Ship Holiday Baked Goods Without Breaking Them

If you're the type to craft and send out homemade gifts, especially the baked kind, there's a good chance your treats will get tossed around in the mail. Serious Eats' readers suggest how to protect their shapes and flavors.

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Most clever among the Eat-ers' tips? A mostly foolproof way of shipping great cupcakes to far-away friends and relatives:

Cakespy gave us a great idea: ship them in mason jars! Not only does it look fun but it ships safely, and if using a flat-rate box, it shouldn't be super expensive either. Read her tutorial for further instruction. Take-out containers also work well.

How do you send along your favorite treats, baked or otherwise, to ensure they arrive intact? Spill the secrets in the comments.