2/3/11

Give A Gift They Can Eat

By Bart Forcey


Brides and grooms have been distributing chocolate wedding favors as personal gifts for years. Why are these favors so popular? Why should someone who attends your wedding have to be sent home with gifts? The wedding is meant for the bride and groom; your family and friends should attend because they love you not to receive anything from you.

It is up to the bride and groom if they decide to distribute gifts to their guests in attendance. There are many gifts that can be given to your guests who share in this joyful day with you and your family.

The chocolate wedding favors can be made however the bride deems fit. When choosing the wedding favor it gives the bride a chance to let her personality shine through.The type of wedding favor usually is something that the bride of the wedding chooses.The wedding favor the bride decides on is usually something she enjoys as well, afterall there is no use filling the room with dark chocolate favors if the bride only likes milk chocolate.

Wedding favors are a century old favorite that dates back to the sixteenth century. Initially wedding favors were a big hit for elaborate weddings hosted by the upperclass Europeans.The wealthy families used a wedding celebration as a way to display their wealth to all.Therefore to show how wealthy they truly were they would provide elabroate parting gifts to their guests.

The first wedding favor that was given contained chocolates inside an elaborate jewel studded box, known by the French as a bonbonniere. Sugar was seen as a luxury to everyone in the sixteenth century. So, it was only appropriate that each gift contained some of the most expensive sugar made candy there was around. The bride and groom of the wedding were seen to be blessed and lucky, therefore by distributing gifts to all who attended their joyful day they could spread their blessings.

A great percentage of weddings still utilize the idea of passing out chocolate as a token of appreciation that started centuries ago. Continuing this custom allows old traditions to stay alive and adds a sense of connection to ancestral roots. The chocolate wedding favor was a great idea in the past and will continue to be used for many more centuries to come.

Nowadays many chocolate companies that distribute wedding favors will even personalize the gifts for a particular wedding. Such companies as Hershey's participate in creating great chocolate wedding favors that guest are assured to love and remember for years to come.




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