@CarolineMc posted:Hi! I'm new here too. I also really liked these posts and they lead me to the great books and resources of Small Food Biz, which I am currently using to guide me toward selling cookies for the first time. I have a question about the product cost and pricing tool spreadsheet which I purchased and downloaded from the site. It allows you to cost a cookie recipe but then there is also the added cost of the frosting. Would I then create another sheet just for the frosting? Or would I calculate how much frosting would be needed for one batch of cookies and add it to the same spreadsheet? How have others tackled this dilemna? Thanks!
Welcome! I think you could handle it either way (or with a combination of ways*), as long as what you ultimately charge encompasses the cost of all that goes on and into (the labor) the cookie. *When I had my shop I used a different costing program, but I costed out all basic recipes separately and then allocated what I would need of each when pricing out any custom project. Hope that answers your question.