A Sweet Treat For Your Wedding Guests: The Candy Buffet

Jul 6, 2009

If you've been knee-deep in wedding planning, chances are you've heard of the "candy buffet" or "candy bar" wherein a table-long array of the sweetest and colorful candy is displayed for your guests to dig in. The wedding candy buffet first made its appearance at weddings only a relatively short time ago, but it quickly gained popularity. Wedding candy buffets are genius, really, and super simple. The following are a few wedding candy buffet ideas.

First, decide on the type of candy you'd like to display in your wedding candy bar buffet. You might be surprised to find this task to be quite harder than you think. There is quite literally hundreds of various types of candy in all of shapes and colors. Reach back into time and choose some candy with nostalgic value, then add some of your current favorites. Imagine sweet chocolates, chewy gummy bears, brightly colored gum balls, Jordan almonds, and even childhood lollipops gracing your wedding candy buffet! Try to narrow down your choices to your favorite top 10 all-time favorite candy.

Next select the containers in which you will exhibit your sweet treats. Clear glass jars are the vessels of choice. Create a standout showcase with a mixture of narrow and wide glass jars to tall and short glass containers. Indicate each jar's contents with a decorative tent card displayed in front of the container. Alternatively, handwrite the name of the candy onto a beautiful sticker and affix to the front of the glass jar. Provide a candy scoop by the candy jar for your guests to serve themselves a helping of the sweet treats.

Lastly, choose a generously-sized yet portable container that your guests can use to load up with their goodies and take home. Gourmet food paper bags personalized with your names and wedding date would be ideal.Or repurpose Chinese takeout boxes into an unforgettable take away candy container. Glassine envelopes can be spruced up with personalized labels resulting in creative candy buffet packaging.

By offering an "all-you-can-eat, make-your-own" experience, you’ll invite your guests to create their own wedding favors that they'll be sure to enjoy! The wedding candy buffet is a great way to lend your guests a festive atmosphere at your wedding! (AJG001)