Bake Sale Success!

Happy Easter, Dear Readers!!!

So, Saturday was my big bake sale!!! We held our bake sale at our town's annual Easter Egg Hunt. It was a gorgeous spring day in Georgia, and there was a huge turnout for the festivities. Our goal was to raise at least $200 for our county's Boys and Girls Club. I didn't get a chance to pull out my camera until we had already sold almost half of our goodies, but here are a few photos I managed to snap.

You can see in the far background of this photo, the children are all lined up for the start of the egg hunt!

We color-coded the tables:
pink = 50 cents each,
blue = $1 each,
and yellow = $2 each.



These moon-pie lollipops were a very popular item!

Here are the mini-cupcakes from my previous post.
The kinds liked being able to pick their favorite color.
The lemon squares also went pretty fast!
My mom's Bran Muffins were a great healthy item.

Mini pecan pies, mini lemon meringue pies, and peep cupcakes.
In the background, you can see the Coconut Cake
that a "famous" local lady made -
we sold it whole for almost $30!

Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Rods
Lemon Tarts
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Easter Egg Sugar Cookies



Chocolate Chip Cookies
Trail Mix
Coconut Cake
Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Rods
Banana Nut Bread



We even had Dog Treats from Brown Dog Boutique!

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~ And a final tally of the money we raised? ~

$434.50!!!

We more than doubled our goal!!!

Thank you to all of our volunteers,
all of our bakers,
all of our eaters and snackers,
and everyone else
who made this event such a great success!

Summary of My Day

Ever wonder what it's like to have 6 dozen mini-cupcakes on your kitchen counter? In addition to about 4 dozen cookies, 2 dozen mini lemon meringue pies, and 8 dozen mini-muffins?

Yeah, me neither!

Here is the recipe for the chocolate cupcakes. Here is the recipe for the icing. They sure do taste good, but I sure am tired now.

Please support tomorrow's bake sale here. Thanks, and goodnight!

Bake Sale Basics

I have complied some great recipes I've gotten from other food bloggers that they recommend for bake sales. I also added a few recipes from my fellow bloggers that looked extra good! Thanks to my contributors, and thank you to our volunteer bakers, too!

Basic Blondies

Dark Double Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispy Hearts

Black Bottom Cupcakes

Bittersweet Brownies

Caramel Glazed Blackberry Jam Cake

Coconut Macadamia Bars

Mini Chocolate Orange Chunk Cakes

Pumpkin Granola Grabbers

White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Black & White Red Velvet Cookies

Monster Cookies

Peanut Butter Fudge

Sunday Morning Blueberry Muffins

Easy Apple-Bran Muffins

Cranberry-Walnut Bread

Banana Trail Mix Bread

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

M&M Cookies

Alton Brown's "The Chewy"

Chocolate and Regular Rollout Cookies

Soft Chocolate Chip cookies

Raspberry Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pina Colada Cupcakes

Blueberry Lemon Basil Cupcakes

Chocolate Banana Caramel Cupcakes

Chocolate Marshmallow Bars

Oreo Brownies

Apple Spice Bars

M&M Treats

Sugar Cookies

Chocolate, Toffe & Pecan Blondies

Lemon Ricotta Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins

Cowboy Cookies

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies

Cappuccino Biscotti

Blueberry Banana bread

Cinnamon Apple Bars

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Coconut-Lemon-Almond Cake

Chocolate-Chunk Hazelnut Blondies

Lemon Bars

Vanilla Lime Bites

Snickerdoodles

Almond-White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Muddy Buddies/Puppy Chow

Honey-Nut Granola Bars

Chocolate Truffles

Grasshopper Bars

Snickerdoodles

Peanut Butter and Jelly Shortbread Wedges

BBFCCCC (Best Big Fat Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies)

Great American Bake Sale

Vintage Victuals is proud to be participating in Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale!

We'll be participating in a bake sale being held on
Saturday, April 11, 2009
from 11 AM to 2 PM
in Jefferson, Georgia.

The City of Jefferson hosts a HUGE Egg Hunt that day hosting kids from all over Northeast Georgia. We will be set up right next to the festivities. (Heaven forbid any child go without a sugar high on Easter weekend, right?)

Proceeds from the Great American Bake Sale go directly to grants for organizations that feed hungry children in after-school and summer programs, when they may not be able to get three square meals a day. We are working in connection with the Jackson County Boys and Girls Club to ensure that the money raised in our community will go to our neighbors in need.

So, local readers, please email jeffersonbakesale@gmail.com if you would like to participate in this great event! And check out our team's website here for more of the nitty gritties!

And far-away readers, never fear because you can participate, too! Please consider donating to our group on our team's website or think about hosting your own bake sale! Click on the banner at the top of this post to learn more about how you can get involved with this great project.

I will be doing a BIG round-up post here on VV with pictures from the bake sale, plus recipes for those contributors who wish to share their treats with my readers!

Finally, I ask that if you are a regular reader who wants to suggest a great bake sale recipe, please post a link to the recipe in a comment on this post!

Every little thing we do has an effect on others, so take just a moment to reach out and help stop hunger for the children in our communities. Thank you for all your love and support!