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MrsWhiteonWhiteStMrsWhiteonWhiteSt
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Anyone have large decorated sugar cookies for a shower/birthday recently? If you don't mind sharing... how much did/would you pay? A friend wants to "hire" me to make something similar to the link below but all the prices I find online are INSANE. I could never see anyone paying $3 for a cookie!

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  • CuteminCutemin
    If I were shopping for them as favors, I would want to pay about $.50 per cookie but would be willing to pay $.75 to $1.00 per cookie.  I am a cheapo though.
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  • MelissaSue81MelissaSue81 member
    As I'm sure I've mentioned a zillion times, my good friend is also really into baking and stuff.. (she got 2nd place at the cookie contest at the fairgrounds festival of lights last night).. Last year she was taking orders for cookies for christmas.. I THINK she was charging $30 for a dozen cutouts since cutouts are such a pain to make and decorate.
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  • MrsWhiteonWhiteStMrsWhiteonWhiteSt
    BTW it's the "baby carriage" pic
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  • MelissaSue81MelissaSue81 member
    Maybe it was only $20 or $25.. $30 seems like a lot.. I know it was more than I wanted to pay her for cookies.. LOL.
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  • MsZoeBMsZoeB

    Those cookies are too cute! I would say instead of setting a per cookie price set a price per dozen that you are comfortable with. But keep in mind what happened with your Sweet 16 cake, you under priced! Since you are still starting out maybe charge $23/doz.  that would be around $1.90 per cookie. Keep in mind the amount of time per cookie and mentally add an hourly rate to your cost.

    So if ingredients cost $10 and it takes 3 hours to make the cookies you are only charging $4.30 a hour! Value your time as much as the product!

     

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    My friend and her mom have a baking business (that started very much the way you are starting out).  Their cutouts are $18 a dozen (I think).
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  • BitsyKellyBitsyKelly
    I think $20 a dozen seems reasonable (about 1.66/cookie).  Those look like they could be a little labor intensive to decorate.
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