What is the average amount folks have spent on a candy buffet? I am expecting 255 guests and I am trying to get an estimate of how much this may cost.


Thanks

I am doing a candy buffet for my May wedding for about 130 people. I am very excited because I just finished all of my candy buying yesterday! When I first started this project, I budgeted 600 dollars for candy alone. That is because through my browsing online at wholesale candy websites, I quickly learned it was going to be very pricey once you do the expedited shipping for chocolate and gummy-candy.  Also, candy in general is more expensive through these companies, but i thought it would be too hard to find so much all red candy in stores. I am happy to say I bought all of my red candy in local stores and no shipping and ordering online was necessary.

I started with Targets Valentine candy sales. I purchased KitKats, cinnamon gummy hearts, Twizzlers, red and white mints, hot tamales, and swedish fish. They had fantastic sales, and I plan on going back tomorrow after Valentines to see if the prices went down further. If so, they price match and will refund the difference.

After I bought these from Target, I was going to go ahead and get the rest online. I did not think it was possible to find all red M&Ms anywhere. I had already looked most places. Last minute I decided to check Party City. To my surprise they had every color of the rainbow. I bought 5 pounds of red M&Ms, red jordan almonds (3 pounds for $9 rather than $38 online), gumballs, lolipops, rock candy, red milk chocolate hearts, and red "Thank you for sharing our special day" mints. Plus I had a $20 off coupon. (always look for coupons online before you go)

Lastly, I really wanted white fudge covered pretzels, which i was going to pay a ton for through a gourmet candy shop. I went to Publix and found "Flipz" brand white chocolate covered pretzels that are delish and bought enough to fill my two largest jars with them for $30.

Long story short, what was going to cost me $550-$600 dollars online for candy alone cost me $240 in local stores. I have 13 types of candy, and 15 jars. All jars were bought at Michaels, TJ Max, and HomeGoods for about $12 or less each. I bought the bags from Box and Wrap online for $70 and personalized sticker labels from Oriental Trading online for $10.

Sorry this is long-- but hopefully it's helpful!