If you’re throwing a proper Jewish wedding, that means, essentially, your guests will be well-fed! Between the appetizers, your dinner choices, the dessert bar and wedding cake, your people aren’t going home hungry. After all, it’s what Jews do best: eat and/or feed.
So what’s one more item in your wedding Food Fest?
These days, if you choose to offer a wedding favor for guests to take home at the end of the night, it’s best to stay away from the tchotchkes and go straight for the food. There are many items you can personalize for your own wedding day that your friends and family will react with a genuine “Oh, that’s nice” and then chomp away.
Chocolate + Apples = Mmmmmm
I mean, it’s practically two food groups taken care of in one bite (dairy and fruits… no??). These Chocolate Monogrammed Favor Apples are made from Granny Smiths dipped in your choice of chocolate (dark, milk, or white), and finished off with your brand new monogram. You don’t even have to bother with wrapping and decorating because they’ll come freshly packaged with sealed off with a bow. Talk about full service! We like the chocolate concept because it really continues the look of a formal affair that might have a black and white or brown and cream color scheme. We can see these apples adding to the classy look of a tablescape.
The Fortune Is Theirs
Even if you don’t plan on serving kung pao chicken as your main entree, you can still send off your guests with good fortune and gratitude with adorable, gourmet fortune cookies! The Custom Wedding Fortune Cookies offer you three options for dipped flavors and add a splash of color with sprinkles! You can even include your own fortune paper inside the cookie just like you get at your regular, neighborhood Chinese nosh spot. You can order your slips of paper to include a message, your names, and your wedding date: “Thank you for joining us on our special day! Love, Barbie and Ken 10/10/10” Get creative! Your guests will love the delicious taste and then adore the surprise message inside. We envision these fortune cookies scattered around your reception space in cute Chinese take-out boxes upon exit. You could also double up and customize the take-out boxes with each guest’s name and table number for the seating arrangements. Have fun with this one!
These Cookies Ain’t Rookies
Is there a meaningful family recipe for the best damn cookies you’ve ever tasted? Is there a concoction that’s been in your family a long time that you want to share with your guests? Do you have a Martha-wannabe in your family who can bake up a storm? Make cookies (or any other goodie) that has a special place in your heart… and belly. Bag ’em up and tie on a small card naming and describing the treat. Some grandmas make the best mandelbread so you could ask Bubbie to whip up more than a few batches, put them in a cute box, and label it, “Grandma Rose’s Mandelbread.” Or, maybe your aunt has a killer recipe for macaroons that you can wrap up and tag, “Aunt Sheryl’s Macaroons of Love.” Go deep into your family cookbooks and find a recipe that you love and prepare them in advance so your guests can take home a little bit of the guests of honor with them as they remember your wonderful wedding.
The Candy BuffYAY
No one can say boo to a candy buff-yay, er, buffet. You can set up a table in your reception space with canisters filled with candy and provide personalized bags that guests can fill. The candy you choose can be a variety of flavors in your wedding colors or you might choose sweets that are special to you and your partner. If the two of you have a thing for peanut M&Ms and Red Vines, by all means, include them in your buffet. This is a fun and interactive way that your guests can take a piece of your wedding day home with them… if it even makes it that far. They’ll probably end up nibbling it all up on the car ride home. But that’s okay. They’ll finish the night with sweet dreams.
Thank You, Honey!
Place settings at guests’ tables can’t get any sweeter when they’re adorned with little jars of clover honey. Following a theme such as “Sweeter Than Honey” or “Meant To Bee,” you can personalize your jars with your names and date. Honey is a thoughtful and practical favor as guests can take it home and use it in cooking and baking, lasting more than just a few bites like other sweets. You can choose from several different phrases and designs and your guests will leave your wedding, buzzing with joy!
