I just decided that I'm taking mini cupcakes off the menu, not that they were ever on the menu, really, but if someone wanted to add them to an order I would do them.

Anyway, they are just too damned fiddly and I don't think $15/doz is enough money for me to waste my time.

I just got a request for "20 cupcakes or mini cupcakes, whatever is cheaper," and that was sort of the last straw...

What do you think?

I agree, I got rid of those last year when I had a order for 200 of them...there just isn't enough return on them. Not worth it, chuck them off the menu I say!

Hobby baker chiming in here.   Just for fun, I decided to bake 15 dozen cupcakes about a year ago just to see how long it took, how hard it was, and how much I invested in time and cost.  I kept careful notes of the entire process.

What an idiot I was.  It just about killed me.   Took me 3 days to recover.  huff  puff huff puff ....whew.....

https://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/489

Those little suckers were SO DARN FIDDLY!  Since I had a failure rate of about 20-30% that were either "overdone" or "under done" or "separating from liners", I ended up making about 20 dozen.  One minute too much or too little and they were not happy.

I couldn't bear to throw the rejects away, so I shaved off the over/under-done parts, took off the liner and put them in a new liner with melted chocolate inside and called them "two bites of heaven".   Here are those photos:

https://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/489#481

https://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/489#482

https://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/489#483

I had a friend living with me at the time, and she asked me why didn't I sell my darling little cupcakes that were so adorable and yummy?  HA!   I told her nobody was going to pay the $50 a dozen that I would charge after this little experiment...

Haha @Apti that seriously made my morning! I could picture myself doing the exact same thing as you! Thank you for saving me from a horrible experiment!