Growing up, I have always associated weddings with expensive chocolates. Well, I don’t really know if the chocolates used in wedding favors are actually expensive but it sure tastes good! I cannot deny the exquisite taste of the sinfully rich chocolate that melts in your mouth.
Once, I asked a wedding planner at a wedding I attended last year if these chocolates cost a lot. The planner told me that it depends on the couple’s budgets. Some bought expensive chocolates (think: exquisite chocolate truffles!) and let the taste speak for themselves while others bought ordinary looking chocolates and candies but went the extra mile to dress them up in magnificently. I have seen plenty of those at a chocolate specialty store I went to, they looked too good to eat! Gold dusted chocolate balls, dainty chocolate bars wrapped with thin red ribbons and each red bow with a pearl in the midst… It’s simply too wonderful for words!
I’ve yet to decide what sort of chocolate favors we’ll be giving out (my fiancé lets me decide upon this completely… he won’t dare intrude on my area of expertise!) but one thing for sure, it’s going to look simple and edible. I don’t want favors which look too good to eat because the guests are just going to bring them home, ogle at it and forget to consume it. Such a shame if they are left uneaten and thrown away!
Other than that, we’ll have individual wedding favors for every guest – a pair of lacquered red wooden chopsticks with our initial M & N engraved at the end of every chopstick. Chopsticks represent “pairs” and baby dust to the newlywed couple, according to the Chinese believes. The guests will receive their chopsticks when they arrive at the guest reception counter.
Each guest will have an individual square fondant cake with our initial on it as we’re probably using a dummy cake for the cake cutting session. Furthermore, to cut a real wedding cake and distribute to every guest would be rather hectic and effortful. Fondant cakes are always my choice – appealing, cute and we can use it on all occasions.
Wedding favors are our token of appreciation for the guests and we don’t really mind giving them what is within our budget.
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