As promised I’ve come back with more definitive decisions about my upcoming wedding candy buffet. Here are some ideas I’d like to share, and if you have had experience organizing a candy buffet for your wedding or your child’s birthday, please do leave a suggestion or two for me.
1. Candy containers
I’m in the midst of collecting jars and containers of different sizes for the buffet. After going through some tips and hints from various wedding sites and discussing it with the girls, it is agreed that we are to look for LOTS of containers be they tall and short, oddly shaped or of the conventional cookie jar sort. Most importantly, they have to be clear if not, how else can we tell what’s the in jar? Ha ha… Ooh and we’ve also devised a plan to source some old fashioned candy dispensers for that retro look. If you are familiar with how a water dispenser works, we are also looking for similar containers so that with a turn of the flip or lever, miniscule sized candies will pour out of them and into a guest’s cup or hands! Isn’t that nifty? See the pics below for some examples of apothecary jars which will make ideal containers for the candies!
2. Cups or plates for the guests?
I’m deciding between little paper plates or cups for the guests to put their candies into but Laura said it will be a good idea if we prepared different containers for them. If the candies are small in size (think plain chocolate M&Ms) then we could prepare small box-like paper containers with accompanying spoons for the guest. And if we were to have a surplus of candies left over, we could make little cellophane or paper bags available for guests to take some sweets home complete with little stickers to hold them shut. Oh and don’t forget the scoops for the candy jars… we won’t want the guests to stick their hands into the containers!
3. Candies I want
There are too many types of candies I want, just thinking about them makes me want to buy some sweets pronto! An interesting candy to have would be the champagne bubbles candy. Sweet and fizzy, they taste just like the real thing! Here are some sites I checked out which would be useful when bulk-buying candies:
candywarehouse.com
economycandy.com
metrocandy.com
4. Special favors
We’ve also decided to pack some candy hearts into little Chinese take out boxes which we will further customize with wedding stickers. Nothing fancy but these will definitely make cute wedding favors when guests are seated at the table or are about to leave after the reception.
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