 30, “isn’t and has by no means been a shareholder, officer, or director” of both retailer, and that her involvement within the enterprise consisted principally of recipe growth, social media and graphic design work.
Raja, 31, is president and 50% proprietor of the enterprise, whereas his father, Bashir Raja, is vice chairman and owns the opposite half, in line with the swimsuit.
The alleged cookie caper has left the businesses unable to pay workers and compelled the Greenwich Village store to briefly shut, Raja claims.
The businesses are additionally dealing with eviction for nonpayment of lease, spoilage of perishable stock, disrupted relationships with distributors and landlords and lack of goodwill, in line with the swimsuit.
Raja additional alleged Azimi used firm funds to pay her private bank card bills.
It’s a bitter flip for a enterprise with candy beginnings.
The Skinny Cookies couple, who reside in Hicksville on Lengthy Island, began their enterprise from residence in 2021, opened the Lengthy Island store in 2023 and the Greenwich Village retailer in 2025 — though Azimi’s baking roots return a lot additional.
Her father runs a Center Japanese bakery in Queens, so she grew up surrounded by baking, and discovered the craft herself, reported Patch.
“I’m the good friend who individuals all the time ask to bake a cake,” mentioned Azimi. “Once we did a small enterprise at residence, I simply thought it could be a small enterprise. As soon as it began getting greater and the wholesale picked up, I began considering of brick and mortar.”
“It’s simply in my blood, I used to be all the time round it,” she informed GreaterLongisland.com. “I grew up with three sisters, and I used to be the baker.”
The recipe that might develop into their enterprise was born after Yoseph — a pharmacist — talked about that he appreciated skinny cookies however hated how crunchy they have been.
Azimi experimented within the kitchen till she perfected a skinny, chewy cookie that proved a success.
“COVID gave me extra time as a result of I began working from residence,” she mentioned.
From there, the enterprise grew right into a fan favourite — their Instagram has 53K followers alone — with the 2 shops, and the success-story couple went on to have two kids, one in January 2023 and the following in October 2024.
“My husband was my style tester,” she informed media retailers.
The tasty treats — which embrace snickerdoodles, double chocolate, white chocolate with macadamia nuts and coconut — go for $7 for six cookies, $13 for a dozen and $25 for 2 dozen, in line with their web site.
Each shops have been a success — with prospects singing the praises of the candy delights.
However behind the candy success story, their marriage was apparently falling aside.
Azimi filed for divorce on Feb. 22, 2026, in line with information.
Seven months later, the battle has spilled from the matrimonial court docket into the cookie jar.
Raja is now searching for an unspecified quantity in damages. Oh, and he desires the van again.
Legal professional Ayat Masoud didn’t return The Put up’s name searching for remark.
Azimi declined to remark, saying she “had not seen the lawsuit.” Raja couldn’t be reached for remark.
