Our Story

Chip and Pud, the founders of Chip's Sunflower Seeds, standing in the snow at sunset in Catch A Vibe tees and Chip's hats Why'd we start this thing anyhow? Walk into any gas station or grocery store and you'll find two kinds of sunflower seeds. It's either new brands that are pushing crazy flavors, but when you check the ingredients nothing that is shown on the front of the bag is actually used to make the seeds. And you'll see the boring old brands that haven't changed since your great great grandfather used to play ball. How are we different? We decided we were going to change that and disrupt an industry that isn't putting you first. We create sunflower seeds packed with flavor, not with junk. We pride ourselves on using organic ingredients that will only fuel you, not slow you down. We found the perfect blend of knock-your-socks-off flavor while still being as clean as a seed can get. The chip on our shoulder. Chip's Seeds started in 2022 as a high school class project. Our teacher, Tamie-Jo Dickinson (GOAT) wanted everyone in the class to research a company. We didn't want to do that. We wanted to create a company instead, and thought that was the best way for us to learn about how a business operated. We then started making horrible seeds and slinging them to our teammates on the baseball team. The class ended, but the idea didn't. We weren't making good seeds at the time, but the product just needed a little bit of tweaking. So, we got in the lab (Pud's mom's kitchen). So where are we now? After roughly two years of trial and error, the recipe we are using to this day was finalized. The perfect maple-flavored sunflower seed that somehow isn't sticky. We still have no idea what we are doing, and we still are the underdog in this industry, but we aren't going to give up. We are here to represent everyone that has a chip on their shoulder. Have a Chip on Your Shoulder.