DIY Candy/Sweet Table - What sweets are you having?

caz2003uk

Bags were from eBay, scoops and tongs also from eBay (chinese seller) stamp was from vistaprint

Sorry very short had a quick moment on wifi lol we on honeymoon so best put my phone away lmao

spam88

Caz, thank you for sharing your pictures, I hadn't even thought I can use glass bowls! I shall be raiding my mum's cupboards next time I'm home...

Just thought I'd mention, I got my bags from Amazon a couple of weeks back. £1.50 for 100 striped bags, or they were slightly more expensive for 100 bags of mixed colours. I'm still on the hunt for some cheap metal scoops!

Actually, Caz, do you know what size (in oz) your scoops were..? I've seen loads of different sizes on Amazon but I have literally no idea how big they are or what size I need!

themull1

I got plastic bowls from wilkinsons rather than jars cos i thought the neck might be too small for the scoops, and i got white bags with silver snowflakes for my christmas wedding theme, im going to get a white manzanita tree and hang candy canes off it, got my scoops and tong in clear plastic off ebay, going to decorate with snowflake ribbon. I might even have a couple of cuddly polar bears on the table as well.!

I'm probably having -

Lovehearts
cola bottles
foam bananas
candy sticks
white choc mice
white and pink choc ice creams
liquorice whirls
haribo mini teddies
toffee in chocolate
bonbons

I'm not having sucky sweets cos we don't like them.! and i cannot stand the smell of pear drops so we're not having them.

heartbreak_star

REGARDING NUTS - I would have a designated "nut scoop" just for the M&Ms, keep them in a sealable jar, and make it VERY clear there can be no cross-contamination.

I've got a nut allergy, and nearly ended up in hospital after I ate food someone handed me after they'd eaten nuts.

Be exceptionally careful

HBS x

kacie

I'm thinking of doing one, but maybe doing the sweets in our colours as well so just having blue and silver sweets

themull1

I like the thought of sweets to match the wedding colours, but when i had a look at the pics online, i thought they looked a bit boring and samey, so i'm going for all different coloured sweets.

kacie

themull1 wrote: »

I like the thought of sweets to match the wedding colours, but when i had a look at the pics online, i thought they looked a bit boring and samey, so i'm going for all different coloured sweets.

Yeah I thought about that, but we're having a small wedding so would only need about 6-8 different ones

proverbialneedle

We had the haribo hearts, haribo frogs (kiss the frog!), bubblegum bottles (my absolute favourite), love hearts, lips, and a few other 'fillers' that were smaller and cheaper to buy in bulk.

scousewife

Hi all
Just an update on what sweets I used at sisters wedding last week & what was popular & what wasn't;
Marshmallows - V popular
Haribo Jellies - V popular
Peanut M&Ms - V popular
Skittles - V popular
Mint Humbugs - Ok
Toffees - Not popular
Liquorice Allsorts - Not popular
Chocolate Limes - Ok
Clear Fruits - Ok
Gold/Silver Chocolate Coins - Very popular
Dolly Mixtures - V popular
Midget Gems - V popular
Mamo Chew Sticks - Went down a storm
Fruit Salad & Black Jacks - Went down a storm
Candy Necklaces/Watches - went down a storm
Lollipops - Ok

I had tried to incorporate a few old school hard boiled sweets for the older ppl who attended wedding but they were the types of sweets that proved less popular but the rest was a success. If I only knew how to share photos on here I would show you a pic of my candy cart set up. HTH someone.

CompBunny

Thankyou Scousewife, thats really helpful! Not decided whether we will do a sweetie table or not yet but if we do I'll be referring back to your post I will dig out a "how to" post I wrote for someone else about posting pics in a sec!

How much did it cost in total to have a sweet table do you think? And for how many people?