I Want Candy! (Or, How to Style a Candy Buffet)

I Want Candy! (Or, How to Style a Candy Buffet)

February 21st, 2010 @ 10:00 am by Mrs. Paisley
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I used my Craigslist Cricut purchase ($100 for a perfectly good Cricut Create with a cartridge, yeay-er!) to cut out little labels to decorate my apothecary jars for the candy buffet:

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Photo by Miss Paisley

The shape of the labels mimic the shape of our invitations:

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Photo Credit: Style Me Pretty

Our candy labels DEFINITELY match the favor boxes I made:

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But I think it’ll turn out OK despite the matchy-matchyness. Here’s an inspiration board I made using a cream, blue, pink and yellow color palette:

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So, that’s basically what I’m goin’ for. I may even throw some chocolate (non-white) into the real thing. I’m not ‘fraid. I don’t NEED to do all pastels. We shall see once I order the candy! For the macaroons, I’m either going to DIY, or bite the bullet and pay $3 per macaroon at Bouchon Bakery:

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Photo Credit: Bouchon Bakery by skinnyminhy.blogspot.com

I’m only going to have about 15 on a plate, so it wouldn’t be totally cost-prohibitive, depending on how well I do managing my budget toward the end of wedding-countdown-2010.

Finding inspiration for a candy spread has been one of the more challenging, yet fun, parts of wedding planning. What inspiration have you come across to help create a gorgeous and cohesive candy buffet color palette?

Inspiration board photo credit: Ian Grant, Project Wedding, Martha Stewart Weddings, Style Me Pretty

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17 Responses to “I Want Candy! (Or, How to Style a Candy Buffet)”

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Gilneas (message) 1,393 posts, Bumble bee

Mmm.. Bouchon makes the most amazing macarons. It might be worth the splurge (and the lack of headache!) to go the non-DIY route.

Yum.

2/21/10 @ 10:32 am (reply)

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Miss Scissors (message) 7,343 posts, Bee Keeper

Mmm! I love candy buffets. Have you looked at Amy Atlas’ stuff? Her candy buffet spreads are ridiculous!

2/21/10 @ 11:00 am (reply)

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ColaJae

Oh dear! You have to have macarons! I’ve been looking at recipes all over the internet and have tried a couple of them. They aren’t that hard…..promise! And they actually keep quite well!

2/21/10 @ 11:03 am (reply)

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amariem25 (message) 3,740 posts, Sugar bee

I would buy the macarons. I tried to make them and they turned out terrible. Plus almond flour is really really expensive. I spent $26 on ingredients for my first attempt at macarons and they didn’t taste right at all and looked really bad. I’d just buy them and save yourself time!

2/21/10 @ 11:41 am (reply)

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

I’d probably pick popular flavors over color cohesiveness… and chocolate is AWESOME.

2/21/10 @ 2:44 pm (reply)

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Mattel (message) 682 posts, Busy bee

Our colors are cream and dak brown - we have decided to go against the grain of coordinating and go for a bright, this-takes-me-back-to-my-childhood bufet. Dum Dums, Blow Pops, licorice, sweet tarts, giant lollipops.

2/21/10 @ 2:48 pm (reply)

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EMARILU (message) 322 posts, Helper bee

yummy candy buffets. so sweet n cute

2/21/10 @ 3:17 pm (reply)

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beach01 (message) 74 posts, Worker bee

I second the comment to avoid all the hassle and just buy ‘em! I love candy buffets!!! We’re going to incorporate some candy goodness at our home reception party.

2/21/10 @ 4:39 pm (reply)

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Miss Pencils (message) 1,027 posts, Bumble bee

yum, I love candy buffets. we dallied with the idea for a long time- I’m glad you’re doing it!

2/21/10 @ 7:50 pm (reply)

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bellenga (message) 7,536 posts, Bee Keeper

I absolutely love Amy Atlas’ blog too! One of my faves and I go to all the time to see how she just designs the tables.

Think I’ll steal a little style a-la-Amy for my favor table! Not a candy buffet, but will be giving away cupcakes and a cute trinket and I want the table lookin’ good.

2/21/10 @ 7:54 pm (reply)

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Bee

Miss Argyle (message) 2,516 posts, Sugar bee

Those macaroons look delicious! We thought about doing a candy buffet, but the idea of coordinating it made my head spin - you’ve done great, so I cannot wait to see how it turns out!

And LOVE that you used your Cricut!

2/21/10 @ 8:03 pm (reply)

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Monica Gray

As a planner, I’m finding that the candy buffet is the new hot trend! Thanks so much for the tips.

I have used candy from ACandyStore.com when planning several events. They have great discounts for their Facebook/Twitter followers. And they offer flat rate shipping for $9.95! Amazing.

Good luck everybody!

2/21/10 @ 10:07 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,295 posts, Bee Keeper

i’m hoping one of the weddings i go to in the future have a candy buffet! i’ve been seeing this on the blogosphere for a while now but have yet to have the pleasure of seeing one in person!

2/21/10 @ 10:48 pm (reply)

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Bee

Mrs. Mouse (message) 5,844 posts, Bee Keeper

I love that color palette, and I think some brown chocolate would keep it from being too “pretty,” ya know?

2/22/10 @ 2:54 am (reply)

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Miss Paisley (message) 243 posts, Helper bee

@Gilneas, yum! I’m glad to hear your recommendation, I haven’t yet tried Bouchon. I feel lucky they’re (sorta) close by to my grandma’s.
@Miss Scissors, thanks for pointing me to her website, I’d run across Altas’ site before, but had forgotten about it! So, thank you! This will definitely help inspire me!
@Amariem, good tip, thank you! I could, unfortunately, with my beginner-baking-skills, see myself spending a lot on ingredients and not having it work out.
@Miss Spaniel, yeah…I gotta have some chocolate. Some fudge, some caramel. I’ll use FI’s favorite, salt water taffy, to fulfill my pastel quota.
@Mrs. Mouse, I agree. I like the natural-colored stuff in the apothecary jar at bottom left in my inspiration board. I’m gonna go for that sort of thing, plus chocolate and pastels.

2/22/10 @ 3:25 am (reply)

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Bee

Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Mmm, you had me at Bouchon

2/22/10 @ 9:48 am (reply)

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Heather

I am planning on doing a candy bar and much like Mattel it will be a mix of colors as opposed to matching the candy with our color theme. I do plan to tie a color coordinated ribbon around each glass container though to the extent the style allows and to also add some other coordinating color elements. Are people using signs–such as “love is sweet?” etc?

2/22/10 @ 2:58 pm (reply)