Hi, I’m Chandler, the owner of Bad Honey.
I grew up in a small town in Montana, where my love for baking started in high school. While most people know me today for cookies, my original plan looked very different. I went to school to become a registered nurse and earned my degree, fully expecting to follow that path.
Then life had other plans.
Just one week before the world shut down for COVID, I moved from Montana to Arizona after my family opened a cookie shop and invited me to help build it. What started as an opportunity quickly became a passion. I fell in love with the creativity, the craftsmanship, and the simple joy that great desserts bring to people.
Over the years, I immersed myself in baking and developed a particular love for cookies. There’s something special about them—they’re nostalgic, comforting, and have a way of bringing people together. Whether it’s celebrating life’s biggest moments or simply making a Tuesday a little better, a great cookie has a way of creating connection.
Along the way, I began sharing my desserts online and built a community of more than 270,000 followers. What started as posting recipes turned into something much bigger: connecting with people all over the world through a shared love of baking and desserts.
But no matter how much I loved creating online, I always dreamed of creating something people could experience in person.
That dream became Bad Honey.
The name itself was actually chosen by my husband, Charles. The moment he said it, we both knew it was the one. It’s playful, memorable, a little bold, and perfectly captures the personality behind what we’re building.
What makes this journey even more meaningful is that Bad Honey shares a home with Rosewood, my husband’s restaurant, right next door. For years, Charles dreamed of opening a restaurant in Downtown Gilbert. When we found this building, we realized it offered something incredibly special: the opportunity for both of us to pursue our passions side by side under one roof.
Rosewood tells his story. Bad Honey tells mine.
Together, they represent years of hard work, risk-taking, faith, and a shared belief that creating great food can bring people together. Whether you’re stopping in for a warm cookie, gathering around a dinner table, celebrating with friends, or simply treating yourself after a long day, our hope is that you feel welcomed, cared for, and a little more connected when you leave than when you arrived.
At Bad Honey, quality matters. Community matters. Family matters. We use ingredients we’re proud of, we care deeply about the experience we create, and we believe some of life’s best moments happen around good food and good people.
At the end of the day, I’m still that small-town Montana girl who fell in love with baking years ago. The only difference is that now I get to share that passion with all of you.
Welcome to Bad Honey.
