Post # 1
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Blushing bee
We are having a wedding of about 200 people. We would like to have a buffett and serve ice cream and cake for dessert. We would like to have Cold stone creamery cater and mix ice cream for our guests.
Has anyone had any experience either going to a wedding where they catered or had them catered for their dessert? What were your takes on it? Did it take long for them to mix per guests to get their ice cream?
Do you think that will be too much food? I have listed them below:
Cocktail Hour: Assorted pastries and quiches
Dinner: Jerk Chicken, bpork tenderloin, rice and peas, salad and rolls, plantains, fried
dumplings, cabbage (Jamaican themed)
Dessert: Cake (assorted types) & cold stone creamery
followed by a champagne toast
Am I doing the most? I think I’m going to end up spending all of this money and people will be too full to eat it. Or they will take so long too mix that people won’t want to party because they’ve been waiting in line so long.
Post # 3
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102 posts
Blushing bee
@kaa02c: Girl, I am loving your menu 🙂 I think the cold stone touch would be great! I cant figure my menu out :/
Post # 4
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Buzzing bee
With 200 people it will definitely take too long to mix ice cream. My friend is planning her wedding and she is going to have a Ben & Jerry’s food truck come out because they have a lot of kids at the wedding. Overall I love this idea! Just make sure you have a diary free option for people who are lactose intolerant.
Post # 5
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Buzzing bee
I would pay a million dollars to go to that wedding! Lol
Post # 6
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Helper bee
I used to work at Cold Stone and if you got enough people working they can mix ice cream like nobody’s business!
Post # 7
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Helper bee
I’m not even a fan of cold stone and that sounds fantastic to me. It would be memorable for sure. I’d second the PP and make sure you have enough people working though.
Post # 8
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Worker bee
My first job was at cold stone! If you hire enough people to serve your guest it shouldn’t take long at all. I think it’s a great idea!
Post # 10
Hostess
8572 posts
Bumble Beekeeper
We are thinking of serving heart-shaped icecream with our cake.. our plan is to basically mold the icecream the day-of, put it in the freezer, and dish it out with the icecream. I’m not sure how it’ll go exactly.
I’m going to try it at our annual work halloween party and see how it goes!
Post # 11
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Bumble bee
@kaa02c: I like the idea and it would be a nice touch.
Post # 12
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Newbee
Sounds like so much fun. Very jealous of your menu!
Post # 13
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Bumble bee
Wow, your menu sounds amazing!! I want to come. As PPs have said, it may take awhile for someone to mix for all those guests… but at the same time, probably some people will be too full, as you said, so it’s not like you’ll have 200 people waiting for ice cream! I don’t know, I love the idea…. maybe do it if your budget allows, but if it’s feeling like an added expense then skip it?? It’s not like people will go hungry, lol.
Post # 14
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Blushing bee
Wow, are menus are so similar. We are having Caribbean food and a dessert bar with a s’mores station and we want a ice cream bar. I don’t think it’s too much food. If nothing else at least they at we’ll.lol that’s my motto
Post # 15
Hostess
8572 posts
Bumble Beekeeper
If it seems like too much hastle, you could always rent a soft serve icecream machine, and you’d just need to buy the icecream!
Post # 16
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Bumble Beekeeper
I’m not a fan of their ice cream.