What would you make for a bake sale?
Francl27
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I want to help the school with their Christmas bake sale but I'm a bit clueless. I'm not a very crafty person so it needs to be simple, and not cost an arm in a leg in wrapping costs.
I'm not sure what would actually sell well in an elementary school either. Thoughts?
I'm not sure what would actually sell well in an elementary school either. Thoughts?
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Cookies6
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Bags of caramel corn.
Chocolate-dipped Oreos/marshmallows - on sticks. Kids love ANYTHING on a stick.
Decorated pretzels.
Cello bags and curling ribbon are pretty cheap.
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rice crispy treats- throw different kinds of goodies on them (mnm's, chocolate chips, melt peanutbutter cups on them) and depending on the added things they are Gluten Free too! This will make someone's mom happy
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Chocolate Oatmeal Drops
Oatmeal Butterscotchies
Mini cheesecakes in muffin liners1 -
Puppy chow or Muddy Buddies. Easy, no bake, and you can easily portion into decorated zip bags.2
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Christmas shaped mini pretzels with melted rolos. Place one pretzel on the cookie sheet with a rolo centered on it, put it in the oven on the lowest setting for just a few minutes, then smush another pretzel on top and let cool. You could make a bunch and separate them in to Christmas themed snack sized ziplock bags. They're so good and soooo easy.2
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Cookies are great for portioning and wrapping, but everyone's making cookies, so you'd want them to be cookies that nobody else is making. I've never been to a party, bake sale, etc that featured Maple Walnut Cookies.
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I would be wary about making anything with nuts. Lots of schools are nut-free.3
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Popcorn balls
Big chocolate covered pretzel sticks with sprinkles or crushed peppermint candy
Pepperment bark
Gingerbread crinkle cookies
Cheddar star crackers
Mini muffins
Soft pretzels
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Cake Pops.. super cute and bite sized, great for kids, easy to make.0
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Quiches, Pies, Cupcakes, muffins, Tea cake loaves or bundt or mini bundt cakes, cookies, slices, sausage rolls, meat pies, baklava, rugelach, Hamantash .... ** Prefer to stuff cupcakes/muffins to make it a little different.
If parents/guardians are being invited to purchase, then you may bake standard sizes. If it is a bake sale garnered for the student body + Admin/Staff, then bake mini versions of whatever you choose to, unless you're going to bake chocolate chip cookies (huge chunks of chocolates) - go large, so they may sell those individually - schools here, tend to charge $5 for a chocolate chip cookie with a small cup of hot cocoa for school events.
The baking section at Walmart/Target and Kmart all have to go cookie, cake and cupcake boxes. You buy them in packs of 5 or 10. Individual large cookies are usually wrapped in Saran wrap and are placed in dressed baskets or platters.
Everso sweet of you. Cheers!
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We just had a Halloween dance with bake sale at our elementary. The things that sold best were:
Chocolate/white chocolate dipped large pretzel rods with fancy themed sprinkles.
Chocolate dipped oreos, also with sprinkles.
Cake pops.
Plain old chocolate chip cookies (but don't bag them until they are completely cooled. One had slightly melted chocolate in the bags...those did not sell.)
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I have never been to a bake sale where brownies didn't fly off the table faster than anything else! I usually buy a big box of Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownie mix (from Costco, but they sell almost any grocery store). I make a double or triple batch and fill up a half sheet baking pan. You can even make it a day ahead and cover it with plastic wrap, then cut it just before you take it to the sale. They will be perfectly fresh and easy to cut.
I don't even think about it anymore. That's my go-to bake sale, potluck, item that I know will be well received. At 200 calorie a brownie, I'm pretty good at not eating them myself. I might save one for myself, but that's it.5 -
I usually make peanut butter cookies- super simple and easy to make. The recipe I use is actually gluten free too.2
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MonkeyMel21 wrote: »Christmas shaped mini pretzels with melted rolos. Place one pretzel on the cookie sheet with a rolo centered on it, put it in the oven on the lowest setting for just a few minutes, then smush another pretzel on top and let cool. You could make a bunch and separate them in to Christmas themed snack sized ziplock bags. They're so good and soooo easy.
I love these! Instead of a second pretzel, I push a pecan half into the rolo and make a sort of turtle out of it.
Trail mixes are good. I second the brownie suggestion, too, or caramel apples with peanuts.1 -
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mini pies aka hand pies. Buy premade crust and premade pie filling!3
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Nanaimo bars, always nanaimo bars.4
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Fudge. Fast, easy, portable, make in the microwave, tons of recipes on Pinterest, sells like hot cakes!1
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Thanks for the ideas! I'll ask the bake sale coordinator what they need and otherwise probably go with brownies...1
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I used to make this melt-in-the-mouth oatmeal square. So delicious.
Not remembering the recipe is actually probably a good thing because the two things I do remember is that they were so easy to make, and they had a whole lot of brown sugar. If I did remember the recipe, they'd probably be appearing on my counter ... and then quickly disappearing ... each week.
Anyway there are a lot of interesting and different squares and slices out there. 0 -
I used to make this melt-in-the-mouth oatmeal square. So delicious.
Not remembering the recipe is actually probably a good thing because the two things I do remember is that they were so easy to make, and they had a whole lot of brown sugar. If I did remember the recipe, they'd probably be appearing on my counter ... and then quickly disappearing ... each week.
Anyway there are a lot of interesting and different squares and slices out there.
Yeah but it has to appeal to kids, lol. There'll be parents there too but yeah, probably mostly kids.
Also, it probably should be nut free.0 -
in Ireland we make a lot of various 'tray bakes' they are basically a no cook treat that always go down...a treat
e.g Millionaires slices/ Malteser Squares/ Snowballs/Naniamo bars google any of these for recipe on BBC good food website and you'll see how easy they are to make
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Actually, if you aren't into baking, here's another idea: just popcorn. Microwave popcorn, even. Pop some popcorn and put them in individual plastic bags. "Big" pint-sized bags are really good. Kids like popcorn, it's cheap to make, easy, and if the popcorn looks like the "biggest" thing on the table, kids tend to gravitate to it. Plus, it can be pretty healthy--and not all kids are big into sweets.
Another idea is drinks or juice boxes. They tend to sell well and require little prep.3 -
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Rice krispy treats always go fast. Bonus is they're fairly cheap and easy to make in large batches. You can sprinkle some colored sugar on top if you want to make them festive.
I would eat the entire try. No doubt.
http://butterlustblog.com/2013/07/29/party-in-your-mouth-rice-krispie-treats/1 -
rainbowbow wrote: »
I might have to make these for my husband and kids this week to see if they are worth making for cookie exchange because mah Gawd they look good0
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