Christmas Cookie Tree Price?

Baking By surfergina Updated 24 Dec 2006 , 11:11pm by surfergina

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surfergina Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 3:09pm
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I made a Christmas Cookie Tree and I have several people that would like to buy it from me. How much should I charge them? Each tree took me 2 hours. I've done it every year and know how to set it up quickly.
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mom2csc Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 3:17pm
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$30

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TaraRowan Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 3:30pm
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how many stars you use for this? I have the wilton star cookie cutters.
How many and in what sizes?
thanks in advance.
your tree looks great!
tara

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surfergina Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 4:55pm
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My kit that I purchased 5 years ago includes 10 star cookie cutters in graduated sizes from small to large, but I made two same size each and the total cookies for a tree is 20.

Glad to hear you liked my tree - thanks!

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Rayitoregio Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 6:32pm
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wowwwww son hermosas !

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bobwonderbuns Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 6:59pm
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wowwwww son hermosas !




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Alison01 Posted 21 Dec 2006 , 11:35pm
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What were the sizes of the largest cutter & the smallest cutter? I think this is beautiful! I would like to make one of these for christmas...and i'm thinking I could get by without buying cutters!

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surfergina Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 2:36am
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8 inches (bottom) thru 1 inch (star), meaning there are 8", 7", etc. You need to make two stars each inches. Here's the link for the instruction. Hope this help.

http://www.wilton.com/recipes/articles/cookietreeinstructions.pdf

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surfergina Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 2:39am
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I still need to know what is the good price per cookie tree? I've got one response and it's $30. Do you think that's alot? How about $15? Too low?
I'm still unsure. icon_confused.gif

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Kate714 Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 2:48am
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I think $15 is too low. I would say $30 is about right.

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aboelkens Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 2:54am
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$30 sounds right to me! thumbs_up.gif

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Alison01 Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 3:05am
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Thanks for the instruction link!

I agree, I think 30 sounds good. Since I've never made this, I'm not sure, but I probably wouldn't go lower than 25.

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cakeatopia Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 3:35am
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I got $15 for a 9-star tree cello bagged on a china plate. The largest cookie being 5.5in. I used fondant for my icing. Your's is a lot larger so I think $25 would be reasonable.

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TiffTurtle Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 3:57am
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i just added up what i would charge per cookie on your tree and it would be about $30.00

$2 each for the 5 largest sizes so that would be $20.00
$1.00 each for the 5 smaller ones...so thats 10.00

so i would say that you could even go as high as 35.00 if your market is good...

i was scared when i first started doing my cookies that i was pricing too high but i have discovered that people are willing to pay a higher price from things of this nature..specially if you are the only person around who does this kind of work...im lucky in that way that no one else does this kind of thing so people go nuts over them.

hth
best of luck

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aliciaL_77 Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 10:44am
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I sold on elast year for either 30 or 35

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1234me Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 11:17am
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I always tend to err on the lower end so I would go for around$25. I want to charge more but don't want to see the shock in their face if I ask for too much!

They are gorgeous and I would be willing to pay $30.

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surfergina Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 2:04pm
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Thank you, everyone! I agree with you all and guess what? I'm making more today for the "last minute" orders. Also, "last minute" shopping after I get paid for making trees icon_smile.gif

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cariscakes Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 3:42pm
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I made some this year that were 13 stars and wrap with cello bag and sold 30 of them at $15.00 each. I agree $30.00 for yours sounds like a good deal.

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KHalstead Posted 22 Dec 2006 , 3:52pm
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did you ice the cookies in green icing??? Or just dye the cookie dough?

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surfergina Posted 24 Dec 2006 , 2:26pm
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did you ice the cookies in green icing??? Or just dye the cookie dough?




I green-iced the cookie. It's a messy job in that part, but it's fun. The funny thing is my husband put two cookie sheets full of green icing left-over in the oven to "melt" it for easier clean-up, but apparently, he forgot all about it and our kitchen is all smoky! LOL!

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MomLittr Posted 24 Dec 2006 , 2:37pm
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I would agree, $30 is a good price. The trees I make are only from the 6-star (old) set and I have asked $5 each for them.....don't ice each individual cookie, just bake with green sanding sugar and add royal details and M&Ms like little lights (in my pics). I know that is probably too little to charge, but just getting started with selling to co-workers at the office. Next year these may go up to $8, and thinking of dipping the cookies in the sanding sugar to get full coverage on the cookie. Only takes me about 10 minutes to put these together right now so that is another reason for not charging as much as I probalby should.

deb

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surfergina Posted 24 Dec 2006 , 11:11pm
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Thanks icon_biggrin.gificon_biggrin.gificon_biggrin.gif

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