Windy City Sweets Will Make Big Splash During This Season’s Pride Parade!

Philanthropists John and Jill Manchester are excited to align their Mom & Pop sweets store with 2025’s upcoming Pride Parade taking place this upcoming Sunday, June 29th, beginning at 11am. Due to high demand, the Manchester’s have been working around the clock on their hand-made, proprietary craft Rainbow Fudge and novel, one-of-a-kind Pride Cookies. Once again, due to high demand, customers are encouraged to either pre-order in advance or stop into the store in advance.

One advantage to pre-ordering in advance is being able to both enjoy these tasty specialized treats, while passing them out to family, friends and co-workers just in time for this weekends Sunday celebration!

Another great benefit of purchasing before the festivities is knowing that your purchases will help to fund all of the wonderful LGBTQ+ programs that Center On Halsted provides to the community at large. Many of their innovative programs enrich Chicagoan’s by providing empowering, life-changing tools for our LGBTQ+ population.

Windy City Sweets has been serving the Lakeview and its surrounding communities for the better part of 43 years. John and Jill Manchester have owned and grown their renowned store since 2011 and have grown their store front to one of the “Top 2 Candy Stores in the US!” According to USA Today!

When it comes to philanthropy, the Manchester’s take great pride along with Dolphin Rose in their efforts to give back to the community: Windy City Sweets and Dolphin Rose PR are partners in providing meals and nutritious food during all seasons to Greater Chicago Food Depository who donate a whopping 10,000 meals per day to Chicagoan’s in need!

Windy City Sweets everyday goal is to make their friends, family and huge contingency of fans lives, “A little sweeter” by providing unique, high quality products, including many hard to find delectables like their iconic S’mores, their 4th generation Manchester’s Olde English Toffee, their International Licorice Collection (That can only be found at Windy City Sweets) and of course their homemade variety of fudge choices, hand-dipped chocolates and owner and in-house “Mad Scientist” John Manchester’s wildly great-tasting hand-crafted cookie concoctions featuring white, dark and milk chocolate and caramel filled pretzels and Oreo style sandwiches. Their gummy selection is so versatile that it’s been ranked best in the known universe by their many friends and admirers! Children and adults alike flock to the store daily to discover the latest and greatest arrivals that have hit the shelves.

In addition to the 1200+ variety of sweet treats that will delight your culinary sweet-tooth, just know that when you shop at Windy City Sweets, your purchase pays it forward in allowing John and Jill Manchester the bandwidth to continue to serve their neighborhood community while also serving all of Chicago, the nearby suburbs and through their online e-commerce, the US and the world at large. In fact, this upcoming August 9th, Windy City Sweets will once again be front and center via their partnership with Dolphin Rose Public Relations and their 15 year affiliation with Distinctive Assets. Just a few short months after providing their “Hollywood Star Cookie Sweets” to the Oscar Nominee’s, the breaking news is here: Windy City Sweets has been invited by request to provide perhaps one of their most exciting requests yet: To feature Whitney Houston’s iconic photographic image on a cookie via 50 exclusive “Cookie Suites” to benefit Foster Children through Whitney Houston’s Whitney E. Houston’s Legacy Foundation! The proceeds raised will empower Foster kids through programs designed to build self-esteem, educating children on anti-bullying, and all-around programs to benefit their well being during the 4th Annual Benefit.

Again, the scope of Windy City Sweets participation has a vast reach and philanthropic footprint that quite frankly, no other candy store on the planet can claim. When the Manchesters purchased Windy City Sweets, little did they realize how the commonality and relatability of putting smiles on the faces of their customers would grow and develop into the mighty powerhouse for giving it would become. That being said, much of the Manchester’s legacy has now been engraved into the hearts of customers everywhere. John and Jill take enormous pride in serving the community and providing relief to the hungry and those in need whenever and wherever possible.

Even their ice cream selection is special: In addition to the variety of flavors, they even carry the amazing flavor of yore from another era: The timeless World’s Fair recipe from the early days of yore…the early 1900’s a rare treat and a MUST try!!!

So leading into this Sunday’s annual Pride Parade, be sure to pre-order online at: windycitysweets.com call: 773-477-6100 or stop by Windy City Sweets at: 3308 N. Broadway in Chicago and say “Hello!” To the crew and load up on goodies before they sell out!

You’ll be glad you did and it’ll do your heart good too:)