Unique wedding favors are part of a bride’s very special day. Everything about her wedding is designed to be uniquely hers and that includes the favors that greet guests at the reception. But how do you find unique wedding favors among a sea of competing choices? The answer is to follow the chocolate.
Chocolate is by far the most popular wedding favor choice in part because nearly everyone enjoys that cocoa magic and because you can do so many creative things with it. Creating unique wedding favors in chocolate starts with using the highest quality chocolate you can find. One key ingredient to fine chocolate is a high cocoa butter content like the Swiss-style chocolate used by Chocolate Pizza Company in its unique wedding favors. Gourmet chocolate has also been tempered which means skilled chocolatiers used temperature variations during the melting process to literally realign the crystalline structure of the chocolate. Tempered chocolate has a shine, snap, strength to its appearance and a velvety smooth mouth-feel once you taste it.
With the best quality chocolate tempered and ready to use, the next step for chocolatiers is to apply unbounded creativity. Here is where the magic happens. The artisans at Chocolate Pizza Company offer a myriad of unique wedding favors but one of the most popular is the Tux & Gown pretzel rods. This is a pair of 8-inch slightly salted pretzel rods that are hand-decorated to look like the bride and groom. The bride’s side is dipped in creamy white chocolate, drizzled with white chocolate in a spiral fashion and then decorated with elegant sugar pearls and beads. The result is a stunning “gown” effect that impresses at first glance.
The groom’s side is dipped first in white chocolate and then semi-rolled in dark chocolate to give it a tuxedo appearance. Chocolatiers then add a bow tie and finishing touches to reveal the formal attire. The Tux & Gown pretzels are paired together in clear cellophane. If the couple wants to add a gold label with their initials or wedding date or such, then that is easily done.
Another in Chocolate Pizza Company’s line-up of unique wedding favors is our Lace & Pearls mini Chocolate Pizza. This time, we blend that gourmet milk or dark chocolate with a homemade English toffee from a local recipe that dates to 1919. Owner, Ryan Novak, makes the toffee on-site in small batches so it has maximum flavor. Poured out onto large trays, the toffee cools, is stretched and then ground fine so it can be mixed with the chocolate. The one-ounce mini Chocolate Pizzas are then decorated with a swirl of white chocolate and sugar pearls and beads before being wrapped in clear cellophane and finished with a bow in the bride’s colors. The same lace and pearls design can also be done on chocolate covered cookies.
Weddings are that special moment in our lives when we want everything to be perfect and memorable. Unique chocolate wedding favors are just a subtle touch to that dream day but one that guests remember and appreciate.
