Farragut baker launches Foxy’s Tasty Treats stand
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Tammy Silvers-Haller owns and operates Foxy’s Tasty Treats Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (until sold out) from her home in Stonecrest. - Photo submitted
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Foxy’s tasty treats operates out of this hutch Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in front of her home on Dundee Road in Stonecrest. - Photo submitted
Look out, Fox Den, there’s a new “fox” in Farragut.
“Foxy” is the fun alter-ego of Tammy Silvers-Haller, who has turned her baking hobby into a business from her Stonecrest home.
She recently opened Foxy’s Tasty Treats, offering a selection of cookies, brownies, scones, cakes, cake pops and breads from a hutch at the end of her driveway on Dundee Road.
Foxy’s is open for business Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays “until we sell out,” Silvers-Haller said.
Silvers-Haller has advertised on social media, including Nextdoor, Instagram and Tik-Tok, and she has placed signage at the entrance to Stonecrest off Kingston Pike and on the back entrance off Sonja Drive.
So far, business has been brisk, and she rotates the variety of baked goods weekly. Word of mouth among the neighbors has led at least
one customer to try to force open the hutch during a recent weekday.
“I met her outside, and offered what I had already baked,” Silvers-Haller said with a smile, noting something is always cooking in her kitchen.
She uses fresh ingredients and welcomes suggestions on what to make for the bake stand, but her forte and passion is “custom baking.
“I thrive best when someone tells me what they want specifically because I want [the client] to be able to say I gave them exactly what they wanted.”
That desire has been borne out through testimonials, including one that stated “WOW is all I have to say. My wife and I had Foxy make us some baked goods for our micro wedding of about 40 guests and she OVER delivered. … She [made] Apple Crisp Cookies and Pineapple Carrot Cake … We will definitely be requesting her for all of our future events,” while another stated: “Foxy prepared a Key Lime Pie with a biscotti cookie crust. I am a dessert enthusiast [and] this was the best Key Lime Pie I have ever tasted. This was a wonderful experience. I will be ordering again!”
It all really started as a fun hobby “about 10 years ago …. to share joy with the people around me,” Silvers-Haller noted.
“One day, a friend suggested I record myself baking … I wanted to have fun with it, so I named myself ‘Foxy’ and threw in a British accent for laughs. … I had a blast with it,” she said, adding the videos were a Tik Tok hit.
Friends and loved ones also suggested Silvers-Haller start charging for her wares. She took the first step by creating an LLC for her business, and, in addition to custom sweet confections, she has branched out to making desserts for Sam and Andy’s restaurant in Farragut.
“We were in there eating one day, and I noticed they only had a limited selection of desserts, so I offered to make some for them, and it has worked out really well so far,” said Silvers-Haller, noting she has prepared
banana pudding and strawberry shortcake, with an eye toward branching out, at the owners’ directions.
Additionally, Silvers-Haller won multiple first-, second- and third-place awards at the Tennessee Valley Fair last fall “all for baking,” she said, noting first place for her pumpkin spice latte cookies; and second place for decorated sugar cookies and apple crumble “cuffins (cupcake muffins).
“I have also won awards for my peanut butter pie, which is to die for.”
It’s hard to believe Silvers-Haller had time to start anything new, as she is currently working on her master’s degree online in education administration, which is augmenting her undergraduate teaching degree she has put to use as a 23-year military veteran.
For more information about her many offerings for cookies, pies and cakes too numerous to list — including vegan and gluten-free options — visit Foxy’s Tasty Treats website or her bake stand, where she accepts cash and Venmo payments. She can also be reached via email at foxystastytreats@gmail.com.
