What are the best purple candy, sweets and chocolates for filling purple wedding favors for a purple themed wedding? Long gone are the days of wealthy European aristocrats bestowing gifts of sugar cubes upon their wedding guests in days gone by, but still the tradition of bride and groom offering small token gifts to their wedding guests’ remains.

Most weddings and receptions are structured around some form of common theme or colour scheme that helps to tie the whole event together and make it that little bit more special, lately I’ve been taking a look at some of the items that are popularly used to fill wedding favors and today at the request of a friend I’ve been instructed to find out which ‘purple’ sweets, candies and chocolates would be ideal for filling purple themed wedding favors.

Sugared Almonds - Purple Wedding Favors

Sugared almonds are one of the oldest and most traditionally used sweet treats for use as an elegant and delicious filling for wedding favours. Traditionally sugared almonds wedding favors consist of five sugared almonds presented to a guest within a beautiful confection box or decorated bag. The five sugar almonds within this wedding favour are said to act as a symbol of fertility, longevity, happiness, wealth and good health.

The great thing about sugared almonds in addition to their traditional history is the fact they are available in virtually any colour under the sun, making them an ideal filling for themed or specifically coloured wedding favors, as required in this case; purple wedding favors.

Jelly Belly Purple Wedding favor Sweets

A more modern take on the above idea for those not so keen on sugared almonds is the idea of using purple ‘Jelly Belly’ jelly beans instead. Probably the worlds most popular jelly bean and arguably the best flavored Jelly Belly jelly beans are available in more than 50 colours and flavors, with three of the different flavors available being in the color of, you guessed it, purple.

Grape jelly, island punch and plum flavoured jelly belly beans are all purple in colour and as such would all make a much loved and well received filling for purple themed wedding favours. The other great thing about jelly belly beans over alternative brands of jelly bean is that jelly belly beans were specifically designed and marketed to be sold in their individual flavours, or mixed as the customer chose. This means that the purchasing of quantities of just purple coloured jelly belly beans in bulk is actually very easy, and this option should be made available to you from any decent supplier.

See the gallery below for more purple wedding favor sweets, candies and chocolate ideas.