How to i mail cookies to someone?!


Question: i have to mail home made chocolate chip, peanut butter and sugar cookies to someone. they are being mailed from my home in Boston to his house in New Jersey and then he has to take them to Pensylvannia to his training program. how to make sure they will still be fresh (aka not rock hard and stale) when he gets them. how can i package them to make sure they also dont get broken?

Answers: i have to mail home made chocolate chip, peanut butter and sugar cookies to someone. they are being mailed from my home in Boston to his house in New Jersey and then he has to take them to Pensylvannia to his training program. how to make sure they will still be fresh (aka not rock hard and stale) when he gets them. how can i package them to make sure they also dont get broken?
I will usually place them in a plastic ziplock bag. Make sure you get as much air out as possible. Then I put the styrofoam peanuts in a box and lay the cookies in that. Then I cover the cookies with more of the styrofoam and tape up the box. They get there fine. Unfortuantely, staleness begins as soon as you pull those bad boys out of hte oven. But they should be fine.

I have mailed cookies and cakes to Asia and Europe and they were received fine without a single broken cookie.
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    • Package them in an air-tight container with a slice of bread. The bread will keep them from going stale or drying out. Also, ship via DHL, UPS, or FedEX if you want to be sure they make it - the post office is only good for delivering junk mail.
    Once you have decided which cookie to bake, try to time the baking and shipping as close together as possible, preferably the same day or within 24 hours.

    Let the cookies cool to room temperature. If you are not ready to ship them today, place the cookies into an airtight container until you are.

    Next, wrap the cookies with cellophane. Foil would work too, but cellophane is nicer because you can still see the cookies. You can wrap the cookies individually, but wrapping them two at a time, back to back, will keep them more secure during shipment. Besides, who eats just one cookie? When they arrive at your destination, everyone will be more than happy to retrieve a double package of cookies from the container. While wrapping the cookies in cellophane, make sure to place a layer of it between the cookies as well. This will keep them from sticking together. Just cut a piece of cellophane wrap that is larger than both cookies laying side by side. Then lay one cookie, bottom side down at the top of the wrap. Next, fold the top of the wrap towards you, covering and turning the cookie upside down; the way you would fold a letter for a legal sized envelope. Now you can place another cookie, bottom side down, on top of the first covered cookie. Continue to wrap making sure they are sealed tight.

    After wrapping your cookies securely, make sure you have an airtight container to ship them in.
    I send cookies to by brother-in-law in Kentucky all the time. I get those disposable Tupperware containers and put alternating layers of cookies and either parchment or wax paper until the container is full. I freeze them and then send them so when they get there they're still fresh. If you pack the container tightly, but without squishing, they'll be safe.
    You have to use popcorn that has be popped in a air popcorn machine, if you use the stuff that cooks in the microwave it will ruin your cookies. This is how you pack the box. It will be in layers, popcorn , cookies,popcorn. It's the best way to ship cookies and they will not break .
    airtight bag, yes. bread slice also good. just make sure the cookies have completely cooled down to room temperature before you seal them in, so they don't steam and get soggy.

    use a box quite larger than the amount of room the cookies need, and cushion the package with a thick layer of unbuttered popcorn all the way around for cushioning.


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