Can I sell baked goods from home in Wisconsin?

On the allowed list

• Baked goods that are not potentially hazardous, made in the baker's home (generally baked by dry heat above 140°F in a closed chamber such as an oven; some items made in a waffle maker or Dutch oven count), such as cookies, cakes, and muffins

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

On the prohibited list

• Potentially hazardous baked goods (any business producing them must be licensed)
• Items dried in a dehydrator (not considered baked goods)

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

How Wisconsin reads its lists

DATCP's homemade baked goods page and flyer set no dollar limit for home bakers. Home-canned foods are capped: the seller must receive less than $5,000 per year from their sale (Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2.c.; DATCP: "No more than $5,000 per year per person").

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Home-canned ("Pickle Bill") sales are limited to less than $5,000 per year per person. DATCP suggests keeping records of every batch made for sale, including amount canned and sold, sale dates and locations, and gross sales receipts. For home bakers, the Wisconsin Legislative Council describes the Kivirist exception as covering baked goods sold "direct to consumer, and at a low volume"; neither the court orders as described by DATCP nor DATCP's guidance sets a dollar figure.

Source: Wis. Stat. § 97.29 (Food processing plants)(2)(b)2.c. · Verified Oct 21, 2026

DATCP's homemade baked goods page and flyer state no labeling requirements for home bakers. The canned-food sign and label wording is in Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2.d.–e.; the statute's allergen list (milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans) does not include sesame, which DATCP's page adds. Honey labeling from DATCP's Honey and Honey Products page.

Source: DATCP — Home-Canned Foods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

No license, registration, or application for either route. Home bakers may sell baked goods that are not potentially hazardous, made in their own homes, directly to consumers; DATCP says businesses producing potentially hazardous baked goods or wholesaling baked goods must be licensed, and commercial-kitchen bakeries must follow ATCP 70 or ATCP 75. Home canners may sell home-canned fruits and vegetables with a pH of 4.6 or lower, under $5,000 a year, directly to consumers at community or social events, flea markets, or farmers markets in Wisconsin, with the required sign and labels. Other homemade foods sold to the public need a DATCP food license.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

DATCP's homemade baked goods page and flyer, its Home-Canned Foods page, and Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2. name no training requirement. DATCP strongly encourages using standardized, tested canning recipes.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

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