About Us
Thank you so much for stopping by!
So you're interested in knowing a bit about Melissa's Munchies? You mean aside from making all our products in-house, using certified organic ingredients whenever possible, and offering a delicious range of vegan options? Well let's see what we can come up with!
Melissa - the baker behind the name
AKA Supreme Leader and Bun Master. We take our job titles very seriously around here.
Melissa's baking roots come from a tradition of family baking, being surrounded by bakers through her childhood, all making tasty, homely baked treats. Fast forward to motherhood, Melissa would make cinnamon rolls for her family each Christmas (the same ones you can order years later right here). As she started to revive her love for baking, and began to bake for friends and local businesses, Melissa along with her husband Chris, took an interest in what went into the food they were making and eating. It turns out that those delicious treats she would help bake as a child and teen didn't always have the best stuff going into them. Words like 'organic' and 'non-GMO' simply weren't commonplace then.
So after doing their research, they began the switch to organically grown produce and ingredients for their family (today you can find those words are all over the ingredients Melissa uses in her baking; find out why here) Whilst still living in Oregon, baking was put on hold for Melissa. But after moving back down to Southern California, she took the chance to re-launch her baking business, this time looking beyond friends and a few local businesses. Heads were put together, and with the help of her son-in-law Nathan, the name 'Melissa's Munchies' was chosen.
Nathan - the right-hand man and son-in-law
Main duties:
- Chief taste tester (so if you don't like how something tastes, then it's his fault!)
- Chief label printer (if a label isn't straight on your box, it's also his fault)
- Chief number cruncher (if we run out of stock, yep you guessed it, his fault again)
We love him really, promise!
