How to Create the Perfect Wedding Candy Buffet
86Wedding Candy Buffet
I am getting married in August, and I've decided to partake in one of the latest trends in today's weddings; the self-serve candy buffet. A candy buffet can add fun and color to your wedding reception, and bring you and your groom back to your childhood roots!
Before you begin desigining your candy buffet, an important thing to remember is that the candy buffet is an added expense and must be included in the planning of your wedding budget.
After reading a lot of articles about a great candy buffet one theme rings loud and clear, buy enough candy!! It is suggested that candy buffets work best when they are planned through the eye and not the numbers. Some articles suggest buying a certain number of ounces per guest, but the more successful candy buffets seem to be those that are planned by the size of the table and the containers that will be on the table. It is suggested to choose 5 to 10 types of candy that you want to display and purchase 15-20 pounds of each of these candies. This may seem like an over abundance of candy, but a large table overflowing with candy has a presence at your wedding and does not look like something you threw together at the last minute.
What kind of candy should you buy? Well it depends on the theme of your buffet. Do you want an all white buffet, or do you prefer that the candy buffet matches the color scheme of your wedding, or are you having a theme wedding? For example if you are having a beach theme wedding, you can serve candies from the boardwalk: saltwater taffy, caramel apples, fudge, peanut brittle. Another option is to have a retro candy buffet displaying such items as candy bracelets and necklaces on the elastic cords or the little waxed bottles filled by sugar water.
After you've decided on the types of candy that you want to display you will need to decide how you are going to display the candy. Interesting containers will change your candy buffet from ordinary to extraordinary. Use containers in different shapes and different heights. Clear containers are the best to show off your candy displays. Also use containers that are wide enough for a candy scoop to fit inside. What's the use of having cool containers if your guests can't get to the candy? A suggestion to make the whole look pop is to use displays to raise some of the containers, giving your buffet height. An old catering trick is to take a catering rack or a milk crate and turn it upside down on the table, and cover with a cloth. A finishing touch would be some flowers or candles matching your theme on the table with your candy.
Lastly, you need to think about how your guests will take the candy away from the buffet. Some brides have suggested using small cellophane bags, or classic white bags, or even take out containers matching the color theme of the wedding. Whatever type of container you use, make it fun and personalize with small stickers.
Good luck and best wishes!
Candy Buffet Examples
Supplies for your Candy Buffet
- Nostalgic and Retro Candy from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
Nostalgic and Nostalgia candy you ate as a child in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s is available in gift candy collections or wholesale! - Custom Candy Hearts
- Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds
- Candy | Bulk Candy | Wholesale Candy
Candy Favorites specializes in bulk and wholesale candy as well as Brachs and Jelly Belly. Please visit our online candy store offering over 2800 varieties of candy and retro confections - Bulk Candy | Wholesale Candy | Bulk Chocolate
- Candy store with wholesale candy warehouse full of nostalgic candies and candy bouquets
- Economy Candy Homepage
Nuts, Dried Fruits, Chocolates and Candies. Economy Candy sells the finest nuts, dried fruits, chocolates and candies from around the world. Since 1937 Economy Candy...Noshers Paradise of the Lower Eastside in Manhattan. - Candy Warehouse
- Wholesale Candy Supplier - candy - wholesale prices
Wholesale Candy supplier offering old fashioned candy, unique candy, nostalgic candy and current candy, at wholesale prices to retail customers. With lowest price and 100 % satisfaction guarantees. - SweetFactory
Sweet Factory online candy store, hard to find, nostalgic, bulk candy, chocolates, gift for all occasions. - WWW.MYMMS.COM > HOME PAGE
MY M&M'S(R) offers custom printed chocolate candy for all your gift giving and celebration needs. Treat yourself or your loved ones with custom printed M&M'S(R), custom printed blends, or a selection of 22 creative colors. - jellybelly.com - The Official Site of Jelly Belly Candy Co.
- Papermart
- Chinese Takeout Boxes - Unique favor packaging - Candy Buffet Bar
Chinese takeout boxes makes unique and creative wedding favor packaging for your candy buffet! - Apothecary Jars
- Glass Lid Apothecary Jars
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Love is SWEET. Candy scoops to dish it out. Plastic, Clear, White, Colors, Aluminum, Wood Scoops, Oriental Spoons for your candy buffet. 2,3,4,5 oz. sizes - Scoops for Candy Buffet
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Great food. I so want to eat something now.
This is great - I have never heard of this concept either! You have some beautiful photos of displays. Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials!
I have been to several weddings with a candy buffet. One of the problems you might have is if you are planning on having children attend. Unattended children seem to run a muck at the candy buffet. I do however like this idea better than the recent trend of the chocolate fountain, much less messy! Good luck with your wedding plans. Very informative HUB.
This is a cute idea! I love it! Unfortunately in Asia, candy buffets at weddings are unheard of. I'll recommend this to galpals who are about to marry =)
It's so cute... You'll definitely have a wonderful wedding! I wish you the best of luck!
Thanks for all of the wedding well wishes! I am very excited about the candy buffet. I have never been to a wedding that has one, but I have read about people having them on the knot, brides.com, etc. So I think it will be something unique for my guests to see! I am hoping to keep it a surprise from my fiance, because he LOVES candy and I think he will be so excited to see it when he walks into our reception. I am also very excited because I should be receiving about 7 glass jars that I just ordered from e-bay!
~What a good idea! My friend is getting married soon. I'll suggest it to her. Muy mouth is watering now at the sight of all those sweeties!
Do you have any more to recommend?
What a good idea! It looks great! Hope you have a great wedding! :)
I live in the Midwest (Illinois) and Candy Buffets are alive and well! I'm Patty and I own http://Simplycandybuffets.com and we are booked months in advance for our candy buffets. They are truly the highlight of any of life's celebrations. People talk about them long after the event is over and they are just as popular with the adults as with the kids!
I just had my wedding, and my candy buffet was a huge success. Everyone, young and old enjoyed the candy and thought it was such a neat idea. The cost of the candy does add up very quickly. If you are getting married after a holiday, check out the stores for clearance sales!! I also found some really good jars at T.J. Maxx and Tuesday Morning as well as Hobby Lobby!
We had a candy buffet at our wedding and it was a huge hit! We thought about doing it ourselves, but ended up going with a company that specializes in it. It looked amazing and my wife even had the chocolate fountain she wanted. We used a company called My Candy Buffet (http://www.mycandybuffet.com) - highly recommended if you're in southern california.
Very nicely done hubpages. Hope everybody enjoyed your Wedding Candy Buffet a lot. as a concept it is fantastic and probably would find more and more takers. Although my site http://www.bestmanspeechinsight.com/ is about best man wedding speeches, I couldn't help commenting.
Great Idea -- My nephew had this at his wedding and it was a big hit! I'm doing one for my cousin's 25th Anniversary party. To avoid the children "running amok" we are putting ours out towards the end of the evening and people will fill pretty bags to take home.
I have a weding site I will be mentioning that there as this is definitely somthing worth trying out and I hopeful that vsiitors to my site will definitely love it .
I will definitley link to your hub for the source and let the viitiors know.
I love Candy Buffets. Thanks for the tips on how much candy to buy for each container. Candy can be pretty costly if you don't find it on sale locally or can't get it online in time for your wedding.
Please contact me if you are looking for wedding candy jars. I currently have 13 candy jars to get rid of. Pictures of all. karasmosher@yahoo.com Thanks!
The Pink orange and green candy buffet pictured above was one I set up - it was a total hit! I think every wedding can use a candy buffet! Check out http://aweddingwish.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/candy for some more!
great hub!thanks for sharing this:) I feel like a kid in a candy store!
We are planning my daughters wedding and are trying to understand candy buffet she wants , first is it the dessert , the whole buffet or did you plan a meal . we are trying to work this out and still not sure .
I had the candy buffet in place of favors. I had a cookie table, passed out cake, had a full meal, and then I just provided the candy buffet with personalized bags for the guests to take home as they please. Hope this helps.
This is such a fun idea! I've seen it at a few weddings.
I love the pics, I have an awesome candy buffet display on my blog that I am sure all of you will love.
This past weekend we planned an awesome engagement party that featured this super sheek-chic-sophisticated candy/dessert buffet. We carried a chandelier,chocolate and rasberry theme throughtout the event and the buffet and it came out awesome. We had cute little boxes with the monogram on the top for guests to take home with a cupcake and and of the sweets they liked. Check it out on my blog, it is unbelieveable. Kaden Maddox Events, Raleigh, NC
We just did a candy buffet for our wedding. Everyone loved it, I looked around at a ton of sites for the candy. Ended up getting the best deal using www.acandystore.com They have flat rate shipping for 10 bucks.
We just did a candy buffet for our wedding. Everyone loved it, I looked around at a ton of sites for the candy. Ended up getting the best deal using http://www.acandystore.com They have flat rate shipping for 10 bucks.
Great Article! You have some very helpful info! I just love candy buffets!
Wow..sweet candy buffets! I seldom find the candy buffets on Indonesian wedding party, but it give a bright idea to treat the guests especially for children, thank you for sharing!
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RUTHIE17 says:
2 years ago
Nice Hub--I must say that this is something I've not run into yet. Where are you from? Here in the Midwest the latest thing is a VERY small wedding cake and decorated cupcakes or cookies for the wedding guests.
Hope you have a wonderful wedding and a long and happy life together!