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I think the color candy buffets really pop. But if you and your FI don't like blue/green candy, then try to find colored signs or containers for the buffet. I guess it really depends if you can find what you want for candy in blue and green.
We stuck with our wedding colors. I bought it in bulk from candy.com and you can sort by color! That made it really easy to find things we liked in our colors.
I would try to stick to your colors, and if it doesn't work, then branch out.
@brittgrace13: We got M&Ms, jelly bellys, rock candy, chocolate colored jordan almonds, candy sticks (kind of like candy canes but in different colors)...they all came in a wide variety of colors. I also stalked all of the dollar stores in our area for candy in our colors to supplement our candy buffet with some other options.
We stuck with our wedding colors, purple green, and white. I tried hard to not buy just apple and grape flavors. I think we ended up with a good variety.
@yellowshoe: Thats my dilema I'm finding mainly apple and blueberry flavors :/
My wedding was two weeks before Halloween so we went with a "Trick or Treat" theme. All clear glass jars and bowls, kraft paper tin tie bags with "Trick or Treat" rubber stamped on them, small metal jack-o-lantern bowls to hold the bags and a picture of our dog holding a bag of Reese's with "Trick or Treat" superimposed on top. Our candy was a mixture of wrapped and unwrapped, fun sized Mars brand, Hershey's kisses, Ghiardelli and candy corn, mello creme pumpkins, etc. I'll post a picture when I can.
That was the same problem we had, but the colors were dark pink, white and black. Most black candies were licorice flavored, so we added silver in as well as chocolate.
I just went to a 1-year old party with a candy theme. As a guest, honestly, I don't care about the color theme - I want the candy I like! You can encorporate your colors with ribbons or gift bags, etc.... but, if you are having trouble sticking with your color theme, I don't think you need to hold to it hard and fast. I definitely think it's cute when there is a color theme, but I think you could pull off something great with a lot of colors as well.
Also think about your venue and type of wedding. If you are having a more upscale wedding, then staying within the colors looks a lot nicer.
Our wedding was blue and orange, so all my candy was blue, orange and white.
I had - blue gummy sharks, blue & orange vanilla seahorse lollipops (which we handmade), mini jawbreakers, blue & orange saltwater taffy, blue & orange jelly beans, peanuts, and blue dove chocolates.
With orange, there are numerous choices besides just 'orange flavored'. Our saltwater taffy was mango (and the blue was passion fruit), and the jelly beans were orange crush, and the lollipops were both made from vanilla flavored candymelts.
We did our colors, purple, gold, and ivory. I had lots of grape candy, but people still loved it. The gold however, was a life saver, since I was able to use chocolate candies that had gold wrappings.
Maybe you could throw in some silver and add in a little bit of something else.
@brittgrace13: We had about 125 guests, and I think we had about 10 containers of candy. I heard 1/4 lb to 1/2 lb per person, but it depends on the size of your containers. We ordered pint-sized take-out boxes from papermart.
Someone suggested filling up one of your containers with candy and weighing it to determine about how much people will take. That helped me out! I did notice that some couples only took 1 per couple, too, so we ended up with some left over.
Here was ours:
We have 8 jars (2 were flatter jars, 1 is hidden) and 2 lollipop trees (which I made).
I had just under 100 guests, and made around 150 lollipops and I think about 40-50lbs of candy. In the end, I had enough to fill about 15 boxes I believe, but no one really touched the peanuts. I only had I think 5 seahorse lollipops leftover as well!
Our candy buffet was open all night and the DJ announced it. It was a huge hit, and with our guest number, I was estimating about 1/2lb of candy per person, but it was probably more towards 1/4 or 1/3lb. It really just depended on how full people filled the pint size take out containers.
Figure out what type of container you want your guests to have. That will also help determine the amount they need.
Now - I had MIL and SIL decorate the containers. I think they said they did around 120 just in case people took two. I had a good amount leftover - actually they just went in the trash the other day. I bet I had 40-50 left over...
I originally thought the nuts would go over well, considering the older crowd. People wanted those gummy sharks more than anything! I still hear comments about them - they were a huge hit! The jawbreakers, not so much, but my DH's coworker liked them so I sent the leftovers to his work.
We stuck to our wedding colours (pink, blue and white). It was definitely harder, but I think that visually it looked a lot better and "cleaner".
I think blue and green limits your choices and/or flavours. When I think of a candy buffet, I think of tons of bright, fun colours.
Hmm... if you go rainbow, you probably get better candy choices. If you stick to the colors, it'll probably be more visually appealing.
Our was all navy and maroon (which ended up spilling over into blue and red), and I liked it! We had about 175 guests, and this was ours:
We had 13 jars I think, and I hid some extra candy under the table for our coordinator to refill the jars with. In the end, we had lots of leftovers of the less popular things (sixlets, cinnamon hard candies), but the popular stuff ran out well before the night was over (gummy candies, Twizzlers bites, York peppermint patties).
It's so hard to know how much you should have of what! I went with a little less than 1/4 lb per person and ended up having a LOT leftover of some things. You can see the glassine bags we used on the right side of that photo. I think if you get enough candy to fill up your jars so they look nice, you'll have more than enough for all your guests!
We had a candy buffet ( actually two) and did all candies and colors! Our colors were black and white with red accents and thought about sticking with the theme..but it's hard tO get a variety out of limiting candy and thought it would be dull . Ours ended up really nice with the pop of colors. This is a pro pic we got from the photographer...Sorryif it's large I'm posting from my iPhone
I personally think that candies with variety of colors will add a burst to your wedding theme.
Thanks everyone for all your help :) Were leaning more towards sticking to our theme but we haven't bought anthing yet lol sooo we'll see! These are the candies were thinking about getting. Please let me know how they did at your weddings and if you have any suggestions:)
*Cake pops (Homemade)
*White chocolate pretzels
*Hershey kisses
*Gummy Bears
*Apple O's
*Dove chocolate
*Mini jawbreakers
*Cookies and cream mini's
*Jelly bellys
*something sour???
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I'm so confused on which kind of candy buffet guest would enjoy....Should I stick to my wedding colors and only use candy that is blue and green or should I have more of a variety and have all colors and flavors???