Know what every recipe costs, and what to charge
CrumbCounts is a recipe cost and pricing tool for home and cottage bakers: it works out what every recipe costs, per batch and per serving, from real ingredient prices, and what to charge for it.
Try the free pricing calculator (no sign-up) or create a free account to save recipes.
Free tools
- Cottage bakery pricing calculator: ingredients, packaging, your time and margin to a selling price.
- Ingredient prices: monthly US average prices for eggs, butter, flour, sugar, milk and more (BLS), plus typical prices for spices, nuts, extracts and other baking ingredients.
- Recipe costs: what cookies, brownies, cinnamon rolls and more cost to make, ingredient by ingredient.
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What CrumbCounts does
- Recipe costing: cost per batch and per serving, updated as prices change.
- Pricing: suggested selling price from your costs and margin.
- Nutrition facts and PDF export for every recipe.
- Pantry tracking so you use what you buy.
Frequently asked questions
Is CrumbCounts free?
Yes. The pricing calculator, the ingredient price pages and the recipe cost pages are free and need no account. A free account saves up to 10 recipes with their costs; Premium ($4.99 a month) removes the limit.
How do I price homemade baked goods?
Add up what one batch costs you: ingredients, packaging, your time at an hourly rate, and a share of overhead such as electricity and equipment. Divide by the number of items to get the cost per item, then divide that by (1 minus your profit margin). At a 30% margin, an item that costs $1.40 to make sells for $2.00.
Where do the ingredient prices come from?
Staples such as eggs, butter, flour, sugar and milk use the monthly U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average retail price. Other ingredients use typical US grocery prices from the CrumbCounts catalog. Every price can be changed to what you actually pay.