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📆 July 17-19
📍 605 S. Cameron Ln,
Peoria, il 61607

I'm so grateful for the community we've built here 🥹

UNHiNGED was supposed to be a bakery. Somewhere along the way, it became a family. Thank you for helping me build something so much bigger than cookies.

Dallas Brown

6/22/20262 min read

I'm so grateful for the community we've built here 🥺

When I started UNHiNGED Bakery, I thought I was just going to sell cookies.

I had no idea what I was actually building.

What started as a crazy idea in my kitchen has somehow turned into something so much bigger than cookies. It has turned into a community.

I look at photos like this one—just a folding table, homemade signs, and a bunch of cookies—and I can't help but smile. Because every cookie on that table represents someone who chose to support a dream.

Some of you have been here since day one. Some of you found me through a random Facebook post or stumbled across me at a pop-up. Some of you came for the cookies and stayed for the chaos.

No matter how you got here, I'm grateful you're here.

You've shared my posts, placed orders, recommended me to friends, stopped by pop-ups, sent encouraging messages, and supported me through every high and low along the way.

You've helped me build confidence in myself when I didn't always have it.

You've turned customers into friends.

And you've helped create something that feels less like a business and more like a family.

UNHiNGED has never been just about selling cookies. The cookies are simply the excuse we all use to hang out.

This business was built by the community, for the community, and I promise I'll never lose sight of that.

So thank you.

Thank you for supporting local.

Thank you for supporting my dream.

Thank you for believing in me.

Thank you for helping me build something truly special.

I love y'all to the moon and back. ❤️

And remember: I've never seen a sad person eating a cookie. 🍪

— Dallas, your local dopamine dealer