Custom Cookie Boxes & Cookie Packaging
Cookies split into two very different packaging problems depending on what you bake. A crisp shortbread needs protecting from moisture, a thick gooey cookie needs protecting from itself. Same product name, opposite requirements. We print a lot of cookie packaging at ZEE Packaging and the first thing we ask is always which kind you are selling.
Crisp Or Soft Changes Everything
The cookie box you need depends entirely on texture.
- Crisp cookies need a moisture barrier, humidity turns them chewy
- Soft cookies need venting, trapped steam makes them sticky and pale
- Never mix crisp and soft in one unvented cookie box, one ruins the other
- Grease resistant treatment on anything with high butter content
- Coated inner face where chocolate may melt against board
- Inner wrap for shelf life, board on its own holds nothing
Most texture complaints a bakery gets come down to this choice, not the recipe.
Stopping Breakage
- Snug fit, a half filled cookie box lets the stack knock itself apart
- Divider or tray on a mixed assortment
- Never let a decorated cookie touch a wall, the icing chips
- Rigid base so the stack does not flex when carried
- Corrugated outer for delivery, retail cookie packaging is not a shipper
- Corner protection, that is where the drop load lands
- Auto lock bottom carton the everyday cookie box for a bakery counter
- Window carton sells the product on sight, very popular cookie packaging
- Tuck end sleeve single or two cookie grab and go
- Rigid lid and base gift and hamper cookie packaging
- Drawer slide box a nice reveal for a decorated set
- Corrugated tray with sleeve catering and bulk order
Sizes We Print Regular
Every cookie box is built to your product, though these run often:
- 4" x 4" x 2" for a two cookie pack
- 7" x 5" x 2" for a four piece cookie box
- 9" x 7" x 2.5" for six
- 11" x 8" x 2.5" for a dozen
- 8" x 8" x 2" for a decorated set with divider
- 12" x 10" x 3" for a catering cookie packaging tray
Measure your baked cookies, they spread wider than the dough balls suggest.
Board And Food Safety
- Food grade certified stock, always, no exception
- Kraft board, the most requested look in this category
- White SBS where you need vivid print
- 18pt to 20pt on small format
- 22pt to 24pt on a dozen, weight adds up
- Corrugated E flute for catering and delivery
Thin board sags under a dozen cookies and the base gives out at the worst moment.
Choices That Cut Waste
- Recycled kraft cookie box with no lamination
- FSC certified board, certificate on request
- Soy based ink through the run
- Grease resistant coating instead of poly lining
- Compostable window film in place of PET
- Right sized cookie packaging so you ship less air
What You Get With Us
- 100 unit minimum, so a home baker can start properly
- Free 3D mockup and flat proof every order
- Free dieline drawn by our own designer
- Urgent turnaround at 5 to 8 business days
- Free shipping worldwide, nothing hidden
- One contact from artwork right through to delivery
Frequently Asked Questions
Crisp or soft, which needs more protection?
Different protection rather than more. Crisp cookies need a barrier against moisture, soft cookies need venting so they do not go sticky.
Do we need an inner wrap?
For shelf life yes. The cookie box handles damage, the wrap handles freshness, and most retail products need both.
Will butter mark through kraft?
Untreated kraft will. A grease resistant coating stops it and it still recycles, unlike poly lined board.
What’s the price for a box of cookies?
Rough estimate is $0.20 to $0.60 per unit for a small carton, $0.45 to $1.20 for a dozen and $2.20 to $5.00 for rigid gifts at moderate quantity. Window and divider move it. Shipping is included in our price. This is estimate only, so ask our team for a exact quote.
Can you do a window?
Yes with PET or compostable film. It works very well for decorated cookies where the design is the sale.
Is the stock food safe?
Always. We only run food grade certified board for anything holding food.
How do we protect iced cookies?
Divider so nothing touches, and a little clearance above so the icing never meets the lid.
