HI THERE !! I KNOW THIS IS SOMEWHERE IN THE FORUMS BUT I CAN'T FIND IT. I AM LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON WHAT TO PUT ON HOLIDAY PLATTERS. I AM TRYING TO DIFFERENT THINGS OTHER THAN THE STANDARD COOKIES. I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME IDEAS ON WHAT TO CHARGE FOR THEM. THANKS EVERYONE 
I'd love to know what others are doing, too. I have trouble finding enough cookies with different different textures and shapes to make a nice presentation. This will be my first year even trying to market the platters but I am including a white chocolate cranberry, a ginger spice and also my Grandmother's fudge. I'd like to do some sort of mini pecan pies too. Want to do maybe pinwheels and Linzer tarts, just because they are pretty and a little bit different. Looking forward to hear what others have to say...especially about pricing.
How about some peanut brittle or peppermint bark or fudge or some other kind of candy. It gives something different to the platter and is usually very cheap to make.
Pricing is more difficult to help with because so much of that depends on your location. What I've done, though, is break all my recipes down into an Excel spreadsheet and price them out. Then I determine how much of that recipe is going into a gift basket or onto a holiday platter and multiply that by 3 or 4 to cover my labor cost. This can take a very long time to get set up, but once it's done, it's very handy. There are several posts about a price matrix. I looked at it, and it's basically the same thing I'd already set up for myself. Might be a good place for you to start, though.
HTH
I also include shortbreads with little pieces of red and green cherries on them and another tradition of our family are sweet mince tarts. I also find that squares or bars are a big hit I love the choc peanut butter bars and yum yum squares are great. Home made mint patties are also nice for after dinner and you can do them in xmas colours. Another hit is cookies with bits of crushed candy canes on them. I have to also say that the price depends on whats on the platter some things are more expensive to make than others.
How about some meringues?
Christmas just isn't Christmas without Raspberry Meringue Kisses in our house.
I made chocolate covered Ritz cracker with peanut butter in the middle last year and everyone loved them. Here is the picture of the platter with chocolate Christmas light.
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What about chocolate dipped pretzels? They're easy and yummy. You could do the traditional pretzel shape or the thick stick ones.
CookieChef - I LOVE pecan tassies. I bake them in the mini cupcake pan and drizzle with melted chocolate. Those would be a fantastic part of a holiday tray!
Love pecan tassies too. Undecided right now but I'm thinking of maybe doing a pecan bar that's a jump from the norm. A recipe that I tried recently has a shortbread type crust, topped with carmelized pecans and a touch of honey. Very yummy. Cut in squares or diamonds. it might be a nice change from the other round shapes.
Chocolate covered pretzels are always a winner. So easy and fun.
bright white powdered sugar russian teacakes are nice amongst a sea of tan & chocolate cookies
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