This newspaper has spoken to many business owners who create delicious sweet treats across the town.
From extravagant birthday cakes made to order, to melt-in-your-mouth cookies that you can purchase from food markets, these businesses have it all.
The 10 featured below have spoken to the Chronicle & Echo over the past year, each with a unique story to tell – and here they are for you to have a browse through.
Here are 10 independent businesses to buy sweet treats from across Northampton…
The 10 featured below have spoken to the Chronicle & Echo over the past year, each with a unique story to tell – and here they are for you to have a browse through.
![Cookie Babes was set up nearly two years ago, back in 2021, by childhood friends Alice Gregory and Lottie Slee. Alice now runs the business alone, offering fully loaded cookies and cookie pie slices. The business initially ran at events from a gazebo-style tent, but to make it more mobile and open up more opportunities Alice invested in a trailer. Instagram: @cookiebabes.uk.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEwMmQ5MzA0LWZmOTEtNGYyYi1iZGMzLWYyZGZhNzc0ZjU1NTozMmUwNjZlMS01M2YzLTQ1YmYtYjM3OC1mZTMyMGYxMTIzMGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Cookie Babes
Cookie Babes was set up nearly two years ago, back in 2021, by childhood friends Alice Gregory and Lottie Slee. Alice now runs the business alone, offering fully loaded cookies and cookie pie slices. The business initially ran at events from a gazebo-style tent, but to make it more mobile and open up more opportunities Alice invested in a trailer. Instagram: @cookiebabes.uk. Photo: Cookie Babes
![Brooklyn Brownie Co., which first opened in July 2019, expanded the business by opening a self-built dessert shop from home in July 2022. What began as delivering chocolatey treats to locals quickly developed to meeting a worldwide demand – and opening their own space to create the products was the only logical next step. Instagram: @brooklynbrownieco. Facebook: Brooklyn Brownie Co.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFhNThkMDU5LWY4N2QtNDJlNC04MmZlLWZjODBkMjM0NzMxODoyYWM1ZDNiZi03MWViLTQwZTYtODg4MS1mMmY3YjZlOTI1NGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Brooklyn Brownie Co.
Brooklyn Brownie Co., which first opened in July 2019, expanded the business by opening a self-built dessert shop from home in July 2022. What began as delivering chocolatey treats to locals quickly developed to meeting a worldwide demand – and opening their own space to create the products was the only logical next step. Instagram: @brooklynbrownieco. Facebook: Brooklyn Brownie Co. Photo: Brooklyn Brownie Co.
![Tissys Treats, run by sisters Bethany and Amber Goodfellow, was set up in May 2020 after they decided they had nothing to lose in trying to make their business dreams a reality. Where they began by offering treat boxes to be delivered to people’s homes during the pandemic, the sisters now attend markets, fairs, and create made-to-order celebration cakes for special occasions. Instagram: @tissystreatsnorthampton. Facebook: Tissys Treats.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYwNTgxMGU1LTRjNmItNDRhZi1hNzUyLWM5NTMxZGQ4OGQ1Yzo3YWNlYjhkMi0zNGVlLTQ1M2EtOGQ2Yy00ZTc3ZTc0NTU1ZTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Tissys Treats
Tissys Treats, run by sisters Bethany and Amber Goodfellow, was set up in May 2020 after they decided they had nothing to lose in trying to make their business dreams a reality. Where they began by offering treat boxes to be delivered to people’s homes during the pandemic, the sisters now attend markets, fairs, and create made-to-order celebration cakes for special occasions. Instagram: @tissystreatsnorthampton. Facebook: Tissys Treats. Photo: Tissys Treats