Which do you all find easier/less messy for flooding cookies?

squeeze bottle, easier to fill and re-fill.

curious too...and, do you have problems with air in the squeeze bottles?

not really. When flooding, an air bubble doesn't make that much difference.

I recently bought 2 squeeze bottles from my Dollar store and I have to say I LOVE them. I'm thinking of investing in some smaller ones now and the ones with the tips. So much easier and less messy for doing cookies.

If I have a big order of the same cookie, I use squeeze bottles. But if I am doing a bunch of different cookies, I use parchment cones.

squeeze bottles, definitely! I use them for my own projects and use them when I teach. If you get an air bubble when you flow, just use a pin and pop it as you flow. Works like a charm!!

I like using the squeeze bottles. For large same type cookie design I fill up several bottles at a time, so I don't have to refill them as often, I use the smaller bottles for some of the accent colors, I use the parchment if I have to write on them.

I used a bottle for the first time today. I LOVE IT! Gotta get lots more!

Another trick I use with the squeeze bottle is to make the royal icing (or color flow) consistency not too loose but liquid enough to both outline and flow with. This helps save a lot of time and you don't get a line between the outline and the flowed part.

I'm a big fan of squeeze bottles, too. They are just so much cleaner than the bags.

I had a feeling most of you would say squeeze bottles. I really need to get a couple to try. The bags are just so messy. I always put a rubber band around the top, and it still seems to ooze out a little, and my hands get all crusty.

I use large parchment cones...Just fill up several before I start and keep throwing 'em out when I'm done. Much easier clean-up.

i never tried squeeze bottles for icing but i have for chocolate molds and i HATE them. I actually just threw them out cause i hate cleaning them out. Maybe ill give them one more shot.

I'm so glad everyone says they use the squeeze bottles. Where do you find the ones with tips?

I bought some from Hobby Lobby...they're for candy, but have different tips for writing and such...small though

How hard are these to clean out after flooding? Do you notice that royal starts to dry inside and is hard to get out?

I clean then with hot water as soon as I'm done so clean up is easy. But I'm a clean as I go kind of gal lol because I hate cleaning after everything is all crusty yuk lol

I flood with the squeeze bottle, but do all my outlining, writing and details with a bag/tip.

I use Antonias icing for cookies will the sqeeze bottles work well for this icing as well as the flooding type of icing?

I purchase mine at Michaels and Hobby Lobby (they are for candy and can stand higher temperatures than regular plastic bottles). I have also found them at the 99 cent stores as well as Dollar General. If the tips are too small just cut them larger with an exacto knife or razor blade.

I use the cheap squeeze bottles from Michaels or Walmart and got the fine tip ones for writing from sugarcraft.

Well, I guess I'm going to be the different one here because I just love using my piping bag. I find I have more control with it and it's easier to fill than the bottles.

Me, too, Flowerpot! I'm a bag/tip kinda gal! I want tobe able to interchange tips because I do not wait for icing to dry before decorating so I move fast when doing a cookie.

The smaller squeeze-it bottles from sugarcraft have couplers and removable tiips that regular couplers and tips will fit on. They are also smaller than the larger ones I use for flooding and good for less quantities of RI. Like for detailing.....

I love using the small squeeze bottles with couplers & tips.

They work excellent with Antonia's icing and the flow consistency.

The tip covers that Wilton makes work great when I am using multiple colors and bottles.

I've tried the larger ones, but they get too heavy when filled.

Cleanup is so simple; rinse with hot water, then I take hot soapy water fill, shake and rinse. I dry them overnight on my dish drainer.

I thought I would like the bottles, but filling them was so messy, I ended up just using the bags.

How do you fill up your bottles w/o it running down the sides? I was using my spoons and offset spatulas like I use when filling piping bags. Maybe I should use a funnel? And are there only certain bottles you can change out tips, or are you modifying the candy fill bottles somehow?

I've never been able to get the tip on the candy bottles small enough. I'm thinking of placing an order on kitchengifts.com to get the ones that have couplers so you can change out the tips. I make a mess with bags and the thinner icing always drips out one end or the other when I lay it down. I'm just a mess!