Can I make cookies at home and sell them?
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If you’re selling cookies for profit from your home — or jams, breads, pies and other qualifying foods — you get a free pass on many of the regulations that apply to commercial kitchens. However, you have to comply with your state’s cottage food regulations or any other rules that apply.
Allowed Foods. In California, you may register your home kitchen to make the following food products for sale: baked goods without custard, cream, or meat fillings (including breads, biscuits, churros, cookies, pastries, and tortillas) chocolate-covered nonperishable foods, such as nuts and dried fruit.
How can I sell cookies at home?
Steps to Starting a Home-Based Cookie Business
- Find out the laws in your state that govern food sales.
- Decide what types of cookies you want to make.
- Decide on a business name.
- Set up your business structure.
- Write a business and marketing plan.
- Apply for needed permits and licenses.
- Price your cookies.
How much should I charge for a dozen cookies?
In short, you should plan to charge between $2 and $6.50 per cookie, or between $8 and $15 per dozen if you choose to sell your cookies in bulk. When setting your pricing, you should consider the cost of both the ingredients and baking equipment, as well as your time, and complexity of the cookie.
Cookies remain one of the most profitable items in the retail bakery business, and automated depositing is paving the way for even greater efficiencies.
How do I price my cookies?
As a good rule-of-thumb, you should plan to charge between $2 and $6 for individual sugar cookies, or between $10 and $25 if you plan to sell them by the dozen. When setting your pricing, make sure to consider your costs, time, as well as the size and decorating complexity of each cookie.
How do I pack cookies for sale?
Whatever packaging you choose to contain your bake sale cookies can easily be spruced up with simple accessories. If your budget or time crunch hasn’t accounted for purchasing specialty packaging, clear or colored plastic food wrap, cellophane or even small sandwich baggies are perfectly fine alternatives.
If you’re just taking special orders, the bakers estimated you can earn between $200 and $400 per month; if you’re working 20 hours per week, $800 to $1,200; and if you start baking lots of wedding cakes, much, much more.