From Miss to Mrs: I Want Candy

In my last post I wrote how our guests wedding cake for dessert, except that isn't entirely the truth. Because in addition to cake, there was probably my favorite part of the wedding, a candy buffet. (And yes, this definitely DOES need an entire post devoted to it!)
This picture was actually taken before the ceremony even started, and is missing the chocolate pieces, for fear that they would melt. Which is a little crazy considering even without them there's barely any room left over the three tables. I know some people go for colored coordinated tables with cute labels to let everyone know what they're eating. Instead I want the direction of "MUST HAVE SUGAR!" Seriously, I didn't even have enough jars to contain everything, nor could we fit everything on the tables themselves.
As for how we made it happen this post I wrote in the midst of planning has a lot of them covered. I picked up the seasonal candy in the end-of-season sales (i.e. Sweethearts at Valentine's Day, Jelly Beans after Easter), then picked up a ton of candy at Alberson's in the weeks leading up to wedding. (As well as the pixie sticks which I found on clearance at Target.) I thought about ordering it online in bulk, but I was afraid how candy shipped in a Louisiana summer would hold up.
I purchased the metal scoops online from Scoops Scoops, and found the plastics ones in the Target clearance section. The bags were ordered from Coffee Wholesale USA with printed Avery labels purchased at Office Depot.
I printed three different labels (of which I have photos of two versions). There was our married name with "Est. 2012" on it, one saying "How Sweet it is" with the actual wedding date of 9/2/12, and a third saying "Thank You for Coming" to make the point that these bags acted as our favors.
I've heard horror stories of candy bars being empty before the ceremony even starts, or brides posting signs telling people not to eat till after dinner, but ours held up really well. In fact, the photo below is from the end of the night, and while you can tell a lot had been eaten, there is still a ton left. I wound up actually bringing the leftovers into work where my department snacked on it over several weeks.
Looking back I'm really proud of how well it turned out, and love that I was able to pull it off. I would easily do it again, exactly the same way! And while I hope I get to experience another candy buffet at some point, I don't think any will ever live up to how fabulous this one was!

Have you have been to a wedding with a candy buffet, or would you want to have one at your wedding? And want candy in these pictures is just screaming "Eat me!" to you?

All photos in this post courtesy of Sabree Hill Photography with editing by me to protect privacy.
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