Sweets Table or Late Night Snack...or both??

Miracle520

You ladies have been so helpful the couple times I've posted so I'm back again. We are trying to decide if we want to offer late night snacks, a sweets table or both. FI wants to do both but I am a little worried it'll be overkill. I also want to make sure people are fed though and the food can balance the alcohol (yes our friends like to party)

As a guest would you prefer more food, more dessert or love the go big, all in option?

colourz

I love the sweet table.

TEA&Co

No doubt about it, Late Night Snack.  Here's why:

Like you said, your wedding will be a party!  Substantial food (even if it's just a simple snack), as opposed to donuts, cookies, candy, etc.  will feed people a lot better and soak up the booze a lot better.

I've been to weddings that have had either/or, and both.  The candy buffets are largely ignored, in my opinion (they seem to be a lot of "gummy" stuff I've noticed as opposed to chocolate), whereas I've NEVER seen a late night snack ignored.  We went to one (very nice) wedding where there was a HUGE sweets table, filled with gorgeous and professionally made pastries.  It sat, fairly untouched, while the McD's cheeseburgers that were handed out were DEVOURED.  Like, people went crazy over them.  Just my experience, though...

And, selfishly, I'm not a huge sweets person and would almost always rather have a "salty" than "sweet" snack.

RainbowBrite85

I would vote for late night snacks.  Whenever I'm drinking, I always get hungry so personally, I would appreciate the late night snacks.  Maybe you could include some sweets in your late night snack table? 

sb9411

If you can do both, go for it! I'm sure people would really enjoy it!

fallbride1109

My candy buffet was a big hit but I still vote late night snack.  When I go to a wedding, I only want wedding cake, not other desserts. 

vignesle

definitely the LATE NIGHT SNACK

we offered a late night snack at our wedding and it was a HUGE hit, if you can do it go for it

doeie04

Snack. It will help with the alcohol situation.

colstj

If you can afford to do both and do both. But if you want to choose between the two, I would do a late night snack. (not too late though).  But it's always nice to offer snacks to guests who have been drinking a bit!

Juliet212

I would do both!! Give the guests the option to choose. For me, it depends on how much I ate at the wedding, how much I drank and what I am in the mood for.

FutureMrsSheeler

I would do sweets! That is what I would love as a guest

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I agree with TEA. I'd love a nacho bar, maybe some sliders and fries.

It also depends on the length of your reception. If you only have 5 hours and you're doing cocktail hour, then dinner, I don't think your guests will be hungry in another hour or two. In that case, I'd do a selection of desserts. If your reception is 5pm to 1 am, meaning dinner is over by 7:30, I might bring out another round of snacks at 10:30 or 11.