Chocolate bar fundraising is a sell-from-inventory campaign: you order bars, hand out carriers, collect $3, and keep the spread. This page is the playbook. The product we recommend is Katydids Chocolate Bars.
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How chocolate bar fundraising is different
Brochure fundraising waits for orders, then you wait for a delivery. Chocolate bar fundraising puts product in a seller’s hands on day one. That is why it still works at concession tables and after games. Katydids Chocolate Bars are packed 30 to a carrier so you can split a case among four sellers without a spreadsheet.
A simple chocolate bar fundraising calendar
- Week 0 — Pick the bar. Choose Katydids if you want caramel, pecan, and milk chocolate with a name people know. Read the chocolate bar fundraiser page for case math.
- Week 1 — Order and kickoff. One case minimum (120 bars / $216). Hold a 10-minute meeting: sell at $3, keep $1.20, don’t leave bars in a hot car.
- Weeks 1–3 — Sell. Games, car line, work, neighbors. Offer an online option — we can run a store so grandparents buy Katydids Chocolate Bars without cash.
- Week 3 — Reorder or close. Empty carriers come back; leftover bars become prizes or a second weekend sale.
Pricing rules that keep chocolate bar fundraising honest
Charge $3. Undercutting to $2 wipes out the reason you picked a premium bar. Katydids cost $1.80 in a fundraising case, so $3 is the line that lands 40%. Publish the goal (“new uniforms,” “band trip”) on the carrier so the ask is not just candy.
In-person and online chocolate bar fundraising
The carrier is the in-person kit. For families who live out of town, chocolate bar fundraising should also have a link. We set up an online store for your group, take the orders, and ship Katydids Chocolate Bars to you in bulk at the end of the campaign. Start that on the Katydids fundraising form.
Heat, nuts, and other campaign details
Pecans are tree nuts — say so. Chocolate melts above about 70°F; call 1-800-681-4258 before we ship if a heat wave is coming. Personal buyers who are not fundraising can skip the case and order a 30-bar pack for $60.
Katydids Chocolate Bars for chocolate bar fundraising
If you searched for chocolate bar fundraising because you need a product this week, order the 120-bar Katydids case. If you want the branded walkthrough, use the Katydids chocolate bar fundraiser guide.