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Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
jellybean1420
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:40 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:40 PM
Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
How many bags did you buy? I will need them to fill approx. 200 favor boxes.
sarahradio5
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:52 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:52 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
I did them for my engagement party. The personalized m&m's came in 8 oz bags. I went to CVS and bought a regular colored 8oz bag of m&m's, and used the whole bag to fill up as many favor boxes as it would (without eating any in the process!). Then I figured out how many 8oz bags I would need for the 90 favors I filled. It really depends on how much you fill each favor, how big they are, etc. Do this with yours, and then you can figure out how many you would need to fill 200 favors. Just order a bag or two extra, just in case. BTW... some of my m&m's were chipped or missing half the m&m (I think I got them to give me a little credit back for the weird ones).Suggestion... save a LITTLE bit of $$ by mixing the personalized ones with your names on them with just the 'wedding mix' or individual colors, so not ALL of them have your names on them. They're a little cheaper, so they work well as 'filler' for the awesome personalized ones.
BlueTulip
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:56 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:56 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Posted by sarahradio5
Suggestion... save a LITTLE bit of $$ by mixing the personalized ones with your names on them with just the 'wedding mix' or individual colors, so not ALL of them have your names on them. They're a little cheaper, so they work well as 'filler' for the awesome personalized ones.
This is what I did. I think I had about 20-23 pounds total for 110 favors.
jellybean1420
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:59 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 03:59 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Stupid question but how many bags is 20-23 lbs of m&m's?
NovemberBride06
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 04:16 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 04:16 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Posted by sarahradio5
I did them for my engagement party. The personalized m&m's came in 8 oz bags. I went to CVS and bought a regular colored 8oz bag of m&m's, and used the whole bag to fill up as many favor boxes as it would (without eating any in the process!). Then I figured out how many 8oz bags I would need for the 90 favors I filled. It really depends on how much you fill each favor, how big they are, etc. Do this with yours, and then you can figure out how many you would need to fill 200 favors. Just order a bag or two extra, just in case. BTW... some of my m&m's were chipped or missing half the m&m (I think I got them to give me a little credit back for the weird ones).
Suggestion... save a LITTLE bit of $$ by mixing the personalized ones with your names on them with just the 'wedding mix' or individual colors, so not ALL of them have your names on them. They're a little cheaper, so they work well as 'filler' for the awesome personalized ones.
Great suggestions, thanks!
sarahradio5
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 07:38 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 07:38 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Posted by NovemberBride06
Posted by sarahradio5
I did them for my engagement party. The personalized m&m's came in 8 oz bags. I went to CVS and bought a regular colored 8oz bag of m&m's, and used the whole bag to fill up as many favor boxes as it would (without eating any in the process!). Then I figured out how many 8oz bags I would need for the 90 favors I filled. It really depends on how much you fill each favor, how big they are, etc. Do this with yours, and then you can figure out how many you would need to fill 200 favors. Just order a bag or two extra, just in case. BTW... some of my m&m's were chipped or missing half the m&m (I think I got them to give me a little credit back for the weird ones).
Suggestion... save a LITTLE bit of $$ by mixing the personalized ones with your names on them with just the 'wedding mix' or individual colors, so not ALL of them have your names on them. They're a little cheaper, so they work well as 'filler' for the awesome personalized ones.
Great suggestions, thanks!
you're welcome!
BlueTulip
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 08:12 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 08:12 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Posted by jellybean1420
Stupid question but how many bags is 20-23 lbs of m&m's?
The custom color m&ms with your personalized sayings only come in 8 oz bags. The custom color m&ms without printing come in 8 oz or 5 lb bags.
So, if you do 20-23 lbs of all custom color with personalization, you would need 40-46 of the 8 oz bags. I did 2 of the 5lb custom color bags (total 10 lbs) and 20 or so of the custom color and printed m&ms (total 10 lbs).
superkat
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 09:02 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 09:02 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
I just finished this project. I made 100 boxes. I bought the boxes from Ebay. The box size is 2x2x1 1/4. I used a combination of my colors and personalized M&M's. I bought 2 5lb bags of color and 6-8oz bags. I used all of them to make 100 boxes. I would recommend doubling my recipe and some more!! There were quite a few broken candies that my nephew proceeded to eat.
Here is a picture.
superkat
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 09:55 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 09:55 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
BUMPED for girls who FM'ed me
NinaChris07
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:04 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:04 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
I know where to get the personalized M & Ms but where do you get the colored M & Ms? (Bc they are obviously not on the same site)
superkat
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:07 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:07 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
They are both from the M&M site. The top tab says Custom Printed and next to it is 21 colors. You pick the colors you like from there.
superkat
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:09 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:09 PM
NinaChris07
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:13 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:13 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Thanks!We are waiting for them to have the pastel green! (they have it in easter bags at the stores) - but our colors are lavendar and mint green
superkat
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:16 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:16 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
No problem! Glad to help
NinaChris07
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:17 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 10:17 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Posted by superkat
No problem! Glad to help![]()
PS - the boxes look GREAT!
We bought heart tins to put them in... obviously we didn't get the candy yet!
jellybean1420
Posted: Apr 11, 2006 11:49 PM+

Posted: Apr 11, 2006 11:49 PM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
My colors are pink. I should have bought the bags for less around Valentine's Day but I thought that was too early. I didnt want the candy to go bad. I will probably do just the colors, not the personalized m&m's. If I need 40 bags it will cost me a fortune.
BlueTulip
Posted: Apr 12, 2006 08:27 AM+

Posted: Apr 12, 2006 08:27 AM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
good idea-it is a whole lot of $$
Tina120206
Posted: Apr 12, 2006 09:46 AM+

Posted: Apr 12, 2006 09:46 AM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
I bought them for my eparty. THey were very expensive, i would go to dylans candy bar or something like that and get some plain ones in your color to mix it up. You don't get alot for your money.
Rachel1013
Posted: Apr 12, 2006 10:42 AM+

Posted: Apr 12, 2006 10:42 AM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
And they sell the wedding blend at Bed Bath and Beyond. So no shipping cost and 20% off coupons!!!
chellynyc
Posted: Apr 12, 2006 10:44 AM+

Posted: Apr 12, 2006 10:44 AM
Re: Anyone do favors with Personalized M&M's???
Posted by Rachel1013
And they sell the wedding blend at Bed Bath and Beyond. So no shipping cost and 20% off coupons!!!
Really??? Gotta start saving the coupons!
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