bake sale ideas

[irishprincess]

Does anyone have any good ideas for bake sale items? I was thinking of making some desserts while I have a couple more weeks off and freezing them. dd14 does jv cheerleading and they have a bake sale at the football games. She gets to "bank" a percentage of the profits in her cheer account for camp and other stuff. Thanks!!!

 

[HappyHappy]

I've never frozen these but they went over huge at our bake sale.... That's where I got the idea. They could have sold tons more.

Peanut Butter Brownies

Boxed brownie mix, pour into lined cupcake pan(s) (mine made approx. 2 dozen), insert one miniature Reeses peanut butter cup into unbaked batter - push down lightly(check each one. one of mine had two brown wrappers which almost got baked on). My box didn't have a time or temp for cupcake pans, so I used the ave temp on box and started checking at 25 minutes. mine were ready at 25 minutes. Don't know why they wouldn't freeze well but you could always do a dry run - eat half, freeze half. Nobody will complain

 

[IluvKingLouis]

My mom used to bake Lemon Bars, and they were soooo good. I know they freeze well, though they rarely made it to the freezer.

You can google for the recipe,....from what I've seen online, they all look virtually identical.

 

[TiggerStac]

I make the tollhouse cookie receipe...haven't tried freezing them though. Like others have said, they don't make it that far.

I have baked breads ahead of time and frooze them, but is the bake sale mostly kids buying or some adults??

We just had one at work and I make chocolate chip banana bread. I make them for Christmas too and they freeze well.

 

[Soulsearching]

My experience is that Banana Nut Bread goes very fast. You could make a loaf, cut into individual slices and wrap in cellophane and freeze till you need them. You may want to leave out the nuts, so many children are allergic to them these days or just make sure you label them clearly stating that they have nuts.

 

[hopesmommy]

Un-iced cakes freeze very well. In fact that is what alot of bakeries do when they have alot of orders. Plus when it is time to ice them, set them out on the counter for about 30 minutes and they are very easy to frost.

 

[CTdiznymom]

Chocolate dipped pretzel rods -dipped in sprinkles (school colors) sold in celophane bags. Kids love um.

 

[sndfan]

I second the chocolate dipped pretzel rods...they are "different" and always a huge success!

 

[MommaSnowwhite]

I know that in the past i have made peanut butter blossoms baked in mini muffin tins and when I take them out of the oven I push in a mini peanut butter cup into the warm cookie. Always a crowd pleaser.

 

[gk90]

Our school had a bake sale that just happened to be on Super Bowl weekend and I made 4 football field cakes--baked sheet cakes, covered them with light green frosting (white frosting with a few drops of green), piped white frosting for field lines and decorated Teddy Grahams as football players with frosting helmets and jerseys in the colors of the teams in the bowl. They sold right away, for $12 each--I should have charged more!

Another thing that sells well is extra-large chocolate chip cookies. If you use the Betty Crocker packages of cookie mix you can get 8 or 9 per pack. I put them on 7 in paper plates and then in a fold-over sandwich bag and staple the bag shut. That takes care of the packaging. They go for $1 each.

 

[happily single]

No nut products allowed, including my favorite, peanut butter cookies. I have made banana bread and funfetti cookies. You take a box of funetti (or regular) cake mix. Add 1/3 cup oil, 1/3 cup water and 2 eggs. Shape into balls, place on cookie sheet and gently press with bottom of a glass.

When they cool frost and add colored sugar.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Rice Crispy treats you can keep them plain or sprinkle them with the mini
m & m's. How can you go wrong with this child hood favorite!

 

[newtowdw1]

I've made gingerbread cookies in different shapes with icing piped on. The PTA loved them and sold them for 75cents each. They were all gone an hour later. I have a fantastic recipe if you're interested. All the kids I've ever worked with (ages 3-?) have loved them! Plus, my kids LOVE to help make them.

My brownies are famous...don't know why, really, but I can get any student to do anything if I promise them brownies. It's just the Betty Crocker recipe (from the cookbook) with extra cocoa and chocolate chips. Double for a typical cake pan, and quadruple for a 1/2 sheet pan.


The best seller is Peanut butter chex mix. Evidently (I've sold tons, but never made it), you melt peanut butter and butter, mix it with the chex mix, and coat it with powder sugar. The mom who makes it says it is the EASIEST thing, and she makes it in enormous batches. It sells so fast it's stunning.

Have fun...and good thinking to plan ahead!
Both of these recipes make huge amounts and freeze great.
I love the idea of dipped pretzel rods with sprinkles!

 

[annsteere]

I'd be looking for sprinkles in school colors. That adds to the marketability of anything you choose to cook for the school sale. Maybe cupcakes--make now, freeze, frost later. You'd get a lot of kids who will buy just one and eat it on the spot.

 

[amez]

At our last bakesale everything sold--
peanut butter blossoms,
peanut butter balls or here in Ohio they are called Buckeyes
No bake cookies
Rolls
specialty breads (small loaves)
brownies
choc chip cookies
mm cookies,
We had several requests (in the fall) for pumpkin loaf. I may make some next time--really easy but could be a big seller!!

 

[cajunfan]

I would think about savory items...like dill crackers...or homemade chex mix...popcorn and have flavored salts (if the concession stand is not selling this)...savory items always sell well, because not everyone is looking for sweets (or wants both!)

AS several other posters have mentioned, dipped pretzel rods with school colored sprinkles...ALWAYS sell out....I would be a little concerned about mine, as I dip them in vanilla almond bark, and if you can not have nut products, that may be a problem...