Bake sale Cheers and Jeers

[Anonymous]

Which products actually sell at your bake sales and which have left overs that get thrown out? Any festive (non religious) ideas for an upcoming bake sale?

[Anonymous]

The perennial favorites are always chocolate chip cookies and brownies. Snickerdoodles do well too. Anything a bit different does not sell well.

[Anonymous]

Something about those Oreo truffles grosses me out no matter who makes them. I just imagine someone’s warm hands rolling together a bunch of cream cheese and frosting and I can’t do it.

[Anonymous]

Brookes Best of both

[Anonymous]

Rice krispy treats do well

[Anonymous]

Items sold individually rather than like a whole cake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice krispy treats do well

+1 rice crispy treats. Also brownies and fudge.

We've had mini banana bread do well, which surprised me, but muffins and cupcakes typically don't sell. Small or irregular looking cookies don't sell, people prefer big flat round cookies if they buy cookies.

[Anonymous]

Millionaire shortbread and lemon bars sold well. The World Peace cookies were not very popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something about those Oreo truffles grosses me out no matter who makes them. I just imagine someone’s warm hands rolling together a bunch of cream cheese and frosting and I can’t do it.

I checked the date on this to see if I wrote it. I have said the same in the past. The Oreo ball makers will be coming for you soon with their knives out. But still, yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice krispy treats do well

+1 rice crispy treats. Also brownies and fudge.

We've had mini banana bread do well, which surprised me, but muffins and cupcakes typically don't sell. Small or irregular looking cookies don't sell, people prefer big flat round cookies if they buy cookies.

Cupcakes are hard to carry around. I think people like things they can easily eat on the go or carry around without worrying about it getting smushed. So cookies, bars, mini breads, seem to travel well.

[Anonymous]

Rice krispy treats and brownies always go first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice krispy treats and brownies always go first.

Yes especially if your audience is mainly kids. If kids, they also like decorated cookies.

Lemon bars have also been popular.

[Anonymous]

Rice crispy treats with either fruity pebbles and sprinkles or cocoa pebbles and butterscotch chips added in will be immediately bought.

[Anonymous]

The last bake sale I worked had some "dirt" cupcakes (crumbled Oreos and gummy worms on top).

HUGE hit with kids.

[Anonymous]

savory snacks like homemade chex mix, roasted nuts, etc. to help balance out all the sugary offerings

And cupcakes! especially with pretty frosting and sprinkles