Our Story
A family legacy
A real doctor, a pharmacist mom, and a chocolate chip cookie that became legendary.
Dr. Norm
Father · Physician
A beloved doctor known for his compassion and whole-patient care.
Audrey
Mother · Pharmacist & Baker
A pharmacist and extraordinary home baker whose chocolate chip cookies were legendary.
Roberta & Jeff
Siblings · Founders
Built Dr. Norm's in honor of their parents — from Audrey's Cookies to cannabis wellness.
After Audrey passed, Roberta kept her legacy alive by launching Audrey’s Cookies, growing it from a home kitchen into major retailers like Whole Foods, Costco, Sprouts, and HomeGoods — a remarkable achievement for a small, family-run brand. Jeff joined to help guide the brand as it grew.
But competing with billion-dollar cookie companies made long-term growth difficult. Then fate intervened. As California’s adult-use legalization approached, Roberta joked, “We should do weed cookies.”
“That’s the best idea you’ve ever had.”
— Jeff, to his sister Roberta
A meeting with a cannabis marketing agency revealed something deeper: cannabis products could genuinely help people with sleep, anxiety, stress, pain, and overall well-being. Roberta walked out convinced — and committed.
Roberta shut down Audrey’s Cookies. Jeff closed his music production company. Together they invested their savings, energy, their mother’s recipes, and their parents’ values into building Dr. Norm’s. Their very first edible was Audrey’s original chocolate chip cookie — the OG CC cookie that had started everything.
From the start, Dr. Norm’s carried two inherited pillars: healthcare compassion from both parents, and extraordinary baking from their mom. The brand grew into precision-formulated cannabis wellness — yet its heart remained Audrey’s kitchen.
The story has come full circle
Today, Dr. Norm’s again offers Audrey’s original (non-medicated) cookies, returning to her simple mission: spreading joy through cookies. May you, too, find a little happiness in Mom’s original recipe.
