PieBox photo by James Ransom/Food52; Picnic Time photo courtesy Food52 How to keep your cookies, pies, and cakes pristine from one place to the next Broken crusts. Smushed frosting. Cracked cookies. Tucking your homemade sweets into tote bags and wondering if they’ll survive the subway (or stop-and-go traffic) can make a person wonder why they signed up to bring anything to the holiday office party in the first place. To ease those concerns, we’ve rounded up some bags, carriers, and containers endorsed by pros who cook and carry baked goods all the time. If you want the whole package to look good, consider these tips , but if keeping your hard work intact is all that matters, here’s what to get. Box your pies “I think the reality is that good packaging and taking care when you’re transporting things is really important,” says Alex Levin , the executive pastry chef at Schlow Restaurant Group in Washington, DC. Levin, a 2015 Eater Young Gun, also runs a Thanksgiving pop-up bakery ,