Cheap Candy for Favors??

Have you tried your local grocery stires that sell candy in the bulk?

M&Ms definitely are not cheap. They're somewhere in the neighborhood of $7/lb. You can check online sellers like www.candywarehouse.com or www.candydirect.com . You can definitely find cheaper options and "customize" by choosing candies in your wedding colors. You can personalize the favors by adding a tag or label with your names/date if you so choose. Also as FMS said, check local grocers bulk sections. They are usually around $3-4/lb and you won't have to pay shipping.

For example, my colors are black/white/yellow and we are doing a candy buffet. I spent about a half hour at Meijer picking out all of the yellow laffy taffy and now&laters out of the bulk candy bins lol! And they were around $1.99 and $2.49/lb.

Your theme is Green with Red/Orange accents.

http://www.aCandyStore.com/shop-by-category-bulk-unwrapped.html - $9.95 Flat Rate Shipping.

Use offer code "twitter1000" for 10% off your order of $75 or more! Ends May 1st.

- Green Apple Fruit Sours Candy Balls - 7.5lb for $22.99 ($3/lb)

- Red Cherry Fruit Sours Candy Balls - 7.5lb

- Orange Tangerine Fruit Sours Candy Balls - 7.5lb

- Cinnamon Imperials Candy - 10lb for $29.99 ($2.99/lb)

- Red Cherry Gummi Bears - 5lb for ($2.79/lb)

- Green Apple Gummi Bears - 5lb

- Boston Roasted Peanuts Baked Beans Candy - 25lb for $71.99 ($2.88/lb)

- Red Cherry Slices: 5lbs for $12.99 ($2.59/lb)

I don't know of any sights offhand because my mom is making my candy favors...she is going to make candy buckeyes for me Saves me alot of money!

I got my M&Ms from www.sweetbe.com. The M&M website want $7 for 7oz - that's less than 1/2 a pound!! Crazy!!! This site is $9.95 a pound. they aren't custom but you can buy them by the pound in any of M& Ms 22 colors. I just filled 48 of those little custom jars from the Knot and it took 7lbs of chocolate. So you would need about 23- 24 lbs of M&Ms. That's still about $240. But way better than what you would spend at m&m site.

@ Peguina: hmm. I'm going to guess you and/or your Fh are Buckeye fans? lol. We've got shot glasses that we're going to fill with candy for the favors but haven't decided on what kind. We both like Runts so we might go with those and some kind of chocolate. Maybe I'll go the buckeye route too...

M&M's are not cheap, especially the custom ones.

That's a good shiping rate that Elena posted. think i will check it out when i get home and see if i can find my yellow gumballs.

Try this site. It has bulk candy at wholesale prices. If we do favors (undecided) this is what we are going to use. They also have m&ms but they are not personalized:

http://www.bulkfoods.com/chocolate.asp

Anything personalized is not cheap.

I would try Costco or Sam's Club - buying candy in bulk at warehouses will be your best bet.

Receive $5 off purchases of $40 or more - Personalized MY M&M'S Candies - perfect for the holidays!

This is the best coupon I could find enless your ordering a bulk supplies more than 3. If so this one will give you the fourth one free.

Buy 3 or more Bags Of Custom Printed MY M&M'S® And Get 1 FREE!

Try this for candy in bulk. http://www.candy.com/Bulk-Wrapped-Candy_c_11.html

@kshiv: Well, my FH is a 4th or 5th generation OSU student and for his senior year this past year, him, his dad and his grandfather went to EVERY OSU football game...so yeah, we're kinda fans

You can try sixlets instead of the M&M's and they come in all sorts of colors and the concept is the same. The only difference is their are completely round and they are very tasty. Nassau candy is also a good alternative. I am a vendor for them and you can contact me if you would like to order or check pricing. You are free to go through their site.

I forgot to let you know I am in the south florida area. I have ordered from candy warehouse in the past and their prices are good but the shipping is very expensive if you are not in their area. I paid almost the same amount for shipping that I did for candy.

I had a couple give kisses...

in small paper bags that said

"Here are some kisses from the new Mr and Mr's"

I also loved this idea

http://www.thebridescafe.com/?postID=555&diy-after-party-snack-bar