Some great dessert ideas include cupcakes with couture cupcake wrappers, truffles, personalized chocolate bars, cookie garlands, whoopie pies, pillow mints, malted milk balls, sweet tarts, rock candy, taffy, almonds, macaroons, cotton candy cone sticks, popcorn boxes, panacotta, centerpiece cakes, jelly beans, mints.

You’ve selected the cake, but your wedding needs something more. A DIY candy bar is just the thing to add a fun, whimsical element to your wedding reception….Best Candy for Candy Buffet

1. Lollipops.
2. Rock candy.
3. Candy sticks.
4. Gummy candies.
5. Peppermint sticks or disks.
6. Buttercream mints.
7. Gumballs.
8. Candy-coated chocolates.

Most people remember scoops for their candy buffets, but often forget about tongs. For some candy items tongs are a must. Items like marshmallows, gummy worms and licorice are pretty hard to pick up with scoops, but with tongs… easy!

Here are 17 healthy and delicious alternatives to candy.

• Fresh fruit. Fresh fruit is naturally sweet and packed with nutrients like fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
• Dried fruit.
• Homemade popsicles.
• ‘Nice cream’
• Frozen fruit.
• Fruit and veggie chips.
• Homemade fruit leather.
• Energy balls.

3 Ways to Cut Costs for your Candy Buffet

1. Buy Candy in Bulk. M&Ms are dense and take up very little space, so you wouldn’t want to fill a large container with them.
2. Select Sweets Other than Candy.
3. Add Salty Snacks.

Dessert & Candy Buffet Alternatives

1. THE COOKIE BAR. Credit: Abby Rose Photo via Bridal Guide.
2. THE CHEESE BUFFET. Credit: Cheryl McEwan/SouthBound Bride.
3. THE CHARCUTERIE STATION.
4. THE WHISKY & CIGAR BAR.
5. THE ICE CREAM PARLOUR.
6. THE POPCORN BAR.
7. THE TEA OR COFFEE BAR.
8. THE CEREAL BUFFET.

5 jars
1-50 guests: 5 jars candy. 50-100 guests: 10 jars candy. 100-150 guests: 15 jars candy. 150-200 guests: 18 jars candy.

How to Set Up a Dessert Table

1. Choose your space wisely. Place your dessert table against a plain wall or a window with a view.
2. Harmonize Colors.
3. Design your backdrop.
4. Design with height in mind.
5. Serve mini desserts.
6. Display candy with Apothecary Jars.
7. Add Floral Decor.

Plan a menu with a variety of desserts that are both chocolate and non-chocolate. Bake ahead and freeze desserts if possible. Serve smaller items so that guests can taste many different bites. Take help from the store and friends/family, don’t try and make everything yourself.

We usually recommend about 1/2 pound per guest when considering consumption. But if you are building a candy buffet bar, you are going to need more than 10 pounds. The videos above should help you get a better idea of how much candy you need to fill the space you envision for your buffet.

A candy buffet is a themed display of premium candy that is designed to complement the color scheme of your event. Candy buffets provide a beautiful backdrop and delicious decor for weddings, parties and events.

The Candy Table is a piece of furniture. It can rotate into daily stock at the Carpenter’s Shop for 1,000g or the Traveling Cart for between 250-2,500g. It’s also available from the Furniture Catalogue for 0g .