Edible Wedding Favors | Candy Favor Gifts | Food Party Favors

We interviewed our Wedding Decor expert, Danielle Fiorella, of Glittery Bride to answer a few of the most common questions she gets about food favors:

What are fun food favor ideas for a wedding?

There are so many options, it’s hard to pick the perfect edible favor.  My advice to brides is to decide when you want them to have that special moment. Do you want your guests to eat it now or later? Most guests appreciate something they can take home and savor the next morning, reminding them of the great wedding they just went to.  Bonus if it’s something that’s portable and they can take home with them. For that reason, we recommend coffee or tea packages, or jars of honey.  

What are food favors you wouldn’t recommend?

We’ve learned the hard way, chocolates sound great in theory...but they melt in your hand. So be careful with what candy you choose. Other favors I’m not very excited about include brownies, cake pops and donuts.  They’re just not fun to take home and tend to taste a little stale the next day. Save these for the bridal shower where people will appreciate them more.

What are the best food favors for an outdoor wedding?

I get this question all the time. Definitely don’t get chocolate for an outdoor wedding.  A taste of sun and those chocolates will melt in a hot second.  Your guests will not be very happy.  For outdoor weddings, we love personalized lemonade packets or gifts made out of candy.  You could consider mints or if you're doing a DIY Candy bar with a wide variety of candy. Just be careful of candy that melts. (Hot tip, Dried Fruit is a healthy option) One easy favorite is simply double up on dessert and give them a tasty piece of cake to take home! It's cheap and easy. You're already buying the cake!

What are expensive or impressive food favors?

Easy - Custom Fortune Cookies.  This an edible favor not a lot of people have known about but there’s a company out there that makes these amazing, fortune cookies (with unique dips, like chocolate and candy confetti). You can choose up to 20 of your favorite sayings, and boy do those leave an impression, because everyone realizes how much time and effort you put into getting that detail right.

Should I DIY my edible wedding favors?

In general, no, EXCEPT, if your mother or mother-in-law offers to spend time baking or making the wedding favors.  You'll save a lot of money, and in theory it sounds like a great idea, but you should estimate it will take 1 man hour for every 20 guests.  SO if you are having 100 guests attending your wedding, you'll need 5 hours.