Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookie empire is expanding, and this time, she had support from Teresa Giudice.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star celebrated the launch of her newest Let’s Sprinkle by MG cookie on Thursday, June 18, with a party attended by several RHONJ stars, including Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania.
The moment is especially notable for RHONJ fans, considering Melissa and Teresa’s years-long family feud has been one of the most talked-about storylines in franchise history. Melissa married Teresa’s brother, Joe Gorga, in 2004, and the family drama between the Giudices and Gorgas has played out on and off camera for years.
Now, with Teresa and Melissa reportedly in a better place heading into RHONJ Season 15, Teresa showing up to support Melissa’s business marks another sign that the family dynamic may really be shifting.
“It’s really, really nice, and at the end of the day, like whatever we went through, Teresa and I, and Dolores [and I, as well] have been through so much through the years,” Melissa told Us Weekly at the event, which was planned by Lawrence Scott Events. “At the end of the day, they know that I work really, really hard. That is one thing that I don’t think anyone would ever take from me.”
Melissa explained that her cookie brand has become something she has poured herself into, especially after the original launch took off in a much bigger way than she expected.
She continued, “I put my heart and soul into this, and this was something that, when it took off we had like $500,000 in sales in the first two months, to watch my children sit with me and watch the numbers grow and watch me like attack it and get the packaging, and it was rough. Those two months I was overwhelmed, I sold out. I owed people cookies. It was chaos … because I had no idea that this was gonna hit hard, and I worked really hard, and cookies speak for themselves.”
Melissa launched Let’s Sprinkle by MG in 2024, turning one of RHONJ’s most infamous family references into a lifestyle brand. Longtime fans know that sprinkle cookies have been part of the Teresa and Melissa storyline for years, dating back to Teresa’s now-iconic complaint that Melissa once brought sprinkle cookies to Christmas.
Now, Melissa has transformed the joke into a business.
“I never knew when I dropped [the first] cookie two weeks before Christmas, it [would go] completely viral, like, crazy,” Melissa recalled. “I think that everyone, obviously, knew that I had this crazy love for sprinkle cookies, and … I had no idea it would become the brand it has. I mean, we went from the sprinkle cookies to the coffee cake to now a chocolate chip sprinkle cookie.”
The newest product is a chocolate chip cookie with sprinkles baked into the center, giving fans another option beyond the original sprinkle cookie.
According to Melissa, she wanted to create something classic while still keeping the sprinkle cookie theme alive.
“I have an almond flavored butter sprinkle cookie, so if you’re not into that, I wanted to give another option,” she said. “[There are] just a few sprinkles because if you’re not a big sprinkle fan, these are more like little sugar crystals.”
The launch also comes at an interesting time for RHONJ. After Season 14 ended with the cast completely divided and no traditional reunion, the franchise is heading into a reset. Teresa, Melissa and Dolores are confirmed to be returning, while several new women are rumored to be joining the cast.
Gia Giudice recently teased that Season 15 has a completely different energy now that everyone is in a better place, calling it “a breath of fresh air.”