The Best Goodie Bag

Employee size

2-10

Organization type

Self-Employed

Headquarters

Valley Stream, NY

Founded

2009

Born from a homemade birthday celebration for their grandmother in 2008, The Best Goodie Bag is a family-owned Valley Stream cakery making custom cakes and desserts from scratch. Four self-taught women—three of them daughters and relatives working alongside retired NYPD Sergeant Darlene Edwards—built the business from a home kitchen before opening their custom cakery and sweet shop in October 2019. The shop has also appeared on Netflix’s “Sugar Rush Christmas,” bringing its family-centered baking story to a wider audience.

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