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ZAKIYA ELLICK - Stirring Cush, Scaling a Brand

In this episode of Eating While Broke, host Coline Witt sits down with entrepreneur Zakiya Elick, Founder & CEO of The Cookie Dip Company, to talk food, money, mindset, and building a premium brand from a simple idea.

We taste-test Zakiya’s refrigerated, all-organic cookie dip flavors—think banana cream, piña colada, and milk chocolate horchata plus we talk about the growing demand for cannabis-infused options and what it takes to scale a product line responsibly.

Then Zakiya makes her ultimate comfort meal: “cush-cush” (corn porridge) a humble cornmeal dish…

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