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Ideas for DIY edible wedding favors, help!!
My wedding is coming up, less than 40 days, and I'm still trying to decide on a good edible wedding favor for my guests (>250). From the other posts, it looks like you guys have some great ideas! I'd prefer DIY ideas!
The theme of my wedding is romantic, if this helps at all. So far, the only favors I have liked so far are chocolate covered oreos that are decorated as a bride and a groom. Please let me know what your thoughts are! Thanks!!
The theme of my wedding is romantic, if this helps at all. So far, the only favors I have liked so far are chocolate covered oreos that are decorated as a bride and a groom. Please let me know what your thoughts are! Thanks!!
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Re: Ideas for DIY edible wedding favors, help!!
You're pretty brave for doing over 250 favors on your own....
[QUOTE]Chocolate covered Oreos are super delicious. You're pretty brave for doing over 250 favors on your own....
Posted by itzMS[/QUOTE]
Hmm.. good point. Sometimes I tend to take on more than I can handle. I will look into the chocolate molds, thanks!!
I agree on the chocolate lollipops as well.
I made cake pops for my daughter's graduation party. Not that hard, but the dipping and "setting" are a PITA, I wouldn't recommend that.
Good Luck!
you could use your wedding colors
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[QUOTE]My wedding is coming up, less than 40 days, and I'm still trying to decide on a good edible wedding favor for my guests ( />250). From the other posts, it looks like you guys have some great ideas! I'd prefer DIY ideas! The theme of my wedding is romantic, if this helps at all. So far, the only favors I have liked so far are chocolate covered oreos that are decorated as a bride and a groom. Please let me know what your thoughts are! Thanks!!
Posted by Ldeleon18[/QUOTE]
I also like the pretzel idea ...
First, if you're going to work with chocolate...invest in a chocolate melter. You can buy one with a 40-50% off coupon at Michaels or AC Moore (whatever you have) for about $25.00 in the end. It's going to save you a lot of time and it will keep you from scorching your chocolate.
I've worked with chocolate a lot in this fashion. I don't find that 250 oreos is very ambitions to dip in chocolate...that part is easy. Decorating them to look like bride and groom will be what is time consuming.
If it were me, I would do this: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSHAuGyj-N9hgLK5BZkCh3PodlV0WaODb6wZYzJ4degZBAmJB
The chocolate drizzle will add elegance and make it look fancy, but will not add a ton of time. Those peronalized ribbons can be ordered online rather inexpensively. I got some on ebay years back that were great. The cellophane bags you can get at your craft store or wal mart
When you make them, put wax paper on cookie sheets, put the sheets in the freezer. coat all your oreos in chocolate and rest them on the wax paper, put them in the fridge until hard. After they have hardened, you can transfer to another container. Do all the first color, then when you're ready for your second color and you're ready to do the splatter, i put them on wax paper in a raised baking dish, I take melted chocolate with a spoon, and i drizzle back and forth across all of them very excitedly.
The beauty of this is that they can be made in advance. I would make them up 1-2 weeks in advance and store them in air tight containers in a cool, dry place with wax paper separating each layer. I wouldn't assemble them in the bags until close to the wedding date and hopefully you have some help! This will keep them freshest.
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[QUOTE]One idea is salted caramels....but I like your oreo idea and I don't think it's too ambitious if you decorate them differently First, if you're going to work with chocolate...invest in a chocolate melter. You can buy one with a 40-50% off coupon at Michaels or AC Moore (whatever you have) for about $25.00 in the end. It's going to save you a lot of time and it will keep you from scorching your chocolate. I've worked with chocolate a lot in this fashion. I don't find that 250 oreos is very ambitions to dip in chocolate...that part is easy. Decorating them to look like bride and groom will be what is time consuming. If it were me, I would do this: <a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSHAuGyj-N9hgLK5BZkCh3PodlV0WaODb6wZYzJ4degZBAmJB" rel="nofollow">https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSHAuGyj-N9hgLK5BZkCh3PodlV0WaODb6wZYzJ4degZBAmJB</a> The chocolate drizzle will add elegance and make it look fancy, but will not add a ton of time. Those peronalized ribbons can be ordered online rather inexpensively. I got some on ebay years back that were great. The cellophane bags you can get at your craft store or wal mart When you make them, put wax paper on cookie sheets, put the sheets in the freezer. coat all your oreos in chocolate and rest them on the wax paper, put them in the fridge until hard. After they have hardened, you can transfer to another container. Do all the first color, then when you're ready for your second color and you're ready to do the splatter, i put them on wax paper in a raised baking dish, I take melted chocolate with a spoon, and i drizzle back and forth across all of them very excitedly. The beauty of this is that they can be made in advance. I would make them up 1-2 weeks in advance and store them in air tight containers in a cool, dry place with wax paper separating each layer. I wouldn't assemble them in the bags until close to the wedding date and hopefully you have some help! This will keep them freshest.
Posted by BritniLeigh[/QUOTE]
this was incredibly helpful! Thanks so much!
[QUOTE]One idea is salted caramels....but I like your oreo idea and I don't think it's too ambitious if you decorate them differently First, if you're going to work with chocolate...invest in a chocolate melter. You can buy one with a 40-50% off coupon at Michaels or AC Moore (whatever you have) for about $25.00 in the end. It's going to save you a lot of time and it will keep you from scorching your chocolate. I've worked with chocolate a lot in this fashion. I don't find that 250 oreos is very ambitions to dip in chocolate...that part is easy. Decorating them to look like bride and groom will be what is time consuming. If it were me, I would do this: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSHAuGyj-N9hgLK5BZkCh3PodlV0WaODb6wZYzJ4degZBAmJB">https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSHAuGyj-N9hgLK5BZkCh3PodlV0WaODb6wZYzJ4degZBAmJB</a> The chocolate drizzle will add elegance and make it look fancy, but will not add a ton of time. Those peronalized ribbons can be ordered online rather inexpensively. I got some on ebay years back that were great. The cellophane bags you can get at your craft store or wal mart When you make them, put wax paper on cookie sheets, put the sheets in the freezer. coat all your oreos in chocolate and rest them on the wax paper, put them in the fridge until hard. After they have hardened, you can transfer to another container. Do all the first color, then when you're ready for your second color and you're ready to do the splatter, i put them on wax paper in a raised baking dish, I take melted chocolate with a spoon, and i drizzle back and forth across all of them very excitedly. The beauty of this is that they can be made in advance. I would make them up 1-2 weeks in advance and store them in air tight containers in a cool, dry place with wax paper separating each layer. I wouldn't assemble them in the bags until close to the wedding date and hopefully you have some help! This will keep them freshest.
Posted by BritniLeigh[/QUOTE]
Rats ... I'd just talked myself out of a different DIY favor and now I want to do chocolate-covered Oreos! Hmmmmmmmmm ... <plotting />
ETA: <em>OR</em> chocolate-covered Oreo lollipops! If the Oreos were on sticks, they'd be easier to dip. Aaaaaaauuuuggghhh!!! Did I learn nothing from DIY-ing the invitations?!?