mailing cookies

[Anonymous]

I want to mail cookies to my new college student DC. Worried they won’t stay fresh because the mail room processing tacks on a day or so to receipt of mail by the students.

I’m thinking I should freeze the freshly baked cookies, then overnight mail them frozen. (These will be more expensive than buying her cookies 😜.) Does this plan make sense? If not, what do you suggest?

[Anonymous]

One day isn’t going to make a difference if they’re in an air-tight container.

[Anonymous]

Just order Insomnia cookies, delivered

[Anonymous]

Bake cookies today, mail tomorrow early and your student should have in a few days. I would wrap 6-8 cookies in Seran and then place in freezer bags. Tell your student to watch for an arrival. My DS would take days to do a pickup so I quit sending cookies 😟

[Anonymous]

Just order something like Cheryl's cookies or Mrs Fields. Theyre packaged so they wont crumble on shipment. Plus they'll stay edible longer than your homemade cookies.

Save your homemade cookies for Thanksgiving break (or whenever your kid comes home again)

[Anonymous]

Yuck. No one wants frozen cookies. They will be fine if you just send them.

[Anonymous]

I just did this and had them shipped to a FedEx Office on campus. They will hold for pickup and he can pick up the same day they’re delivered. I had the same concern about the regular campus mailroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just order something like Cheryl's cookies or Mrs Fields. Theyre packaged so they wont crumble on shipment. Plus they'll stay edible longer than your homemade cookies.

Save your homemade cookies for Thanksgiving break (or whenever your kid comes home again)

Your examples are shit ingredients. I would never buy those. I sent a Rubbermaid container "so they won't crumble on shipment."

[Anonymous]

There is probably a cookie company nearby that you can order from and they’ll be fresh, warm, and arrive same day

[Anonymous]

Make scoops of dough one evening, bake first thing the next morning, let cool while you get ready, pack and ship before 5.

Do this early in the week so if there's a holdup, the cookies aren't sitting in the mailroom over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

I do this every month or so for my college kids. I make sure the cookies are totally cooled and then layer them between paper towels and put them in a plastic storage container. To cushion it further I wrap it the container in an IKEA dishtowel or two (I bought a pack just for this purpose) and then put it into book box. I don't ship them overnight, I think it take about 2-3 days but so far my kids haven't complained about freshness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yuck. No one wants frozen cookies. They will be fine if you just send them.

They won’t be frozen by the time OP’s kids gets them …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just order something like Cheryl's cookies or Mrs Fields. Theyre packaged so they wont crumble on shipment. Plus they'll stay edible longer than your homemade cookies.

Save your homemade cookies for Thanksgiving break (or whenever your kid comes home again)

Your examples are shit ingredients. I would never buy those. I sent a Rubbermaid container "so they won't crumble on shipment."

I'm sure your sugar is only the finest quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is probably a cookie company nearby that you can order from and they’ll be fresh, warm, and arrive same day

That's no fun for the sender.

[Anonymous]

I’d bake in first thing in morning, let cool, then put in a Rubbermaid and overnight it. They will be fine and she will be appreciative. Way better than Mrs Fields and the like. There is nothing homemade about that (hydrogenated oil, corn syrup, yuck).