well we haven't quite finished ours yet but i'll tell you what we ahve so far

a clip jar each from ikea 89p (80)
sweet jars from tesco's 99p (10) but think they have gone up to £1.99 now they are just glass biscuit jars
sweet scoops good old ebay 6 of them for £12(ish can't remember)

I will maybe put a bow or tie ribbon on all jars etc just to tie it all in together!

I bought personalised love hearts when they were on offer ages ago and 1kg box of swizzle mattlow sweets when there was an offer on too. we will also go to makro to buy other sweets .

i reckon it will cost us £200 altogether once its all done but i bought some of way back last year to cover the cost

hope that helps a little

xx

i would love to do one for the kids so i would be the last minute thing to do!! x

just look around for small vases or pots and try and get deals on sweets!! like supermarkets do small packs of differents ones for 3 for a £1 and try there own brands for mints ect! and £land is another good one for sweets xx

Our pick and mix comes with the price of the chocolate fountain so we're paying £400. Both are unlimited for three hours and manned and replenished.
The pick and mix will have our name on the front and the sweetie bags will have our name too. We get to choose our favourite 20 out of 100. Now choosing our favourite 20! hmmmm

Just a different option. x

I was going to do my own.. but then my event dresser said she would do me one that would cater for 90 people, for £165.00 for that we get 12 jars filled with either colour co ordinated or retro sweets, bags scoops, and table decorated and swagged.

I thought tha was a really good deal, and saves me the hassle on the day xx

I want 1 now lol. if i buy the sweets now i would eat them all, will have to buy them 2 weeks before haha x

we bought jars from asda 99p
then different glass bowls, containers no more than £1 each
and went to bookers and got loads of big tubs of sweets for £2.99 each
and our paper bags of ebay 99p
all in all i think weve payed about £70 for about 150 people

Hi hun. I havent read the whole thread (banging headache and was just quickly popping on) but I was looking at doing my own candy buffet so was researching it online, having a look at other peoples pictures etc when I come across a picture of someones evening reception, in the background you could see that they have cupcake stands full of sweets on every table.. it looked awesome! So I had a look about and you can get cheapy cup cake stands for less than a tenner if you really hunt high and low, decorate them with your colour ribbon, pop to a makro or buy bulk sweets off ebay, chuck them on the cup cake stands and your well away. You can then just stick a scoop and a few bags on each stand and everyone can help them selfs.. or to keep the numbers down just put them on the smaller table that you would of used in the day time for your cake!

making ours ourselves

Jars free from tesco
Scoops 75p each from local sweet shop
Cello cone shaped bags £6.99 for 100
personalized stickers £2.75 for 140
Sweets were the biggest bit about £150 but you can scale that down to what you want

We got little jars out of ikea 4 for £1 and are gonna give them to the men as favors to fill up and take home, but everyone will get to take part in it with little bags or the like :p x

I was on ebay earlier and found some people that hire it out for £100 so i am very tempted to do it. I know it is more on the wedding but i am only doing this once so might as well make it fun

Sounds good Panther. Liking the idea of large spoon as scoops seem very expencive on ebay

Oh that sounds good. Will have a look.

On ur wall jodie x

wool-worths online have got a pick n mix section

I really wanted to have a candy table but wasn't sure it was gonna be cost effective so what we decided to do is have each table named after a sweet, and on each table have the table centre piece with those sweets and a sign saying help yourself as these are gonna be the favours aswell and i'm hoping it will get people to mingle around each table too. The kids are all having lollies with their names on as their own personnal sweet favour.

great idea hun!

Is it just my venue being fussy then as I dont think we are allowed to make our own and if we want one have to use their supplier for choc fountain :(

wow that is a really good price book it before they change their minds

Well done Jodie!!! I'm always looking for a bargain, where did you get the bags from??? and where are you ordering scoops from???

I'm watching a few on eBay at the moment. Shame ur wedding is not before mine would have bought the bits off u. I'm trying to find some glass bowls/jars at the mo. xxx

I haven't seen any yet they r all random n I want matching...too fussy perhaps???

A certain I KEA store do a huge range of jars really cheap - we got our for 60p each called Forvar jar with lid. Its angled so the scoop can go in easy and they hold 1.8 litres so quite a good size. We got a few of the long tall glass jars too for £2.65 each to add some interest...tall ones look good filled with flying saucers etc..