A new trend has emerged in Russia - decorating candy bars for the holidays. In America, not a single party is complete without a Candy bar. Our fashion trend is also becoming more and more popular. A candy bar is a brightly decorated table on which treats and drinks are placed. But don’t confuse Candy bar with regular tea drinking. The highlight of the bar lies in its original design and serving. We'll tell you how to organize a sweet table and help you choose tableware and accessories.
How to make a candy bar with your own hands
A DIY candy bar will be a real decoration for the party. Unlike an ordinary sweet table, its design uses a large amount of decorative tableware, bright accessories and a variety of desserts and drinks. To ensure everything turns out as planned, follow these steps when preparing for the holiday.
- Draw a sketch.
You don't have to be an artist to sketch out on paper what a candy bar will look like. The sketch will allow you to estimate how many desserts will fit on the table and what utensils will be needed. Don't overload the Candy bar. Look through photos of candy bars, this will inspire you to create your own style.
- Develop a menu.
Guests are offered a la carte desserts and drinks. It is optimal to make one cake, cut into small pieces at once, and several options for sweets. Candies, marshmallows, and cakes are suitable. If a candy bar is created for children, bright and small treats, for example, multi-colored dragees, are suitable. Drinks should not be hot. The best option is chilled fruit juice poured into a transparent lemonade bottle with a tap. A mandatory attribute of a candy bar for a wedding is a multi-tiered cake.
- Decide on a color scheme.
When choosing the color scheme for a sweet table, stop at 2-3 colors. A larger number is only appropriate if the entire party is decorated in the same color scheme. For example, all the colors of the rainbow are suitable for a children's candy bar.
- Select dishes and accessories.
The fun part of creating your own candy bar is choosing the utensils and accessories. Based on the theme of the holiday and the style in which the table is decorated. There is no point in cluttering the surface with a large number of utensils; everything should be in moderation. Do not use old dishes for a candy bar; even a small chip will spoil the impression.
The following containers are suitable:
- stands on a leg;
- vases;
- jars with lids;
- plates repeating the shape of cakes;
- candy bowls;
- drink jars with lids and holes for straws;
- high capacities.
Give preference to containers with a lid. They will not allow marshmallows and marshmallows to dry out. For drinks, prepare a lemonade bottle or portioned jars with lids. Children especially love such mugs, because they don’t have to worry about the drink spilling. At the candy bar for girls, colorful juices and lemonades are poured into containers. Boys will be more attracted to creatively designed sweets laid out on dishes of different shapes.
Complete your candy bar utensils with accessories for removing treats from containers. Spoons, skewers, and scoops will do.
- Serve the buffet on different levels.
Dishes placed at different levels look attractive and it will be convenient for guests to take sweets from the table. First, choose a treat that will become the focal point of the candy bar. For these purposes, a cake or cupcakes laid out on multi-tiered dishes are suitable. You can find options for three-tier dishes in the online store catalog.
Next, the table surface is divided into 3 parts. At the farthest point there are tall accessories. These are vases, framed photographs, flower arrangements. Do not put sweets in the background, there is a high chance that guests will not be able to get them. Place bowls with sweets and desserts in the middle. Maintain symmetry. Flat dishes are placed in the foreground, on which cakes, marshmallows, and macarons are laid out.
- Complete the candy bar with decorations.
A candy bar does not need voluminous decor, because its main decoration is dishes with all kinds of sweets. It is enough to hang ribbons, bows, garlands and balls. Volumetric letters will allow you to play up the event for which everyone has gathered. The letters spell out the name of the birthday person or a congratulation. The treat is decorated with flags or cards with the name and composition of the dish.
Creating a candy bar is appropriate for absolutely any occasion: from birthdays to themed parties, like housewarmings, the birth of a child, etc.
Sweets themed decoration
Following modern trends, not a single holiday is complete without the presence of the Candy Bar. Starting from a children's birthday, ending with a themed party or corporate event. There are unspoken competitions among the organizers to create the most creative and original design. What comes first is the desire to surprise and delight guests, to present everything in such a way that no one remains indifferent.
If you want to make your holiday extraordinary and memorable, a cake with candles from the supermarket is best left in the past. Even on a limited budget, you can create a Candy Bar design that will surprise everyone. Don’t think that such troubles are wedding extravagances or corporate tricks. Here are just a few common reasons:
- Children's birthday. Many people order a cake covered with fondant to please their child. Confectioners always decorate it with bright three-dimensional figures. But if you don’t complement it with sweets that match the style, the treat looks like a bright spot on a dull table.
- Theme party. This is an incredibly fun event where you won't be bored. Bright photos of friends will remind you of the holiday. The highlight of any party will be the photo zone, which is presented by the Candy Bar in the celebration stele. Based on the diminishing assortment of the sweet table, one can judge at what point in the celebration the photographs were taken.
- Christmas and Easter evenings. Modern grandmothers want to distinguish themselves in front of their grandchildren. Easter cakes and colored eggs can be complemented with bright candies and unusual sweets. Thanks to this approach, the children themselves will ask to visit. You will more often gather your family around the festive sweet table.
The list goes on and on. There are no limits to making the evening unforgettable. If you haven’t made your choice yet, take a look at the virtual showcase “MarmeladShow.ru”. The presented assortment will certainly give you new ideas.
Candy bar for children
When setting up a candy bar for children, provide more treats than for an adult event. The decor is chosen bright, in the style of the entire event. Frames with photographs of the birthday boy will be an original decoration.
Candy bar for girls
To organize a candy bar for a girl, use romantic colors and accessories, because little princesses will gather for the holiday.
- If the holiday is in Tiffany colors, decor in delicate turquoise shades is perfect. The tablecloth is white or rich turquoise.
- For a candy bar in lavender colors, use dishes with lavender notes and decorative decorations to match.
- For a Barbie themed party, use a bright pink tablecloth. White decor and tableware, as well as all shades of pink, will look great on it. Plates can be used with roses.
You will find a selection of tableware and decor for different occasions in the Lavender Decor catalogue.
Buy sweets or bake them yourself
Many housewives can boast of culinary abilities. Handmade treats cannot be compared to industrially produced ones. When making a custom cake or other baked goods, you get the opportunity to make them in the style of the event. Even the smallest wishes of guests or heroes of the occasion will not go unattended. But don't turn the upcoming party into a pastry marathon. Fatigue and lack of sleep will overshadow the joy of the upcoming event.
Candy Bar is not only about pastries. It includes a complex of sweet and decorative elements. If you pay attention to every detail, you can create an unsurpassed masterpiece that will not leave others indifferent. To accompany your baked goods, it is better to order some treats, which are included in the classic sets for the Candy Bar:
- Lollipops. Bright, colorful candies are an integral element of a sweet feast. Modern printed treats will delight children with images of cartoon characters. A twisted multi-colored candy or cane will create an atmosphere of Western celebration.
- Multi-colored sweet dragee. A surprise for guests will be Jelly Belly candies from America. They completely replicate natural tastes, and the Bean Boozled series will shock the most self-confident. Chocolate balls in sweet M&Ms glaze will also please all guests. The main thing is not to mix them with Skittles. They don't fit together.
- Chewing marmalade. The unusual shapes of Trolli toffees will surprise all guests. Using twisted flagella or Fini sticks, you can create sweet decor for both baked goods and other treats.
- Corn straws in glaze. Rocky sticks are the perfect addition to drinks. Before use, they can be used as Candy Bar decor.
- Figured sugar. Useful if natural juice or punch is served at a party. With its help, everyone can sweeten the drink to their own taste. The attractive shape gives it aesthetic appeal.
If you decide to make a Candy Bar with your own hands for a holiday for children or a party for teenagers, it is better to focus solely on baking. Cake, cupcakes, cookies and macarons take a lot of time to make. You can order the rest of the delicacies for home delivery. View the virtual showcase of the online store “MarmeladShow.ru” and place an order. Managers will ensure that it is delivered as quickly as possible. You will get the opportunity to focus on the main thing and not get distracted by trifles. Don't put off your holiday until later, look through the assortment right now and add everything you need to your cart.
Candy bar for a wedding
The color scheme of the candy bar for a wedding should echo the theme of the celebration. At a vintage wedding, the candy bar is decorated with ribbons, fabric and lace. A metal candlestick will highlight the romantic style of the celebration. Use photo frames as table decorations.
You can pick up a large number of accessories and tableware for the event in the Lavender Decor store. We hope that the created designer collections “Provence”, “Classic”, “Turquoise” and “Lavender” on our website will inspire you to embody such an image.
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What are the most common treats?
For a children's party, it is very important that recipes for sweet dishes do not contain dangerous dyes or additives, so it would be better to choose sweets with the most natural composition. However, this will also be relevant for adults, because few people want to eat desserts containing margarine, palm oil, preservatives and flavorings.
The most relevant treats for a festive candy bar will be the following:
- sponge cake decorated with cream or mastic;
- cupcakes with fondant, cream or inscriptions;
- macarons in bright colors in stylish boxes or vases;
- marshmallows of various colors and shapes;
- classic meringue;
- cakepops;
- original decorated gingerbread cookies;
- dessert “Pavlova”;
- trifles;
- marshmallows with or without chocolate.
Lemonades and fruit teas
In the candy bar, in addition to desserts, there are always drinks that all lovers of sweets can enjoy. The main purpose of drinks in the summer is to help guests cool down and refresh themselves. All kinds of homemade lemonades and chilled fruit teas are ideal for this. If the wedding is held outdoors, we advise you to avoid open containers such as jugs. Use closed containers with dispensers. They will protect your drinks from dust and add brightness to your dessert table.
Lemonades can be served in portioned jars that are pre-cooled. The water on the walls of such a jar turns into ice. Pour lemonade and close the lid. All you have to do is shake and the cool drink is ready!
Ice cream
A sweet, cool delicacy will delight your guests and give pleasant freshness on a hot day. It is unlikely that among the guests there will be those who do not like ice cream. There are a great many interesting options for serving this dessert: waffle cones of different sizes, cups, dessert glasses. It all depends on the chosen design concept for the wedding celebration.
Offer your guests several types of ice cream. The most popular are pistachio, vanilla, chocolate, creme brulee. Don't forget about the fillings - nuts, chocolate chips, all kinds of syrups. Let each guest enjoy their favorite dessert.
