halfpintpeggy
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IF you are near a Sprouts store, go there! They have tons of bulk candy and beautiful salt water taffy in rainbow colors.
Sadly, not near a Sprouts!
IF you are near a Sprouts store, go there! They have tons of bulk candy and beautiful salt water taffy in rainbow colors.
In the Walmart party section, they have single-color packages of Kisses, etc. that might be fun for a colorful rainbow look. They have candy sorted by color at Party City, as well. Walmart also sells big bags of assorted candy--you could dump those in a bowl, or separate them out. Candy for 70 people is NOT going to be cheap, however you do it.
Keep in mind that it's so hot out--chocolate might not do well outside, this time of year.
Yes I agree candy is not cheap.
For that kind of bar I would avoid most chocolate. M&m's might be ok due to the candy coating
Marshmallows is fine. Gummy stuff like gummy bears, gummy worms, etc.
Skittles, twizzlers, starburst all good choices. These are all colorful and will look nice and won't melt.
Candy is expensive. I'd check Aldi and see if you can save some money there. Otherwise, bulk places like Sam's or Costco.
If you need pretty containers, hit up Goodwill or thrift stores for a mis-mash of lovely old glass.
Lot's of good ideas mentioned here already. I think the pink and white frosted animal cookies would work well with your theme and red vines are always a hit
They also have Teddy Grahams in Snack Saks, but eh, those don't fill me with ice cream thoughts..
Swedish fish, jelly beans, gummy bears/gummy worms, and M&Ms are all good ice cream topping themed candies. If there is a Target near you, you can buy their brand of these candies and I think they're only 99 cents a bag as opposed to the name brand stuff. Tastes just as good!
I have done lots of candy buffets and not everyone will fill a bag, so your bowls don’t need to be that big. In this heat I would skip chocolate and go with hard candies, jelly candy, carmels and anything that won’t melt.
Red hots
Lemon heads
Twizzlers
Jelly beans
Tootsie rolls and pops
Dots
Gummies
Hot tamales
Mike and Ike’s
Good and plenty
Gum balls
Candy corn
Gum drops
Bubble gum
If you get smaller amounts of different kinds of candy, you can get your bags at dollar tree or dollar general or big lots.
I had no idea! Wish I had known before doing a candy bar for my daughter's grad party. Ended up being pretty expensive to do and have a TON of candy left over. The kids don't really eat very much candy at that age I guess.I'm not sure of the price, but our IKEA has a wall of candy by the pound (by the snack bar at the exit), and some unusual looking ones at that. I wish I had seen the candy wall before the Harry Potter party we had earlier this year. Some of them would have really fit in for that theme.