How to Ship Cookies
Food Network Magazine packed up dozens of fragile treats and mailed them across the country to see just what would keep the cookies from crumbling.
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Box 1
- Cookies packed snugly in the tin
- Tin placed in a box
- Box padded with newspaper
Result: Cushioning the tin with newspaper isn't enough. On one trip, a quarter of the cookies broke; on another, most shattered. And our box marked "FRAGILE" was the worst off!
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Box 2
- Cookies packed in the tin between layers of wax paper
- Tin Placed in the box
- Box padded with newspaper
Result: Despite the wax-paper layers, some delicate cookies suffered (reindeer lost their legs), but this method worked fine for sturdier trees and circles.
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Box 3
- Cookies packed in the tin between layers of bubble wrap
- Tin placed in the box
- Box padded with newspaper
Winner! Bubble wrap gave the cookies the protection they needed — just one angel cracked in half. The trick: Pack your tin snugly so the cookies won't move in transit.
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