Sam's Club save on baking supplies
Big box stores, whether Sam's or Costco or B.J.'s are usually great places to stock up on baking supplies.
Here's how to make the most of your membership to prep for holiday baking season. i.e. land of cases of butter, pounds of sugar and chocolate, not to mention nuts.
I made you a list of the best 9 ingredients bakers should buy at Sam's Club.
Related, you should always have a well-stocked pantry. I made you a list.
(This post is not sponsored by Sam's Club, I just really like to shop there. However, this post does contain affiliate links going to Sam's Club and to Amazon.)
Sam's Club has great deals but it can be an overwhelming store to navigate.
Here's something you might not know about me if you're new here. I adore saving money. The only thing I love more than saving money is my family.
Well, and yoga. And, baking itself. But, it's way up there in the top five for sure!
I like to bake but I don't want to spend more than necessary on ingredients. And recipe testing adds up!
Shopping at Sam's Club is the answer. I've cut my baking budget at least in half by stocking up at the warehouse store.
(Editor's note--this post was updated on the spur of the moment so you'll see a discrepancy between prices in photos versus the text.)
I've made lots of drop cookie recipes for less thanks to Sam's Club.
Are you going to get rich by shopping at Sam's Club? No, of course not. But every little bit saved makes a difference.
1. Toll House Morsels: $11.48 for 72 ounces
This is a crazy deal. A bag of semi-sweet chips costs me usually $2.99 if I'm at the right grocery store. If I'm at a pricier store that bag is $3.49 or $3.99.
A 72-ounce bag is equal to six 12-ounce bags. If I bought them at the grocery store I would spend $17.94.
Buying the big bag saves me $7.96 or like getting more than two bags free.
Obviously, if you have issues with self-control being around a giant bag of chocolate chips, don't buy the big bag.
2. Pam Original Cooking Spray: $7.48 for 24 ounces
Canola oil spray is another score at Sam's Club. 8-ounce cans of spray are usually $2.99 or $3.49 at the grocery store.
3. Gold Medal Flour: $7.78 for 12 pounds
Flour is another Sam's Club bargain to score. I didn't capture the price tag in this photo but the chain as of August, 2023 was selling a 12-pound bag for $7.78 or .65 cents a pound. Btw, when I first wrote this post in 2019, the same bag was $4.98 or less than .50 a pound. Inflation--she's real.
4. Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chocolate Disks: 30 ounces for $7.98
Ghirardelli melting wafers are another great deal at Sam's Club. They aren't in stock right now so I can't give you the current price but you'll get a much better bargain buying these at a big box store over your local grocery store.
Use them in chocolate chip cookie recipes.
5. Domino Granulated Sugar: $8.36 for 10 pounds
Sugar is another must-buy at Sam's Club. You'll pay $2.99 on average for a 4-pound bag of sugar at the grocery store. So you're getting two more pounds and paying a dollar less by buying a big bag.
You'll need sugar for my vintage easy sugar cookie recipe!
6. Hershey's Cocoa Powder: 23 ounces for $9.48
Don't leave Sam's Club without a container of Hershey's Cocoa. The Shaw's Supermarket closest to my house has this priced at $7.49 for 16-ounces! You're getting 7 ounces more and paying .31 cents less.
You'll need cocoa for all sorts of cookie recipes, including Cocoa Raspberry Thumbprints.
Or Espresso Chocolate Shortbread Hearts or Double Chocolate Chunk Shortbread.
7. Pure Vanilla Extract: $20.98 for 12 ounces
Vanilla extract is probably one of the very best things to buy at Sam's Club. I priced 4-ounce bottles of McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract at Shaw's today. The 4-ounce bottles were $19,99!
The big box store had 12-ounce bottles of McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract for $20.98!
Sam's is selling bottles with three times the extract for a dollar more.
I hear you right now in my head asking how you'll use a 12-ounce bottle of vanilla extract before it goes bad. Split it with a friend or two friends!
You probably have a glass jar laying around that you could scrub and repurpose.
If not, check your local food co-op. I can get small jars or mason jars at mine for a $1.50.
Vanilla extract is an essential ingredient in many easy dessert recipes, as well as my Vanilla Almond Granola Recipe, which makes a good snack.
8. Member's Mark Powdered Sugar: $6.98 for 7 pounds
Powdered sugar is another baking staple for you to put in your Sam's Club cart. You'll usually pay $1.99 or $2.49 for a 16-ounce bag at the grocery store. Powdered sugar at Sam's Club is $6.98 for a 7-pound bag.
Use powdered sugar for French toast or for my family's favorite cookie recipe: Mexican Snowballs.
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