I have to admit that I love making cookies. But cookies can be expensive.

If you buy the store bought brand cookies you typically look at spending more than $2 for a package of refrigerated dough. If you make them from scratch, the budget is still somewhat high after you add all the ingredients you need to make the cookies.

However, I recently discovered a way to make cookies without having to break the bank.

Throughout the year the Pillsbury Company sells holiday Funfetti cake mixes. I typically find these cake mixes during the Christmas, July 4th, Valentine’s Day and Easter seasons. Before the holiday, the cake mixes sell for more than a dollar per box. However, after the holiday, my grocery store typically marks them down to 50 cents a box. I stock up.

I typically buy several boxes of mix to get me through until the end of the next Funfetti season. Although the boxes say they are for cake mixes, there is a wonderful cookie recipe on the side of the box. This is a great resource. I am constantly making cookies, cupcakes and cakes out of the Funfetti mix and I spend just 50 cents for these delicious treats.

Funfetti cake mix is not the only Funfetti item that typically goes on sale. I also find that I can purchase the Funfetti icing for 50 cents a tub. I usually don’t add the sprinkles on top to prevent it from looking seasonal and find that I have a countless supply of icing for next to nothing.

However, it is not just the Funfetti items that I find at affordable prices. I recently purchased Pillsbury seasonal sugar cookies. They were heart sugar cookies made for Valentine’s Day. I purchased the sugar cookies for 50 cents a package. While they sold them for $1.99 before the holiday, my local grocery store marked them down to 99 cents a package after the holiday. I added a coupon that allowed me to save a $1 on two and again spent 50 cents a package.

For those who are looking to save money on something sweet I remind them to search for sales. You can still feed your sweet tooth with out breaking the bank.