Custom Candy Buffet Treats
October 29th, 2008 @ 3:44 pm by Miss Spring Roll
As previously mentioned, Mr. Spring Roll and I will have a candy buffet at our wedding. I love candy (with the exception of those gross peanut butter taffies in the notorious orange and black wrappers). While the majority of the candy will be simple, we want to throw in a few customized items. Here are a few of my favorite customized candy ideas:
The Sweetest Addition
October 7th, 2008 @ 4:15 pm by Mrs. Pineapple
When I was a very little girl, my parents used to take all of our Easter candy and put it above the freezer so they could ration how much we ate at a time. Well, there was no fooling me. I would sit in front of the freezer with my arms outstretched making sure no one could get to my candy stash.
I never out grew my obsession for sweet treats, and growing up sometimes my mom and I would sneak off to the mall and hit the candy store instead of the food court for lunch. (In case you are wondering, no she didn’t win “Mother of the Year” that year. I am pretty sure with all this wedding help 2008 is going to be her year though.)
Last week Mom Pineapple and I were at the local greasy spoon eating french fries and ice cream for dinner. It was a couple days after my Sweetest Day post, and we were talking about the funny holiday and about Mom and Dad Pineapple being married on Flag Day. I said “if ever there was a excuse to have a candy buffet, Sweetest Day would be it.” Mom Pineapple put down her spoonful of turtle sundae and said “Wait. What is a candy buffet?” Her eyes got huge as I described a table full of colorful candy and what has to be one of the biggest bridal trends in recent years.
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A Sweet Sneak Peek
October 2nd, 2008 @ 9:33 am by Mrs. Shortcake
Perhaps I’ve been spoiling you guys with too many details of our big day, or perhaps you haven’t had your fill of Shortcake quite yet… in either case, I’ve decided to keep some aspects of our wedding semi-secret. 
However, as anyone close to me will attest, I am SOOOOOO bad at keeping (my own) surprises - so maybe I’ll just share some eensy weensy little snippets of our favors. Can you guess what the tag and label theme is?
Dessert Table Inspiration
September 14th, 2008 @ 3:42 pm by Mrs. Bee
New York based event designer Amy Atlas specializes in creating some of the most beautiful dessert tables I’ve ever seen. Check out more eye candy and close-ups of the shots below on her website!
Under The Boardwalk
April 23rd, 2008 @ 12:54 pm by Mrs. Petunia
To be frank, the connection between our candy table and our Monopoly theme went over some of our guests’ heads (I blame myself entirely for not coming up with a more clever sign for the table). Nevertheless, the candy itself wasn’t overlooked, and in my book, that made it a hit regardless.
The New Candy Buffet
December 13th, 2007 @ 5:48 pm by Mrs. Flamingo
While reading through The Knot magazine edition awhile back, I came across an article and thought I would share. There has been a huge craze for candy buffets, but have you considered an alternative? I introduce to you a flavored popcorn buffet… a.k.a. the new candy buffet.
Image: The Knot, Apothecary Jars : English Creek Gardens, Ikea
Tags… Tags… and More Tags…
November 27th, 2007 @ 2:50 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
When the candy buffet craze spread, I was among the many brides that wanted to do one as well. But then we decided to go against the grain a bit (not really!!) and do a cookie buffet instead to give our guests that extra something to take home for a snack.
One of my close work friends has a friend that’s starting up her own baking business, so we were invited to her scrumptious cookie tasting affair a couple months ago. I bought 6, 1-gallon glass jars from Ikea a while back to hold all of our cookies, and we were thinking of using 5 different types of cookies. The idea is that we would double up on the most popular cookie, which is most likely chocolate chip. I purchased these awesome white bags from Papermart for our cookie buffet that we need to spruce up with a tag or something to tie it into our whole wedding.
We conceptualized many designs and thought that we should do something really simple, yet affordable and aesthetically pleasing. During a very boring day at work, I started daydreaming about how I could make simple tags for those cookie/candy buffet bags with the different tag punches my sister and I saw at a recent trip to Joann’s.
I got home from work, shared my idea with my sister, and a trip to Michael’s was planned and executed. With cash on hand and a 40% off coupon, we bought a tag punch, card stock paper, embossing clear gloss, stamp (”With Love”), blue embossing powder and spools of green ribbon.
I Want Candy!
November 1st, 2007 @ 4:53 pm by Mrs. Lily
After sugaring up yesterday with mounds of Halloween candy, I remembered that I never blogged about our awesome candy buffet.
People have asked me, “Did anyone actually EAT the candy at your wedding?” The answer is YES. There was actually none left. And I bought A LOT of candy. Guess my family and friends are sugar hounds too!
Kitchenware & Candybars*
July 19th, 2007 @ 4:20 pm by Mrs. Pumpkin
In my recent post about the Candy Buffet at our wedding there were some comments asking about what quantities I had purchased and for how many guests. I had been putting off posting the answers because I was hoping that our professional pics would have some better shots of the candy buffet set-up so that you could see better what I was talking about. Unfortunately (but fortunately for her!) our photographer has been very busy and we haven’t received our professional shots back yet. Here’s a nonpro pic:
I didn’t want to wait much longer in case some of you who were wondering need to start ordering your candy soon so here is the information:
We had 155 people at the wedding, including the wedding party, but I really didn’t try to have enough of every one thing for everyone. I was really only concerned with filling the jars that I had once, and I was fine if certain things ran out.
Candy! Delicious Candy!
July 18th, 2007 @ 3:35 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Mr. Lollipop and I have an agreement about food: all of our eating expenses are covered by our joint account. We split the bill for groceries, restaurants, and whatever else right down the middle. However, there are two exceptions to this rule. First, he pays for his own beer, and second, I pay for my own candy.
This arrangement keeps my fiance from going bug-eyed when I bring home an entire bucket of bubble gum, or purchase and then eat an entire box of dark chocolate turtles over the course of a week. I love candy. Love it. Love it. Health-wise, I am lucky that the fillings I got in Japan (my first and only!) were not of the highest quality. The ringing in my teeth from sugary things keeps me from going overboard. I dropped soda from my diet, but I can’t help the occasional sweet, sweet (*drool*) candy indulgence.
It should come as no surprise that I needed a candy buffet at our reception. We will have six kinds of candy, and they will be combined with our cookie table to form a heavenly display of things that will cause my early death.
I bought all of our candy in bulk from Metrocandy. We be serving caramels, spearmint leaves, gummy sour apples, chocolate rocks (they look like real pebbles!), jelly beans, and rock candy. I even bought extra rock candy to be used as stirrers at the coffee table, and flavored rock candy for swizzle sticks in mixed drinks.
I set out a mock-up last weekend. In addition to these six jars, we will have several jars for cookies.
