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On New Years Eve, I stood in a long security line at the Denver airport. When I finally got to the TSA agent to have my I.D. and boarding pass checked, the agent looked at my driver’s license and said “Oh My God!” I wondered what was wrong. Then she got a huge grin on her face and said “Have you ever been to Sweetie Pies? They have the best pies in the world!” I laughed and told her that I would let you know you have a fan in Denver.
I was in a grumpy mood until I came here! – Sammy
Woke up craving one of your pies!! Had to come get one! Thanks – Steve
What a joy to meet you and enjoy your “pretty pie place”! This year my best friend gifted me with one o f your delicious Tom’s pies. When I was young my mother always baked me a cherry pie for my birthday, so the gift was an especially sentimental one. The pie was remarkable . I ate almost every crumb myself - shared a few bites with friends. I told my friend it was the best birthday gift I had received since 1975 when i got a horse! Blessings to you Linda for the joy you spread. -- Donna
The lemon bomb cookies are the best in the whole world. Thanx!
Hello again. I just can’t describe the joy I feel each time I come into your shop. It is always like a dream. My eyes often fill with tears when I visit with your staff too. Thank you for sharing your gift of fabulous baking and love. You are amazing! – LeAnn
Best pies and cookies this side of the Mississippi...so... I'm going to ship some to Colorado and share with family there what we enjoy in DeWitt. -- Marc
Saw your article in American Profile in Santa Fe, NM and had to stop! -- JJ & Lynne (NM)
I have not had a peanut butter sandwich this good since my mother passed 20 years ago. -- Neil
We saw the article on your shop in our local newspaper “The Napa Register”. Since we are in Michigan visiting we had to try your pie. It was worth the trip! – Bill & Marianne (CA)
Pies are fantastic! I was heading home last night (across the street) and all I could smell was the wonderful aroma of pies baking! Keep up the good work!! -- Keeshe
Wow!! I never knew a sandwich would be so awesome. Thank you for being here, I’ll be back. Blessings – Marti
You are so awesome - you were my first "Welcoming Committee', as we decided to stay and settle in DeWitt. My Cherry Cherry pie is traveling to Jackson to share with family. Keep cooking!
Saw your article in an insert in a local small town newspaper given to us by my 92 year old mother. We drove from Cuyahoga Falls, OH (about 268 miles). It was definitely worth the drive!! -- Ray & Mary (OH)
We've been bragging about these pies so we're taking them to Pittsburgh to prove how fantastic they are! -- Lou
I read your article in American Profile. It brought tears to my eyes as it reminded me of my parents shop in Minnesota. –- David
My pie is going to Cleveland! A gift to my Aunt Ester and Uncle Pete. Thank you so much girls, I love this place! The pink, the pies, and yummy soup. So fun! I'll be back soon! Blessings to you! -- Karen
I saw you on Fox TV a few months ago and enjoyed the segment thoroughly. I enjoyed my visit to the bakery. Your staff and the customers were friendly and delightful. I love the Harvest Sandwich and the Coconut cream pie. – Jean
We loved being here! Everyone hugs! -- Kelley
Everyone brags about the quality/variety of food in New York City, but nothing holds a candle to this place. My only regret is that we didn’t try EVERYTHING! – Jill & Ira (New York City)
We came for cookies for a road-trip to Washington DC for my daughter's wedding. We needed cookies and fun! Thanks.
Best bakery I have experienced! You bring magic to the oven and therefore magic to my belly – Cath (GA)
FAN-Tastic - the people, the decor, the "happy atmosphere" - oh yeah - and the pie. It was the very best! God's best to you. -- Jim & Rosie
I teach economics at MSU. I teach fairly technical things so I often interrupt my lectures and talk about food, wine, restaurants. A few weeks ago I was teaching econometrics and I thought of pie. I turned to the class and asked “Where should one go to this pie in the Lansing/East Lansing area?” No one answered, then I said “Go to Sweetie-licious in DeWitt for the best pie ever”. A student raised his hand and said “You’re freaking me out because my professor in my earlier class this morning also said we should go to Sweetie-licious.” Then we discussed your pies are so good: superb fruit, not too sweet, awesome crumble top, and a crust so good you don’t really need the filling (but you do want the filling.) – Tim
Simply stunning! Best sandwich shop in the nation! -- Elder Danny
The chocolate filled cupcakes and the red velvet ones are the absolute best in town! I have tried many places in East Lansing and Lansing, and NOTHING compares. They are fabulous!! –- D.C.
Whoopie! Real pies, real women, real food! All this and Elvis music! What a treat! Blessings to you all! -- Joanne
Delicious! We live in Los Angeles and the pies there can’t compare! Don’t be surprised if all our friends from California start to show up at your door! Martha & Nate (CA)
What a treat your delightful shop is! You truly do know how to bring joy and love into people's hearts. Thank you. -- Doug & Shelli
Our first visit. Read about you in Midwest Living and had to come all the way from Greenville, NC. Sandwiches were great. Pies are out of this world! This is now an annual Christmas tradition. -- Judy & Gary
Without question your pies & other sweets are the best I have ever tasted. I live in Atlanta & have traveled extensively throughout the country & parts of the world! I will always return to your amazing bakery. Thanks for all you do!! -- Cath
We came all the way from Colorado for lunch and pie. Still waiting for your shipping program or a shop in Denver. Keep up the great work! -- Ron & Marcy (CO)
My brother saw the coconut cream pie and said it was the most beautiful coconut cream pie he had ever seen.
Fabulous! The Cherry Berry Berry was the perfect birthday treat for me! I have wanted to visit your place since reading about it in the Grand Rapids Press. Love the decor - but the pies were the crowning achievement - worth EVERY LAST CALORIE! -- Jan
The excellence of these pies was only exceeded by the warm hospitality of Linda and staff. Thank you. -- Britt
Dad (age 87) praised Sweetie's pies as being as good has his mother's who baked for a restaurant in the B&O train terminal in Crestline, OH in the 20's, 30's, and 40's. His favorite was peach, but now and then he'd "settle" for banana cream or pumpkin. Whenever he came to visit us in Lansing, I would take him to Sweeties for morning coffee and pie. Of course, it goes without saying that I took him a pie whenever I went to Ohio. Dad died on Father's Day weekend 2009, so a trip to Sweeties in his memory is always pleasant, though poignant. -- Alinda
The kids love your cookies and we love your peach cherry and cherry rhubarb pies! We love Michael's music too! -- Sue
We traveled from Muskegon and Whitehall. Saw your article in the paper. What fun! Loved the decor, loved the food. Pies were awesome. As one gentleman said "If I put the pie on my head, my tongue would beat my brains out to get to it." Happy baking -- Julie, Jan, Paula
My first time here - WOW! What a treat! Best chicken salad sandwich I have every had in my 60 years of eating! I will definitely come back. Hope you will continue to flourish and grow. -- Barb
My 87 year-old mom, twin sister, and two nieces took a field trip today from Bay City, Alma, and Midland to experience Sweetie-licious for the first time! We enjoyed every bite of our sandwiches and pies, and Mike's music. What a great bunch of "sweeties" you all are!! -- Sandy
What an incredible experience. The food and atmosphere couldn't be better. This is the highlight of our summer - we'll be back for sure! -- Jill
My snickerdoole was delectable. It was sweet with a hint of love. It was warmed to the perfect temperature. The employees were charming and very professional. I love the decor. Great atmosphere! The music set the mood for the theme of the bakery. In two words I would describe Sweetie-licious as "simply exquisite." -- Nicke
Thank you for keeping up the tradition of making home-made pies. I used to make pies in my home and when husband came home from his work, he would deliver them around our small town of Big Rapids. That was 60 years ago. Nothing can compare to a homemade pie made from scratch. -- Betty (85 years old)
We drove from Brighton. This is the first stop on our vacation. What a great way to start a vacation, eating a slice of pie, then taking a whole one with us! This is a fun place with great food!
Mom mom has insisted we make Sweetie-licious a destination stop on our Michigan vacation. Sooo glad we stopped by for lunch & dinner pies. When are you planning to expand your delicious business to northern California? -- Dennis & Gina (CA)
It's my 59th birthday and what could be better than a slice of pie! Heard about you in the Kalamazoo Gazette. Thanks for a great birthday present!
We saw the write-up on your great place in The Flint Journal. I cut it out and put it in my travel book-places to go. Our second try we finally got here. Out quiche was exceptional as was the blueberry salad, cherry lime muffin, and CCB pie. We couldn't take a pie home due to being on the motorcycle, but we will be back and pass along your name. What a neat place and delicious food. It was a blessing. -- Vic & Jan
Real men do eat quiche. Wow the food was incredible! -- Samuel
The Mother Load, Nirvana, Heaven’s Bakery, Pastries from the angels! -- Russ
Made a delicious detour from Route 127 and it was SO WORTH IT! Thanks for a new spot to stop on our way north or south! –- Barbara & Dale
Delicious pie. Best I ever ate –- Shirley (CA)
After 66 years of passing by DeWitt we decided to stop in. Thank you for a delicious time. –- Mary
Drove in from Grand Rapids for our 37^th wedding anniversary. Saw the article in the Grand Rapids Press. Pie was amazing, Worth the drive! God bless! -- Gary & Grace
From now to the end of my life I will not go past Lansing without stopping here. -– Bob
We will be back – can’t wait to try the ‘summer sandwich’ special. Cute place, friendly staff & terrific pie! -- Chris & Cari
A very dreamy pie place. –- Nancy & Dick
Pie for lunch is the best kind of lunch… -- Anne (VA)
We loved every bite… and we are so glad to be able to visit all the way from Florida –- Shirley & Doris
The Grand Rapids Press article brought us here. The wonderful food and pastries will bring us back. –- Tina
I truly never, ever liked pie until my dad brought home a key lime raspberry pie from you. Best pie I will ever eat... and I used to live in Florida. Your key lime takes the pie. Keep it up! –- Dave
The best cookies we’ve ever had! –- Melissa & Katy
When I was a young child (8-9 years old) there was always a Saturday morning ritual. As soon as my grandmother got her pies and bread out of the oven, she would call me to come over. (By the way, way back then her oven was a wood burner which made bakes goods that aren’t made today.) But after trying Sweetie Pies pie it’s my grandmother’s pie again. I am now blessed for my daughter has now taken up her great grandmother’s baking habits. Now I can have old-fashioned pie at my daughter’s and at Sweetie Pies. –- Richard
My wife, Kathy, and I first saw Linda in Faith Magazine and not long after, The Flint Journal. Since we were headed to Lansing to bike some trails, we thought we’d start with lunch at Sweetie Pies. The Flint Journal had mentioned the egg salad sandwich, which made the easy choice for me. Kathy chose the chicken salad sandwich. About half-way through lunch I looked at my wife and said “This is the BEST egg salad sandwich I’ve ever had!” Kathy replied, “This is, hands-down, the BEST chicken salad sandwich I’ve ever had.” We’re now hooked on the sandwiches and are about to be hooked on the pies. Since my wife is already enjoying her pie as I write this, and the fact that my slice of key-lime is calling my name, I’m forced to wrap this up. I can do it in two words – Absolutely Fantastic! –- Jason
Going to visit Grandma Mabel who is 97 years old. Taking her a pie for a special visit. Looking forward to having pie with her.
What ambrosia! Worth the trip. Continue blessing people Linda –- Patty (IN)
My fourth visit here and I never cease to be amazed at the deliciousness of the fare. Today it was the chicken salad. Such a combination of tastes – from chicken, to apples, to cherries. Thanks for the wonderful food and thoughtful service you continually provide –- Julia
Took a piece of coconut raspberry pie to my 89 year old mother who was a great baker – said she never had such a good pie – even better than hers!
Your carrot cake is my favorite food on the planet.
You can just come in, sit down and breathe in all the yummy smells, and not even get anything to eat – because it smells so good! I wish I could eat the air!
Everything is SO GOOD. I can’t stop eating all of the delicious food and treats. The homemade taste is so comforting and delicious.
I live in California and wouldn’t ever visit Michigan without getting one of your pies -– Mary
We love Sweetie-licious pies. In fact, we don’t buy pies anywhere else. It’s nice to be part of a mission to deliver good food.
The key lime pie is as good, if not better than anywhere, even Key West Florida, where the pie originated. Don’t change a thing – we’ll be back –- Jeri, St. Louis, MO.
One hour to drive here. Hope to come back often – no matter the price of gas. The pie is the best!-- Bob & Kathie
We're so proud to have you here in DeWitt and enjoy coming and eating the best pie ever made. So glad you had the courage to make your dream come true. We love you and your shop. -- Kristi
We rode our bicycles for miles just to eat your pie. The muffins are great too!
It warms my heart to come to your charming place. And it puts a smile on my faces to eat one of your great desserts!
Read about you all ten months ago, went to France, ate some (about 10,000) pastries and I gotta say - this place is phenomenal. I daresay Sweetie Pie trumps the patisseries any day! This place is outstanding! Merci!
I brought my mom and daughter here for the first time... what a memory we made here! We wish you all the best - think of us when you make it to the top! We loved our experience here -- Cathy, Pauline, & Gina
This has been such a great find! We loved the shop as soon as we got out of the car... then when we came inside we were so in love with the decorating. -- Sharon & Frieda
I'm wowed! The attention to detail is simply amazing... I felt at home the minute I walked in. I'm here visiting my sister in DeWitt and to spend the day with my nieces "my sweetie pies". -- Renee
I had soup in the morning and dragged the whole family back for more that evening... it's that good! -- Wendy
Love the pies and your courage to live your dream -- Janet & Dick (TX)
Dear Sweetie-licious, What a fantastic shop you have. My first visit and I feel so “at home”. I’ve been wanting to visit for some time now & was not disappointed. And, visiting with your folks was a very special treat. I plan to visit again soon AND often. -- Suzanne
Oh my, you’ve done it again. First my addiction to the molasses cookies, now the pie! Thank you so much, when I eat anything from your bakery, I feel happy! What an experience, thank you everyone…and I loved the pink box!!! You are the best! -- Deb
I love your chocolate pie. It was soooo delicious that I ate half of it in one sitting. Unbelievable! -- Georgia
Your kitchen is like my dream come true! -– Kristin
I took one of your menus and read from cover to cover and circled everything on it that I want to taste before I die! –- Linda
Seven of us came from our women’s ‘First Thursday” lunch group – SUPERB! Everything was luscious! We’ll tell all our friends!. Lovely ambiance. Especially loved the music! Such friendly, helpful workers – We will certainly be back –- Tamie
We love the food, the ambiance and friendly servers. I’m thinking about contacting the Food Network to have ‘Al Roker on the Road” feature your café –- Cristel
Your seasonal sandwich the ‘Roasted Asparagus’ is wonderful. I’ve been back a half dozen times just for it! –- Darlene
Every year my “better half’ gets a Cherry Berry Pie for her birthday. She used to adore the fruit torte from another bakery until 4 years ago when she had a slice of the best pie in America, from Sweetie-licious! –- Jake
We wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed your chicken salad sandwich! The marriage of flavors and textures gives new meaning to the word – SENSATIONAL! All of our senses were satisfied. The warm bread – so soft, yet toasted contrasted with the slice of Granny Smith apple that crunched over the savory chicken with a hint of cherries! Love it! We will be back! -- Ellen
Thank you for the yummy calories! -– Lolly
A great way to start the day by coming to Sweetie Pies! The molasses cookie was so good. Good coffee too. Thanks! Delicious cooking to you always! -– Annie
Your place is simply charming! –- Diana
Sweetie pumpkin pie is the world’s best, bar none! –- Ann and John
This is the only place I would drive 120 miles to eat two pieces of pie -- Donald
You can literally taste the love
I love this cherry pie. I want it to last forever -- Richard
We love coming here with our friends and relatives to get all worked up over all the goodies. Such fun!
I'm addicted to Lemon Ginger cookies! Awesome -- Deb
You guys have the best pie! I'm usually not a big pie eater, but yours in awesome! I love your facility -- Grace
Another wonderful lunch with Linda's bright cheerful smile! What more could you ask for! See you soon!
The best blueberry pie I have ever had! Thanks
We heard about Sweetie-licious from my cousin who lives in Kansas City. We live in DeWitt, just a few miles away -- Sandy
As a first-timer at this charming shop I can already say that I feel at home. The food is delicious and the staff wonderful. My face has been brightened with a smile and my heart warmed by sweet pies. What a restaurant, what a home! -- Alexia
Having sampled numerous international apple pastries, I was enchanted to discover a most satisfying experience at Sweetie Pies. Go for the apple pie, it's life changing...
My seventeen year old son drives through downtown DeWitt just before 7 am. The town is completely dark. But when he sees the lights on in 'Sweetie Pies' he feels like "alls right with the world"
We happened upon this special place by accident - or should I say serendipity - a few weeks ago on our way up north. Couldn't get the memory of the pie (and especially the crust) out of our mind. So... on a trip from Holland to Plymouth MI we had to come by again. Then, we realized that we had read about Linda in Faith Magazine. Just one more divinely inspired opportunities to enjoy the many good things in life! Blessings to you! -- The Lawsons
Fantastic experience and culinary delight. Well worth the drive from Detroit -- P & D
This is the only bought pie, that is worth the name, that I have found in my 64 years. Thank goodness for Sweetie Pie - DeWitt is so lucky
I was at my class reunion committee meeting and one of my fellow graduates mentioned to the group about the 'most delicious' pies in the world (better than moms) that she purchased. My ears perked up and I asked where? - Her comment was, you probably wouldn't know this small town - Where I asked? - She said near Lansing MI - I looked at her and said "DeWitt? - Yes, said she, how did you know? - I replied that my daughter and family live there and she brought two piece for Thanksgiving - WOW! Were they awesome! Not a crumb was left. - Thanks Sweetie Pies, home baking is here to stay!
Here for our first visit, we were drawn in by the cool & flashy red & white awning. Great food and heartfelt hospitality! Both nourish the spirit! Thanks -- Chris
You showed great kindness (and provided great good tastes!) to our family after a memorial service in town. The coffee and pie made the long drive home a little easier. Thank you
This is my happy place! -- Jeff
Hello Linda, I stopped in for lunch to buy a pie for my birthday. This is a fabulous store! I am so happy for you. My two girlfriends who came with me and I are going to sign up for a class soon. Have a great week and we'll be in touch soon -- Jean
We love this place! The food and desserts are amazing! My sister Tiffany would love to see a Sweetie Pie Pantry in Washington DC. The Raspberry Cream Pie was fantastic! We look forward to visiting many more times. Love always -- MacKenzie and Tiffany
This place is the main reason I (and several other bottom-light riders) are able to survive the first day of DALMAC. An now we hear the blueberry-raspberry pie has won awards. So have the cinnamon rolls! See you next year! -- Jim (and friends)
We've talked about stopping at Sweetie Pies all year and look for forward to coming back. What a great stop! -- DALMAC rider
I live in Pittsburgh and when I told my family I was coming home to visit they said "We have to go to Sweetie Pies!". Now I am sitting at a colorfully striped table with four women who I love intensely. Four women who inspire me and encourage me to become who God created me to be. Four women I miss every day I'm gone -- Danicka
In all my travels to many of our states, I have never had a better sandwich than your chicken salad (on wheat). Thank you for your care & creativity in creating food that we all can enjoy -- Sincerely, Dan
The raspberry custard pie is the best pie I ever tasted -- Carol
My favorite place in the world to eat lunch! -- Marilyn
We were so lucky to have gotten lost on our way to 127 from the airport because we found Sweetie Pies! How lucky for sure- we even got to meet Sweet Linda - you are a true blessing! Everywhere we go will tell them about you! You are great! -- The Florida Girls
Exceeded the expectations of our taste buds! The coconut cream pie rivaled the best coconut cream pie in Hawaii and in our home of Glen Rose Texas -- Darrell & Mary
We came from Huntington Woods (north of Detroit) after reading about Sweetie-licious in the Detroit Free Press. Sandwiches were tasty and the pies (apple & coconut cream) were great! -- George and Melva
All the ladies at Sweetie Pies are always so nice! My family loves to eat their delicious sandwiches. I'm a huge fan of your apple cheesecake cookie bars (or something like that). Everything is so yummy
Don't change a thing! Sweetie Pies is the most delightful place to be -- Jan
Keep those deserts coming...Lovely! -- Geo
The pie and asparagus sandwich was out of this world when it comes to taste. Now I don't have to go to the Cherry Hut [restaurant in Beulah MI] to get great tasting pie
This is a delightful and quaint place. The sweets are addictive. You are the only place that makes lemon pie like my mother used to. You made me feel special! -- Best to you, Alice & Barbara
I grew up in the Detroit area, however all my relatives lived (and still do) in Alabama. As a small child, the road trips to visit them were painfully long and slow. It was eventually worth the wait. Every time we arrived at my grandmother's house (Mamo as we called her) she would have a fresh, homemade chocolate cream pie waiting. Unbelievably sweet & delicious! To this day, the memory is still just as sweet and just as delicious!
The Sweetie Pie shop in DeWitt, Michigan captures the essence of its name in more ways than one. Certainly its customers will attest to the fact that the homemade pies created there are delicious, but the real sweetie pie in this place it its owner, Linda Hundt. As a new resident of this town, who had just moved from New Jersey, I experienced the charm and kindness of this unique ‘Sweetie Pie’ establishment in a special way. Our son, Jim and his lovely fiancée, Amy we getting married on New Year’s Eve in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We were having friends from the east coast return with us on the Sunday after the wedding to DeWitt to see our new home. They would spend the night and then catch flights back to Maryland and Washington DC. I wanted to have a nice meal fro them and I knew that Sweetie Pies had great desserts. Unfortunately, I knew the shop was closed on Sundays and what’s more it was a holiday, “New Years Day”. I stopped by the store and talked to Linda a little bit about our wedding and she immediately offered to bake pies for me at her home on Sunday evening. She told me I could pick them up on Sunday when we returned home from our son’s wedding. She gave me her cell phone number in case I had trouble finding her home since I was new in town. I was overwhelmed by her generosity. My friends Laura and Colleen went with me to get the pies and they were both saying—“This would never have happened in New Jersey!!” I tried to tell them this is the Midwest and there is a neighborliness here like nowhere else. We found the pies in pink boxes with ribbons around them and a nice note from Linda. I won’t ever forger her kindness or how great those pies, made with love, tasted on New Year’s Day 2006 -- Sue
Thank you so much for the “Sweetie Pie”. It was delicious. We had chicken noodle soup for lunch and it was also very tasty. My wife liked the cheese that came with it. We will be back soon, but my wife is a master baker herself. She is envious of you following your dream. Thanks again -- Bill
Thank you so much for the delicious Blueberry Raspberry Pie I won last week. Our son and his family were over and we had it for dessert. Two of the children only wanted a small piece, but when they ate it, they wanted more. Even my husband wanted more. We could have eaten another pie. Thanks again -- Sincerely yours, Mary Ellen
WOW! WOW! WONDERFUL! Blissful! Delicious! Thank you soooooo much. We enjoyed “Grandma Ferrell’s Sweetie Pie”, Sunday ( I even managed to share a couple pieces with guest...it was tough though.) Yummy! -- Connie
“Best” chicken salad sandwich I ever ate! Makes your taste buds burst with joy Don and Jackie
My roasted asparagus sandwich was great. Kurt liked his egg salad sandwich also. Our cherry berry smoothie was the best I’ve ever had. Thank you for my raspberry custard pie, which I shared with Kurt. Say hi to the other Linda Hundt for me. When I get rid of my boot I can walk again, I’ll come here to celebrate. I LOVE this place -- Suzanne
Meeting ‘the boss’ was pleasurable. Eating her ‘ware’ was a scrumptious experience. Meeting her ‘staff’ made us understand what ‘group success’ means. Good folks, good food. – Larry & Judy

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