I know everyone hates questions about pricing, but wondering if you all can help me out.

I've had a few people inquire about cake truffles, and I'm trying to decide on a price. I dip them in chocolate, then do a little design on top with candy melts. I had been thinking $6/dozen, $10/2 dozen, but now I'm thinking that's not much!! How about $8/dozen or $15/2 dozen? And add on a couple bucks if in a decorate tin, container, etc.???

What do you think?

thanks for any input.

BUMP

I'm thinking $8 per dozen as that sounds about right.

I'm not really sure... I would think it would depend if you usually use cake scaps for them or if you baske a cake only to make cake balls. That would change your cost on making them which would effect the price.

I think the $8 with a decorative tin sounds good. They will feel like they are getting more with the presentation.

thanks for the input...as far as whether I'm using scraps or not - it depends! If I have scraps, I'll use them, but if not, I do bake a cake just for that reason.

I charge $1 per truffle. It is just as expensive to make especially when you add the chocolate cost. I use a good chocolate.

man i sell them 15$ for a dozen, which includes a stick and bow or $10.00 without the decorations.....

i also make varieties....pecans, butterscotch, walnuts, white chocolate,peanut butter, german chocolate.....some with alchol some without...

a stick and a bow? So you eat them like a lollipop??

Hi,
I was just reading about these cake balls and they sound so interesting. can someone post pictures of them and directions on how todo them? I would love to try these for my xmas party.

Thanks in advance!
Melyssa

I agree, I would love to see pics and/or a brief explanation, I am very curious!

Cake balls/truffles are just your leftover cake scraps, mixed with a little liquid of your choice to make them moist enough to be formed into a ball. Then, people add other things like nuts, coconut, butterscotch chips, what have you. I like to dip them in chocolate.

Do a search in the forums and you'll see people's suggestions for recipes. There are photos in the galleries as well.

For those of you who actually bake a cake to be used for a cake ball/truffle order, approximately how many do you get per a box of cake mix?

I get approx. 4 dozen per cake mix.

HTH

I get 3 dozen from a Dh cake mix when I use the wilton cookie scooper.

I sold my first 4 orders for $8 a dozen and then realized that with delivery this is not enough. I may have to increase the price to $9 or $10 for a bakers dozen.

thanks for that info Kate.......now I have an idea of what I can expect to get if I have to make a cake for a truffle order...normally I just use scraps, but if orders start coming in, will have to improvise.

risque...that is with the straight mix. right now I am so short on time I only sub the water for milk and get the thing in the oven!! when I hae more time I try to do pudding, etc.

lately, all I do is bake cakes for truffles!!! Just today I think I got orders totaling 17 dozen?!?? all w/gift packaging....

Kate, congrats on all the orders. What do you charge? I am right now trying to figure what to charge folks who started asking. Decorative containers can be bought at the dollar store, so that cost I can figure, just not what for the truffles.

I charge $8/dozen for truffles, then add on a couple bucks for the gift packaging, like the tins or whatever from Walmart, Michaels, etc. If the truffles have liqueur, $12 a dozen. I give a little discount for more than that...$15 for 2 dozen, $20 for 2 dozen with liqueur, etc.

I wish more people would order cakes from me though!! I'm getting bored with all these truffles.