Postal Letter

How would you mail chocolate dipped strawberries?

I would like to make my own chocolate dipped strawberries for mothers day and mail them. Do you have any suggestions on ways that i can mail them without them getting damaged?

Public Comments

1. Lyds, they have an extremely short shelf life, about 48 hours chilled, far less if exposed to heat--which they would be. Sorry to say your lovely idea probably won't work. You might be able to contact a local candy store where she lives and have some delivered. Maybe you could bake her something instead? (I'd love it if either of my kids bakes cookies for Mother's Day.)
2. Pack them in a food storage container, and make it kind of snug by filling it completly with the strawberries or with wax paper. Then I would wrap the food storage container with lots of bubble wrap. And send them overnight shipping before 10am. That is prob the best way. My mother-in-law always sends my brother-in-law home-made cookies to Iraq, and he says they are always broken and stuff. Good Luck
3. If you put it in a food storage container with a snug fit in a box and send it overnight (so it doesn't go old) I bet they would be fine. That is a really sweet mothers day gift.. Good luck=)
4. You could wrap each one in plastic wrap then tuck them in egg cartons, which you can set in a box.
5. I'm sorry to say that in my house they wouldn't last long enough to be put into the mail. I'd eat them first!! That being said, you could pack them into plastic and put into egg cartons then FedEx or overnight mail them to their destination. I know it's sort of expensive, but they'll get there quicker and the risk of them going bad will be greatly diminished.
6. Maybe you can check online for a store that is local to her area and order chocolate dipped strawberries. Find someplace that specializes in edible arrangements, they have chocolate dipped strawberries and they would arrive fresh. They would be too fragile to do it yourself.
7. Try egg boxes, my friend posts rare eggs and hasn't had a broken one yet! you could wrap them and freeze them and then post it, try posting it to yourself first to see how they come out?