Favors
Options
Edible Favor- What would you want?
I am debating on whether or not to have favors at my wedding due to costs... I always thought handing out favors was proper etiquette, and I don't know how I'd feel about nixing favors all together. Obviously edible favors seem to be the ideal from what I gather. If you were to attend a wedding that had an edible favor waiting for you at the table...what would you hope it is?
This discussion has been closed.
Re: Edible Favor- What would you want?
[QUOTE]Chocolate or cookies.
Posted by AddieL73[/QUOTE]
Chocolate cookies!
And FWIW (since you mentioned budget), I'd rather have one of something a little bit nicer (a truffle, a decorated sugar cookie, a petit four, a chocolate-covered Oreo) than more of something cheaper.
For example, I attended a wedding one time with the reception in a posh venue ... and the favors on the table were little white cardboard boxes containing cheap hard candy (that sells in bulk at Walmart -- the mix with peppermints, butterscotch disks, foil-wrapped strawberry candy) and one Hershey kiss. Favors aren't required, I was thankful for the gesture ... but I think their money might have been better spent either by not doing favors, by spending a little bit more on the candy (all kisses, for example, or a mix of different flavor kisses and/or Hershey's Hugs) and less on the packaging (tulle?), or by going with one of something.
ETA -- and it wouldn't bother me a bit if the truffle was homemade or the cookie(s) were the bride's famous recipe or something like that. A Knottie mentioned that her mother or grandmother really wanted to make Scottish shortbread for her wedding, and the venue wouldn't allow it in as "outside catering" so they wrapped them up as favors instead. I think that's really cool (as long as the making of a homemade favor didn't drive the bride, groom and associated families into the loony bin with stress
I agree that I'd prefer one item that's really special vs a ton of Skittles or something.
Do you and your FI have a favorite flavor of chocolate or cookie? Or family tradition? Or is there a local bakery or chocolate shop that you really enjoy?
Reply requested by March 23.
THEY ALSO HAVE UNIQUE CANDLE HOLDERS IN WHICH YOU CAN WRAP IN TULLE WITH A CARD.
WWW.EXCLUSIVELYWEDDINGS.COM/FAVORS
GOOD LUCK TO YOU WITH YOUR WEDDING PLANS,MAY YOUR WEDDING BE ALL YOU DREAMT IT WOULD BE
If we don't have the budget for this, my other idea is a bunch of pillsbury cinnamon rolls, which we'd bake ourselves and wrap in little clear wax paper packets, each individually packaged - maybe 1 per guest, a sort of take-away breakfast.