How to Select Colors for a Candy Buffet
Candy buffets are becoming increasingly popular at wedding receptions, replacing traditional dessert tables or reception favors. A candy buffet is a creative way to dress up your wedding reception, especially since you can customize the color palette to complement the rest of the decor.
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Instructions
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Coordinate the candy buffet with your wedding colors and theme. For example, if you're having a spring wedding, you may choose to use candy wrappers in colors like pink, yellow, lilac or light blue. If your buffet will include unwrapped candies like chocolate truffles or marzipan, consider decorating them with colored frosting or edible sugar details.
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Focus on vibrant colors like hot pink, turquoise, yellow and tangerine if you're having a tropical or island wedding. Winter weddings call for frosty colors like cream, silver and ice blue, while a candy buffet featuring colors like burnt orange, crimson and gold is perfect for fall.
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Create a separate color theme for your buffet by limiting your palette to 3 or 4 hues that compliment each other well. Try restricting your choices to analogous colors such as green, blue and purple, complimentary colors such as violet and gold, or metallics like silver and bronze for a pulled-together, refined look.
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Have chocolates wrapped in the color of your choice. If you don't want to pay for a caterer to do it, simply pick up a roll or two of colored cellophane and wrap the candies yourself, twisting the ends and securing them with clear tape or small pieces of ribbon. You can find colored cellophane online at sites like Papermart.com (see Resources below).
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Select all-white candy for a minimal and elegant look. You can find many candy favorites in all-white versions, including M&Ms. In fact, M&Ms can be purchased in 21 different colors. You can order customized packages of the candies in bulk quantities on the M&Ms website (see Resources below).
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Visit WeddingManor.com to find a variety of companies that sell candy online (see Resources below). A number of these companies, such as Candy Warehouse, Dan's Candies and Candy Crate, offer wholesale prices to the public.
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Tips & Warnings
Prepare for the event by working on the candy buffet at least 4 months prior to the wedding. This will give you enough time to order your supplies and make any necessary returns and exchanges.
Avoid selecting all chocolate or all neutral-colored candy. Though such choices can give balance to an otherwise colorful table, they tend to look dull alone.
