We here at TeamWED are quick to announce that we like cake and even quicker to say that we think wedding cake is the sweetest cake of all. However, we also understand that there are plenty of brides and grooms out there who simply do not care for cake. And wedding cake can be very expensive, so there have to be brides and grooms who can’t afford cake for their wedding receptions. Sad, but true. You know what? There’s nothing wrong with that! Cake doesn’t make a wedding any more than the bridal gown or the invitations make the wedding. If two people say vows and are henceforth legally wed (or just plain wed), a wedding has taken place.
That said, we do prefer to attend those wedding receptions that include mouth watering sweets. Does it have to be wedding cake? Of course not. There are scads of alternatives to wedding cake, all of them delish. Here’s a sampling that will hopefully inspire the cake haters out there!
The candy buffet is quickly become a classic fixture of wedding receptions, and we say “Why not?” What’s not to like about grabbing a bag and a trowel and piling in oodles of treats that can be eaten during the reception or taken home for later enjoyment. Candy buffets are a great choice for DIY brides and grooms, since all you need is some glass jars (even cheap fishbowls will do), candy shovels, favor bags… and of course, the candy. The best candy buffets feature old favorites and new standards. We like red hots and peppermints and, duh, chocolate. Try to include enough different varieties of candy in your candy buffet to ensure that every one of your guests can find something they like.
Then there’s the sundae bar, which has been delighting children and adults alike at wedding receptions for a long time now. This option is definitely a crowd please, especially at weddings that include a lot of kiddies. This is another DIY bride friendly option, though we recommend giving the ice cream (at least) to your wedding caterer to handle instead of trying to wrangle it yourself in your wedding gown. As far as toppings go, TeamWED recommends going hog wild, with everything from chocolate and butterscotch sauces to sprinkles to nuts to cherries and whipped cream and *sigh* Keep the ice cream flavors pretty benign — stick to chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
Now, we don’t often find ourselves wowed and surprised, but when we came across this picture of a milk and cookies bar on another blog, we were happily shocked that we hadn’t though of it first. While we’ve seen plenty of cookies (and danishes and doughnuts and pastries) at weddings we’ve attended over the years, we’ve never once seen a set up like this. The milk and cookies bar is probably the wedding sweets option best geared toward DIY, since it involves little more than making or buying cookies and having the caterers or wedding helpers pour the milk. We recommend that brides and grooms who decide to have a milk and cookies bar at their wedding reception (in lieu of or in addition to wedding cake) try to have as many varieties of cookie on hand as possible and to include some of their not-so-favorite flavors. Some TeamWED staffers, for example, are huge oatmeal raisin fans while others eat nothing but chocolate chip. You don’t have to please everyone, but it is nice when brides and grooms try to please *almost* everyone.
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