After this first month, I’ve decided to move Bakers Insider to a free community with optional one-time purchases, instead of a monthly Premium membership. I started the membership as an experiment. I wanted to bring together the things I love—baking, creating, and helping bakers succeed—in a way that also supported my family. But this month has helped me recognize that the ongoing commitment is taking more from me than I have to give right now. I’ve shared before that I live with bipolar depression, although I don’t talk about it often. I’m in a difficult season, and I’ve been burning the candle at both ends. I need more room to care for myself and be present with my family, especially as a mom. I still love helping you. I just need to change how I do it. Here’s what that means for you: • The community, Recipe Index, and Grow Your Bakery will remain free. • Existing collections and kits will stay in the Classroom as optional one-time purchases. • I’ll continue sharing free recipes and adding to Grow Your Bakery as I’m able. • I’ll also continue creating new products for purchase. What I’m stepping away from is the commitment to deliver four to five new products every month. I have so many ideas I’m excited to explore, including things I believe could help you bring in more sales this holiday season. Some are already in progress. Others—like expanding the scoopable brownie concept—are ideas I want to give time to develop and test properly. I want to follow that excitement without turning every idea into a deadline. That might mean one new collection here and another there, rather than several releases every month. When something is ready, I’ll share what’s inside, and you can decide whether it fits your bakery. Current Premium members: I’ve sent you a personal message about stopping your subscriptions and keeping access to the existing Premium collections. Please check your messages and reply so I can confirm your transition. I hope to offer a membership again in the future, but I’m leaving that timeline open.

I just added the Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Treat Mini Kit to our Free Recipe Index! This is an easy, no-bake recipe made with soft, frosted sugar cookies and candy corn—and you can shape the mixture into whatever format works best for your bakery: • Cake pucks • Cake pops • Cakesicles • Dessert truffles But I didn’t stop with the recipe! The Mini Kit also includes shelf-life information, flavor and decorating suggestions, product-description and slogan ideas, selling occasions, and a three-post “Guess the Flavor” marketing sequence you can use to create curiosity with your customers. You can find it now inside the Free Recipe Index, located in the Classroom Tab above. If you make it, please come back and share a picture with us! Now for the important question… Are you Team LOVE Candy Corn or Team HATE IT? 🍬😂

I would love to see what you've made and maybe even feature you!