How Do I Create Custom Candy Bar Labels?
Chocolate or other candy bars with personalized labels make charming party favors, promotional items or birth announcements. They can also be used for wedding save-the-date items and favors or as a way to distribute savings certificates and coupons for a business. Whatever your needs, making customized candy bar labels can be accomplished several different ways, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Determine your budget and needs, then choose the best method for your event. The finished product will be memorable and loved.
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Things You'll Need
- Candy bars
- Adhesive label paper
- Craft paper
- Ink
- Printer
- Computer
- Publishing software
- Glue dots
- Clear tape
Instructions
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Look to websites like FavorIdeas.com and other wedding favor websites, which will let you design candy labels in your event's colors or theme using photographs, images or designs. This is often the simplest method which produces the most visually appealing results, but the options provided may be too limited to encompass your event or other needs. Be conscientious of costs, discounts, shipping fees and shipping times when comparing prices across favor websites and with other options.
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Buy or borrow publishing software to create and print your own candy bar labels. Open Source software programs or free trials of standard office publishing programs can save you the cost of buying the software if you don't intend to use it after you make the labels. You may also be able to use software at a local library, but speak with a librarian about printing costs and restrictions.
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Consider a printing service in an office supply store or copy shop. You may pay more for the items, but they will also be more professional and polished, as well as save you the time of creating and printing them. Not all copy services are prohibitively expensive and some may give discounts for orders of a certain size. Compare the costs and savings of using a service versus the cost of supplies and time invested in making the labels yourself.
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Choose an overall design for your labels. Use colors, fonts and images that reflect both the theme and the tone of your event. Use bright colors for a child's birthday favors or metallic inks for a wedding. Compare the options and choices available on different websites, as it may be worth a little more per label to have the right design for your event.
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Create your design using your chosen software, website or service and label paper. Whether you choose adhesive sticker labels or labels that wrap around the entire bar, there are many options as far as paper weight, texture, color and finish.
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Wrap the candy bars in the labels after all the labels are printed. Use adhesive dots or clear tape to seal the labels around the candy bars. Flat bars like chocolate bars are preferred because the label is less likely to get wrinkled or torn.
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Tips & Warnings
When comparing websites and costs, be aware of which sites will provide the chocolate or candy bars already wrapped with the printed labels and which will only provide the printed labels. Paying for your own chocolate may cost more than the chocolate bars provided by the website.
References
- Photo Credit dark chocolate image by terex from Fotolia.com
