By Melissa Tussing © CTW Features

How to package your favourite sweet snacks for your guests

Edible wedding favours aren’t just tasty – they allow brides and grooms to put a personal touch on everyone’s favourite meal – dessert!

There are plenty of options for the kind of food you use, where you get it from and how you package it. Couples can have a dessert favour bar, so guests can choose their favourites. Or they can put individual chocolates from their favourite bakery into small paper boxes for each guest. Adding ribbon – in the wedding colour, of course – to the favours and attaching tags with their names and the wedding date is a nice touch.

Edible favours helps couples ensure their favours won’t go to waste, even if guests save their treats for later. “Guests can bring something home to a child who wasn’t able to attend the wedding,” says Amy Atlas, owner of Amy Atlas Events in New York.

Make It Personal.

With edible wedding favours, you can cater your treats to what will hopefully please everyone or your own favourites.

Atlas says she’s seen brides and grooms give old favourites from Truffles to Jelly Beans. Do you favour Sour Patch Kids or Swedish Fish? Chances are your guests will too. If a couple’s tastes differ, combine them. Atlas likes a sweet-and-salty package.

Keep In Mind.

Avoid products with nuts to safeguard your guests from food allergies, that way everyone can enjoy.

Also think about the weather.

The temperature will affect the quality of your favours. “If your wedding is in the summer, stay away from goodies that can melt like chocolate and buttercream,” Atlas says.

Get Inspired Online.

MyMMs.com: You can choose the colours you want and put words and even images on packages of M&M’s. A gift bag is $3.99 or $4.99 for M&M’s with photos.

Beau-coup.com: Here you’ll find tuxedo and wedding gown favour boxes, personalized favour ribbon and personalized glass favour jars. Ships anywhere UPS delivers. © CTW Features