Candy Favors

mancila60 · March 2012

So I hav been thinking about favors lately. And we saw some candy at walmart the other day that I thought I could use for them. But is it too early to buy candy? It's just M&M's but I'm scared they won't be good come May. Any idea hoe long candy lasts or anything I could do to make it last till May? When are you buying any candy?

bpphoto785 · March 2012

I think it's still a little early, especially for M&Ms which (IMO) get kind of gross when they're old. I would buy your candy a week or two before the wedding.

cpm1223 · March 2012

I would wait until maybe a month before the wedding.

I'm going to start looking around to get some pricing info, but I'm not going to buy anything until mid-April for 2 reasons:

1. I don't want the candy to go bad (and I'm not sure that it would go bad even if I bought it now, but I'm just worried)

2. I don't want all that candy in my house because either I will want to eat it or FI will eat it!

csgman · March 2012

I already ordered most of the candy for my candy bar-- I checked and everything had 5 month+ shelf life. It's being stored in my parents' basement, but if I had it at my house I would share CPM's concerns of eating it!!

The only thing I'm waiting until May to order is fortune cookies.

Here's a good link with the shelf life for various candy types:

http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/shelf-life.php

mandi921vh · March 2012

I would wait till about 3-4 weeks before your wedding to buy the candy.

Yolie622 · March 2012

The MM s I am waiting until May to purchase. I have purchased lollipops (blow pop & totsie pop), gum balls, twizzlers, tootsie rolls,jolly ranchers, koolaid candy sticks, &red fish. I also purchased the glass vases for them. Different sizes & shapes.

AurorasEnvy · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2012-weddings_candy-favors?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:f0ca0bc1-9255-4120-8042-b40e7f3e99c5Discussion:1730f063-1e3f-4ca2-957d-32edd91f2779Post:c26b4d05-e287-428d-a9b4-902299a8ea16">Re: Candy Favors</a>:
[QUOTE]I already ordered most of the candy for my candy bar-- I checked and everything had 5 month+ shelf life. It's being stored in my parents' basement, but if I had it at my house I would share CPM's concerns of eating it!! The only thing I'm waiting until May to order is fortune cookies. Here's a good link with the shelf life for various candy types: <a href="http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/shelf-life.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/shelf-life.php</a>
Posted by csgman[/QUOTE]

<div>This. Most candy you buy at the store has probably been in storage and on the shelf for a lot longer than you'd think. We already have all of the candy for my candy bar.</div>

toothpastechica · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2012-weddings_candy-favors?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:f0ca0bc1-9255-4120-8042-b40e7f3e99c5Discussion:1730f063-1e3f-4ca2-957d-32edd91f2779Post:496f938d-1f16-48a3-b031-f2f1138c79ad">Re: Candy Favors</a>:
[QUOTE]The MM s I am waiting until May to purchase. I have purchased lollipops (blow pop & totsie pop), gum balls, twizzlers, tootsie rolls,jolly ranchers, koolaid candy sticks, &red fish. I also purchased the glass vases for them. Different sizes & shapes.
Posted by Yolie622[/QUOTE]

It depends what you are buying. I have bought all the suckers, gummys, hard candies (right after valentines because they are all romantic/heart themed and super cheap) for our pinatas, but I would wait till closer for anything chocholate, mostly because chocolate tends to turn white quicker then it actually 'goes bad', and I dont want it to look like its old if people eat them. Candy definatly does not go back so fast that its too early for anything else though.

caitlinc09 · March 2012

I plan to order one month before the wedding so there's plenty of time for it to arrive and it will still be fairly fresh.

PP thanks for the link to shelf life info, very helpful!

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