Ronald McDonald House Charities has a special place in my heart. RMHC is a worthy cause that seeks to help families with sick and injured children. Many time when a child is sick or injured they must seek medical help far away from home. This can leave a parent with the real possibility of being away from their child, which is heart breaking and scary for both parent and child. RMHC seeks to keep families together by giving people a place to stay while they child is being taken care of at little to no cost to them. Every Ronald McDonald House provides private rooms, home cooked meals and play rooms for children so that parents can focus on helping their child heal instead of how they are going to afford a hotel.
Right now RMHC is looking to raise money so they can help even more families in need. There are a lot of ways to raise money but my personal favorite is a bake sale. I love spending time in my kitchen creating lots of delicious goodies and why not put all of those goodies to good use? I have compiled some of the things from many many bake sales and included some of my favorite recipes below that always do so well at a sale!
Tips for a Bake Sale
- Location! Find a great high traffic area! What about a high traffic street corner or maybe at a local park.
- Recruit Help. Let people know about Ronald McDonald House Charities and why you want to help! Recruit people in your schools, church and neighborhood to bake cookies, cakes and other items for the sale!
- Label everything with a price. It may help to have a standard pricing system such as items that are $1, $3, $5 and $10.
- Have everything ready to sell. Make sure every cake or plate of cookies is packaged in a way that is easy to sell. This also takes care of some of the sanitation issues of having food out.
- Have small items like individual cookies ready to sell for those who want to buy something small.
- Think of larger items like whole cakes too! These can be sold for more money.
My husband always thinks it is hilarious that a no-bake cookie is my go to go a bake sale, but they always sell SO fast! There is something perfectly delicious about peanut butter and chocolate together. These cookies are so easy to make gluten free and what an amazing option to have at a bake sale!
Gluten Free No Bake Cookies
You will need:
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups gluten free quick-cooking oats
- parchment paper
Combine the butter, cocoa, sugar and milk in a sauce pan. Melt the butter and stir until everything is well combined. Bring to a boil. Boil for 60 seconds (yes, set a timer!) and then remove from heat. Add the peanut butter and vanilla, whisking until smooth. Immediately stir in the oats. Drop spoonfuls of cookies on to a sheet of parchment paper and allow to cool for 30 minutes.
These easy cookies are the perfect recipe for your kids to make for the a bake sale or cake auction themselves. Other ideas of good recipes to include:
Lemon Bundt Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
How would you help RMHC help families?
A friend of mine has to be gluten-free and she’s always looking for desserts she can enjoy. I’m definitely going to share this post with her because they all look good to me.
Always looking for great and different cookies to make and enjoy. In our state we can’t do bake sales anymore. Food and regulations won’t allow it anymore. Sad!
The cookies and cakes looks really delicious. It’s really important to have a high traffic area for a bake sale. It also help to have low valued items which you can add on to some items to entice buyers,
Oh yum, I love making these. They’re so easy and delicious. I tend to send in store bought stuff for bake sales.
I love the Ronald McDonald house too! My family stayed in one when my daughter was in the hospital for a few days.
My mom used to make no-bake cookies like this (with regular oats) a lot when I was younger. They are so good and easy. It’s great that you can make them gluten free to enjoy!
What some lovely sounding cookies, they would be perfect to make for any occasion and I love that they are no bake!
This is good bake sale advice. I think putting one together would be really fun and rewarding. Your no-bake cookies look good!
Ugh! After the second picture I just wanted to lick your whole screen. The no bake cookie recipe is delicious. The ingredients seem like ingredients that you’d typically have in your house. Great recipe!
I’m not sure which of those I would want most. They all look amazing. The Ronald McDonald House is an amazing charity.
These all look so delicious! I love the frosting treatment on the bundt cakes and the sugar cookies are adorable. I’m a sucker for sprinkles.
Everything looks divine! I will try the no bake cookies. The oatmeal will give me a good amount of dietary fiber! Thanks for the tips on how to have a successful bake sale. I will share this article with my sister. I know she and her mommy friends organize a bake sale often.
RHMC is such an amazing charity! I love the idea of helping families when they are so stressed. Will definitely try your recipe!
These cookies look delicious! My best friend is gluten free, so I will have to make these for her.
RMDH is a great organization, a friend of mine had been hoping to stay there while her son was hospitalized for a few months but they were full. It is sort of ironic that your favorite cookie for a bake sale is a no-bake cookie.
No bake cookies are awesome! Of course all of these other goodies look great too! =)
Hosting a bake sale and donating the profits to a place like the Ronald McDonald house is an amazing idea! I love no bake cookies, but I have never had some that are gluten free. That is a great idea when trying to appeal to a lot of people, then more people can buy the cookies!
I can’t believe these are gluten free! They look amazing! I just have to try them and share with my niece! YUM!