Beach Wedding Favor Candy

Beach Themed Candy

For a special touch that enhances a beach wedding theme, unique candy may be the perfect choice. Traditionally, Jordan almonds have been the candy favor of choice amongst brides and grooms. Today your imagination is the only limit to what you want in wedding candy. If you can't find what you desire and are willing to pay the price, you can have candy favors custom made to fit your beach theme exactly the way you want.

Many candy companies sell themed candy designed in tropical or beach shapes. These range from fun items perfect for informal beach weddings, like gum balls designed to look like beach balls, to more sophisticated treats such as sugared coconut slices.

Themed lollipops, in the shape of pineapples, palm trees, Hawaiian shorts, flip flops, or imprinted with images like hibiscus flowers can compliment you wedding theme. Round or square nougat candies with palm tree or exotic flower centers are a sweet and pretty addition to guest tables. Gummy or hard candies in tropical fish or sea creature shapes are a whimsical choice and are perfect as children's favors. Chocolate, white chocolate, or peanut butter candy created in sea shell, starfish or sand dollar molds are sophisticated and offer a decadent feel. Chocolate or hard candy made to look like stones or rocks are a lovely choice for nature themed or eco-friendly beach weddings.

Wrapped Candy Favors with Beach Themes

Personalizing wedding favors makes them unique and memorable. For beach weddings, wrappers can include beach or ocean scenes along with the couple's names and wedding date. Candy wrappers can be personalized with graphics ranging from cute and quirky to serene and elegant for the perfect island inspired favor. Wrapper choices may include:

• Palm trees
• Beach nature scenes
• Ocean scenes
• Beach chairs
• Boats
• Starfish
• Sea shells
• Beach sunset
• Tropical fish
• Exotic flowers

There are many types of candies that work well with personalized wrappers for the beach. Life savers or other hard candy rolls, as well as packages of sweet and sour hard candies (like Sweet Tarts) can easily be wrapped in personalized wrappers. Other popular choices include mint tins, rounds or 'pillow packs' and packages of gourmet jelly beans (like Jelly Bellies).

Tropical Flavors

Although many types of candy work well for favors, some couples choose to reflect their beach theme with candy in tropical flavors rather than focusing on the packaging and accents. From flavored jelly beans to hard wrapped candies to chewy candy confections, you can often choose flavors that mesh well with beach weddings. Flavor ideas include:

• Coconut
• Pineapple
• Pina Colada
• Guava
• Papaya
• Mango
• Lemon
• Lime
• Banana
• Melon
• Macadamia nut
• Run flavored candies
• Tropical flavor assortments

Ideas for Beach Wedding Favor Candy

Shell Candies

Even if you don't consider yourself skilled in the art of do-it-yourself projects, creating the perfect beach wedding favor treat can be simple. Browse these ideas for inspiration, or visit your local crafts store for other beach themed items to use for candy inspired homemade wedding favors.

• Place candy in tiny beach pails, cover with cellophane or tulle, and finish with a ribbon and tag. Use plastic beach pails for a fun favor, or painted metal pails for an elegant yet whimsical look.

• Affix small paper beach parasols to boxed or bagged candies.

• Place candy in clean craft shells and secure with tulle or other materials to keep in place.

• Place candy in tiny tote bags (available in inexpensive plastic versions) to mimic beach bags.

• Fill small tins featuring beach images with tropical candy.

• Affix a small beach themed wedding favor charm to simple candy filled favor boxes.

• Check wedding favor retailers for unique ocean themed, food safe items that are suitable to house candy, such as small metal boats or mini metal suitcases.

Where to Buy Favor Candy for a Beach Wedding

Candy warehouses, party stores, and wedding retailers are all excellent places to find beach wedding favor candy. For special requests, check with a gourmet or specialty candy shop.

• Candy Warehouse has an ample selection of beach, luau, and tropical theme candy.
• Oriental Trading Company has several candy selections that could be used as beach favors, including frosted tropical lollipops.
• Beau Coup Weddings offers nautical and beach favor tins, containers, and personalized candy rolls.
• Weddings by Dezign sells gourmet handmade chocolate sea shells and sand dollars.
• Keepsake Candy sells personalized wrappers and mint tins in a variety of design, including beach themes.
• Truly Wedding Favors sells cute beach themed wedding favor bags to fill with candy.
• [Godiva Chocolate] offers several elegant chocolates in seashell shapes and has wedding favor packaging.

A Note on Chocolate for Beach Weddings

Although chocolate bars are perfect for personalized wrappers and there are many other types of chocolate candy available in beach designs such as sea shells, couples should be cautious when planning the use of chocolate as a favor for beach weddings. If you choose to use chocolate as your beach wedding favor candy, consider keeping the favors indoors in a cool area if possible, or in an airtight plastic container inside coolers until your guests are ready to depart.

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