Packing Cookies, Brownies and Bars for Shipping

If you are thinking of starting baking cookies, brownies and bars as a home business and you need to ship them to your customers, there are some things for you to consider. What are the kinds of cookies, brownies or bars that can be shipped, how to pack them, and how to ship them.

Those that can be shipped:

• Unfrosted crispy or chewy bars
• Chewy of fudgy brownies
• Firm cut-out cookies
• Drop cookies

Those that shouldn't be shipped:

• Cake-like brownies or bars
• Soft cookies
• Cookies or bars with soft frosting
• Cookies or bars with ingredients that might melt or spoit in warm weather

Packing your cookies, brownies or bars:

• Use plastic or metal containers
• Line containers with plastic wrap, waxed paper or aluminum foil
• Pack cookies, brownies or bars snugly
• Cushion cookies with crumpled waxed paper so they do not shift
• Wrap more tender cookies individually in plastic wrap or in back-to-back pairs

Shipping you cookies, brownies or bars:

• Pack each container of cookies, brownies or bars in a strong cardboard shipping box
• Tuck crumpled newspaper or waxed paper around container to prevent shifting
• Label box carefully
• Mark the shipping box "perishable" to encourage careful handling