Bridal Showers:

Use donuts as the theme for your bridal shower and tie in the color palette for your wedding with 

the frostings and fi llings you choose. Pile them on delicately pretty plates and cake stands and let 

your girls indulge in the sweetness—after all, this is supposed to be a sweet time in your life, right? 

Reception Centerpieces:

Rather than using fl oral arrangements or something more expected as the centerpieces for your 

tables at the reception, used arrangements of specialty donuts on cake stands as the focal point for 

each table. They’ll help keep your guests happy while they wait for dinner, and they’ll defi nitely be 

something that everyone will be talking about…

Favors with Flavor:

If you want to give everyone a sweet send-off, give them all their very own donut in a little 

designer box monogramed with your initials or a cute message.  

Hello, Sweetie:

If you tend to think outside the box (yes, I went there) and want to give your wedding guests 

something to make the munchies forever hold their peace during the vows, set up a table of the 

doughy delights near the guest registry book so that everyone can indulge a bit on their way to the 

ceremony space.    

  

Cocktail Cuties:

Use miniature donuts or donut holes as one of your options for passed hors d’oeuvres during 

cocktail hour, and no one will have room in their mouth enough to ask when dinner’s coming.

Seasonal and Artisanal:

The fl avors of the season can be your inspiration for the fl avors of the donuts you choose. For fall 

or winter, use warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, or apple pie or pumpkin pie spice mixtures or 

ooey-gooey caramel or sweet and smoky maple bacon. In summer, use fresh fruits like berries or 

sweet cocktail-inspired combos as the thought behind your frostings and fi llings. 

Dip Into It:

Serve specialty dips and toppings with your donuts to add even more variety and fun to the 

dessert course, if you’re having one. When your guests can create their own fl avor combinations, 

it’ll keep them happily occupied and their sweet tooth more than satisfi ed.

Cut the Cake (Out):

If you’re not much on cake, you don’t have to serve one. This is your day, so serve something you 

love instead of trying to stick to the norm or follow “the rules.” For a pure white option, create a 

cake-like structure with a stacked, circular arrangement of powdered donuts on dessert stands and 

top off the tower with a pretty cake topper. If you want to be colorful, use your wedding hues as 

your color palette for the icings on your donuts, and fi ll them with a variety of fl avors that are the 

perfect match for the icings you’ve chosen. Or take a cue from the French and use donut holes as 

your very own twist on the croquembouche, an elegant confection made of choux-pastry balls piled 

high into a cone and held together by the matrimonial bonds of caramel.

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