Best Wilton gifts for cookie - cake - cupcake lovers and bakers

Cupcakes are still all the rage with foodies, bakers and want-to-be bakers, so I have put together a list of some of my all-time most used products from Wilton, my favorite company for baking supplies.

If you have bakers or people who love baked goods on your holiday gift list, this is the perfect place for you to start. Wilton has great quality baking equipment and supplies and covers just about any need, holiday or event you can image.

6-Cup King-Size Muffin Pan

This muffin pan is extraordinary and extraordinarily large, perfect for all kinds of baked goods. It's also a great little pan to use for mini-meat loaves and mini loaves of bread. Constructed of heavy-gauge non-stick, you will find this pan perfect for quick release and easy clean-up. The King-Size Muffin Pan currently sells for under $10 at Wilton.com.

Tri-Tanium 12 cup Muffin Pan

Stamped with the size on its handle, this pan is made from a professional heavy-weight metal and even resists scratching from metal utensils. The pan heats evenly and allows your baked goods to brown beautifully. The Tri-Tanium 12 Cup Muffin Pan sells for under $22 at Wilton.com

Tri-Tanium® 24 Cup Mini Muffin Pan

This pan is the same as the one above but makes 24 sweet little mini-muffins, perfect for snacks or little treats. The cost of this pan is under $24 at Wilton.com

Star Cookie Treat Pan

Simple! All you do is press your cookie dough into the pan, insert a stick, bake, cool and decorate. Oh, and don't forget - Eat! It's a great tool to use for making cookie arrangements. It's also great for candy making.

Each pan makes six individual treats, recipe is included.

The pan is aluminum and sells for less than $10 at Wilton.com.

Star Pops Cookie Pan

This pan is the same as above, just a little different size, still great for treat bags and arrangements. Sells for less than $10 at Wilton.com.

Mini Stand-Up Bear Pan Set

Everyone loves bears and everyone will love making cakes and candy in this adorable bear pan set. Conveniently sized for baking cakes and molding candy, ice cream and sugar. This precious pan set sells for less than $16 at Wilton.com

Petite Tree Silicone Mold

Silocone bakeware is wonderful. It's easy to use and easy to clean and especially easy to store!

This mold makes the most adorable little cake or cookie trees.

One cake mix makes 40 to 48 trees, if using store bought cake mix.

The pan has 12 cavities, each 2 x 1. deep.

Bite-Size Tree Mold

Make about 80 trees with one cake mix with this one. This mold has 24 cavities, each 2.25 x 1.75 x .75 in. deep.

Mini Tree Silicone Mold

You can make 20 to 24 mini trees with one cake mix using this mold.

This one is a six-cavity pan and is 10 5/8 x 7 in.; individual cavities are 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. deep.

Any of the above tree molds sell for under $10 at Wilton.com

Now that you have the baking equipment picked out for the gifts, it’s time to fill up the stockings with baking supplies.

Holiday Poinsettia Baking Cups

Serve up your cupcakes all dressed up in poinsettia papers.

$3.99 for 15 cups

Frosted Fun Baking Cups

These little baking cups will match your holiday themes and make Santa proud. Standard size, 2 in. diameter. Mini size, 1.25 in. diameter.

White Cookie Icing 20 oz.

You simply heat and squeeze this icing right onto your cookies. Though this looks like a bottle of Elmer’s Glue, it’s an easy to use bottle of white icing to make your cookie decorating a snap and so very kid-friendly.

Less than $8 at Wilton.com

Christmas Sparkle Gel

Gives your cupcakes, cakes and cookies the look of a professional baker! Squeeze on this ready-to-use gel for sparkling color effects. Make dots, patterns or write messages.

$2.99 per tube in blue, gold, green, red or white.

Sprinkles

From Jumbo Gingerbread Boys to Cinnamon Drops, Jumbo Trees to Jumbo Snowflakes, Colored Sprinkles to Pearlized Sprinkles, Wilton has whatever you need, want or could possibly imagine to decorate your cakes, cookies and pies for any time of the year. The sprinkles range in prices.

If you want a simpler way to dress up your cupcakes, check out these cupcake costumes!

Frosted Fun Cupcake Costumes

Add holiday flair with festive colors and fun shapes that dress up your cupcakes. Fun for kids and adults.

12 - 4 IN x 3 IN; 1 STICKER SHEET

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Linda Brewer has a passion for food and cooking, but likes to keep it healthy. She is also the Nashville Comfort Foods Examiner. Email Linda with questions, comments or suggestions at Lindatalbott@yahoo.com

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