Crew-Themed Bake Sale

August 23, 2012 3:38 PM

I need ideas for homemade items for a crew-themed bake sale.

I am running a table at a public street festival-type event for my kids' high school crew (you know, rowing) organization. I'd like to sell cookies or some kind of treat, and I'd like them to be crew-themed. I need ideas. I think one type of cookie will very simply be round sugar cookies with the organization's logo piped in frosting. But I thought it would fun to make something more themey. I thought of little "shells" made out of celery stalks with oars made of skinny pretzel sticks, but while it seems like a tasty snack to eat in my own house, I don't think it would seem very appetizing set out on a table outside. Also, I think there are rules that require each serving of food to be wrapped individually, like in little cellophane bags. What about cookie dough rolled into skinny rods with the ends flattened, like oars, then baked? Would they be too blobby? Ideas, please! Thank you.

posted by primate moon to food & drink (7 answers total)

Do you have a savory cooky into which you can bake pretzel sticks as oars and cooky as the boat?

What about megaphone shaped Rice Crispy treats?
posted by tilde at 3:42 PM on August 23, 2012

You can buy pastry shells that are long & skinny & pointed on the ends: kind of elliptical, like a kayak. Alternatively, you could get a baking sheet with that shape of molds. Fill them with friut or savory fillings like little bitty pies.
posted by easily confused at 3:54 PM on August 23, 2012

You could make any type of bar type cookie (my pick) and add some little pretzel oars on the sides. Or anything with a glossy ganache, and put little cashews on top to look like boats racing along perhaps?
posted by Garm at 3:55 PM on August 23, 2012

Crab-shaped cut-out sugar cookies, oar lollipops, coxswain candy.
posted by brina at 8:47 PM on August 23, 2012

Signs all over the table, "would you like this OAR that?"
posted by jennstra at 9:04 PM on August 23, 2012

Brina: crab-shaped? I guess I don't get the reference.

Jennstra: nyuk-nyuk.

But in that same vein, I think I might have settled (for now, anyway), on cookies in the shape of skulls (for sculls--the boats--get it?), shells (the other boats), and megaphones (thanks, Tilde!).

Would definitely welcome more ideas. Thanks, all!
posted by primate moon at 8:43 AM on August 24, 2012

Oh, sorry, the crab-shaped cookies are for "catching a crab." It's a bad thing that happens when you're rowing: watch the guy in the six seat in this video for an example.
posted by brina at 11:28 AM on August 26, 2012