Farmer's Market—Week 9, July 30, 2012

This week was a total success.


After last week's lackluster performance, I wasn't sure what to expect this week. But I decided to make most of what I normally make anyway. Last week, I had 14 packs of Squish Monsters for sale, and only sold 7. This week, I only had 10 to sell, and I sold out by 5:00. I'm sure I could have sold more if I had them. Also, last week, I had apple pie samples that I was giving away, yet I still ended up with a leftover pie, and lots of people asking for Apple HappyJacks, which sold out early last week. So this week, I didn't make any big pies, and made an abundance of HappyJacks (12 apple and 6 blueberry). Fortunately, all of the HappyJacks sold out, and believe it or not, within the first 30 minutes, I had someone ask for a big pie. It killed me to send them down the parking lot to the competition.


By the end of the day (in fact, by 6:45, a little before closing time), I had sold out of everything. I was thrilled. But it does make planning for next week a little more complicated. Will I really be able to sell another 18 HappyJacks? It seems like such a lot, and they're risky to make a lot of because they can't be frozen for the following week. Jack likes when these don't sell, because he then gets to eat them, but right now we're both trying to lose a few pounds, so it would really not be a good thing to have leftovers.


Anyway, my cookie of the week this week was the Snickerdoodle Blondie. The cookie of the week usually sells out by 6:00, if not sooner, so I was surprised this week when it took until almost 6:45 to sell them all. They are such a good cookie... kind of cake-like in texture (well, dense cake-like.... like a brownie), with snickerdoodle flavors. The cinnamon... the nutmeg.... oh, I can just taste them now. They were divine! I'm not sure what next week's cookie of the week will be. I'm not feeling particularly inspired at this time. I'm sure something will come to me.


Also, I decided not to make fortune cookies this week. They just have not been selling well, which I really don't understand. They're so good and flavorful, and they even have fortunes in them. But they're not worth the effort if no one is interested in them—they take a long time to make (well, relatively long, considering how long it takes me to make all of my other cookies).


Lastly, this week I also decided to make some homemade ice cream...not to sell at the market, of course, but to enjoy at home. I had some leftover Squish Monsters from a batch I had made for home, so I chopped up about 8 of them and put them in the ice cream. It is to die for! It's too bad I can't sell ice cream at the market. I'm certain all of you Squishie lovers would love this, too!


So that's the scoop for now (ha, no pun intended!). Until next time, have a yummy day!