Ashley May

USA TODAY

Some say this election has been a bitter one, but others see it as a sweet opportunity.

Bakers across the USA have created Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump-themed confections to amp up business and take part in the political banter. Here are three cookie elections that you could have rigged by buying several dozen votes:

Busken Bakery, Cincinnati

In every presidential election year since 1984, Busken Bakery has baked up a batch of candidate cookies and sold them as something of a straw poll.

As of midday Tuesday, Trump took the lead with 37.5% of the cookie "votes" and Clinton followed with 34% of almost 45,000 cookies bought. Naturally, Tuesday was the final day to cast a vote or stuff the ballot box, but the 88-year-old bakery won't reveal its final tally until Wednesday morning.

This year Dan Busken, president of Busken Bakery, also introduced a third-party cookie, a new option for "undecided and disenchanted voters." The Cookie Party cookie, topped with a yellow smiley face, had 28.4% of the tally.

Uncle Mike’s Bake Shoppe, Green Bay, Wis.

Uncle Mike’s Bake Shoppe has been selling cookies decorated with a caricature of each presidential candidate since the Republican and Democratic national conventions happened in July.

In the spirit of the election year, the bakery has kept track of every cookie sold at its two locations in the Green Bay suburbs of Ledgeview and Suamico. Uncle Mike’s polls closed promptly at 6 p.m. CT and owner Mike Vande Walle had results posted on Facebook by 7 p.m.

The vote: Trump in a sugar slide.

With almost 4,400 cookies calculated, including nearly 1,200 bought Tuesday alone, Trump won, 54% to Clinton's 46%.

Oakmont Bakery, Oakmont, Pa.

Oakmont Bakery also joined the confection election but has been a bit more lax about reporting its results.

As of Monday night, Trump was in the lead with more than 60% of about 6,400 votes to Clinton's less than 40%. The bakery hasn't said when it will post its final tally, but Clinton fans would have had to have bought a lot of cookies Tuesday to take the lead.

One Facebook fan of the bakery has a simple explanation for Trump's apparent victories in the cookie polls:

"I still say it's 'cause people want to bite his head off!" wrote Paula Bain, who lives in the area.

Contributing: Jeremy Fugleberg, The Cincinnati Enquirer; Kendra Meinert,Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette. Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @ashleymaytweets