NORTH CANTON Local baker Christy Williams was drinking a glass of wine and giggling about Bernie Sanders inauguration memes when inspiration struck.
She wanted to put his iconic mittens and cross-legged pose on her business website, littlechunkofgoodness.com. "And then I was like, 'Oh, I should make him a cookie,'" Williams said.
Her friend responded enthusiastically to a photo of the finished project and encouraged Williams to create the "Berrr It's Cold Outside" gift set.
"It was just supposed to be kind of a joke," she said, but it's become a "happy accident."
Williams posted the three cookies — one of Sanders and two of his matching mittens — to the Little Chunk of Goodness Facebook page Friday morning. Since then, the post has reached more than 123,780 people and prompted 35 to 40 cookie set orders.
Previously, Williams' "Tiger King" cookies were her most "viral" social media post and reached about 45,000 people total. "I reached that within eight hours with the Bernie Sanders cookies," she said.
The $15 sugar cookie with royal icing sets still are available, but there's a seven-day period before pickup so orders can be made fresh. As a home baker, Williams said, that policy has kept the influx of orders manageable.
"It's been unbelievable," she said. "I had no idea this was going to happen at all."
Williams said she is thankful for new customers but really appreciates the early support from North Canton area residents since she started Little Chunk of Goodness in late 2018.
"It's meant a lot, and it's kept me going," she said.
Reach Kelly at 330-580-8323 or kelly.byer@cantonrep.com
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