I just made a bunch of cookies and although I did not insert sticks into the cookies (for photography reasons) I glued skewers to the back of them with candy melts (melted, of course) when I assembled the bouquets. Although the glue help beautifully, I don't think I'll do that in the future because the back of them doesn't look very nice, however, I will DEFINITELY use skewers for insertion in all of my future bouquets because:
1. they're food safe
2. they're skinny so I can roll my cookies much thinner
3. they're very strong because they're bamboo
4. they're DIRT cheap! I bought some at GFS....100 for .59!
I must say that I went to GFS in hopes of finding wooden coffee stirrers that a coffee chain (Boston Stoker's) uses....they are long, flat and thin. But, I couldn't find them and bought the skewers instead! Glad I did! They work great!
I hot glue the stick to the back of the cello bag, then insert the completed cookie into the bag, and then tie a ribbon around the bottom to keep it from falling out. I'm just too afraid I'll poke a hole through a cookie, so I came up w/this workaround.
I do the same thing that TSCookies does except instead of glueing mine on, I tape them to the back with shipping tape. It's clear and wide.
vitomiriam - I just looked at the seashell centerpieces for your wedding and they are absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations!
I used to use clear duct tape, but unfortunately, I found that with time and humidity (I think that was it?) the tape could come off and then oopsie! I've never had a cookie fall since I started using hot glue - but make sure you use low temp or else you'll burn right thru the bag.
Maybe I was just using the wrong tape - what kind do you use, and has it ever come off for you?
Thank you for the compliment TSCookies! The shipping tape I use is Scotch Packaging Tape (High Performance). I've never had a problem with it unsticking and believe me, living in South Florida, we have lots of humidity.
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