If our chocolate fudge brownies got any fudgier, we’d have to take off the word “brownie.” And that’s no accident. Like most things in life, you get back what you put in.

At Greyston, that means using only the most wholesome ingredients, sourced from fair-trade suppliers. That extends our support for workers beyond the doors of our bakery. It means our ingredients are grown, harvested, and prepared by people who are paid a fair wage and don’t cut corners because they have a bigger stake in their business.

And we use the kind of ingredients you can pronounce. The kind you can probably find in your own kitchen. Because at the end of the day, the best baked goods come from the simplest ingredients.

You can taste the care that goes into everything Greyston bakes

Despite our success, Greyston baked goods are still made largely by hand. Every time we consider adding a machine to the bakery, we ask ourselves “will this replace somebody’s job?” and “will it improve our bakers’ working conditions?” We can come down on the side of our bakers, where others might not, because we’re a certified B Corp that puts our mission ahead of our profitability.

So, at Greyston Bakery, the ingredients for our batter are poured into large mixing bowls by hand. Baking sheets are placed by hand. If a batch doesn’t come out just right, we know and set it aside, because we have people paying close attention to every step along the way. Once baked, the brownies are cut and packed by hand. Our gift boxes are filled by an actual human being too. Because at Greyston the only thing we like more than brownies is people.