Actually, it’s our guests who need the favor. Okay they don’t really need a favor, but it’s a nice gesture, right? Plus I do need a favor—I need you to help us make a decision!
Way back when, I thought about doing cookie jars (á la Bakerella) as favors, but alas, most of you confirmed they were too expensive in their original incarnation. Although there were lots of great suggestions for how to scale them down, we decided if we were going to do favors, we’d rather have something our guests could actually eat right away. Some people might never bake the cookies in a jar, and not just that, but for our out-of-town guests, who wants to carry a heavy glass jar of cookie mix in their suitcase?!
After not thinking about favors at all for several months (if you ignore a problem it goes away, right?), we got some great news – a family friend of Mr. Guinea Pig’s wanted to help us out with our favors and make them for us! {Insert choir singing hallelujah} GP friend R went totally over the top in giving us wonderful options (for which we are so very, very grateful), and even suggested we do a mix of things!
(from L to R: cookies, malt balls, chocolate covered raisins, mini-champagne, cinnamon gummy hearts, and jelly beans!)
The first thing we (sadly) ruled out?
Mini-champagne. Is it an awesome idea? Totally. Could we customize the heck out of it? Hello, custom labels. Are we scared our friends will pop corks in each other’s faces or break some glass? Yes indeedy.
The second thing we ruled out: Cinnamon gummy hearts – I hate gummy candies. Plus, cinnamon seemed like a pretty particular flavor – even though the hearts were adorable.
Ah yes, but I forgot to mention the one thing that’s not shown in this picture because a certain Mr. Guinea Pig snatched them up as soon as they appeared, and tore into them (I may have helped)!
(Chocolate covered pretzels! Bonus points because they’re by Utz, an almost locally based company!)
We’d like to choose three things to set out as favors (each packaged separately, not all together in one bag) — we know that chocolate covered pretzels must be on the list (hello happy Mr. GP!) but what else? Is three too many? Not enough? What would you choose out of the options above? Our instinct is to include at least one non-chocolate item for those folks who don’t love chocolate (Miss Cola!). 
How did you decide on your favors? Have you gladly handed off wedding responsibilities to others as the wedding drew near?
This article was originally posted onWeddingbee.
