Melissa Gorga celebrated the expansion of her Let's Sprinkle by MG brand with a launch party on Thursday, June 18, introducing a new chocolate chip cookie recipe to her product line. The event drew support from Real Housewives of New Jersey costars Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania, marking a notable display of solidarity among the reality television personalities.
Giudice, 54, is Gorga's sister-in-law following Gorga's 2004 marriage to Giudice's brother, Joe Gorga. The relationship between the two women has been documented extensively on the Bravo series, including periods of significant family tension.
"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," Gorga, 47, told Us Weekly at the event, referencing the now-resolved family feud. "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."
Gorga founded her lifestyle brand in 2024, initially launching with sprinkle cookies that generated substantial early success. The entrepreneur detailed the overwhelming response to her first product release, which occurred two weeks before Christmas.
"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," Gorga told Us Weekly. "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."
The brand has since expanded beyond its original sprinkle cookie offering to include coffee cake and now the chocolate chip cookie with sprinkles baked into the center. Gorga explained her rationale for selecting chocolate chip as the newest addition to her product line.
"I have an almond flavored butter sprinkle cookie, so if you're not into that, I wanted to give another option," she told Us Weekly. "[There are] just a few sprinkles because if you're not a big sprinkle fan, these are more like little sugar crystals."
The development process for the new cookie involved extensive testing with family members. Gorga and Joe, 51, share three children: daughter Antonia, 20, and sons Gino, 18, and Joey, 16.
"Joe and Gino are chocolate chip cookie guys," Gorga told Us Weekly. "My bake, and I went back and forth so many times until I got the right because I wanted it to be a little soft but not too soft, chewy but not too chewy, so [we] went back and forth. Gino and Joe, and myself obviously, were with my baker, just like figuring it all out, everyone's pretty happy."
The Let's Sprinkle by MG chocolate chip cookie with sprinkles is now available for purchase online at letssprinklebymg.com.