Color Theme Your Candy Buffet
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Using certain colors on your candy buffet will bring out the theme colors of your event. Take a look at the wedding candy buffet above in teals, sea greens, and light blues. By using this color for most of the candy and offsetting it with a white table cloth, you really bring out the wedding colors. It will help dazzle your guests when they see these colors intermix with the bridesmaids dresses and reception centerpieces.
Use a Fun and Entertaining Backdrop
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Whether you use photos of the wedding couple or birthday kid – depending on your type of candy buffet – or you decorate the back of your table with a wall of streamers and balloons, it is imperative you make the backdrop of your candy buffet fun and entertaining. Use large letters to spell out names or theme related words, dangle puff tissue decor from the ceiling. Whatever you can to make your candy bar exciting.
Provide the Right Candy Bar Containers and Utensils
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You don’t want to make your guests work to get their candy. If the containers are too deep or you need tongs but you’ve only provide scoops, your guests are going to get frustrated or worse! Something may fall over and get broken. Gauge what your guests can do, and plan accordingly. If your candy buffet is for a young group, have an older sibling or adult man that station and help the kids get their treats. If you are layering things, make sure they aren’t too high or too far away from the front of the table to get to the goodies but using a lower or more open container. Also, trays help keep things from traveling all over the table.
Allow guests to stock up with take home bags and boxes. Clear bags with twist ties work very well and show off the colorful candy a guest chooses. But there are all sorts of take home boxes you can put out for your guests to use. Everything and anything as far as containers will do for most candies, but you will want to get specialized boxes for take home cupcakes, slice of party cake, or pie.
Scoops work well with candy that isn’t sticky. Tongs are perfect for the sticky and gummy type candy. Wrapped candy does not need to have either, but may need one or the other if the container does not allow one to grab with their hands. Lollipops should be above the lip of their container.
Offer More Than Candy
While the main event on a candy buffet are the candy items, many offer more sweets then just candy. There are cupcakes, donuts, cake pops, rice-krispee bars – just to mention a few – that can be offered along side of the candy. This can even turn your candy bar buffet into a full fledged dessert buffet.
Personalize The Candy Buffet
The candy buffet should reflect the person or couple for whom the party or event is being thrown. Add personalized touches, like photos of the wedding couple or labels stating which is the birthday child’s favorite candy.
In Summary: 20 Candy Buffet Ideas
Need a quick list of our 20 Candy Buffet Ideas? Well, here it is:
- Use color to make your candy bar pop!
- Colored candy is not the only colorful item you can use on your candy buffet. Look for colorful containers, labels, trays, and more.
- Using white to match any color scheme pulls it all together.
- Spell out words or names with a banner or letter containers.
- Silver or gold scoops are perfect for formal weddings, clear goes well with any informal event.
- Be sure to provide the right size containers for the candy you are offering.
- Use scoops, tongs, spoons, etc. to get the candy out of the containers.
- Unwrapped candy should be placed in a container with a lid.
- Clear glass or plastic containers provide the best experience for those who want to see what is inside.
- Use different sizes and shapes to punch up the decor of the candy buffet.