West Virginia bakery selling cookies with ‘homophobic’ social media comments

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Charleston-based bakery Rock City Cake Company is selling cookies with “real life hate/homophobic” comments they saw after sharing content supporting the LGBTQ+ community. They have named the box of cookies the “ Sick Freak Cookie Box .”

The box comes with a dozen cookies and will become available on Friday. Preorders are available on their website or by calling 681-265-9154. If you purchase a box, you can pick it up at their location on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston.

A portion of the proceeds from the box will go to local non-profits, which they do not name “to avoid more hate spewed towards their mission,” according to their post . There is also an option to donate to the local non-profits on their website by clicking here , which they call, “I don’t live close, but I hate homophobic people and want to make a donation to a local nonprofit!”

“If nothing else, to support our local non profits, and encourage young or closeted LGBTQ+ members that the hate they see spewed online is nothing more than a word on a cookie, and we won’t stand for it here,” the bakery posted on their website.

Rock City Cake Company is known for having a bit of fun with its specialty cookies and treats.

Back in January 2022, Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) during his State of the State address held up his English bulldog, Babydog, spun her around and told Bette Midler to “kiss her hiney” after the actress and singer criticized Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on X, then known as Twitter , in December 2021 saying he, “[S]old us out. He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out.”

Midler apologized for her outburst in a second post within an hour of her original tweet saying she was “just seeing red.”

After the State of the State address, Rock City created cookies with the phrase Gov. Justice said, photos of him holding up Babydog’s rear end, and photos of Babydog with goggles on.

In December 2020, after several months of almost daily COVID-19 briefings, the bakery created the “The Big Jim Says Cookie Set,” featuring some of his most colorful quotes.

They also made a cookie with another phrase, “Do It For Amy Baby” with a picture of Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin in the middle.

This was after Mayor Goodwin sent a letter in October 2021 to Governor Justice, West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair and Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw discussing her concerns with substance abuse, homelessness and mental health problems in the state.

The governor responded during a COVID-19 briefing by tearing into the mayor and how she runs the capital city for about five minutes. Regardless of whom they agreed with, some said Justice took things a little too far when he called Charleston’s first female mayor “Amy, baby” during his rant.

“Sometimes when life gets tough, you just gotta put it on a cookie. We love you Madam Mayor,” the business said on its Facebook page at the time.

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