I'm looking into starting a mail order cupcake shipping business and need some ideas on shipping containers that are cost effective but unique-like the "cupcakes in a jar concept". Any Ideas??!!

I never ship cupcakes because I'm terrified that they will get squished or that the frosting will get ruined. I would say you're going to have to spend some money to be able do that, which in turn will have to get passed off to your customer.

Good luck coming up with a solution. I think it's a great idea!

I ordered Georgetown cupcakes once, and I can tell you how they package them. First they put all the cupcakes in a clamshell container. Then they put a lollipop stick that is the height of each cavity in each cupcake. They put this in the insulated bubble wrap with a freezer pack and then put all of that in a heavy duty cardboard box.

I believe shipping was $29.00 for overnight with all that packaging.

HTH

I binged cupcake in a jar to find some more info on shipping and ran across this bakery who is shipping

http://yummycupcakes.com/Treats_Gifts.htm

HTH

Thank guys these ideas helped alot. Basically I need to rethink my plan!

You can do what I do. I put the uniced cupcakes on cardboard and put them through the food saver process, but stop before they start to smash. Then put the icing in a pastry bag and seal. Mark the bag where to cut so that they can ice their own cupcakes. Put instructions on how to swirl in the box.

that sounds very clever!

so would it be better to freeze the cupcakes and then ship them priority(2-3 days)? or bake fresh and charge $29 (WOW!) for overnight shipping?