Edible Wedding Favors Gift Ideas

Some of the newest trends in wedding favors are those that guests can eat or drink. Many types of edible wedding favors are available in a wide price range, and it is also possible to create your own. It would be rare to find a wedding reception where most of the guests do not like chocolate candy and by slipping a personalized wrapper over the candy bars from the store can provide edible wedding favors that are unique toy our wedding day.

Traditionally, the original wedding favors were sugar cubes in metal boxes, given by the rich and powerful as a show of wealth and status, as sugar was expensive at the time. Gradually the tradition changed to include five candy-covered almonds in a cloth bag, representing the bittersweet nature of marriage. This giving of edible wedding favors was popular hundreds of years ago and the tradition of offering sweets and treats is beginning to reemerge.

However, in the western part of the world, people are striving to be different and find the most unique items they can as a memory of their wedding day for their guests. Creating their own edible wedding favors may be something as simple as candy kisses in a small bag or as elaborate as iced cookies with the couples name written in icing on the top.

While setting a bunch of miniature candy bars on the tables may seem a bit tacky, they will be better received if the wrapper has the couples’ wedding information on a customized wrapper. There are companies online that sell these wrappers to make your own edible wedding favors. They simply slip over the ones you can buy in most grocery or department stores.

They are even available if you want to use the full-sized candy bars and can be made of virtually any color of paper and printing to fit into the color theme of the wedding. Although guests will unwrap the candy to eat it, they may choose to save the outer wrapper from edible wedding favors as a keepsake from the wedding.

One caution when choosing edible wedding favors is to avoid perishable food items. It is also good to consider the environment of the wedding when choosing the type of edible wedding favors to leave on the tables. Wedding receptions being held outdoors or in a tropical climates may not be a good place for chocolate or other candies or foods that can be damaged by the heat.

         

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