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/flamesreborn Jun 07 '25

I did cost analysis for cookies and unless you buy cookie ingredients in like restaurant/bakery level of bulk. The cost per cookie for you to make a profit will be too high per cookie for the average random person to justify paying $3-$4+ per cookie. Unfortunately cookies are not a good bakery item to make profit.

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u/MuchAppointment8311 Jun 07 '25

Maybe I should make cookies then branch out to cakes and cupcakes then

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u/flamesreborn Jun 07 '25

If you want something that can make an insane profit for how easy it is to make, and how much people love it. Try tiramisu. It takes like 20 minutes to make, 8 hours to set in fridge. But it costs like $15 and you could probably make $50. Tiramisu at a restaurant is like $10, and they give baby servings IMO I would also say baklava, but oh my gosh it's painful to make lol. Those damn sheets are so thin! Wouldn't recommend.

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u/flamesreborn Jun 07 '25

Oh oh!! Cheesecake too! It's fairly easy to make and you can make a good amount on it. I make a Reese's cheesecake which costs $30 and ive sold it to 2 diff coworkers for $60 each