Promotional Items at a Craft/Trade Show

[Thinker]

Has any given out pens (for example) at a craft/trade show? What did you hand out? Where did you buy it? I was thinking about handing our pens but I am looking for a good cheap price.

 

[wadesgirl]

I usually just give a booking flyer and a recipe card with my info. They are more likely to keep the recipe card.

 

[Trish1953]

I agree. Postcard recipes. The last couple of fairs I also made the attached recipe (Chunky Monkey and the Black Forest Cakes were big hits). Put toothpicks in small pieces of the cake. People loved the samples and wanted the recipe. I got their contact information (on a drawing slip) so I could follow up. Many marked cooking, catalog, FD, etc. on their forms.

Trish in Texas
Independent Consultant

 

[jbachen]

Trish, those recipes are AWESOME! I cannot wait to make cake samples for a street fair I am doing in April!!!Just so I am clear, the cakes mixes in the recipes are just the mixes, right? You don't prepare them like it says on the box, just use the mixes as an ingredient, right??And I love that you can do them in the DCB, since I do not have a fluted pan yet and was thinking I was just out of luck with the micro cake recipes. Thanks so much!

 

[camilleb]

bump, want to know the same also

 

[stefani2]

just the mixIt is just the cake mix itself (but correct me if I am wrong).

 

[Trish1953]

It is just the cake mix. The 3 eggs make up for the liquids you would have used to make a regular cake. I used colored icing on the top of one of them to make it look like it had a flower on top. I thought that would be good to use in April, when April showers bring May flowers. You can also experiment with your favorite flavors of cake, pudding or pie filling, icing to make your own unique cake.

Trish Kidd
Independent Consultant

 

[merego]

Those are great, thank you for sharing!!

 

[CookingwithMary]

I made the apple cake late last night (in the regular oven). Devoured by family for Easter brunch treat today. btw-- Not really happy with micro cakes in my low wattage oven, w/out a turntable. Cakes in other micros turned out fine.Used yellow cake mix, apple pie filling and PC cinnamon plus. It was more 'quick bread like' and really didn't taste as sweet as cake, which we found interesting.

 

[PamperChefCarol]

Has any given out pens (for example) at a craft/trade show? What did you hand out? Where did you buy it? I was thinking about handing our pens but I am looking for a good cheap price.

I stopped giving samples way back. People descend upon you like they haven't ate in a week. I just give out a recipe card with my contact info and try to engage them to fill out a drawing slip.