Hungry Monkey Baking Company

Hungry Monkey Baking Company Hungry Monkey Baking Company offers a product line of natural, "crazy-good," handmade sweets—made from scratch & lots of love! Did you know?

Order your sweet treats at www.hungrymonkeybaking.com ♥️ Our current line-up includes our signature and top-selling chocolate chip banana bread, super moist original (plain) banana bread, a carrot cake with a buttermilk caramel glaze, chocked full of walnuts, coconut and pineapple, a seasonal and incredibly popular pumpkin bread, insanely rich triple chocolate brownies and giant chocolate chip mac

aroons, moist on the inside, toasted coconut on the outside. You can find Hungry Monkey online (www.hungrymonkeybaking.com), at all Sunset Foods (a suburban Chicagoland chain), Olivia's Market (Bucktown/Chicago location) and delivery throughout Chicagoland and Southern Wisconsin through Fresh Picks (www.freshpicks.com), a local organic and specialty grocery delivery company. Hungry Monkey can be customized for special events, corporate giving, birthday parties and work-place events. We even make mini versions of all of our cakes & breads called "mini monkeys"! We are happy to meet your budget -- large or small.

Lots of change going on around here…Our banana breads 🍌 are back in Sunset Foods , TheGrandFoodCenter stores, Olivia's M...
08/27/2026

Lots of change going on around here…Our banana breads 🍌 are back in Sunset Foods , TheGrandFoodCenter stores, Olivia's Market , & Lake Forest College Dining by Parkhurst 🐻 /Lake Forest College! And our Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread 🎃is coming in a week! Lily and I had a blast, at dawn, getting busy for our first production in our new kitchen! Many thanks to our new Team for killing it! We taste- tested it with one of our most loyal — and brutally honest — customers and she LOVED the new & improved breads! We hope you will, too! They are fuller, with a more banana-y flavor. Even the chips are a little bit larger! Our Triple Chocolate Brownies are next…stay tuned for updates!

More BIG news!! Lily started her freshman year at Bradley University , double majoring in Entertainment Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Musical Theater! As many of you may remember, we started Hungry Monkey on her 2nd birthday! We appreciate each and every one of you for going along on this ride with us!

First of all, I’d like to say thank you. Thank you for sticking with us through it all for the past 16+ years. From the ...
07/25/2026

First of all, I’d like to say thank you. Thank you for sticking with us through it all for the past 16+ years. From the farmers’ markets to the grocery stores to our online business… through Covid and the vanilla shortage, cocoa shortage, egg prices ….oh, and let’s not forget those tariffs, you’ve been by our side, supporting us! We remain grateful.

Business consultant and small business cheerleader, Lindsay Pinchuk | Marketing Consultant, Speaker + Educator , recently challenged many women entrepreneurs to create a post that was real. I’ve been so busy getting Lily, our namesake, ready
for college I’m a little late. But here it is…

We are sorry that we’ve disappointed some of you by cutting back. We grew too fast, and yes, we made mistakes along the way.

But regardless, the bottom line is we were unable to provide you with many of your favorites. And, more recently, there have been times we were sold out online. We hated not meeting your expectations, and our own.

We are moving our kitchen and soon, in the coming weeks, we will bring back your beloved triple chocolate brownies and our wildly popular chocolate chip pumpkin bread to Sunset Foods and the TheGrandFoodCenter stores, and Olivia's Market . And next spring, we will bring back our lemon cake with a buttermilk lemon glaze! We heard you…

We ask for your patience while we move our kitchen to be able to accommodate these changes. You may find that some stores are sold out of our banana breads, but we will be back within the next few weeks — in time for school lunches!

While our website is live, we are not taking any orders until we are up and running.

To stay up-to-date, please sign-up for our newsletter on our website’s homepage, and you’ll be the first to know!

And a little personal update, Lily, the Hungry Monkey, our namesake, is off to Bradley University in three weeks! She will be double majoring in mechanical engineering and entertainment engineering, and minoring in musical theater!

Sometimes life derails us. We just have keep going to find the right track. We are so glad that you’re still along for the ride.
XO Cindy 💕

While you can still find us in select stores, some stores may be sold out. We asked for your patience as we work hard to...
07/24/2026

While you can still find us in select stores, some stores may be sold out. We asked for your patience as we work hard to bring you many of your old favs! We will be back very soon (within the next couple of weeks)! We are moving kitchens to be able to accommodate more volume, and many of your old favorites! 🎉🎉

We heard you, and we hated disappointing you! In the coming weeks and months, we will bring back your beloved Hungry Monkey triple chocolate brownies and chocolate chip pumpkin breads at Sunset Foods, The Grand Food Center stores, and Olivia’s Market.

And soon, you will be able to have confidence in our online store again, www.hungrymonkeybaking.com .
We are live, but not taking orders until our new kitchen is open.

Stay up-to-date by signing up for our newsletter!

XO Cindy & Lily

06/04/2026

This week has been an emotional roller coaster…For those of you have known us since our farmers market days, we started 16 years ago, on May 29, on ‘s 2nd birthday. It was a beautiful sunny day, and Lily (and my husband, Tom), helped me pass out samples to the growing line of people and I thought “wow, maybe we have something here.” Fast forward, last Friday, Lily turned 18, the same day she received five awards from her high school. To say I am proud doesn’t begin to convey everything I am feeling.

Lily received a scholarship from , the booster organization for the Lake Forest high school Theatre Dept. She also received an Oscar for her performance in “Trap.” In addition, she was inducted into the Theatre Wall of Fame, the only actor in 2026. And, if that wasn’t a big enough honor, she was voted by her peers and the director of the music department, and received the Arion award for academic standing, leadership, and musical talent. Oh, and last, but certainly not least, she was also inducted into the Music Wall of Fame!🎶🎼🎵🎤

I hope you don’t mind indulging my pride for my girl, our beloved “hungry monkey.” Lily has worked so incredibly hard, not only to strive for excellence in her academics, but also to pursue her acting and singing. I so admire her fearlessness— from her brilliant portrayal as a ditsy matron in “the drowsy chaperone,” to singing habanero in Seville, Spain… she never says no, and she never gives up. She’s the most determined human I’ve ever met.

Lily is going on to in the fall, double majoring in entertainment engineering and mechanical engineering, with a minor in musical theater. I can’t imagine my world without seeing her every day, but I know I have to be happier for her than I am sad for myself.

As for hungry monkey — well, it’s been a but of a rough ride these past few years, but that’s another post for another day. Today is 100% about Lily, our hungry monkey.

We have immense gratitude for everyone’s support and interest in Lily; I know you share in our joy.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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04/29/2026

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04/21/2026

Now that’s a wrap! Words can’t begin to convey how incredibly proud we are of , the hungry monkey, for her portrayal of “Mrs. Tottendale”/“Ukulele Lil” in “The Drowsy Chaperone”! Lily owned her character, a ditsy, but kind, matron. The entire cast was beyond!! This musical within a play kept us laughing all night!!

This is bittersweet as this is Lily’s final role at high school. But it is just the beginning as she will be attending in the fall, studying Entertainment Engineering and Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Musical Theater.

Much gratitude to everyone who made this amazing production possible, including the Directors, & , the student directors, Egan & Julia, the tech crew, the Costume Designer, Mrs. Neal, Choreographer, Miss Val, Vocal Director, Mrs Taylor, Orchestra Director, , Tech Director Mr. Aidan, Mr. Holmer (tech guru) and the entire staff, including Sarah Dreiling, ITS Theater Advisor, and also to Ashleigh Malec, Activities Director, and the security staff who kept us safe during the tornado! And a special shout-out to for taking care of meals, treats, and many logistics!

This role earned Lily the abilty to apply for an theater award, sponsored by and , along with many other talented actors! Congrats to all and good luck!

Lastly, a shout-out to her on-stage husband-to-be, , who did a phenomenal job as “Underling,” and was the perfect serious foil to her eccentricity!

04/08/2026

This was no joke… on April 1, 2020, promoted on an online shopping platform, . It was the beginning of Covid when we were all so scared. Howie saw and me doing a live baking show and he selected us for “Save Small Business America,” a new online show he created. He did an hour-long show/promo on us and the orders rolled in! It was all hands on deck! And we received incredible media attention from magazine to to — and more!

Fast-forward six years to last Saturday, almost to the day, and we had the opportunity to see Howie live at the , just 20 minutes from our hometown ( )! It gave us an opportunity to say “thank you” in person for lifting us up during Covid!

Howie’s stand-up show was hysterical 😭….and we also got to meet & see , his opening act!!! You may remember him from (he starts out his act making fun of himself that he lost to a 12-year-old girl with a dummy )! He is such a fresh, clever comedian. Howie + Preacher are the dynamic duo of comedy.

When we received a text from Howie’s Manager, Rich, we jumped from our seats and ran backstage! Truly, the thrill of a lifetime! And meeting Preacher and Rich was such a big bonus!

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