It’s wedding season! If you’re on the hunt for the perfect candy wedding favors, then look no further. We have five great suggestions, all of which are available in a variety of colors so they can match any wedding color scheme.

1. Rock Candy

Our small unwrapped rock candy sticks come in a package of 10, ready to feed a crowd. The sticks measure approximately 6 ½ inches, and the rock candy measures approximately 4 inches. These are great candy wedding favors because they come in so many flavors and colors, such as light pink, purple, green, and more.

2. Jordan Almonds

Jordan Almonds are timeless wedding favors. These California almonds are roasted slightly and then covered in a colorful, sweet coating, and approximately 110 almonds come in a 1 lb. bag.. We have a large variety of colors available,  such as lavender, dark blue, and yellow.

3. M&M’s

M&Ms are another great option for wedding favors because there are many colors to choose from, which means they can match any wedding color scheme (plus, who doesn’t love M&Ms?). We have an extensive color palette, including silver, teal, cream, gold, and more.

4. Gum Balls

If you want your wedding favors to have a little sparkle, then our shimmer gum balls might be the perfect option for you. We carry a variety of colors, such as pink, light green, and orange.

5. Sixlets

Sixlets are a candy-coated chocolate classic; the chocolate centers are a mixture of cocoa and carob, which gives them a unique malted flavor. Royal blue, pearl white, and red are just a few of the colors we carry.

What’s the best candy wedding favor you’ve ever gotten?

The color authority Pantone has spoken, and the color of the year is (drum roll, please)… emerald green!

Each year, Pantone chooses a shade to represent trends in fashion, design, home decor and beauty, and 2013’s color is PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald:

Emerald, a vivid verdant green, enhances our sense of well-being further by inspiring insight as well as promoting balance and harmony.

Most often associated with brilliant, precious gemstones, the perception of Emerald is sophisticated and luxurious. Since antiquity, this luminous, magnificent hue has been the color of beauty and new life in many cultures and religions. Also the color of growth, renewal and prosperity, no other color conveys regeneration more than green.

If you are planning a wedding this year, emerald is a beautiful, rich color to use in your style and decor. You can incorporate emerald accents in your flower arrangements, centerpieces, invitations and, most importantly, your wedding candy buffet.

Nuts.com has a wide selection of green candy that you can mix and match to create your perfect emerald wedding candy buffet.

Check out some of these gems:

• Dark green sixlets
• Dark green Jordan almonds
• Watermelon Jelly Bellys
• Green candy color sampler

Looking for another hue? Browse our candy selection by color. 

Spring wedding season is in full swing, and couples are planning the details for their big day. Consider this stylish feature of your reception that’s a hit with guests of all ages: a wedding candy buffet. Who doesn’t love sampling different kinds of colorful candy?

Candy buffet tables photograph beautifully, especially in vibrant spring colors. Shop for candy by color to coordinate the sweet treats with your wedding palette. We also encourage you to explore our Candy Buffet Gallery, which provides many examples of candy buffets in different colors. You’ll see which candies look best in each display. The Spring Candy Buffet and Cherry Blossom Candy Buffet are just two examples of displays that are lovely at this time of year.

Here are a few ideas to consider for decorating your tasty table:

• Small tree branches with blossoms
• Spring flower arrangements or flower petals
• Items that match the theme of your wedding (birds, travel)
• Crafty items (pinwheels, paper flowers)

Pastel colors like purple and light pink are popular for spring weddings, and so are pastel green and peach. If you choose to feature different colors of candy in your buffet, you’ll likely offer your guests different flavors, as well!

How much candy do you need? How many kinds? We’ve answered a lot of common questions in a previous post, “Candy Buffet Fun.” Jordan almonds and Sixlets are two popular candies that come in a variety of colors, but there are plenty of other attractive options, such as rock candy and lollipops.

If you’d like our help brainstorming candy buffet ideas, don’t hesitate to ask our Candy Concierge! Contact us at care@nuts.com or 800-558-6887 for advice.

What are your tips for designing a beautiful wedding candy buffets?

We’re always honored when publications and blogs feature our nutty products, and we thought you might like to hear about the items highlighted over the past few months. The best part is that you can try these featured products for yourself!

1. Gummy Red and Black Raspberries
Featured in: Brides magazine, Winter 2013 issue

Imported from Germany, these old time candy red and black gummy raspberries are delicious! They’re crunchy on the outside and chewy, sweet, and fruity on the inside. Use them to decorate a cake or fill a colorful candy bowl.

2. Lemon Chips
Featured in: Chocolate Moosey

Carla, the author of this baking blog, describes her Lemon Snowball Cookies like this: “Think melt-in-your-mouth lemon shortbread cookies coated with powdered sugar.” YUM! Here’s how Carla used our lemon chips to add flavor and texture:

The original recipe called for crushed lemon drops, but I used the chips instead. When the cookies are fresh from the oven, they are soft and melted. When they cool, however, they become crunchy.

3. Coffee-and-Cream Espresso Beans
Featured in: Martha Stewart Weddings online

We can’t tell you how excited we are that our candy was part of the dessert table at the September wedding of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds! See the whole slideshow here. Try the coffee-and-cream espresso beans displayed at their Southern wedding, or pick your own candy colors!

4. Organic Bucket of Treats
Featured in: Greatist.com

Our Organic Bucket of Treats was one of 24 gifts featured in Greatist’s The Essential Holiday Gift Guide for Health Nuts. The editors made sure to note, “We weren’t paid or perked in any way for including these items. This is a list of gifts The Greatist Team picked out just because we like them.” Aw, shucks! Here’s what they said:

For all the favorite nuts in your life, order up a healthy bucket of organic treats. This gift includes granola, mixed nuts, trail mix, pistachios, figs, and even organic gummy bears. They even do all the wrapping for you!

5. Sixlets by Color
Featured in: Hostess with the Mostess

Our lime green sixlets filled a gorgeous candy jar on a holiday dessert table and cocoa bar. You can order your own sixlets by color! Here’s the concept behind this holiday display:

“All is Calm, All is Bright” from Silent Night inspired this serene Christmas Dessert Table & Cocoa Bar. Wanting to slow down the rush of the holiday season, Deanna of Mirabelle Creations, crafted a peaceful holiday party full of easy DIY elements like a coffee filter garland and homemade sweets including dainty flower topped sugar cookies.

6. Roasted Macadamia Nuts
Featured in: Martha Stewart Weddings, Fall 2012 issue

Our roasted macadamia nuts topped a cake in a feature on White Wedding Cakes. Here’s the mouth-wateringly good description:

Kick back and enjoy the sweet life with a spread of simple but beautiful cakes. Wendy Kromer used a petal-shaped mold to create these scalloped tiers, which are frosted in velvety buttercream laced with rum and topped with toasted macadamia nuts. Inside? Yellow cake layered with even more cream. Nearby bowls of roasted nuts are not only thematically on point; they also encourage snacking and admiring the mouthwatering confections up close.

Which Nuts.com product do you think should be featured next?

With the leaves changing and weather cooling down, fall wedding season is in full swing! One modern tradition we love is creating a wedding candy buffet on a table decorated in the theme of the wedding.

Jordan almonds are a classic choice for both favors and wedding candy buffets. In Italian wedding tradition, five almonds given as favors to guests in small bags or boxes symbolize five blessings for the health of the bride and groom: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, and longevity.

There are plenty of other colorful candies to choose from, as well! Our candy by color chart helps you pick from a broad palette, and our color samplers include a variety of treats. For example, our orange sampler contains candies including Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds, Pastel Creamy Chocolate Apricots, and Peach Fruit Slices.

Here are a few ideas for how to create a wedding candy buffet:

• Add seasonal touches to the candy buffet table, such as autumn leaves for a fall wedding or wildflowers in the spring.
• Choose two colors of candy that represent you and your partner (such as each of your favorite colors, or the ones you’re wearing in the wedding) and blend them together to symbolize joining together in marriage.
• Fill large glass jars with a single color of candy, or create layers different colors.
• Send guests home with colored candies tied up in little tulle bags as wedding favors.

What are your ideas for creating a festive wedding candy buffet?

Our Health Nut and Registered Dietitian, Molly Morgan, offers tips for putting together delicious ice cream sundaes with healthy toppings (and some treats!)
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Healthy eating is all about balance!  In 1984, July was designated National Ice Cream Month.  Celebrate with a fun ice cream sundae bar loaded with delicious – and nutritious – fixings!  If you’re looking for even more inspiration, check out our sweet ice cream toppings.

If you’re starting with vanilla ice cream…

• Blueberry Pie: Top ice cream with dried blueberries and Vanilla Light and Crunchy Granola
• Apple Pie: Top ice cream with chopped Infused Dried Apple Wedges and Apple Cinnamon Granola
• Tropical Sundae: Top ice cream with shredded coconut, diced dried pineapple, diced dried mango and diced dried papaya
• Dark Chocolate Cherry Sundae: Top ice cream with sour tart cherries and dark chocolate covered cashews
• Cilantro Lime Crunch: Top ice cream with cilantro lime pistachios and pepitas

If you’re starting with chocolate ice cream…

• S’mores Sundae: Top ice cream with S’mores candy, white marshmallow bits and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs
• Grasshopper Pie: Top ice cream with mint chips and chopped Andes Mints and finish with chopped grasshopper chocolate mint cookies
• Peanut Butter Blast: Top ice cream with chopped Resses’s Pieces, chopped peanuts and mini peanut butter cups
• Raspberry Chocolate Sundae: Top ice cream with raspberry chocolate chips, mini dark chocolate raspberry cups and dried red raspberries

If you’re starting with sorbet…

• Spicy Mango Sorbet: Top mango sorbet with chopped chili mango
• Lemon Blast: Top lemon sorbet with crushed lemon snap cookies, lemon chips and finish with a sprinkle of diced glazed lemon peel
• Raspberry Cookie Crumble: Top raspberry sorbet with macaroon crunch and  dark chocolate cover raspberries
• Peach Pie: Top peach sorbet with diced peaches and crushed graham cracker cookie gems

Quick tips for putting together your sundae bar

• Group toppings together on your sundae bar and consider placing small cards that suggest topping ideas for your guests.
• Balance your ice cream bar with a variety of healthier options, such as dried fruit and granola, with indulgent options, such as dark chocolate covered cashews and cookie crumbles.
• Lighten-up your ice cream selection by choosing a low-fat variety! Many light varieties have about ½ the fat of ice cream!  One serving (1/2 cup) of low fat ice cream has about 100 calories and 3-4 grams of fat per serving.
• Help your guests keep their portions in check by providing small bowls for their sundae creations!  Studies show that the larger the bowl, the more you will serve yourself and eat.

Are you hosting a summer wedding, shower, or other celebration? Our nutty family loves parties, and there’s nothing sweeter than treating your guests to a candy buffet!  To inspire you, we’ve put together a candy buffet gallery.

If you’re looking for a wedding candy buffet, we’ve got wedding candy galore! With our candy by color selection, you’re sure to find the perfect match for your theme, whether you’d like a classic white candy buffet, an outdoor candy buffet, or a dazzling hot pink candy buffet. We have a large selection of personalized candy favors, too, in case that’s the treat you’d prefer for your guests.

If you’re planning a baby shower, we’ve got you covered, too! Regardless of whether it’s a boy, a girl, or a surprise, our candy buffet gallery has something for everyone: a baby girl shower candy buffet, a baby boy shower candy buffet, and a green candy buffet (and that’s just the start!).

Take advantage of the warm summer months with a spring candy buffet, a summer candy buffet, or a rustic snack buffet. Or, throw a birthday party decorated with a classic birthday candy buffet, a beach candy buffet, or a carnival candy buffet.

Candy Buffet Planning Tips

1. Start with an inspiration board for your buffet – photos of candy buffets that you like, candies, decorations, and fabric swatches.
2. You need about 1/4 to 1/2 pounds of candy per guest, but keep in mind that you should get enough candy for your table to look full and opulent. You may want to draw out a plan for how you will arrange the candy containers on your table.
3. Consider starting with 5-10 different types of candy. More variety of candy adds color and character to your buffet.
4. Don’t forget a backdrop!  For more dramatic effect, you can set your buffet against an interesting wall, in the middle of a room, or outside. Or purchase an interesting fabric and pin it on the wall against which you’re planning to display your buffet.

Check out even more of our candy buffet tips.  And, if you need help designing your candy buffet or candy favors, our Candy Concierge is here to help! Contact our specialists at care@nuts.com or 800-558-6887 for advice and support.

Have a sweet celebration!

We love candy buffets! They’re an absolutely perfect addition to any big day or party, such as a wedding, birthday party or baby shower.

Sweet candy buffets give your guests a great treat, and with the right design, they can pair beautifully with your party colors and theme. Our candy buffet gallery offers some wonderful suggestions for colors and themes that will make your candy buffet sparkle! Each photo in our candy buffet gallery includes design tips and a list of featured sweets. Dig in!

What could be sweeter for a baby shower than a Baby Girl Shower Candy Buffet, with pink, green and white sweets, or a Baby Boy Shower Candy Buffet, with sophisticated and whimsical treats and colors? A Birthday Candy Buffet, packed with treats like lollipops and rock candy, will please kids (and adults) of all ages. And a classically lovely White Candy Buffet looks just perfect at any wedding reception. It’s the sweetest way for guests to remember your big day!

Of course, you can also design your own masterpiece. Our candy by color section makes it easy and fun to select sweets that pair perfectly with your theme and event colors. We even have some candy buffet tips for first-timers. You’ll have a blast creating your sweet candy buffet with Nuts.com’s premium treats.

You may also want to include candy favors in your event. Our candy favors are available in both ready-to-order and personalized varieties. Check out the favor combinations we’ve put together or assemble your own using our easy personalized candy favors creator. Choose your container, candy, candy color and label for custom candy favors that are just right for your big day!

If you need help designing your candy buffet or candy favors, our Candy Concierge is here to help! Contact our specialists at care@nuts.com or 800-558-6887 for tips and advice.

Have you ever designed a candy buffet? What are some of your favorite themes and color combinations?

Are those wedding bells we hear? Here at Nuts.com, we are so excited to announce our latest, greatest line of candy favors! These candy favors are perfect for weddings, bridal showers and baby showers.

Looking for favors that will make your big day sparkle? We’ve got you covered! Our personalized candy favors allow you to choose from a huge selection of candy, containers and labels. Our custom favor designer makes it fun to create your favors in four simple steps.

And the best part? Once you’ve made your selections and placed your order, we’ll do all the work! We’ll ship your candy favors to you fully assembled and ready to go.

We offer a huge selection of candy by color for our personalized candy favors. It’s simple to find a shade that will perfectly coordinate with your decor! Additionally, our candy offerings range from classic choices, such as Jordan almonds, to more modern sweets, such as Jelly Belly jelly beans and chocolate covered espresso beans. We even have favorites like M&M’s, Sixlets and gummy bears.

We can also add beautiful favor labels to your personalized candy favors. These labels, which were designed exclusively for our customers, are a gorgeous way to personalize your favors with your names and wedding date.

We know your wedding day is important, and we’re happy to be with you each step of the way! If you have any questions about our line of candy favors, please feel free to contact us at CustomerService@Nuts.com or 800-558-6887. Our customer service representatives are on hand to make sure your candy favors are just right!

If wedding bells are in your future, give our personalized candy favors a look! With so many container, candy and label options, you can’t go wrong!

Looking for something sweet to jazz up your wedding, shower or party? We offer candy in all colors of the rainbow, so you’re bound to find something that suits the theme of your next big event! Take a peek at our candy by color section to find a huge variety of treats in all the hottest hues.

Red is one of the most popular colors for wedding parties, and we can see why! It’s bright and elegant, with a hint of fun. Our red candy includes sweets that suit a wide variety of tastes, including red Sixlets, Twizzler cherry bites, watermelon drops and pastel chocolate strawberries.

Purple is a rising star in the wedding world, and our purple candy comes in a variety of regal hues, from lilac to lavender. Dig into our blueberry yogurt pretzels, pastel milk chocolate blueberries, grape gummy bears and purple M&Ms.

What could be sweeter than pink candy? It’s lovely for wedding and baby showers, and perfect for princess-themed parties.  Treats like Good & Plenty, Strawberry Puffs, gummy pigs and pink shimmer gum balls add a splash of simple rose to any occasion.

Green candy is great, and we have no shortage of treats in this tempting color! Try some mint cookies malted milk balls, Andes Mints, green apple sour straws and Jelly Belly watermelon jelly beans at your next event.

Blue is a common and lovely choice for many wedding candy buffets, and we have blue candy ranging from classy to wacky! Serve up some Tiffany blue chocolate lentils and blue and white Jordan almonds if you’re leaning toward traditional décor, and throw in some gummy blue sharks and sour blue soda bottles if you’re feeling adventurous.

Sunny orange candy and yellow candy add sparkle to just about any special event.  Make sure to include orange slices, orange shimmer pearls, lemon drops and mango Australian licorice.

What are some of your favorite colors?