How to Use Desserts as Your Wedding Favors

The tradition of giving wedding favors, or small gifts, to your guests has been around for centuries. This lovely tradition started in France, when aristocrats would give small, jewel encrusted boxes called bonbonnieres to their guests to thank them for attending a wedding. These boxes were filled with sugar or small sweet treats, and the name "bonbonnieres" actually means "box of bonbons".

Although the tradition has evolved significantly past giving highly decorative boxes filled with French confectionery, we believe that there is still no better way to thank your guests than with a little something sweet! Sending your guests home with a sugary reminder of the wedding is a perfect way to honor where this tradition began, and give your guests something that they can enjoy. We are excited to share some different ways that you can use your wedding desserts as favors for your guests!

 Use What You Have

If you already plan to order a variety of desserts to act as a dessert bar for your wedding, consider ordering enough to give you plenty of leftovers. This way, you can set out small take-home boxes that people can fill themselves before they leave. Foldable dessert boxes are available in a variety of designs and aesthetics, making it easy to find boxes that will fit with the rest of your wedding design. This is a great option because people can choose their favorite desserts to take with them!

Custom Cookie Bags

Individually wrapped cookie bags make a perfect wedding favor, and they are easy for guests to grab and take with them. Each bag can have anywhere from one to three cookies in it, depending on what kinds of cookies are included. If you want a larger sugar cookie with a custom design, you might just include that one cookie in a clear bag so that your guests can see the fun colors and design. If you want your guests to have a few cookie flavors to choose from, you might include a chocolate chip cookie, a shortbread cookie, and a peanut butter cookie to give some variety. Ordering custom stickers is an easy way to dress up the cookie bags, and you can even include a fun "thank you" in the sticker design to let your guests know how much you appreciate them.

Individually Boxed Macarons

Macarons have become so popular over the last several years, and they make such perfect wedding favors! Macarons can be made in almost any color and flavor, so they can be really customized to your wedding design. Individually boxed macarons can be set on tables at each place setting for your guests, or they can be set up by the door for people to grab on their way out. Customized stickers or seals can be added to the boxes as a fun detail, or ribbons in your wedding colors can be tied around each box. Macarons are a special treat, and are the perfect way to say thank you to each of your guests for making your day so memorable!

We personally feel that you can't go wrong with bringing back the centuries old tradition of giving sugary treats as wedding favors. The desserts can be customized to your wedding design, and this is truly the sweetest way to say thank you to your guests!