How much do you spend on MM?

Flip Flops ↓

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:16 pm

Was curious what most ppl. spend on mishloach manos.
I feel like I end up spending so much - I usually do something home-made and ingredients can be expensive (I'm doing toffee bark this year). I also need something nice to pair with it. Add to that the cost of boxes or bags and ribbons... it really adds up.

sarahmalka ↓

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:22 pm

Too much! Each year this stresses me out. We try to keep it low but it adds up fast when giving 30+ out. I try to keep it at max $8-10 per but even that's too much for us with how many people we generally have on our list. Just can't do it this year. We may only give out two 🥺 This holiday has become my least favorite for this and other reasons.

dankbar

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:23 pm

When I do a theme I can get away with cheaper stuff like candy no wine etc.

If you buy a covered box there is no need for additional wrapping, trimming, setting up, which is time consuming as well.

Hard decorative plastic or paper plates are cheaper & you can shrink wrap.

For boxes, bags go to the cheaper stores like the dollar stores or Amazing Savings, Toys 4 U rather than the high end party supply/gift shops.

Also some boxes/bags that you buy in a pack are cheaper than buying each individual

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Blessing1 ↓

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:31 pm

I usually don't spend more then $3 each. This year it comes out to about $2.

srbmom

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:32 pm

My norm is $1-2 each. I'm making 40 this year.
And I'm making 30 smaller/cheaper bags for my kids' friends
I'll do really simple, I'm of the opinion that mishloach manos nowadays is generally a huge waste of money and energy.
I also make a couple of nicer $10 range ones for rebbeim/teachers

Stars

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:43 pm

Under $4 including the box. The supermarket has lots of nice items on sale in adar so I buy 3-4 packaged things and that's it.

avrahamama

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:48 pm

Usually in our shul our Rav gives MM to one person and then has all the men pass it around the shul until they've fullfilled their mitzvah lol. Then I give two lunch or breakfast style mm to two people. Bagel and lox, or borekas and chummus... I usually pick people I dont know so well. My besties don't get. And that's it.

I make pekelach for my kids to hand out. I try really hard to not put candy.

I don't like MM I find it ends up being junky and over the top but I go all out on costumes and enjoy megillah and seuda.

asmileaday

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 9:52 pm

I aim for under $3 each. I do a cheap homemade item, either cookies or mini muffins. I pair it with a chocolate bar, I can usually get it on sale for less than $1.
Last year I got clear pillow boxes (I think from papermart.com but Amazon has it too)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J.....Z9B2H

Tie a wide ribbon around it and boom presentable and cheap!

acemom

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 10:25 pm

I don't give mm to people not living in my town. We only give to one of my siblings - each sibling gets another one to give to.

I have a few neighbors in my building I give to but not all.

My MM is usually cookies and candy or nuts. The packaging I aim for under a dollar each.

Teachers get chocolate and an envelope. The amount of MM in this category fluctuates.

The Rav my DH uses gets wine/sparkling and bag of nuts or chocolate.

How do people get to 30 MM?

shmosmom

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 10:28 pm

avrahamama wrote:

Love this, will have to remember for next year.

↑ Blessing1

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 10:34 pm

Flip Flops wrote:

To the imas saying they can do it for $2 or less - what do you give?

This year I'm doing 2 3" square boxes stacked. In 1 box candy, in the other cookies. Tied with a bow. The colors are matching to what my kids will dress up as.
It comes out to about $1 each.

notshanarishona

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 11:06 pm

We give about $25- I would say about $50 total .
Last year we did orange you glad it's Purim with an orange juice , 2 clementines , and an orange candy .
Another year we did we are so grapeful for ...
And a grapejuice ,grapes , and grape flavored nosh.
One year we did soup and rolls . Really inexpensive but time consuming.
Sometimes I do a mini cake and a drink.
All depends on our budget and what's going on in our lives/how much time we have.

livinginisrael

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 11:15 pm

Blessing1 wrote:

This year I'm doing 2 3" square boxes stacked. In 1 box candy, in the other cookies. Tied with a bow. The colors are matching to what my kids will dress up as.
It comes out to about $1 each.

Where do you get the boxes

chocolatecake

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 11:17 pm

I spend around $3 per mishloach manos to my friends and neighbors. Teachers have wine and nothing homemade so that obviously comes out to more.

33055

Wed, Feb 05 2020, 11:24 pm

acemom wrote:

All my neighbors exchange. We also exchange with close friends and Rabbis. This doesn't include any friends' of my kids. That's separate.