Cookie pricing calculator

Find out what one cookie costs you to make, and what to charge per cookie and per dozen to keep the margin you want. Free and no sign-up. It all runs in your browser, so nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.

1. Your batch

Cookies one batch makes Bags, boxes and labels per cookie Margin you want (%) Round prices up to Currency symbol

Your share of bags, boxes and labels. A bag of 6 at 0.15 plus a label at 0.05 is about 0.03 a cookie.

2. Ingredients

Type what you paid for the pack and how much this batch uses. The example is 36 chocolate chip cookies, at typical US grocery prices. Replace it with your own.

3. Your numbers

Cost per cookie

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Price per cookie at a 60% margin

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Price per dozen: –
Ingredients per batch: –
Packaging per batch: –
Cost per batch: –
Profit per cookie at that price: –

Not counted here: your time and your overheads (electricity, gas, equipment, fees). For most bakers these are a big part of the real cost, so treat this price as a floor, not a final answer.

Price every cookie you sell, properly

This calculator prices one cookie recipe at a time and leaves out your time. The Popkiln Bakery Recipe Costing sheet (Google Sheets) does the rest:

Unlimited recipes in one list, all feeding one overview.
Adds your hourly rate and monthly overheads to every piece.
Converts cups and spoons to grams, with 25 common baking ingredients already listed.
Three pricing methods side by side, plus profit per hour of your time.
Flags products you sell below cost or below your target margin.
Scales any recipe up or down.

See the sheet ($14)

How much to charge for cookies

Total the batch (ingredients plus bags and labels), divide by the number of cookies, then set the price that leaves your margin. In the example above, 36 chocolate chip cookies cost $10.64 to make, $0.30 each. At a 60% margin that is $0.75 a cookie, or $9.00 a dozen.

Prices for common order sizes

At the example's $0.75 a cookie (ingredients and packaging only, before your time):

Order	Price
6 cookies	$4.50
12 cookies	$9.00
24 cookies	$18.00
36 cookies	$27.00
48 cookies	$36.00

Decorated cookies are priced on time

For drop cookies like chocolate chip, ingredients are most of the cost. Decorated sugar cookies are the opposite: flooding, detailing and drying can take several minutes a cookie, so your time can be worth more than everything else. Count it before you quote.

Margin is not markup

A 60% markup on $0.50 is $0.80, which is only a 37.5% margin. To keep a 60% margin, divide the cost by 0.40: $1.25. This calculator always works in margin.