Custom Food Packaging

Cookie Boxes

Cookie Boxes built to your specification — your dimensions, your board, your print.

Minimum order: 100 units
Production: 3–5 business days
Construction: folding carton
Delivery: US, UK, Canada, Australia

Cookie Boxes shown as a finished custom-printed pack

No obligation

Price it for service volumes

Name, email, phone and what you are packing and the volumes you run. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.

What cookie boxes have to cope with

Cookie Boxes hold stacked or laid-out cookies that crack if they can slide against each other. That is the starting point for the specification, because either fill the footprint or add a divider. Empty lateral space is what lets cookies move and chip.

In service they are used for bakery counters and gifting, where the box is carried horizontally and rarely stays horizontal.

Where cookie boxes are actually used

Cookie Boxes are specified for bakery counters and gifting, where the box is carried horizontally and rarely stays horizontal. Either fill the footprint or add a divider. Empty lateral space is what lets cookies move and chip.

Bakery counters and gifting, where the box is carried horizontally and rarely stays horizontal
Shelf display in specialty retail
Subscription and gift sets
E-commerce inner packaging

The substrate for cookie boxes

14pt to 16pt SBS with a grease-resistant base, since butter migrates from the bottom layer downward.

The options we would consider for this format are below; either fill the footprint or add a divider. Empty lateral space is what lets cookies move and chip.

12pt SBS paperboard
14pt SBS paperboard
16pt SBS paperboard
18pt kraft board
recycled CCNB board

Printing cookie boxes

If a window is specified, print a frame around it — an unframed aperture makes the contents look sparse.

Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography are all available for this format. Run length usually decides which is cheapest: digital removes the plate cost on short quantities, offset and flexo overtake it at volume.

Finishing cookie boxes

If a window is specified, print a frame around it — an unframed aperture makes the contents look sparse.

Each finish below is a separate pass on the press or the finishing line, which is why they are quoted individually rather than bundled.

Gloss lamination
Matte lamination
Soft-touch lamination
Spot UV
Foil stamping
Embossing
Debossing
Aqueous coating

Sizing cookie boxes

Shallow and wide — around 8 × 6 × 2 in for a dozen laid flat, taller if stacked in columns.

Send the contents rather than a box size. A window is added for appeal and then the box is filled to a level below the window, so the customer sees an empty gap.

Holding cookie boxes before service

Cookies slide within the box and chip at the edges, which is a movement failure rather than a crush failure.

Paperboard also absorbs moisture from the air until it equalises with its surroundings. If stock sits more than about six weeks in unconditioned space, a moisture-resistant coating is worth its small premium.

Preparing artwork

Supply artwork on the dieline we send you, with 3 mm bleed past every trim edge and all text held 4 mm inside the fold lines.

Supply a print-ready PDF or vector file with fonts outlined and images at 300 dpi. Our prepress team checks every file before a proof is issued. The check that catches most files is type sitting too close to a crease, which is easier to move at layout than at proof.

Ordering cookie boxes

The useful starting point is the product, not the pack. Give us its measurements and the quantity, and we work the folding carton outward from there.

A dieline template follows, sized to your product. Prepress checks your artwork against it and issues a proof; nothing runs until you sign that off.

What buyers get wrong with cookie boxes

A window is added for appeal and then the box is filled to a level below the window, so the customer sees an empty gap.

The rest of these come up often enough across the format to be worth stating plainly.

Specifying board weight without saying how hot or greasy the contents are.
Forgetting that a pack carried at an angle in a courier bag behaves differently to one on a counter.
Choosing a vented lid for a dish that needs to stay hot, or a sealed one for a dish that needs to stay crisp.
Ordering a year of stock that then sits through a humid summer.

Sampling before you order

Ask for an unprinted sample if the question is fit, or a printed prototype if the question is colour. They answer different things.

Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.

Reference

Cookie Boxes at a specification level

Product	Cookie Boxes
Category	Custom Food Packaging
Construction	Die-cut, creased and seam-glued
Board thickness	12pt – 18pt depending on product weight
Ships as	Flat-packed, glued one seam
Materials	12pt SBS paperboard, 14pt SBS paperboard, 16pt SBS paperboard, 18pt kraft board
Printing	Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography
Finishes	Gloss lamination, Matte lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Foil stamping
Minimum order	Minimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises.
Lead time	3 to 5 business days after artwork approval
Shipping	Across the US, UK, Canada and Australia

In practice

Why buyers specify this format

Fitted to what goes in it

Shallow and wide — around 8 × 6 × 2 in for a dozen laid flat, taller if stacked in columns.

The failure worth avoiding

Cookies slide within the box and chip at the edges, which is a movement failure rather than a crush failure.

Where it has to work

Specified for bakery counters and gifting, where the box is carried horizontally and rarely stays horizontal.

The detail that decides it

Either fill the footprint or add a divider. Empty lateral space is what lets cookies move and chip.

This format sits in our custom food packaging range, alongside 33 other made-to-order formats.

Answers

Cookie Boxes: questions buyers ask

Specification, minimums and lead times for cookie boxes.

Are these food-contact compliant?

We specify food-contact compliant boards and inks where the pack touches food directly. Tell us whether contact is direct or through a liner for cookie boxes, because it changes which stocks are available to you.

How do you stop grease showing through?

A grease-resistant coating or a greaseproof liner. Untreated board will always strike through eventually with hot, oily food — that is a property of the material rather than a quality fault, and it is inexpensive to design out.

Do cookie boxes arrive flat or assembled?

Flat and glued along one seam, so they pop open on your packing line. That keeps freight cost down considerably compared with a pre-assembled structure.

How long do cookie boxes take to produce?

3 to 5 business days after artwork approval, plus freight. Folding carton runs with applied finishes can take longer because each finish is a separate pass, and we confirm a firm date in writing with the quote.

What do cookie boxes cost?

Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. For this format the biggest levers are quantity, print route, board grade and how many finishing passes are involved. We quote each element separately so you can see where the money is going. Finishing passes are the lever buyers most often underestimate: each one is a separate run through the line.

Can I see a sample first?

Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. Worth running a few through your actual line rather than checking them by hand: fill speed and hot contents find fit problems that a desk check does not.

Can you match packaging we already use?

Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. Tell us the coating on the pack you are matching too. Grease and moisture resistance are not visible in a sample and they change which stocks we can quote.

Where do you deliver?

All 50 US states, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, on the same timeline everywhere: 3 to 5 business days of production after artwork approval, then 5 to 7 business days in transit. Every run is made to order and shipped directly to your address rather than pulled from stock, so you receive current production rather than whatever has been sitting in a warehouse. Freight is costed separately by weight, volume and destination. If stock is going into a kitchen or a service counter rather than a warehouse, tell us — case sizes that a single person can lift and store matter more there than pallet efficiency.

Can I order cookie boxes in a custom size?

Every run is cut to your dimensions — there are no stock sizes here. Send the product measurements rather than a box size and we will build the folding carton around them, then send a dieline template you can design onto.

What happens after I approve the quote?

We issue a dieline template sized to your product, prepress checks your artwork against it, and a proof comes back for sign-off. Nothing runs until you approve that proof, and folding cartons then take 3 to 5 business days.

Can you hold the specification for repeat orders?

Yes. Once a first run is approved we hold the board, structure, dimensions, print method and finishes against your account, so a reorder references the same specification exactly rather than being re-derived. The board and coating are held together, so a reorder cannot quietly arrive on a stock with different grease resistance.

Do you offer recycled or recyclable options?

Recycled grades are available across most of the substrates we run for folding cartons. Recycled content, kerbside recyclability and certified compostability are three different claims though, so tell us which one you intend to print.

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