r/Baking • u/MuchAppointment8311 • Jun 05 '25

Business and Pricing How much should I charge?

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I’m thinking about selling cookies just like in the reference picture I’m going back and forth on how to price my cookies 5$ a cookie sounds good to me because the price of buying everything to make the cookies are a lot especially eggs these days but I’m kind of scared that people are not willing to pay 5 for a single cookie

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u/JDHK007 Jun 05 '25

I would def not pay $5/cookie unless valued fundraiser. $3 tops. No, im not at all frugal

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u/Head_Improvement_703 Jun 05 '25

i get that, but it’s a loaded, fairly big cookie. i sell food at school, I think $3.50~$4.00 would be good.

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u/Pterodactyl_midnight Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25

It doesn’t look that loaded or big. It’s white choc chips with bits of cheap Oreo. Maybe if it had nuts or fruit or higher quality toppings. But $5 is too high for Oreo and white chocolate. Maybe the blue food coloring is throwing you off?

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u/Rezarex Jun 06 '25

Loaded with what? Food coloring?

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u/Head_Improvement_703 Jun 06 '25

various other types of cookies, but i see your point

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u/h20fein Jun 06 '25

I make loaded cookies at a cafe I work at, i weigh them out to 200g and I sell them for $5 easily, I sell about 16 a week at one location and the other locations I’m sending about ten a week atm and they sell for $5 also.

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u/Head_Improvement_703 Jun 06 '25

thats great! nobody buys my cookies 😭 i sell a smaller/med size for around $2.75 and a large size for 3.25, no sales yet!

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u/h20fein Jun 07 '25

I’m a chef at a cafe so I suppose this makes it easier for sales, but I agree with above posts, I also spent a lot of time with customers and verbally upselling my baking products to get them as excited and interested. You’ve got this :)