50 Best Bake Sale Ideas to Make You the Coolest Parent Ever

Has the note come home again with your kid, looking for contributions to a bake sale to raise funds? Stuck for ideas? We seem to get several requests a year from our school, Scouts or other associations, and I’m always on the lookout for new bake sale recipes.

From cookies to bars to traybakes, this list is guaranteed to give you plenty of ideas for your next bake sale cooking session.

So bookmark this one and keep it handy for the next bake sale request.

Bake Sale Ideas: Bars and Squares

#1. Blueberry Crumb Bars

These Blueberry Crumb Bars have been adapted from SmittenKitchen.com, and would also work equally as well with other fruits.

Using a food processor to make the dough makes this even easier to pull together. Makes approx. 36 small rectangles.

#2. Rice Krispie Chewie Bars

These rice krispie chewies with mini marshmallows are a great recipe for bake sales (and also birthday parties!). You can use food colouring to make them different fun colours too.

You get about 18-24 rice krispie treats depending on the portion size from this recipe.

#3. Avalanche Bars

Another variation on the standard Rice Krispie bars, we defy anyone to try these Avalanche Bars from CookiesandCups.com and not love them.

They are delicious!

#4. No Bake Kitchen Sink Cake Bars

Looking for a delicious refrigerator cake recipe? Try this No Bake Kitchen Sink Cake recipe, so simple and easy and quick to make.

Once you master the basic recipe, you can add any ingredients you like. This recipe makes a full baking/cookie tray of bars which when cut up will give you approximately 24 portions.

#5. Chocolate Blondies

This Chocolate Blondies recipe fills a 26cm x 26cm dish. You’ll get 16 large sized blondies out of the mixture, or more if you cut them smaller. The recipe works with most mini bars, easter egg chocolate, or you could pour in some mini smarties, marshmallows etc.

#6. Lemon Bars

One of my stand by recipes, these lemon bars are divine. I think it’s the combination of shortbread base and lemon curd topping. These twice-baked lemon bars are simply delicious and I’ve always found they sold out at bake sales.

#7. Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars

Try Erin’s Outrageously Delicious Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bar Recipe, you can whip these sweet treats up in a breeze.

These most chocolatey delicious cookie bars are always a winner at bake sales.

#8. Rocky Road

Rocky Road or chocolate refrigerator cake is very easy to mix up and will set in about 3 hours.

You can vary the additional ingredients, e.g. marshmallows, dried berries or other sweet treats if you are so inclined.

#9. Flapjacks

The addition of mixed dried fruits and various seeds along with the oats in this Flapjacks recipe from Wholesome Ireland, means that they are essentially a power bar.

Great for bake sales and of course you’ll have to test one out with a cuppa before you send them in!

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Bake Sale Ideas: Cookies

#10. Chocolate Chip Cookies

There’s no more classic cookie than Chocolate Chip Cookies and this recipe makes the real sticky cookies like the ones you get in the States. Keep a roll of the dough in the fridge and just cook it as you need it. Look out for packets of high quality chocolate chips, ideal for this recipe.

Or for a dairy-free version try Marlene’s Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies.

#11. Oatmeal Cookies

Grandma Dot’s Oatmeal Freezer Cookies are sure to go down a treat. You can make in advance and freeze it in smallish logs, which make about 8 cookies. By freezing smaller portions, the dough thaws more quickly.

#12. Sugar Cookies

This easy to to follow recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction is great for soft cut-out sugar cookies with crisp edges and room for lots of icing and sprinkles.

Use your favourite cookie cutter shapes and have fun baking and decorating!

#13. Peanut Butter Cookies

These Peanut Butter Cookies from I am Baker don’t include flour so are gluten free.

Remember to label your cookies, with ingredients, to alert anyone with peanut allergies.

#14. Gummy Bear Thumbprint Cookies

Melt your favourite colour gummy bear in the middle of these cookies for a completely different (and colourful) cookie surprise.

This cookie recipe by Justapinch.com is nice and simple to follow.

#15. Jam Tart Heart Cookies

These jam tarts hearts are really easy to do and quick to put together. It’s amazing how you forget that good old jam is sooo tasty!

Ideal for fun cooking with children too.

#16. Emoji Cookies

You’ve gone to all the trouble to make lovely home baked treats, so why not consider packaging them nicely for display? Kin Community has neat ideas in this video.

Halloween Bake Sale Ideas

#37. Halloween Popcorn Balls

These sweet popcorn balls are best served on the day they are made but you can eat them up to 3 days after popping the corn. You can also use wafer ice cream cones to serve them, which would look nice on a tray for a bake sale.

#38. Ghostly Bites

These Ghostly Bites are suitably “Halloweeny” and can be made gluten free or with conventional ingredients.

This recipe makes 10 ping-pong sized ghosts.

#39. Halloween Tea Barm Brack

Barm Brack is a very traditional Irish fruit tea bread make at Halloween and used to contain various objects baked into the tea bread, most traditionally a ring and if you found the ring, you would be wed within the year. This Barm Brack recipe uses tea to flavour the cake and add extra moistness.

#40. Jack Skellington Cake Pops

These Jack Skellington Cake Pops are perfect for any Halloween bake sale, you’ll find recipe details here.

#41. Halloween Pumpkin Scones

A great way to use up pumpkin flesh that you have scooped out for making your Halloween Lanterns. We often think of savoury dishes for pumpkin, but it’s sweetness lends itself perfectly to sweet treats too.

These delicious pumpkin scones travel well for easy bake sale transport too.

Christmas Bake Sale Ideas

#42. Eloise’s Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Winner of a past MyKidsTime Best Christmas Cookie competition, Eloise’s Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are easy to make and are sure to be a real hit with kids and parents alike.

#43. Christmas Star Biscuits

These easy to make Christmas Star Biscuits were submitted by mum Deirdre C for our Christmas Cookie Recipe Competition. They are also ideal to make as presents for teachers, friends and relations.

#44. Mincemeat and Almond Shortbread

Shortbread is always a classic for Christmas, why not try this Mincemeat and Almond Shortbread Recipe to get a real flavour of Christmas. Ideal with a cup of hot chocolate, tea or coffee on a cold winter’s eve.

#45. Rudolph Buns

Using a traditional cupcake recipe these super-cute Rudolph Buns are sure to be a hit at your bake sale.

If you are pressed for time and don’t have time to make chocolate icing simply melt your favourite chocolate bar and dip the buns into the melted chocolate before decorating.

#46. Cranberry & White Chocolate Chip Cookies

This festive Cranberry and White Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe was submitted for our Christmas Treats Recipe Competition. I have made them myself and can assure you that they are not just for Christmas but are delicious year round!

#47. Gingerbread Men

Simple to make and easy bake. Why not decorate these biscuits in fun ways to make them more interesting for your bake sale. These Gingerbread Men (and Women) also make the house smell great!

Or to really push the boat out for your bake sale, why not make a whole Gingerbread Village?

#48. Rosie’s Melting Snowmen Cookies

Another finalist in our Best Christmas Cookie Competition, Rosie’s Melting Snowman Cookies only contain a few ingredients and if you’re stuck for time (or inclination!), you could cheat by using shop bought biscuits and decorating them!

#49. Christmas Tree Edible Decorations

Follow this great recipe for Chocolate Christmas Tree Edible Decorations that are sure to be a winner with everyone attending your bake sale. They are really simple to make and look very professional.

#50. Chocolate Bark

These yummy looking Chocolate Bark ideas from LoveBites would also be a lovely bake sale idea.