Candy Buffets: The Sweetest Wedding Trend Since Chocolate Fountains
Candy isn't only just for wedding favors anymore. If you have a sweet tooth and a budget, forgo the chocolate fountain for a colorful candy buffet. Candy is a yummy and cost-effective way to impress your guests. Perfect for brides getting married around Halloween! But candy buffets don't have to be spooky. Enlist your bridesmaid to help (don't forget to thank them with super-cute bridesmaid gifts) and create an elegant candy buffet. It's less costly and just as impressive as chocolate fountains.
The Treasure Hunt for Candy Containers
For a true candy buffet, you'll need candy containers. Creative brides can find vintage bowls, jars, and glasses at the local thrift shop. You can also rent candy containers from florists and wedding planners. Select clear containers in a variety of sizes to make the colors pop. Don't forget the scoops - you'll find metal candy scoops at most kitchen supply stores. Tie wide ribbons in your wedding colors around the jars. Now it's time to hit the candy store.
Color Coordinating Wedding Candy
How much is too much? What if everyone doesn't get enough? What if someone's allergic to chocolate? Cast these worries aside when it comes to your candy buffet. Wedding planners say to think more about what the candy looks like than whether or not you'll have enough. Think quality, not quantity.
Coordinated colors make your candy buffet a visual masterpiece. Don't pick random colors - stick to three or four candy colors, tops. Expert wedding planners recommend 7 - 10 various size candy jars and 10 - 15 pounds of candy. Buy extra if you plan to invite kids. When you're done filling the jars, put the leftover candy in pouches for extra wedding favors or bridal shower favors.
Get Creative with Candy
Express your wedding theme with candy. Winter wedding? Fill the jars with snow peas or candy mints. Valentine's Day wedding? Personalized Hershey kisses and conversation hearts. Asian theme? Give out these fortune cookies as wedding favors. Or if your sentimental, make a candy buffet out of the candy you enjoyed as a child: ring pops, Starbursts, candy bracelets, Jelly Belly and Hershey's miniatures.
Isn't love sweet? If you make a candy buffet, send us the picture and we'll post it in future articles. Stock up on sweet bridesmaid gifts, tasty treats, and wedding favors at WeddingStand.
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