How It Works

Made fresh, just for you.

Every Smashed Penny kit is fresh baked the week of your date. Nothing sits on a shelf, nothing arrives stale — here's exactly how a kit gets from my kitchen to your kitchen.

Fresh-baked sugar cookies with buttercream piping bags and sprinkles

The cookies + the frosting

Real buttercream. Real sugar cookies.

  • A recipe with history. Soft, slightly chewy sugar cookies — no grocery-store dough, no shortcuts, no preservatives.
  • Fresh buttercream, not royal icing. Stays soft, tastes incredible, easy to pipe. The cookies people actually want to eat.
  • Small batches only. We bake to your date so your kit is at its peak when it lands on your counter.

The Journey

Order → Bake → Deliver → Decorate

  1. Step 1

    You order

    Pick a kit (or design a custom one) and choose your date. We open orders a couple weeks ahead so we can bake fresh.

  2. Step 2

    We bake

    Cookies come out of the oven the week of your date and fresh buttercream is whipped to match your kit.

  3. Step 3

    It arrives

    Your kit is packed by hand in a kraft window box and on its way to you soon after — fresh, never sitting on a shelf.

  4. Step 4

    You decorate

    Open the box, snip the piping bags, and make it yours. Tag @smashedpennytreats — we love seeing what you create.

Overhead view of a child decorating sugar cookies with piping bags of buttercream

The Decorating Experience

Three sweet little steps.

  1. Step 1

    Open Your Kit

    Receive freshly baked cookies, frosting, sprinkles, and instructions.

  2. Step 2

    Get Creative

    Snip the frosting bags and decorate however you'd like.

  3. Step 3

    Make Sweet Memories

    Enjoy a fun activity together and eat your creations when you're finished.

Keeping it fresh

Up to a week in the fridge.

Pop your kit in the fridge until you're ready to decorate. Cookies and buttercream stay fresh for up to a week — when you're ready, take the frosting out of the fridge for just 5 minutes, then knead each piping bag for about 30 seconds to soften the buttercream before piping.

Pro tip: decorate within the first few days for the softest cookies and brightest frosting colors.
A packed Smashed Penny Treats kraft box ready for delivery

Ready to make something sweet?