Write about someone investigating a break-in at a bakery. The only thing missing? A very secret ingredient.

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“The one where there's a hidden camera” by Blue Crow

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Mark clicked his tongue for the seventh time that afternoon— a nervous habit of his— just as Malory rolled her eyes in boredom as another cop walked in their direction to probably ask more dumb questions about who might’ve broken into the bakery.Chase, the blond dude that’s a regular costumer on the shop, approached Sarah with a gentle look, “— They will figure it out, Sarah. Don’t worry, sip on this and calm down a bit, okay?” he said, offering a cup of tea he had just preparedThe woman took the warm drink with shaking hands as another sob ...

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“Baking and Entering” by Mike Burgess

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Mr Tompkins’ Christmas puddings were, everyone agreed, quite the equal of any they had ever tasted. Even the parents of the current owner of the bakery, whose recollections of childhood grew more fanciful with each passing year, admitted as much in their less guarded moments. Behind the shop was the storeroom, and here each pudding waited patiently for three years, each lovingly fed and tended through its adolescence. Come the second week of October, he and the lads from the shop next door loaded the van, drove out and released them in...

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“Big Betty's Bake Off” by Wanda Frazier

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For as long as I can remember, my only desire was to become a Detective. I work long, arduous hours, and I dedicated my life to crime. My work helped earn me some top recognition from the governor’s office as well as other top officials. Hi, my name is Detective Lawrence Sosa, Elle for short. I have spent half the day on our world-famous boardwalk because of a break- in at Sparrow’s Bakery. Their top- secret ingredient was stolen fro...

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“Who Caught the Cheese?” by Sarah Butland

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“Detective Clark and this is my partner Detective Lewis. We know you have answered all of these questions before but we need to go over it again. We like to hear it direct from the horses moth, as some say. Why don’t we have a seat?” I couldn’t sit down again. There was a mess to clean. It was a week before Christmas, the busiest time of year and my livelihood. I just couldn’t give up. Obstacles were to be climbed over and moved past from. The detectives sat, I offered to bring them a drink purely out of habit. Turning towards the espresso...

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“The Secret Ingredient Thief” by Emma Harris

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Yoonki got a call from his friend one late afternoon. It was only a few days till Christmas and Yoonki knew that Jaemin should be busy with his bakery."Hey. What's up?" Yoonki asked."I need your help again. It's really important.""Is it about your mom again?""No. It's about my bakery.""Why do you need a detective for a bakery?""It's REALLY important. Can you just come over? Right now!""Alright. Whatever. I was in the middle of watching that new drama "Find Me" so this had better be good.""You watch the Please series?! I love that series!""It...

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“My Kingdom For A Sticky Bun” by George Davis

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My Kingdom For A Sticky Bun—George Davis The break-in at Stover’s Bakery on Main Street has the police baffled. The only thing missing, according to the owner, Fred Stover is a secret, family formula for making Stover’s Strawberry-Pecan Oven Rolls. When Police Chief, Dexter Wyndham arrived at the shop early Monday morning after being roused from sleep by his sergeant, he discovered the front door had been jimmied. There were scratches on the lock. He stated, “someone used burglar tools for sure.” Wyndham...

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“Wheat ” by Natalie Bakken

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Danny drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, glancing over at Maria from the driver’s seat of the cop car as they pulled up to the red light. “You don’t think that guy was, you know…?” “No,” she said firmly. Maria shook her head, even as her heart thudded in her chest. “No. There’s no way.” “Right. Yeah.” Maria nodded, even though Danny had looked away. She gnawed on her bottom lip, pushing down the surge of butterflies that rose in her stomach. She still couldn’t believe where she was: on her way to a case. Her very first...

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“The Christmas Bakery” by Sienna Zaydon

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Ruby stood, frozen in horror. The door to her bakery off its hinges and the mess past it only got worse. She carefully stepped over the wreckage and entered her business. Tables and chairs were upturned and scattered across the floor. Pastries and ingredients were destroyed among shards of glass. She desperately tore through her ransacked shelves, looking for a special ingredient. It was the only thing the robber could have been there for. Did the robber succeed? Ruby grabbed a hidden lever behind a sack of flour w...

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“Sugar Bubble Gummy Gummies” by Andrea Kepple

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“What do we have?” Chief Carter pulls at the zipper on her coat even though it is as high as it can go. She didn’t even get a cup of coffee before this call came in. “Break in at the Oswald Bakery, home of the Sugar Bubble Gummy Gummies Chief.” Deputy Smith hitches his shoulders up by his ears. Sugar Bubble Gummy Gummies, that brings back memories of Christmas with her little brother. Jessica Carter always had her Sugar Bubble Gummy Gummies for breakfast on Christmas morning. It still isn’t Christmas without Sugar Bubble Gum...

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“Holy Cannoli” by Arthur McArdle

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Arthur McArdle 12/11/2020 Grade 5 “Holy Cannoli” In the small town of Cornal nothing ever happened. In fact you would come there to see a relative and would be bored out of your mind playing with sticks outside in the cold wind - your fingers would freeze even in the summer. The only thing that ever happened was a tremendous festival on Christmas Eve held by the mayor. This year's festival of 1983 didn’t go as planned. In the middle of the festival everyone heard a scream of distress from the nearby bakery, “Piece of Cak...

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“The Missing Ingredient” by ROBERT DAVILA

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My name is Rick Dick and I am a private investigator. Thirty years ago I took part in solving the biggest case that ever happened in a little town called Sprinkleton. Sprinkleton is a town much like the television show about the town of Mayberry. The people are all family and it is a very friendly town. I retired last year and figured I could make some side money writting the tells of being a private investigator. I have seen some crazy shit, pardon my French. I was just passing through the town of Sprinkleton on my way to New York city. I s...

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“Those Stolen Secrets” by M.A. Turner

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Sheriff Wilt glanced over the broken glass and empty bottles of spices. “That damned thief is going to put us out of business,” he grunted, and Mrs. Pierce wasn’t going to let him talk her out of her idea this time. “This wouldn’t have happened if you would have listened to me.” She looked at the Sheriff as she continued. “This tool thought that spending a little bit of money on a security system was a ‘stupid idea’, and now look at us: robbed and without our secret recipe. I told him, but he didn’t listen. I-” “Well maybe if she would have ...

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“This Story Is Not About The Villain ” by Molly Sickle

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“A robbery?” I asked, a slight quiver slipping between the cracks in my vowels and sitting atop my bottom lip. “Come now, June, you know no one can take anything from us,” my manager asserted somewhat playfully. She edged closer to the ingredients and lifted her hand up and up in a blunt sort of pulling motion, and all across the room a shimmer flared over everything. it curled up into the air like the tendrils of a vine before it dissipated as though it was never ...

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“The less you see” by Jessica Dzer

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Ivy Mwende stared blankly at the sight before her. “what a mess!”, she thought. “ You don’t say, it’s pretty bad” Ola scoffed his response. She whipped her head to her left catching her partner whistle at the view. Realizing she thought out loud, she glanced back at the once little but very gorgeous bakery that stood right beside the town’s diner which fortunately did not suffer the same fate as ‘Momma’s Pan.’ “What did Mrs Royce say?” Ola shook his head in response. “ She didn’...

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“Lennie and the Doughnuts” by Leon Moss

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After 45 years in the army as a soldier and military cop I retired a year ago. 6 months passed while I worked in the garden, lounged in coffee shops and sleep-watched TV and I discovered I wasn’t cut out to be a retiree. I needed something to keep me occupied. My pension took care of all my needs so I looked around for something to do. But what? The army and my entire background had taught me how to be a military man. I was a soldier through and through. I thought like one. I behaved like one. Always dressed properly, always shaven. No ski...

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Write about someone investigating a break-in at a bakery. The only thing missing? A very secret ingredient.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 106 stories

“The one where there's a hidden camera” by Blue Crow

“Baking and Entering” by Mike Burgess

“Big Betty's Bake Off” by Wanda Frazier

“Who Caught the Cheese?” by Sarah Butland

“The Secret Ingredient Thief” by Emma Harris

“My Kingdom For A Sticky Bun” by George Davis

“Wheat ” by Natalie Bakken

“The Christmas Bakery” by Sienna Zaydon

“Sugar Bubble Gummy Gummies” by Andrea Kepple

“Holy Cannoli” by Arthur McArdle

“The Missing Ingredient” by ROBERT DAVILA

“Those Stolen Secrets” by M.A. Turner

“This Story Is Not About The Villain ” by Molly Sickle

“The less you see” by Jessica Dzer

“Lennie and the Doughnuts” by Leon Moss

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a group of people determined to win an award for making the biggest cookie ever.

Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival.

Write about someone trying to recreate a grandparent’s signature baked good from memory.

Write about someone hosting a cookie exchange as a cover to hide the true reason for inviting one of their guests.

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