Bake sale...HELP ME!...Added Another Question

I made a bunch of banana bread in a jar for a bake sale one time. It was SO easy to make and every raved about how cool it was. It added some ribbon to the jar and they looked great!!!!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/banana-nut-bread-baked-in-a-...

Good luck!!!!

E.

I don't think anyone else mentioned this, so I thought I would add:

Selling things in singles and dozens are good...but sell some things in half dozens. I have six people in my family and am more likely to buy several different things in half dozens then one or two in dozens.

Good luck!

Make sure you either list ingredients for each baked good or have a gluten free, dairy free, vegan, etc grouping. That's been HUGE with our sales! Don't have time to list recipes, but google will do it for these faves:

No bake cookies -chocolate, pb, oatmeal

Any cupcakes with bright icing

M&M cookies

Any sugar cookies that are iced and decorated

Cake walk! Kind of like musical chairs. Line a table w/your showiest prettiest most elegant and elaborate goods. Charge people who want to participate $5 and let them gather around the table. Start some music and they walk around the table. When the music stops, whoever isn't standing in front of a dessert has to leave the table. Start the music up again and repeat. Keep going until you are down to the same number of people as the same number of goods on the table. Everyone left @ the table gets to take home something!

Rice Krispy treats are always good and a chocolate alternative. What I always look for at a bake sale is bite size items. I have a 2 year old and the last thing I want to give her is a full size cupcake or a giant cookie if we are out and about. A smaller version is perfect.

I have never heard of dry bags, but I know there are a lot of "jar" recipes for cookies at allrecipes.com ( I love that site)
bars of any kind sell well, and so do cookies...I like to make giant snicker doodles and giant sugar cookies...they are always a hit and you can use the same dough, just roll some in cinnamon sugar and sprinkle some with regular sugar. Also for extra pizzazz you can buy pretty sparkly colored sugar which is fun.

Cakepops--google them.
My daughter has the book and has done them.
They are huge sellers.

I know you make a cake mix, say yellow
Then let it cool.
Crumble it up
Mix in frosting, I have no idea how much
Shape
add pop sticks
Cover with candy melts
Cover the pop with plastic wrap and tie with ribbon.

Id go buy a bunch of the Krusties mixes for cranberry orange bread,, and the blue berry mix and banana mix. Most of them just take water, so its easy. Make a bunch at a time, and get em done! Make small loaves if you can. Also Betty Crocker has cookie mixes in bag that are really fast and easy. Put some in small bags with 2 or 3 cookies instead of a dozen. I love stopping by the Boy Scouts table and buying a couple small things to take home for hubby. Good luck. I wish I was there to bake a bunch for you!

just wanted to add, instead of true cake pops i've heard you can short cut and use doughnut holes instead. Have fun.

I have no idea but i would pay a quarter for a single item, and 2-3 dollars for a whole pan. but like i said i have no idea and i'm pretty frugal.

have fun!

yes, check www.allrecipes.com

Cake box cookies always sold well, brownies, banana nut breads, choco. chip were bit sellers at the bake sales I used to help with. Great ideas here.

I think that great! I love hosting bake sales! There are so many things that you can make, chex mix, puppy chow, chocolate covered pretzel rod's, granola mix, it's endless! Go to Paula deens website and click on the bake sale section, the possibilities are literally endless! As for the dry ingredients, bannana bread(they would add the bannana), muffins-a variety of them, cake mix, brownies- variety of them, you can also make chocolate cherry bars, our favorite! Heres the link http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/2237/chocolate-drizzled-.... Anyone and everyone that has tried them love's them!
Now for pricing, I would do it by the dozen or half dozen, like for example cookies, I would do 6 cookies for $1.50- depending on how big they are, and a dozen for $3.00, keep letting them know that the money is being donated to a good cause! And whatever left overs you have at the end of the day cut the price in half! I hope I was a bit helpful! Good Luck and have fun!

I like peanut butter cookies with a Hershey's Kiss or Brownies with a toasted marshmallow topping. My mom has done A LOT of bake sales over the years and she says the single-serve options are always the hot sellers. Cookies, I would probably do three or four good-sized ones in a bag for $1.... like McDonald's does. :-)

I second Margie's answer.... Cakepops are huge right now. Even Starbucks sell them down here. I just made some using marichino (sp) cherries and dipped them with the stems, didn't use a stick. They tasted like chocolate covered cherries... yum!

You can get plastic disposable pastry bags at like Michael's and Hobby Lobby. You can use those for the dry bags. They are cone shaped so they look nice and they are cheaper and easier to transport than jars. Tie the top off with pretty ribbon and voila!

I would get a scoop that you can use for cookie dough. This makes it easier, faster and less messy for you plus more of a uniform shape for the customers.

I'd say basic cookies like choc. chip, M&M, peanut butter are for sure plus brownies and other breads. If you can make from scratch I'd do it...I can always tell mix products, but if it's for charity even I would look over that fact! ;)

added: I was thinking that you can make your own chocolate suckers/candies for pretty cheap and they are so easy! If you get a chocolate mold at a cake shop (or craft store) and buy the already tempered chocolate discs...melt them, pour them in the mold, put in a stick, freeze for 5 minutes and done. They are easy and look cool and would probably be a good seller!

Also you may want to consider doing 1/2 dozens...just a thought but if you pack everything in groups of 6 you'll probably sell more and you can still offer a price break for a dozen, just give them two bags of 6.

Disney's Family Fun magazine had a great article about bake sales sometime in the last year and I can't find it. Arrgh! I did find a link to a recipe for cookies (dry ingredients) in a jar with a gift tag, included here not for the not-so-popular-rating but for the presentation picture:
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/holiday-cookies-in-a-jar-...

I do remember that anything with sprinkles usually goes first.

And that someone should offer cold fat dill pickles (seriously!) b/c kids love them and not everyone likes sweets. (?!) 50-75 cents apiece.

Frosted rice crispy treats with sprinkles are different and would probably sell well. I'd buy one. If it had chocolate frosting. :)

banana bread was a big seller. also big sellers were any kind of bread or cake wrapped/packaged really nicely that people want to bring to a dinner/party. i did fancy rice krispie treats as a last minute add on, they sold well and make a good profit. one year, i was sooooo sick for the bake sale, i couldnt bake and didnt want to touch anything anyway. so i made up some cute tags and scooped dark chocolate covered blueberries and cherries from trader joes into little gift bags, tied them up with ribbons and the tags, very gourmet looking. they sold immmediately. you can do chocolate/candy dipped pretzel rods too, easy and a big seller.

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