Paper Mates
M&M’s in your wedding colors, like these gold ones, $50 for five pounds, from My M&M’s, mymms.com, look enchantingly elegant in "Filigree" favor boxes with ribbon ties, $60 for 50, from Paper Orchid, paperorchidstationery.com.
Haute Chocolate
For a winter wedding in a cold-weather locale, send guests off with your warmest regards by giving them "Snuggle Up" cocoa or apple cider mixes that come in stylish canisters, $4.75 each, from Canterbury Naturals, conifer-inc.com.
Smart Cookies
Friends and family can have their cake and eat it, too, by taking home shortbread cookies, $5 each, designed to match your wedding confection; tiered cake, serves 175, $1,225, both from Cakes By Donna, cakesbydonna.com.
Nice as Pie
Paisley makes pastry boxes pop, $.65 each, from Wedding Things, weddingthings.com. Twine, $7 for 20 yards, from Bliss! Weddings, blissweddings.com. Paper, $1 per sheet; tag, $.70 each, both from Paper Presentation, paperpresentation.com.
Prints Charming
Cookies, $18 for 12, from Poppie’s Cookies, poppiesdough.com, can be housed in matchboxes, $.65 each, monogrammed with an embosser, $45, both from Wedding Things, wedding things.com. Ribbon (throughout) from M&J Trimming, mjtrim.com.
Beanie Babies
For a favor that has old-fashioned charm, fill miniature jars, $3 each, from The Container Store, containerstore.com, with jelly beans in your wedding colors, like these pretty pink and red Jelly Belly beans, $72 for 10 pounds, jellybelly.com.
Clear-Cut
These lovely "Queen’s Cake" petits fours, $4 each, from Sweet Melissa Patisserie, sweetmelissapatisserie.com, deserve to be displayed in see-through favor boxes, $0.70 each, or a dome-shaped box, $0.35, both from Nashville Wraps, nashvillewraps.com.
Cherry Picking
Pack a picnic-perfect send-off in these "Ribbon Handle" bags, $48 for 20, from Bellaterra, bellaterra.net. "Cherry" ribbon, $14 per 20-yard roll, from Burton & Burton, 800/241-2094. "Candystripes" stickers, $29 for 90, from MyWeddingLabels.com.
In Shape
Think outside the box by stacking raspberry macaroons, $65 for 48, from Mad Mac, madmacnyc.com, in a purple pyramid container, $1, from WeddingFavorites.com. Tissue paper, $2.65 for 12 sheets, from Nashville Wraps, nashvillewraps.com.
