Edible Wedding Favors – How To Choose

When considering what to give as a favor for your wedding a fun choice is always something edible. Who doesn’t love something that they can eat. And you can tailor the treat to match your interests and hobbies making it all the more memorable. This article offers you lots of ideas for edible wedding favors.

Although, actually making an edible favor can be a little time consuming, your guests will be impressed by your creation, This makes it an even more personal gift from you to them. You might want to bake cookies or make jam or a special sauce. But of course all of those will take some time.

Combine Purchased And Homemade

You might consider buying the edible portion of your favor and then upgrading it by adding a special handmade tag or recipe card. A mini kit to make your favorite cocktail or a little champagne bottle will certainly fit the celebration mood. Homemade pickles are a great munchy and gourmet olive oil would suit a couple that enjoys cooking. If your wedding location has a specialty, or something that symbolizes the setting, you could incorporate that into your favor. For example, honey would make a sweet favor for a garden reception. If your city is known for a particular snack, such as pretzels or a special kind of candy then that would be a good choice.

Your guests are sure to enjoy and appreciate whatever edible wedding favor you select. Choosing something that your guests can eat also solves the problem that most wedding guests face of what to do with the tiny picture frame or trinket box or other little gift when they get home. Most of us don’t need more stuff. So you can feel good about selecting a yummy favor that you know your guests will enjoy.

Choose A Fun Favor

Here is a fun idea. If you want to personalize an edible gift to take home make up a batch of the dry portions of your favorite cookie mix. Pack some in individual jars along with a recipe card on how to complete the cookie project. Each guest will get a jar to take home and make. This will be a tasty and a fun reminder of your special day.

Don’t want to cook or bake but maybe everyone knows how much you love a certain candy bar? Put a pretty ribbon around that kind of candy bar and each guest will have a sweet treat that reminds them of you. Attach a cute tag to the ribbon to complete the sweet look. Even after your guests were well fed at your reception, you could consider giving them each a paper bag filled with fresh popcorn. You know they will enjoy the snack on the way home. Or, how about a candy table for the end of the evening? Encourage your guests to fill bags with a candy assortment for the trip home or for a sugar high the next day. Use cellophane bags and put a pretty stamp or monogram sticker on it.

Customize

Select edible favors that you enjoy eating or making or even that coordinate with your wedding colors. Choosing something edible that is also a bit DIY saves money and makes your favors so much more personal; even if you only make part of the favor.

Everyone loves ice cream sundaes, so you can’t go wrong with a jar of Hot Fudge sauce.

A special nut mix or even a single kind of nut, sugar coated is a sure taste bud pleaser. This is also a more healthy treat than some other choices.

Macarons are very popular but can be a challenge to make correctly. But sourcing them from a bakery that will do them just right and then putting them in a pretty bag or box with a label that you create could still give them your special touch.

Maybe you are a barbeque master and you have a particular meat rub that everyone loves. How about a gift of a small jar of your specialty rub?

A little on the silly side but still fun, you could give a box with a single doughnut to each guest. They have a delicious breakfast ready to go for the morning after the wedding.

Cold Weather Wedding Favors

If your wedding is happening during a chillier time of the year, make up hot chocolate mix and perhaps even pack it in a mug with a recipe card. Your guests will be grateful when they are enjoying it on a cold night later on. Another fun cold weather treat could be the makings for s’mores. All your guests will have to do is heat the marshmallows.

• 

• 

For a beachy wedding get cookies shaped like seahorses or anchors and bag them individually. They will really represent your beach-side theme. Tie the top of the bag with a blue and white ribbon and you are all set.
Another sweet and fun idea would be small bags of cotton candy. See if you can find some interesting, custom flavor and you guests will definitely enjoy this sweet favor.

If you liked the idea of the morning after breakfast but not the doughnuts, then a couple biscuits, a tiny jar of jam and a couple special tea bags make for a more elegant breakfast. Make sure to package them attractively and you have a lovely favor. And if the idea of jam appeals to you but you prefer savory over sweet then little jars of tomato jam might be just right for you.

Morning After Favor Ideas

• 

• 

So Many Ideas

The ideas are endless. Start by thinking about what the two of you like or are good at or are would enjoy creating. Then brainstorm how you can reflect these personal traits in what you offer as a favor. The result will be a much more special favor than anything you could simply buy. Edible wedding favors are a fun , personal and tasty way to thank your guests for sharing your special day. So start planning your delicious gift.