Breezy Griffith
Breezy Griffith is the founder and CEO of SkinnyDipped, a snack company she launched in 2016 with her mother Val after a friend's cancer diagnosis. The Seattle-based brand reinvents classic treats with better-for-you ingredients, starting with their signature chocolate-covered almonds.
Breezy Griffith's Bio
Breezy Griffith is the founder and CEO of SkinnyDipped, a Seattle-based snack company that reinvented chocolate-covered almonds with a fraction of the sugar. What started as kitchen table experiments has become a multimillion-dollar brand found in Target and thousands of stores across the country.
SkinnyDipped was co-founded in 2016 by Breezy and her mother Val Griffith, alongside two close friends. The idea was sparked by the loss of their friend Josh Dickerson, who died of a rare sarcoma at age 18 in the summer of 2012. His memory became the quiet engine behind everything they built.
The company launched from the Griffith family dining room table with five hundred dollars in savings. Breezy's homemade recipe -- chocolate-dipped almonds with only three grams of sugar -- proved there was real appetite for a better-for-you treat. That recipe eventually landed on Target shelves and expanded into thousands of retail locations nationwide.
By 2023, SkinnyDipped had closed a twelve-million-dollar Series A round, fueling new product lines and deeper retail penetration. Under Breezy's leadership, the brand has become a fixture in the better-for-you snack aisle and a reference point for founder-built CPG companies.
Breezy has appeared on Behind Her Empire podcast and been profiled by Forbes, sharing the mother-daughter founding story and the near-failure moment that nearly derailed the company early on.
Career Timeline
2012 — Friend's Passing Sparks Founding Vision
The death of family friend Josh Dickerson from a rare sarcoma at age 18 planted the seed for what would become SkinnyDipped.
2016 — Co-founded SkinnyDipped
Launched chocolate-covered almond snack company from the Seattle dining room table with mother Val Griffith and two friends, starting with five hundred dollars in savings.
2019 — Target Chain-Wide Distribution at SkinnyDipped
SkinnyDipped secured chain-wide placement in Target stores, the brand's first major retail breakthrough.
2020 — Featured in Forbes at SkinnyDipped
Profiled by Forbes in 'How SkinnyDipped Went From Their Kitchen to the Shelves of Target,' documenting the brand's rapid retail expansion.
2021 — Thousands of Retail Doors at SkinnyDipped
SkinnyDipped expanded beyond Target to thousands of retail locations across the United States.
2023 — $12M Series A Funding at SkinnyDipped
Closed a twelve-million-dollar Series A round to accelerate product innovation and retail expansion.
2023 — Featured on Behind Her Empire at SkinnyDipped
Appeared as guest on Behind Her Empire podcast, sharing the SkinnyDipped founding story and near-failure moment.
