I'm interested to know what those of you who sell them charge for decorated sugar cookies (3 - 4in ones decorated with Royal Icing)? I have them as available to buy for my customers, but I have no idea how or what to price them - individually or by the dozen or what??? Any help greatly appreciated

bumping myself up - please someone help me!

I would be interested in finding this out too!

Around here at the grocery store they sell them for $8 a dozen for plain, not very tasty ones. Mayby $15 a dozen for lightly decorated ones and $20 for the nicer ones.

So if I say:

1,00 ($1.20) each (for one colour of royal icing and some sprinkles)

up to

1,50 ($1.75) each (for lots of colours, more intricate designs and things like silver balls, lustre dusts, handmade flowers and disco glitter etc)

that would sound about right?

In a previous post on this topic, someone said they charge $1 per inch. So $3 for a 3 inch cookie, $4 for a 4 inch cookie and so on. Which I think is a great way to do it. Of course you have to check your competition and see what they charge as well.

In this country I don't really have any competition - cake decorating and home baking is a rare thing here!

The flag cookies that I have in my pictures are 4" cookies with buttercream icing on them. I charged $5.00 a piece for them that was with delivery b/c I was in the area already. That was a steal-the non grocery store bakeries that do these said they would charge $8.00 each for the 4" decorated. And mine tasted better hehe

These are prices in the Midwest of the US-not sure how your prices compare to those of the US

Leily

You should find a cookie bouquet store or bakery in your area and see what the going price is. There is going to be SUCH a big difference depending on where you are. It's important to compare with your area, you don't want to over or under price.

Dutch bakeries don't do that kind of thing, and there are no cookie bouquet stores ! This is where I have a really hard time pricing my stuff. I don't sell to Dutch people (it's just not the kind of thing they are raised on!), all my customers, without exception are expats of one kind or another. So my big question is.......if you were living in another country, wanted some decorated sugar cookies about 4' and couldn't bake them yourself, what would you be prepared to pay for them?!

there was a post awhile back about this.....i think it was antionia74 that said she charged per inch...if i can remember the post and find I'll give ya the link....b/c I don't remember what she said she charged per inch. But I think it was $1 per inch.

christine