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Black Bean Tamales
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Not eligible for shipping to CanadaBlack Bean Tamales
Cootie Brown’s ships its famous black bean tamales nationwide on Goldbelly! Cootie Brown’s black bean tamales are made with black beans, caramelized onions, and authentic Mole’ sauce with a vegetarian masa.
Opened by the Vella family in 1999, Cootie Brown’s is an eclectic Johnson, Tennessee, restaurant that serves dishes inspired by fictitious Cootie Brown’s travels around the world. One of Cootie Brown’s most famous creations is its signature two-layer Key lime pie, a rich, silky, and tart masterpiece.
- Each package includes up to 2 dozen Black Bean Tamales
- Each tamale weighs 5 oz. and measures 2″ × 5″
Choose from 3 sauces
- Verde (Vegan)
- House Tamale
- Mole (Vegan)
- Tamales are fully cooked and shipped with dry ice, may thaw in transit
- Keep refrigerated for 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Additional storage and heating instructions included with each order
Black beans, roasted chilis, spices, tomato, garlic, onion, maseca, vegetable shortening, vegetable base, canola oil, salt. Contains soy. GF, Vegan

Home of the Two Layer Pie
Cootie Brown's have won three first place ribbons at the 2025 American Pie Council National Championship for the Peach, Raspberry, and Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake. They also placed first with the Peach and Pumpkin in 2024. Their tamales have been featured in Food Network Magazine, Bristol Herald Courier, Johnson City Press, Kingsport Times News, Johnson City News and Neighbor. It has also been featured on the Daytime Tri-Cities Live Talk Show.
Home of the Two Layer Pie

Cootie Brown's
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Johnson City, TNSince 1999, Cootie Brown’s has brought bold diverse flavors and a bit of funk to Johnson City. From New Orleans Muffaletta and Caribbean Jamaican Jerk Chicken to Mexican Tamales and Memphis style BBQ, Cootie Brown has defined an experience quite unlike anything else. But it's their line of homemade desserts that really showcases their unconventional creativity—each pie is a double layer masterpiece. Their most famous Key Lime pie is handmade from scratch and features one tart key lime layer and a second sweet, creamy layer. It’s seriously a one of a kind!

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