Thursday, February 3, 2011

Testing out our Wedding Favors

For the longest time, Dustin and I were going to do personalized m&ms for our wedding favors.  We absolutely LOVED the idea.  It's cute and a nice little treat for guests.

Then it hit me one day that I don't want that as a wedding favor.  (Bridezilla moment - right?)  So Dustin and I started brainstorming.  We looked through so many websites, pictures on the knot, and finally Dustin had a great idea.

What if we make white chocolate covered double stuffed oreos?

It's no secret that I search for white chocolate covered oreos at Christmas time, so I LOVED LOVED LOVED the idea.  So of course we had to try it immediately.

We bought a pack of double stuffed oreos and nestle white chocolate chips.  The first day I burned the chocolate in the microwave.  Didn't know that was really possible, but I did it.  Then I dipped both sides without letting one harden first.  Good in taste but a big mess.
The next day, Dustin and I tried it together.  We used a double broiler to melt the chocolate, and made a bunch.  We dipped one side and put it in the fridge to harden, then did the other side.  THEY WERE FANTASTIC!

Overall all, we are going to play around with our methodology.  We have some ideas to try for next time.  We want to make them consistent and good looking!  It'll take us probably 16 packs of oreos and 16 bags of chocolate to make enough, but it'll be a fun week before the wedding!  So you will probably hear about this again.

What were/are your wedding favors???

2 comments:

  1. Love the idea! We did a candy buffet. I LOVE candy, so we had everything from m&m's to runts to skittles to pixie sticks... I can't even remember everything we had! Oh, Rolos were definitely there-- my favorite! We had little bags with twist ties for people to make their own and made a note for each table so they knew what to do (people get shy about that stuff). It was a hit!

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  2. Mom might have some advice about dipping the Oreos. I remember at one point she made chocolate-covered PB Ritz sandwiches. They were about the same size, except that the Oreos might be a bit thicker. You might ask her and see what she says.

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