http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards Topic: Choco Raisins as Favors? en Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:53:10 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-51342 Sun, 18 May 2008 20:12:45 +0000 Woonendez 51342@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>omg, thanks for the advice guys! i totally didn't think about there being websites out there for bulk candy! and you guys have some good advice about the chocolate melting, which i also didn't think about, until it hit like 90+ degrees here in los angeles this weekend and the raisins in the container i had bought started to stick a little to the inside of it =O. i may have to see if there's a cool place at the reception site to stick the favors, or i may have to rethink the raisin idea.. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-51206 Sat, 17 May 2008 21:06:50 +0000 beesknees 51206@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>mmmm- now i want some chocolate raisins. What a cute idea! &nbsp;And don't worry if someone isn't a fan of raisins- you'll never be able to please everyone.</p> <p>You could also do chocolate covered espresso beans too. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-51168 Sat, 17 May 2008 17:29:25 +0000 TallBride 51168@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>just make sure they wont melt. </p> <p>Also Ebay has whoelsale candy stores, we're using Lindt truffles and getting them for CHEAP&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-51061 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:21:20 +0000 GorgesViola 51061@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>[hijack] Wow, Bridediy... I don't think I could ever do that experiment - they'd be gone after a week in my house!&nbsp;<img src="/my-plugins/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/icon_redface.gif" /> </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-51059 Sat, 17 May 2008 05:22:37 +0000 Bridediy 51059@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I think choc raisins would look fine but as one of the other posters mentioned some may like some may not.&nbsp; </p> <p>Other chocolate options would be:&nbsp; braches chocolate stars (tasty, plain chocolate and they look pretty),&nbsp; malted milk balls, nonpariels, minature chocolate covered pretzels,</p> <p>The only thing I would say is avoid anything with nuts in it since a lot of people tend to have nut allergies.</p> <p>two sites I used to get lots of candy cheep for my candy buffet (70 pounds total) were:</p> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.groovycandies.com/">www.groovycandies.com</a></p> <p>and </p> <p><a href="http://www.metrocandy.com/">www.metrocandy.com</a></p> <p>Both had great services, fast delivery and the candies tasted great even after I stored them for 3 months leading up to the wedding</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-50996 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:12:13 +0000 MsApes 50996@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I think that's very cute!&nbsp; I had the same dilemma and I needed approximately 95 pounds of candy and the jelly bellies/m&amp;ms was going to cost us a fortune (with 300 favors).&nbsp; So we went with <a href="http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-13958169379197_1999_26364321">flower shaped sweet tarts</a> (&quot;cherry blossoms&quot;) even though they weren't our colors, it still followed our theme.&nbsp; </p> <p>Just a thought though, how many of your guests like raisins?</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-50977 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:44 +0000 GorgesViola 50977@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I don't think it's ugly at all, and I personally would love chocolate covered raisins, but as... hmm, was it Mrs. Radish?... wrote a long while back (in a vegan cookie post), raisins are a very divisive food - people either love or hate them, it seems. You might be able to find some inexpensive plain chocolate candies at Costco or someplace like that. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/choco-raisins-as-favors#post-50963 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000 Woonendez 50963@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>hi everyone, i saw a really cute picture of some favors on the knot, where they used a clear 2x2x2 favor box filled with green jelly bellys and wrapped it with ribbon. i jumped the gun and bought all the clear favor boxes, thinking i would do light blue m&amp;m's or blue jelly bellys, only to discover that it would cost over 300$ on candy alone for probably 150 boxes!&nbsp; i don't have the heart to spend that much money on such a small amount of candy, and my wedding colors are blue and chocolate brown, so i was wondering if you thought it was ugly to use chocolate covered raisins as a substitute?&nbsp; i would get a blue satin ribbon instead.&nbsp; thanks for your opinions! </p>