I'm a very practical person and I don't like waste. I planned on getting pre wrapped truffles from Costco and putting them into small boxes. I plan on giving people 3-4 candies each. I was so certain that my favor was "good" until I went to a wedding this weekend. The couple gave a boxed favor of two tea cups and some bags of tea. I know it's one of those favors that people probably look at and say , "......and what am I going to do with this?" But, at the same time; the favor didn't look cheap. I feel like my favor, while tasty and practical, looks cheap and thoughtless.
How do you know if you're favor is good enough? I don't want to look cheap and tacky.
Re: How do you know if a favor is "good" enough?
1. Favors aren't required. If you didn't have them, people aren't going to remember.
2. Chocolate truffles are never going to be judged as cheap and tacky. Nor will they be "thoughtless" because clearly you're putting thought into it.
By and far, you will get people here saying edible is the way to go. And honestly, I look at the two tea cups and tea and think "how wasteful of them". And I like tea. But my cupboards are FULL. I don't need two cups that don't match anything else in my cupboard. And while I like tea, I know plenty of people who outright HATE it or only like certain kinds (one friend hates green tea, another hates flavored tea, another only drinks herbal or rooibos without caffeine, another has discovered she only likes oolongs). I think far more highly of people who try to find things with universal appeal than people who spend more time showing off what THEY like (I'll assume maybe one of them is a tea drinker, but this goes for all sorts of things) or making their favor part of a theme.
So, short version: your truffles are perfectly lovely and will be appreciated.
I guarantee people took those tea cups to be polite at at least 80% of them will end up at goodwill. Chocolates never end up at goodwill.
I am going to Belgium this fall. Guess what I will be bringing home for souvenirs and gifts?
As far as I'm concerned, chocolate can never be "not good enough."