i want to start doing cookie bouquets....i love the way that they look and i NEVER seen anything like that around here so i think it would be a hit specially for the holidays...but im new to the cookie decorating scene and i have no idea where to start. any suggestions? or can someone point me in the right directions to find out what i need to know?
Thanks Bunches!!
Hi Tiff!
Use the no-fail sugar cookie recipe and Antonia's royal icing recipe that are on this site. I cut two cookies for each cookie I make and sandwich the lollipop stick in between the two cookies. The cookies come out thick and solid and hold the sticks well. I'm just starting bouquets myself and having so much fun and I already sold one too!
Good Luck!
thats great that you already have one sold!!! ...i do use the NFSC and i just read a post on putting in sticks...what im really wondering about is how you arrange them...like what do you use to hold them...have do you cover them..that kinda thing...and goodness know ..how much would i sell them for? lol..yea im full of questions tonight
Have you checked out this cookie site just so you get some ideas. I don't bake cookies but this site has the most beautiful arrangments and you can also get some ideas on what to price yours. Good luck with your sales.
Sorry I forgot to give you the link. http://www.cookiesbydesign.com/default.aspx
omg..yes they have some beautiful cookies...although the prices that they have would NEVER fly in my area....lol...i about had a heart attack and i was just looking haha...but i wonder what they use to hold them up..i thought about floral foam..but im not sure if you can use that around food items.
Tiff,
I thought the prices on cookies by design were crazy-high. I'm offering mine for $25.-$35. for simple bouquets. If they want something more difficult then the price will go up. I may be too cheap but I guess that's what I figured I would be willing to pay for one so I decided to use that as a guideline. I figure I can always raise my prices if I get a lot of orders and my time becomes more valuable!
I am trying to figure out how to stagger the cookies better in the pot. I used a hard styrofoam inside the pot to stick the sticks into, and that was difficult and you have to hold the cookies by the stick or the stick will pop out the top of the cookie when you push it in. So I went to a softer flower foam but you still have to be careful to hold them by the sticks. I poked the holes with a clean stick and then inserted the cookie stick into the hole. I was going to ask on this site too if anyone had any good ideas on what to put inside the pot to stick the sticks into.
If I remember correctly when the above cookie company was featured on the Food network they used a white soft looking type of syrofoam pehaps the type you use for flowers but white or maybe they have a special one made for them.
I use the green floral foam in my containers. Be sure to get the kind for dry arrangements, not wet (the stuff for wet arrangements is MUCH more expensive!).
I just cut it to fit the container, piecing if necessary so the foam fits very tightly in the container. I make sure to leave some room at the top for paper shreds or whatever I want to use to cover the foam so it doesn't show.
I lay the cookies out on the table to make sure I have a fairly balanced arrangement, then start with the back row when I put them into the foam. I try to make the cookies in the back stick up a bit higher than the ones in the front, just like a real flower arrangement, so all can be seen. I put the paper shreds in after the cookies are in, I think it's easier that way.
hth!
Laura.
I do basically what slejdick does. I use the green foam also. You'll have so much fun when you make your first one and find any reason to make another.
I didn't want to go buy bags when I made my last ones, so I cut off the ziplock part off of my sandwich bags and put them over each cookie and tied with ribbon. My bear cookies and soccer cookies in my photos are done that way. It works great and is most likely cheaper. 
I too was inspired by slejdick. Please see my cookie photos...I did one this past summer made of bears in bikinis with palm trees, sandals, smiling suns on skewers stuck in styrofoam. Because it was summer I stuck them in small metal pails I found at a party store. I did wrap them individually with cookie bags and ribbon. The other cookie bouquet "Girly Girl" is made up of lingerie, lipsticks, perfume bottles, party dresses, etc. I did this one double sided in that you can view the cookies from both sides. I call one side "nice" done in pinks and white and the other side "naughty" done in red and black icing. Martha Stewart's sugar cookie recipe (uses fresh lemons) and Antonia's icing. Hope this helps 
oh my they are just TOO cute!!! i cant wait to do my first one. I am going to make on this week to use as a display at the farmers market on Sat. I hope it turms out to be a big hit....
so how much do you think one with 6-8 cookies should be priced at?
i sell my decorated cookies at different prices depending on the size.
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