Method 4: My Little Bake Shop! Making Treats to Sell!

If you like to bake, particularly cookies, cakes, brownies, and candies, you can turn this hobby into a small fortune. Everybody loves sweets, Using-sweets-to-make-cashespecially at a cheap price. This is the sort of odd job where you sell a large quantity at a lower price, in order to attract more customers and more purchases. As a kid, it might just be the easiest way to make some extra money. You will need to be prepared to spend some money on ingredients, but don’t fret- you’ll recover your expenses quickly! Are you ready to become a one-man sweet shop superhero, and knock out sweet tooths left and right?? Well, here we go!

What Kinds of Sweets Should I Sell?

There are so many different items that people love! Your best bet

would be to offer 2-5 different items, so that everyone will have a nice variety to choose from. Cookies are most definitely a great seller, and you could start off with 2 or 3 varieties of cookies. I would definitely offer a chocolate chip cookie, and a double chocolate chip cookie. These are the two that are most popular. You can also make items such as brownies (who doesn’t love a brownie?), hard candies, suckers, scones, lemon bars, cupcakes, and much more. Sites like Allrecipes.com will help you to find some of the best recipes since reviews are made by all sorts of people.

How Much Can A Kid Expect to Make When Selling Sweets?

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No matter who we’re talking about, everyone loves brownies, cookies, and cake!!! Why not make money off of a sweet tooth?

Since middle school and high school are the best places to find kids with money, 12, 13, 14, and 15 year olds will probably do the best in their natural environments. It may require that you branch out of your day to day environment and hit ball fields, public parks, school events, and more to find some traffic to sell your goods to. If you bake 6 dozen cookies (A cost of maybe $8) you can put two cookies into one bag and sell them for $1 or $1.50. This will make 3 dozen baggies, and you could earn $36 or $54 (yes, $0.50 will make a big difference if you can get people to pay it). In other words, this translates into a $28-$46 profit; ALL for baking some cookies! Other treats can fetch higher or lower prices, with higher or lower expenses. You just have to figure out what is best for you.

What Are Some Good Tips for Kids When Selling Sweets?

If you decide to sell sweet concessions in order to generate a small income, then you should definitely pay attention to your customers and their needs. Note the different types of treats that they like, and ask them what they would like to see in the future. Ensure that you ALWAYS have some treats on you every where you go; you never know who will want them, or when they will want them. You should also entertain the idea of getting your own business cards or fliers (you can make them yourself) to distribute to customers! This type of business can grow drastically; especially if someone has a party, family get together, or celebration in which they decide to hire you to craft the food.