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Family Forum / Parenting / Single Parents / July 2005Bake sale ideas?
So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the bake sales. We have six more days of bake sales and I don't want to make cupcakes or cookies. I was looking at crockpot recipes for easy candies or snack mix ideas... nothing interesting there though. It has to transport well (the cupcakes were a pain in the a.s). Any ideas? 'Kate > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 'Kate Vanilla Fudge This is easy and goes over very well in the summertime ( keep in cooler ) will make 4 doz pieces adjust recipe according to how much you want! 2 pkg. (6 squares each) BAKER'S Premium White Baking Chocolate 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 cup coarsely chopped Almonds, toasted 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1 Tbsp. grated orange peel LINE 8-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan; set aside. Microwave chocolate and milk in large microwavaeble bowl on HIGH 2 to 3 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add almonds, cranberries and orange peel; stir until well blended. SPREAD chocolate mixture into prepared pan. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. LIFT fudge from pan, using foil handles. Cut into 48 pieces. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator up to 3 weeks. (Do not freeze.) or: Gooey Chip Bars 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 can (14 ounce) sweetened condensed milk 1 cup chocolate chips, divided 1/2 cup chopped nuts In a bowl, combine cracker crumbs and milk. Stir in 1/2 the chocolate chips and all the nuts (batter will be very thick). Pat into a well-greased 8-inch square baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool; cut into bars. or: Mounds Bars Layer 1: 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup margarine, melted Layer 2: 7 ounce package coconut 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk Layer 3: 12 ounce package chocolate chips 2 teaspoon peanut butter Mix together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and margarine. Press into 9x13-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Mix together coconut and milk. Spread over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Mix together chocolate chips and peanut butter in double boiler or microwave. Cook until chocolate melts. Spread on top of coconut layer while still warm. Cool before cutting hope you can use these.... > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 'Kate Puff wheat squares are my fav! The way my grandma makes them is just too much for me to handle... I can sit and eat the whole tray of them, unless someone comes and rescues the squares from me ;) They're a simple, easy and unoriginal idea, but hey... They're so good! >Puff wheat squares are my fav! >The way my grandma makes them is just too much for me to handle... I can sit >and eat the whole tray of them, unless someone comes and rescues the squares >from me ;) >They're a simple, easy and unoriginal idea, but hey... They're so good! How do you make them? I have never heard of 'em. 'Kate >>Puff wheat squares are my fav! >>The way my grandma makes them is just too much for me to handle... I can [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > 'Kate Never heard of them?? Yikes! You should try them! They're by far my fav treat. I'm on the phone with Grandma right now! ;) She's getting me the ingredients and directions and all that right now. Ingredients: 1 C Margarine 1 C Syrup (Pancake syrup, maple syrup, "golden beehive syrup" is what my grandma said she uses often, but ANY type of syrup will do just fine) 1 C Sugar (1/2 white, 1/2 brown, but 1 cup of white sugar works fine if that's all you have) 3 Tbsp Cocoa 14 C Puffed wheat Boil margarine, syrup, sugar and cocoa on the stove. Mix often - just until it starts to bubble. Take off stove and put aside to cool just a little bit. As soon as you take the mixture off the stove, allow to cool about as long as it takes you to measure 14 C of plain puffed wheat. Pour the boiled, and somewhat cooled, mixture onto the puffed wheat. The bottom of your pot should still be hot, but not so hot that you cannot touch it with your hands. Mix it with your hands (yes, it's a sticky, gooey mixture, but fun!) and then put it into a cake pan. You'll need a cake pan that's at least 12"x10", or 2 smaller cake pans. Be sure to put some foil or wax paper at the bottom of the pan(s) and put the puff wheat into the cake pan, pressing down firmly with your hands. Allow it to cool - on the counter is just fine - and then you can cut and eat. You can also add extras, like raisins, nuts, Smarties, chocolate chips, etc., and you add that in when you are measuring the puff wheat, BEFORE you pour in your mixture of margarine, syrup, etc. Then just keep going as normal. It's fairly easy, doesn't take long, and I'll tell you, I love them! They also freeze really nice if you make too much and want to store for later. They thaw out really nicely and still taste really good. Hope the directions make some sense... Real easy to make, and really inexpensive and fast! re:puffed wheat squares YUM. I'll give them a try. Thank you! 'Kate *snip* > I'm on the phone with Grandma right now! ;) She's getting me the > ingredients and directions and all that right now. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Hope the directions make some sense... Real easy to make, and really > inexpensive and fast! Thanxs Kat, Hey these sound like a fun something to do at the daycare with the kids ! I volunteer a couple days a month, do crafty things and since cooking is my *thing* I have done a few fun snacks with them. I'll let you know how the kiddos like the sticky fun and the product of their efforts! Bev *snip* > I'm on the phone with Grandma right now! ;) She's getting me the > ingredients and directions and all that right now. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Hope the directions make some sense... Real easy to make, and really > inexpensive and fast! Thanxs Kat, Hey these sound like a fun something to do at the daycare with the kids ! I volunteer a couple days a month, do crafty things and since cooking is my *thing* I have done a few fun snacks with them. I'll let you know how the kiddos like the sticky fun and the product of their efforts! Bev Ugh this google stuff really sucks sorry for what ever this was all about LOL! > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the > bake sales. We have six more days of bake sales and I don't want to make > cupcakes or cookies. I was looking at crockpot recipes for easy candies > or snack mix ideas... nothing interesting there though. It has to > transport well (the cupcakes were a pain in the a.s). > > Any ideas? > Cranberry Orange bread :-q > 'Kate > > > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 'Kate > > yummy. how about choc chip muffins? T >how about choc chip muffins? > >T I think that I'm going to go buy something, slice it up, and put it in a zip lock baggie with a label and plan on baking for next week. We're doing this weekly through July. Did I mention that my daughter is redecorating her room? Minimalist. Black, white, red. Very little furniture. Oh sure. Everything of hers is in my LIVING ROOM UNTIL SHE FINISHES HER CEILING. No no... it's ok. I'm ok. That home decorating show is hazardous to my health, though. 'Kate > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 'Kate Little sausage weiners in bbq sauce. Yum mee V  Signature"Just say no" prevents the teen drug problem the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression. >> So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember >> correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Yum mee >V My kiddos LOVE those! But it's a bake sale with just cakes & cookies. I ended up buying some cookies and a bundt cake for yesterday's sale but I'm going to try to make something for next tuesday. 'Kate >>> So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember >>> correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > 'Kate Wal mart is my favorite bakery. heh V SignatureNot only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing. ~Bill Copeland > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the > bake sales. We have six more days of bake sales and I don't want to make > cupcakes or cookies. I was looking at crockpot recipes for easy candies > or snack mix ideas... nothing interesting there though. It has to > transport well (the cupcakes were a pain in the a.s). Am i too late for this? I bet i am aren't i? We find that mini jellies are fun to do for bake sales. We make up the jelly as normal then pour it into small plastic cups. Sometimes we put little sweets in the bottom and sell them with a plastic spoon so they can eat them there or cover them with cling film so they can take them home :) Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't ever stop believing........ Never get tired of watching you, someday you will break through..... http://goodsbyjen.cjb.net/ http://morestuffbyjen.cjb.net/ >> So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember >> correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Am i too late for this? I bet i am aren't i? I have another four scheduled. As of last count, we raised $141.00. We need a new fundraiser. >We find that mini jellies are fun to do for bake sales. We make up the jelly >as normal then pour it into small plastic cups. Sometimes we put little >sweets in the bottom and sell them with a plastic spoon so they can eat them >there or cover them with cling film so they can take them home :) Ok..so, I live in Houston. That might be a colder weather idea but I really liked it. It was unique. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm thinking... jello shots at the next student association meeting. We were originally thinking of a spaghetti supper at $5.00 a plate but hell.... :-) 'Kate snip.. We need a new fundraiser. Try the "girls in wet T shirts" car wash, has em linin up down the road! 5 bucks a pop and you can have sooo much fun . Well it works great out in my neck of the woods .............:) > snip.. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > road! 5 bucks a pop and you can have sooo much fun . Well it works > great out in my neck of the woods .............:) <Chuckle> Around here thoughts like that could land someone in jail ( Since most of the car washes are done by High school students ) However along those same lines; How about a "Babes of ASS-P" Calendar? ( You old timers may remember this thread :-) ) Seriously though, how about a lottery? We use a system based upon NY's daily drawing which is a 3 digit number. You sell 1,000 tickets numbered 000 to 999 for about $5.00each. The ticket is good for 1 month. I'd have to do check through some records, but I think we netted close to $1,500 after all payouts. Another group is selling raffle tickets at $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 with a $300.00/200.00/100.00 payoff ( there are close to 5,000 tickets out ) even if you only sold 1,000 there would be a profit of $500.00 Hummmmm......you live in Texas, I'm not sure what your lottery laws are, so this may not be valid where you live >How about a "Babes of ASS-P" Calendar? ( You old timers may remember >this thread :-) ) yeah, she had big ideas and no follow through. >Seriously though, how about a lottery? We use a system based upon NY's > daily drawing which is a 3 digit number. You sell 1,000 tickets [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >with a $300.00/200.00/100.00 payoff ( there are close to 5,000 tickets >out ) even if you only sold 1,000 there would be a profit of $500.00 We were considering a drawing for a basket of donated stuff. In the past, I've done some beach buckets & movie night baskets. We were also thinking of the entertainment books but the books don't come out until September or November. >Hummmmm......you live in Texas, I'm not sure what your lottery laws are, >so this may not be valid where you live I also wanted a Texas Hold'em night but as good as I am at it, I don't think I could deal. But we are looking into something like that too. I'm not in charge of the fundraising (I volunteer as little as possible just now) so I can only suggest things. 'Kate > So... we're fundraising to get a speaker in (Froma Walsh, if I remember > correctly) and so far, I've baked blueberry muffins and cupcakes for the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 'Kate Bake sales for a Guest Speaker?! YOu can try candy Apples, although I'd probable do something like Chocolate Candy molds http://www.pinenose.com/camamo.html We can buy most of the supplys in our local supermarket. |
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