About Addy
OLDER, WISER, STILL CANDY-OBSESSED
I grew up loving old-school candy stores and wanting everything: jawbreakers, Sugar Daddies, and Twix by the handful. That never really changed, even when I became a college athlete and started eating more intentionally for performance. Suddenly, there were all these rules around what I should eat, and candy seemed to live on the other side of them. I was disciplined about almost everything, but I never stopped wanting the real thing.
Eventually, I got tired of pretending a rice cake with chocolate chips was actually indulgent, and even more tired of feeling like I had to choose. So I made the candy bar I kept looking for: one that satisfied the candy kid in me and still fit the athlete I had become.
MEET TOOTIE
Tootie was my mom’s nickname, and now she is my reminder to dream boldly, believe in myself fully, and have the courage to build the life I’ve imagined, even if that means breaking a few rules along the way.