<p>I want to mail my friends still at college a Halloween care package with homemade treats. Does anyone have suggestions for baked goods that will hold up in the mail? Any Halloween themed suggestions/recipes would be even better! Thanks 
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<p>Consider how to send them so they will reach without the chance of being stolen if left on a doorstep/ inside an unsecured building et al. Consider how long it will take the treats to get there- instate may only be a day, across the entire country will take longer- you can check with UPS and the post office (USPS). Also consider the cost- heavy items in a USPS single rate box could be cheapest.</p>
<p>I have used both UPS and USPS to send frozen birthday cakes that took a day or so to reach my son. I got one complaint as once I use a nearly empty, expired cereal box as part of the cushioning- he note the cereal was stale. I used plenty of bubble wrap and/or those peanuts from packages we received. Popcorn would work as well. Items will shift in the box unless gaps filled in.</p>
<p>Consider items that are not fragile. Despite your best packing efforts some goods will crumble. Bars tend to work well. Also consider heat and cold in transportation and being in a warehouse for a few hours. The frozen sheet cake thawed en route and I had the plastic container from the grocery store. </p>
<p>Rice Krispie treats could be made with food coloring and orange frosting with :chocolate Scotcheroos" (old Kelloggs recipes). Brownies travel well- and could be decorated. Seven Layer Bars also (recipes online). Do cut the bars so the recipient doesn’t need to.</p>
<p>I sent cookies I baked in CA to bro in Boston. He said they awful and tossed them. Never sent baked goods again. I know others have successfully. </p>
<p>I send baked good like cookies, brownies, and banana or zucchini bread all the time. I wrap in foil or plastic baggies and put them in a box. They arrive in great shape, I am told. I send via Priority Mail usps. It typically takes 2 days to go 1000 miles.</p>
<p>I bake in the morning and ship USPS Priority Mail in the afternoon, early in the week, and text recipient to check mail on expected delivery day.</p>
<p>I live in the middle of the country and have baked my kids in college on the east coast their favorite, pumpkin bread with mini chocolate chips. I bake it in mini-loaves on a Saturday morning and mail it flat rate in the smallest box that day. I think I can get 4 mini loaves in a box. They receive it on Monday.</p>
<p>Yup, sent the cookies priority mail. Have no idea what went wrong but was crushed that it didn’t work out. </p>
<p>Thank you! It is instate so it shouldn’t take too long. Rice Krispies sound great, I’m leaning towards that. </p>
<p>Gingersnaps keep really well.</p>
<p>My friend used to mail oatmeal cookies in christmas tins. You can get them at dollar stores around this time (or soon)</p>
<p>I send care packages via USPS priority too - it’s worked really well. I find bar-type cookies work better for mailing vs. regular cookies. Any kind of loaf arrives intact too, also muffins. I just did a batch of oatmeal cookies that didn’t fare so well - they apparently were pretty crumbly although both boys said they tasted good. I make pizza rolls that are loved by both and also survive the trip. </p>
<p>^pizza rolls! What a great idea. Are they like small calzones, @BTMell‌ ?</p>
<p>More like sweet rolls in how they look. Roll out your favorite pizza dough into a long rectangle. Fill with mozzarella cheese and whatever filling you like. I generally do non perishable fillings like banana peppers olives etc although in the winter I’ve done mini pepperoni and haven’t killed anyone yet. I don’t put pizza sauce in so it won’t get soggy. Then roll up long ways and seal the edge. Then cut ne inch pieces and put on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 425 for 12 minutes. I send them along with a b ottle of squeeze pizza sauce. My boys love them (so do their friends). I’m on an iPad so if his doesn’t make sense I’ll clarify!</p>
<p>Oh, that is terrific, thanks! I will send that next time. It will be a nice change from brownies and zucchini bread! Do you put them on the edge so it is like a spiral when you bake them? (Cochleas! Don’t get me started…:-)</p>
<p>(I sent my son a Halloween Chocolate Pizza mail ordered from the Chocolate Pizza Company. It was not cheap, but it brings back memories of when my grandmother found some mail order place that did chocolate pizzas in the 1980s and sent me them at college. My friends and I really enjoyed them.)</p>
<p>I’ve found that priority mail using my own box is cheaper than using the USPS preprinted boxes, unless the items are very heavy. I check the price using Log in to your PayPal account and then print the postage label.</p>
<p>Haha spirals = Cochleas. My favorite shape! Yes. That’s what they look like. I think somewhere I took a piCture. </p>
<p>@Happy2help I just discovered that. If I have heavy stuff if it fits works well but I always check</p>
<p>Yup - def do the priority box for baked goods. Just make sure not to send them over the weekend. Grandma suggests wrapping up the box (bubble wrap between layers) and then freezing it the night before you mail it.)</p>