Custom Cookie and Bakery Bags

Every bag on this page does one of four jobs. It wraps a single cookie, holds a short stack, keeps a batch fresh for weeks, or carries several items out the door.

Single cookies and stacks of three usually go into paper or clear film. For grab-and-go sales at a register, start with our small printed paper cookie bags and add a window if the cookie is decorated.

Longer shelf time calls for a barrier pouch with a zipper. Carrying jobs belong to handle bags and gable boxes, which take the weight of boxed orders.

Knowing which job you need narrows eleven styles down to two or three. The table below lays them all side by side.

If a product could fit two jobs, pick the stricter one. A cookie sold at the counter today and shipped next week needs the shipping bag.

Count the days between baking and eating. That number tells you more than any style chart.

Cookies sold the same morning rarely need more than a paper sleeve. Cookies that sit on a cafe shelf for three or four days do better sealed in film.

Soft cookies lose moisture faster than crisp ones, and they go stale in paper by the next day. Crisp cookies pick up moisture in humid weather, so a sealed bag protects both kinds.

Anything shipped across the country or stocked by a reseller needs a real barrier. Printed resealable mylar pouches for cookies give you a zipper and a heat seal, so the pack stays closed until the buyer opens it.

Tell us the shelf time you are aiming for when you ask for a quote. We will suggest the lightest bag that meets it, so you do not pay for barrier you will never use.

Butter cookies, shortbread and anything glazed will mark plain paper within an hour. The mark spreads through your print and makes a fresh bake look old.

Grease-resistant lined paper fixes this. It is the standard choice on our printed donut bags with lined paper, and we offer the same lining on cookie and pastry bags.

Clear film and metallized pouches do not absorb oil, so lining only matters for paper. If you are unsure, send us one cookie on a sheet of printer paper and look at it after an hour. A ring means you need lining.

Lining adds a little stiffness to the bag as well. That helps a flat paper bag hold its shape at the register instead of curling at the corners.

Once a customer buys two boxes or a box and a loaf, a small bag stops working. They need a flat base and a handle.

Our printed bakery carry bags with handles are sized around your boxes, so a cookie box sits level instead of tipping on its side.

Measure the footprint of your most common box and add half an inch each way. Then check the height of two boxes stacked, because that is how most counter staff pack a double order.

Some bag orders are really box problems. Frosted cookies, tall stacks and gift packs crush in soft packaging, and no bag size will change that.

A gable box with a clear front window gives you a carry handle plus four walls. It stands upright on a shelf and shows the cookies without opening.

A bakery that sells bread as well as cookies needs at least two bag types. Crusty loaves go soft in film, while cookies go stale in plain paper.

For loaves and rolls, our kraft and white paper bread bags let steam escape on the way home. Croissants and danish take the lined version.

Donut and pastry bags take the same lined paper as cookie bags, so one material order can cover three counters. That keeps reorders simple when you run low on one size.

Printing one logo across paper, cello and handle bags keeps the counter looking like a single brand. It is also easier for staff, who reach for a bag by size and not by design.

Ask for the set on one quote. We proof each bag with the same artwork placement so colors line up.

Two holidays drive most treat bag orders: Valentine's Day and Halloween. Both are handout seasons, where one cookie goes to each child or coworker.

For February, our printed Valentine treat bags come in clear film or paper with heart artwork. A twist tie with a small tag suits school handouts.

Handout bags are small, often around 4 by 6 inches for a single cookie. Plan the artwork so it still reads at that size, with a bold logo and little fine text.

Both seasons are short, so order once and order enough. A leftover stack of plain-logo bags is useful all year, while a dated design is not, so keep the year off the artwork.

Each material takes ink differently, so the same logo can look different on each bag. Kraft paper darkens colors, and we print white ink first so they stay bright.

Clear film carries ink with nothing behind it, so light colors fade against the cookie. A white backing layer under the logo helps on cello. Our matched sets of printed bakery bags use this so one logo reads the same on paper and film.

Metallized pouches print in full color edge to edge, with matte or gloss on top. We send a digital proof for each material so you see the difference before anything is printed.

Keep the logo away from the top inch of any bag. That strip gets folded, gathered or sealed, and anything printed there ends up creased or hidden.

Send vector artwork if you have it, such as an AI, PDF or SVG file. If you only have a photo of your logo, our team can redraw it for free before the proof.

Send your cookie size, the count per bag and a logo file. We reply with a price and a free digital proof, and you can ask for as many rounds of changes as you need.

Approval starts the clock. Your bags are printed within 4 to 6 business days, then spend 2 to 3 business days with the carrier, with no shipping charge to the US, UK, Canada or Australia.

Food-contact grade materials are available on request. Tell us how the bag will be used, whether it holds a warm cookie or a frozen one, and we will match the film or paper to it.

If a bag arrives misprinted or damaged, report it within 10 days with a photo. We reprint or refund it.