The Variation of Wedding Sweets

It might seem that when you're choosing the perfect wedding sweets, there is too much choice thus making it hard to decide on anything. This article however, seeks to examine the different types of wedding sweet there are in an attempt to make selecting simpler.

Before you start thinking about the perfect wedding sweet, you need to be sure about your wedding colour scheme and style. As your theme will be reflected in your sugared almonds, dragees and candies, you need to bare this in mind. A vibrant, young and forward-thinking wedding theme, will best be reflected in fresh, modern sweets. Equally, by having a retrospective theme, you would be best suitable to nostalgic confectionery that has childhood memories associated with it.

Now that you are clear about your theme, the best place to start is with tradition. Effortlessly simple and classic is the sugared almond; still the most popular of all wedding sweets. Whether you choose to present them in bomboniere nets, favour boxes or in 'help yourself' dishes it's entirely up to you. Ensure your sweets are reflecting your overall theme, give guests sugared almonds in appropriate colours.

On the other hand, the dragee is similar in shape, colour and use yet contains a high quality dark chocolate centre rather than an almond. As before, these are available in a range of colours but unlike the almond, also in a range of shapes and sizes. Dragees are manufactured in 1cm or 3cm sizes and available in a range of shapes such as buttons and hearts.

Retrospective sweets are a great way to remind your wedding guests of their childhood. If you and your partner met at school or you simply want a 1980's themed wedding, you can invoke a nostalgic feel through your wedding sweets. Great sweet ideas for a retro theme would be gobstoppers, Jelly Beans, Tom Thumb drops or dummy lollies. Continue the nostalgic theme across your wedding favours by giving guests Rubik's cubes and slinkies to play with. Candy necklaces also look fantastic as napkin ties and would certainly be at home with this type of theme.

Other wedding sweets can be used to highlight a specific theme throughout your big day. Love Hearts are great inspiration for your invitations, wedding cake and your table plan. They are also the perfect wedding sweet for favours.

For those having a more grown up affair, there are lots of more grown-up themed wedding sweets that may be more pertinent to your theme. Adult style chocolates might come in the form of truffles, personalised chocolate bars or Belgian chocolates presented in neatly tied favour boxes. These invoke an air of sophistication, suavity and superiority though may not always be well received by younger guests.

Wedding themed sweets are also great choices and as the name suggests are most relevant on wedding reception tables. Such wedding related items could be anything printed with the words 'Just Married', be in the shape of a heart, wedding cake, shoe or ring.

Lastly, the novelty shaped wedding sweet remains a popular choice for brides the world over. Whether you want to favour your guests with champagne bottle shaped chocolates, homemade biscuits cut the in shape of wedding gowns, flower shaped fruit lollies, football shaped chocolates or foil wrapped chocolate dice, there is something to suit even the most bizarre of themes.

So, whether you want to evoke a trip down memory lane or want to give your guests a culinary experience with a lavish handmade chocolate, there are many wedding sweets to choose from all of which have their place depending on the style of your own wedding.

 

An original article written by the team at Chloe Beck.
© Chloe Beck Ltd.

 

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