Teacher Appreciation Cookies. Someone said on another post that teachers don’t eat homemade treats. Is that true? 🙁

by shushyum

28 Comments

  1. oliveisacat

    These are adorable – almost too cute to eat!

    I don’t teach in the US – I was honestly surprised at how many teachers said they wouldn’t dare eat a treat baked at home by a student. But I understand where they’re coming from for sure. I teach at an international school and my kids frequently share homebaked stuff with me and I’ve devoured it all without a second thought. This is all to say – the answer to OP’s question would seem to depend greatly on their specific context.

  2. Judgementalcat

    They are absolutely beautiful, I’m sure the teacher will be happy and appreciate your gift either way!

  3. embracetheodd

    I never eat other people’s bakes unless I trust them. I’ve seen too many gross kitchens in my day.

  4. My daughter made vegan cupcakes for her Spanish teacher one year and those were very much appreciated and were eaten because the teacher was happy to have had her dietary preferences taken into account.

  5. babybellllll

    my mom is a teacher and will only eat some of them mostly because she gets a lot and doesn’t want to eat sugary stuff anymore; but she gives a lot of them to me and i eat them so hers don’t go to waste at least. she’s been at the same school for 18 years though so she is pretty familiar with the families and staff that are giving her baked goods

  6. Idk, but these are so perfect they don’t even look real 😮

  7. kithkinkid

    I absolutely wouldn’t so I don’t blame them. Also the idea of underpaid teachers being inundated with bakes that will go stale before they can finish them is darkly funny to me – they’d definitely prefer everyone gave them the cost of ingredients in cold cash instead.

  8. terrabellan

    I never ate anything I was gifted when I was a teacher, but I appreciated the gesture

  9. MsKongeyDonk

    At my school, stuff like this goes to the office, then they put it in the lounge.

    Yes, absolutely, those cookies would get destroyed. We love cookies. The church down the road does a soup potluck and everyone brings us a crockpot. We devour that as well.

    99% of teachers would absolutely love these. Thank you for thinking of us.

  10. Angelwithashotgun4

    I used to give my teachers homemade cookies every year, even through my high school years. I know they ate them because they would tell me how good they were and once had the gym teacher announce to the class that I made good cookies. It would be really sad if teachers no longer accepted homemade baked goods

  11. Dazzling_Reporter_35

    I go to a small charter school and usually ONLY bake for the staff there. Everyone eats my treats and even asks me when i’m bringing more in

  12. CabbageFridge

    These are beautiful. Even if they don’t get eaten I’m sure they’ll still be appreciated. Just like cards, drawings, gift cards, pencils etc are. It all shows some thought and appreciation.

    I wonder how easily cookie baking and decorating skills would translate into other things like clay. I would always feel bad eating something so beautiful so for me something like a magnet or coaster would be a perfect option. I don’t have to feel bad not eating it for health or safety reasons and I also don’t have to feel bad eating or otherwise getting rid of something so lovely. Bonus points if kid’s name or something is carved or drawn on the back by the kid. It’s always super sweet to get something a bit more personal that the kid was involved in, even if it’s just a drawing in a cheap card. Well for me at least.

  13. Iridescentelvinwisp

    We have been in the same school system all of my kids lives so far; I am known to be a baker and the teachers ask my kids to bring them treats. This morning I was making huge chocolate chunk cookies that one of echo’s 

  14. Reasonable_Math6334

    I think if they look professional like this, and serves sealed, most teachers would assume that they came from a clean kitchen and a hygienic baker. I think a lot of caution comes from worry about hygiene of the baker and kitchen. And if the kid tampered with them in anyway, so sealed package instead of in a Tupperware maybe. They are beautiful! Great job!

  15. blinkingsandbeepings

    I am a teacher and I would absolutely murder these.

  16. moon_haven777

    i’m a teacher, if the parent bakes them I’ll eat them. if the child made them, i probably wouldn’t eat them. i’ve seen too many kids walk around with snot dripping down their noses and have no idea.

  17. whiskeyjane45

    My kids always report that their teachers are eating their cookies as the kids are leaving for lunch

    They have yet to become upset because the teacher still had their cookies by the end of the day

    We live in a rural area in a very small school and my face gets recognized even if they don’t know my name. I help out at the fall fair frequently and I usually see the teachers hiding my cakes at the bottom of the pile and then making their way onto the cart to go back in the school later lmao. They are welcome to it

  18. I once made cinnamon rolls for a firehouse. But I often wonder if they were tossed. They don’t know me from Adam. I haven’t done that again. It’s an all day affair for me and I don’t know if it gets eaten or not. Those are beautiful though!

  19. indigocaravan

    I never ate any homemade goods because I’m allergic to peanuts and you just can’t trust someone to look out for that, nor is that their responsibility. I really, gently, suggested to parents that gifts were not necessary, and I appreciate the thought and involvement in their children’s education.

  20. Bored_Simulation

    My partner doesn’t just eat baked goods he gets gifted, he even has a tradition with his grade 11-12 students where once every week one of them has to bring cake/pie/cookies for the whole class (the job rotates)

    He found that the students are way more engaged in math classes when it’s cake day

  21. MyothersisterDarryl

    I have seen how fast the treats go in the teacher’s lounge! Those might look too pretty to eat, but I would eat them anyway 🙂. 

  22. Elegant-Pressure-290

    I don’t know. I’m a cottage baker and sold teacher appreciation boxes to plenty of people, and my kid’s teachers got those same boxes. I really never thought about it.

  23. Responsible-Can111

    Are they kidding? Home made treats are the best! Especially if they are as gorgeous as yours! Thank you for the I’ve and care you out into those beautiful cookies!

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