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The newest fun alternative to the more traditional wedding favors and trips is a popcorn buffet for your wedding guests to enjoy.

While popcorn might be fairly new to the wedding reception it can be traced back thousands of years to New Mexico where archaeologists found ears of popcorn Native Americans enjoyed way before the Europeans arrived in America.

This buffet may be cheaper even than a candy buffet and most likely different for those attending that is if you do not buy gourmet popcorn offered by many companies today.

Ideas for Your Popcorn Buffet

Popcorn

This new very trendy gourmet popcorn is expensive and do not get me wrong if cost is not an object then go for it.

However, if you are working with a tight budget you simply buy plain popcorn in large bags or pop your own and make it gourmet yourself.

Popcorn Flavors and Flavoring

There are a load of popcorn flavoring available now such as nacho, white cheese, chili, chocolate, chocolate marshmallow, sour cream and onion, caramel, cajun and more.

Just put the plain popcorn in large bags shake the flavor you want in and shake vigorously to coat evenly and SURPRISE !!! you have gourmet popcorn.

You can find a lot of chocolate and caramel recipes if that be your choice. You may already have one of your own

Popcorn Containers for Buffet

There are many ways to display and serve your different kinds of popcorn.

Apothecary jars with wide openings looks great, and have a little scoop available and a small bag or bowl for the guest to use.

Neat looking galvanized containers make a great way to offer the popcorn to guests.

Attractive clear bowls show off the colors and flavor and be sure to have scoops with each container for the convenience of your guests along with something for them to scoop the popcorn into.

You can offer mini popcorn balls on sticks for an interesting look and treat.

There are available small attractive popcorn boxes you can have on the table for filling and taking home at the end of the day.

Bottom line is use your imagination and theme as a guide to what you use as containers. Just remember they should be easy for the guest to get the popcorn out off.

How to Set-up and Display the Various Kinds of Popcorn

Now that you have all these tasty treat coming the time to plan the buffet table display to show them off to the fullest.

One of the easiest things to do is have the containers at various heights or levels. This can be done by simply using a sturdy box tipped upside down, or books stacked at different heights. Cover them in an attractive way with theme colored or white napkins or whatever you think fits your wedding decor.

Tips to Help You

You should appoint someone prior to the wedding day to make sure that the containers remain filled and none run out or run low. You want the table to look inviting and full the entire time.

Have a bowl of hand wipes at the table as popcorn can get messy or sticky on your hands.

I can not finish this without suggesting that if a popcorn buffet is more than you wish to do there are other ways to have popcorn be part of your wedding party.

You can make different sizes of popcorn balls on sticks. Get an attractive container and put florist foam tightly in the bottom of it. Arrange the popcorn balls in the foam and cover the foam with interesting wrapped candies. It now becomes a really neat centerpiece and invite the guests to take from it and enjoy.

Or how about making cellophane wrapped popcorn balls and tying them closely with your theme colored ribbon or raffia and arranging them in a big bowl as a table centerpiece. Again you invite your guest to have one as an extra treat.

You may buy popcorn favor boxes and fill each one with popcorn and have them at each place setting as a wedding favor. You might want to think of a way to personalize the box with your names and wedding date.

Well there you are and I hope that a wedding popcorn buffet is something you will like to do on your special day.

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Source by Tiffany Cole