CANDY BUFFET for my DD graduation party I NEED HELP..Please

[luvtogo12]

I am doing this for DD's graduation. I went to the Dollar store and got megaphones (yes, she is a cheerleader). They had the megaphones in DD's school colors. I will use them as "spill over" containers.

I was loving the idea of the Candy Warehouse until I saw the shipping charges. It would have been great to get candy in her school colors as well.


Keep the ideas coming!!

 

[Goofy22]

How about gummy sharks? Lifesavers?

How about the old traditional red fish? flavored fruit tootsie rolls they come in pretty vibrant color wrap the yellow, blue, orange, green?

 

[coolbeans]

I am stealing this idea too for our 4th of July cookout!! I have picked up some plastic bowls at Walmart and already started gathering the candy. We are using plastic bowls and other containers to put the candy in since it will have to be kid friendly. I haven't told DD anything about it, I plan on setting it up before she gets outside.

 

[tinkerbell615]

I have never heard of this before. What a cute idea. DD is only a sophomore, but I just told DH that we are doing this for her when she graduates.

Good luck to all of your graduates this year and congrats!

 

[kpm76]

This is a great thread! Tomorrow we are having DD's First Birthday Party and the theme is Candyland....I have a nice candy buffet set up...now the challenge is to not eat it all before the guests arrive!

 

[disneychrista]

This sounds like something I was discussing with my DD for her "sweet 16" party next year. She wants a chocolate fountain and I told her she should have a "sweet" "sweet 16."

 

[terri01p]

The only way I would ever do a chocolate fountain again is if the kids were very mature acting, I did this for my dd 17th birthday years ago and it because the biggest mess you have ever seen in your life...the kids were actually playing in it...geez

 

[bluesaturn]

For those of you who did this as a goody bag type thing, how did actually arrange it. Assuming it was all set up in the room the whole time the party was going, did you hand out baggies at the end and tell everyone to fill up. Or were people just going up whenever they felt like it throughout the party. This would be great for my sister's sweet 16.

 

[MKCP5]

Okay, sorry haven't read the entire thread, but we went to a wedding last summer with a candy bar and it was BEAUTIFUL!! The wedding colors were the pink and that pretty pale green and they had candy all in those colors in big clear glass containers of all shapes and sizes ( I think many were vases) They had little bags that she had stamped with their initial and date of the wedding for a take away bag. There was rock candy, pink and green candy fruit slices, mms with their name, starburst, pastel mints, on and on.........it was really one of the prettiest displays I have ever seen

 

[jjj444]

I have not read all the other responses either but i was at a wedding reception that had a candy table that had candy that was popular when we were born/young. We are in our thirties so there was candy cigarrettes, now and later's, pixie sticks, fun dips and much more. Just an idea.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

For those of you who did this as a goody bag type thing, how did actually arrange it. Assuming it was all set up in the room the whole time the party was going, did you hand out baggies at the end and tell everyone to fill up. Or were people just going up whenever they felt like it throughout the party. This would be great for my sister's sweet 16.

We did not have ours set up until the last our of our wedding. The caterer's set it up in the foyer and as people left they filled up on candy.

Another option is to set up and have it covered with draped cloths and take the cloths off when you are ready.

I posted a pic a few pages back.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

OMG this stuff looks great.

 

[Dory's Twin]

I am in charge of next years after prom party and will definitely have to find a way to incorporate something like this into the food area!

Much thanks! Folks around here THINK that I am very creative....they just don't know about the DIS!

 

[Goofy22]

Does anyone else have any pics of their Candy Buffets or any they have taken at events? I would love to see more pics!

 

[coolbeans]

http://images.google.com/images?hl=...tures&revid=1978197417&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8

If this link works there are oodles of pictures of buffets!!

 

[Goofy22]

http://images.google.com/images?hl=...tures&revid=1978197417&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8

If this link works there are oodles of pictures of buffets!!

Wow! Thanks I'm trying to get some good ideas for my kids June Graduation party! I have already purchased Hershey Bars ans Hershey Kisses and Hershey Hugs and Reeses Cups and Licorice from Hershey Chocolate World! We went up to Annville with School Band for Memorial Day parade and went to Hershey there after! I also around home got some PIXIE Sticks and Jewelry Candy those of you in your thirties like me should remember these! Candy Diamond rings, Candy Lipstick and Candy bracelets,And some smarties too! I have some graduation Gum and graduation mints and graduation fortune cookies coming from oriental trading! Now I'm going to try to get some blues and yellows candy ( like m+m's and lemon heads)they are the school colors! And I should be done along with some things to put it in! Does anyone have any other ideas for light blue and yellow candies? Any ideas would be appreciated you can im if you want so I dont hijack the OPs thread. Thanks!

 

[D L and K's Mom]

We just had DD's Sweet 16 Luau Party...
We had a candy buffet. I put all the candy in sandpails from the dollar store.
We had

Swirly suckers
Pixie Sticks
Mini candy bars
Mike and Ikes
Skittles
M & M's
Lots of Bulk
Hersey Kisses
Candy necklaces.
And a whole lot more

Most of the candy came from Sams and BJ's. Some from the Bulk Food Aisle at Wegmans (our local grocery store)

We bought tropical cups for the kids to put the candy in. After they filled the cups they put them into baggies and we twisted them up with a pipe cleaner and put in a little paper umbrella and cupcake pick with hawaiian flower on it. Very very cheap and cute.

We had a Tiki Bar (Grass skirt stapled on table, tropical table cloth, flip flop lights, blow up beach balls) making frozen non-alcholic drinks with umbrellas...big hit!


All snacks on the food table were also in sandpails and we used shovels to serve. We didnt have a cake we had cupcakes from Sams with Hawaiian flower picks and paper umbrellas on them. The kids all came in shorts, flip flops and tropical shirts and had a great time. The DJ was fantastic and it was a great night.......

 

[horseshowmom]

I am doing this for DD's graduation. I went to the Dollar store and got megaphones (yes, she is a cheerleader). They had the megaphones in DD's school colors. I will use them as "spill over" containers.

I was loving the idea of the Candy Warehouse until I saw the shipping charges. It would have been great to get candy in her school colors as well.


Keep the ideas coming!!

Try 3C77L0 for $1 shipping on orders of $50 (I found it online, don't know if it's still viable or not).

Also, if you sign up for their newsletter, it says they send out deals sometimes. http://www.candywarehouse.com/newsletter.html

 

[luvtogo12]

Try 3C77L0 for $1 shipping on orders of $50 (I found it online, don't know if it's still viable or not).

Also, if you sign up for their newsletter, it says they send out deals sometimes. http://www.candywarehouse.com/newsletter.html

Thanks, I will give that a try!

 

[luvtogo12]

Wow! Thanks I'm trying to get some good ideas for my kids June Graduation party! I have already purchased Hershey Bars ans Hershey Kisses and Hershey Hugs and Reeses Cups and Licorice from Hershey Chocolate World! We went up to Annville with School Band for Memorial Day parade and went to Hershey there after! I also around home got some PIXIE Sticks and Jewelry Candy those of you in your thirties like me should remember these! Candy Diamond rings, Candy Lipstick and Candy bracelets,And some smarties too! I have some graduation Gum and graduation mints and graduation fortune cookies coming from oriental trading! Now I'm going to try to get some blues and yellows candy ( like m+m's and lemon heads)they are the school colors! And I should be done along with some things to put it in! Does anyone have any other ideas for light blue and yellow candies? Any ideas would be appreciated you can im if you want so I dont hijack the OPs thread. Thanks!

In my search for everything blue and white, I found rock candy and saltwater taffy in light blue and I believe in yellow as well. I visited many web sites so I am not sure where I saw them but they are out there. Good luck.