One year we had a "cookies by the pound" fundraiser..we got local bakeries, and tons of parents to donate cookies, fudge, candies etc..and what we did was set up cookies in stations..you got a box that could hold 3lbs of cookies (we weighed the boxes out pre-cookie deposit in front of the customers so they could see that the boxes only weighed in at about 1/8 of an oz. Then we gave them a plastic glove and small plastic tongs and let them go around to pick out the cookies/candies they wanted..once they got what they wanted in their boxes they would have to go through a checkout point where the boxes were weighed and they paid for their purchase..the boxes weren't weighed by what type of cookie-just by the lb..most people left with an average of 3lbs of cookies. PS...we had cookie police located in the lines to make sure people weren't snacking! lol ..we made ALOT of money thanks to the good donations we got from everyone that were the reason we hauled in the moolah.