[Kelleybean]

Hello,

A friend of mine makes gift baskets and she has decided that she would like me to add my molded chocolates as an option for people to have added to their baskets. I am mot sure how much to charge for my chocolates. I use Lindt and it comes out to about 22 cents an ounce. I am making some small chocolates that are about ½ ounce for sampling purposes. We shall see what happens.

If any of you have some advice or comments for me they are all welcome.

Thanks,

[aguynamedrobert]

I would say to calculate how much time it takes you to make "X" amount of you product and then see how much you want per hour then minus the amount of ingredients...do it that way and you can work out how much you really want/need to make....

Robert
www.chocolateguild.com

[greenawalt87]

Chocolates go for minimal of $8 lb so $10 is not that much, if yours are excellent ones go as high as $15 lb.

[Culprit]

Kelleybean, it looks like you are new to the commercial side of the culinary arts (and sciences) but your business sense will grow rapidly if you begin selling your creations.
Your 22 cents per ounce for the chocolate is a good starting point but you must factor in the amount of time it takes to prepare the candies, including clean-up time, the cost of utilities, equipment, any assistance, cost of licenses or permits, etc. in order to come up with a true cost of your product. Fifteen dollars a pound is only good it you spend less than that to prepare a pound of your candy. Otherwise, you're losing money. I seriously doubt that your cost for making the product would be that high but I wanted to use the available figures to make the point. Remember that if you can't ask a fair price for your product you give the appearance that you don't have confidence in either your ability or the quality of the product itself.
Good luck in your venture and I hope you make a bundle......

[Kelleybean]

Thanks to all of you for you help. I hope that this will become a successful indever for me.

Kelley