a chinese take out box gift? I have a customer who wants to spend $15.00 a gift for 20 gifts for his employees. These are not decorated cookies, just an assortment, including 2 flavors of biscotti. I have spent $1.00 each for the boxes, and I will include a white chocolate star lollipop for decoration, but I don't know how many cookies to include. What would you do?

Thanks,
Kathi

5 or 6? I don't know how large you make your cookies, but I still wouldn't want to over crowd the box and risk things getting broken in there. I think 6 small cookies, 2 biscotti and a lolli sounds reasonable.

Not sure if I know an answer to this, but others might w/ more info. What size are the cookies and are the take-out boxes the regular size, bigger, smaller? Here's a bump for you! HTH

How big are the cookies?

I'm trying to picture the box and visualize how many cookies would fit along with the biscotti. I'm thinking 5-7 or so but I could be way off. Hope someone can help better than me!

Each cookie would be about 2-3" wide. The box is 3" at the base, 4" tall and 4" wide at the top. I'll probably be putting in 3 biscotti "bites" of each flavor, because the box isn't tall enough to accomodate a regular sized biscotti. I hope that helps.

Thanks,
Kathi

Hmmm well that makes me thing that 5 cookies might be pushing it for space a little. Probably just 3, maybe 4 at most would fit in there with the biscotti and the lollipop

Well, what do you sell to get about $10.00 worth of cookies?

see how many fit in the box? I get a glass ware box at michaels that about 6 x6 x6 I can fit a bakers dozen of 5" cookies in there, if they are NOT individually packed...and about 6 little mini fillers that are not even an inch...

I love giving my customers extra bang for their buck and I do charge an arm and a leg for an arm and a leg...( cookie that is.lol)

I went with the popular vote of $1.00 per decorated inch...

I know that doesn't help you but may give you an idea.

Okay so how does this sounds:

3 Cranberry Pecan biscotti bites
3 Chocolate Triumph biscotti bites
2 raspberry rugulah
2 raisin molasses cookies
2 black and white cookies
2 cranberry vanilla chip cookies
1 white chocolate lollipop (4" across)

They would be in this box (below) with the lollipop sticking out as the "sample" shows and gold curling ribbon tying the stick to the handle.

Thanks,
Kathi

Any opinions at all?? Please!!!!

Does this sound like enough or not??

Kathi

I think you are giving him plenty for the price. Will all that fit in there? I bought similar boxes at Michaels and was trying to figure out how much I can fit in as well.

I think what you have stated sounds good for the price. And you are giving them a sample of different items.

Thanks. I priced it out based on my regular pricing, plus the extra materials and he is definitely getting his money's worth. I don't think I'll have trouble fitting it all in, but I don't have anything baked right now to test it out. I'll start baking later today.

Thanks,
Kathi

That sounds to me like that little box will be mighty full...

I agree...they are getting a great deal on that one! Sounds like a lot of cookies, I am sure you could do less and make more money yet keep your customer more than pleased. Just my opinion. Can't wait to see pics of your tasty cookies!

Diana

Yum, now I want one!!! lol

Well, they are finished. You guys were right, I couldn't fit nearly as much as I thought I would. My chocolate lollipops didn't come out as I hoped so I changed it to a star cookie. Here's a picture of what fit inside and a photo of the outside finished product. These are generic holiday gifts and the boxes actually had both Jewish stars and regular stars on it, so I made regular star cookies.

so you got about 10 cookies in there...! wow...that IS a nice gift!!!

I counted the biscotti and the star..lol