Hershey Bars.
Some wedding caterer had thought of it, I think. They replaced the labels, with almost identical fonts/ paper, only now it said “He+she!”, their names, date, location. It was kind of cute.
Yummy chocolate to eat, personalized wrapper to keep in scrapbook for those so inclined!
Extras? Not a problem!
It wasn’t at the wedding itself, but when my cousin got married, my aunt held a brunch thing the day of the wedding and all of the women in attendance received rebozos, a traditional sort of Mexican shawl. (The wedding was in Mexico City, where my cousin is from.) They’re very nice and I do still wear mine on occasion. I’m not sure if the men got anything.
For the last few weddings I’ve been to, I can’t think of any favor that was given. It’s never occurred to me to think about it until now. I certainly didn’t notice or care at the time.
I think it depends on whether you want to give them something that will remind them of the day (take home doodad) or give them something as a thank you for attending (delicious treat for the road).
Both are good, but probably only one is chocolate 
My husband and I wanted to give something cute and wedding-themed but also practical. So we went with something like these.
I had a bunch left over and still use them all the time. My sister even made up little stickers with our names and wedding date on them. She put them on the tags that come on the coasters.
We gave tiny cotton cloth bags full of dried peppermint leaves and jasmine flowers, with a little note attached explaining that we had drank a lot of this as tea when we were dating, and inviting people to use some or all of it to throw on us in lieu of rice (ceremony was in a park where both rice and birdseed were prohibited) and/or brew it as tea and/or use it as a drawer sachet. That way, people who don’t like “stuff” could feel good about tossing it all, but people who like souvenirs got a pretty one. I made them up myself, including printing the notes on translucent gold paper run through our home laser printer, and they were cheap and quick to make. I got the mint and jasmine in bulk. At least two people still have them on display in their kitchens where I’ve seen them, seven years on.
ETA: I think they ended up costing me about 30 or 40 cents each.
Call me a cynic and slap me upside the head if you like, but I agree with corkboard. There is some seriously cheesy stuff listed here, and no matter how much thought and money you put into it **SkyBlueKayak **your wedding day is really only important to you. If your guests need a take-home reminder, then it either a) wasn’t very enjoyable, or b) donating to the Alzheimer’s Association would be appropriate. Stuff the favours, bugger the bullshit donation and if you feel that you need to spend the money somehow, don’t serve cheap booze.
Holy crap! Does $30 count as a “favor”?
The best wedding favor I ever got was a bridesmaid.
I wasn’t the “Best Man”, but one of the other guys in a Tux. The groom gave us all Swiss Army knives (taylored to our personal persona. I got one called “The Tinker”). Best gift damn-near ever. I use it all the time, from cutting my finger/toe nail to hacking thru drywall to opening a bottle of (insert fruity wine to impress the girlfriend here).
Thanks, Gabe!
And they are still married.
We didn’t do real favors, but we did order little toys and trinkets and just scattered them on the tables. If folks wanted to take any home, that was fine, but none were personalized or dated. Mostly it gave the kids something to do during dinner. We also had glow necklaces for later during the dancing, something the adults seemed to have more fun playing with than the kids.
The single wedding favor I’ve ever kept was one of these. The couple reboxed them into plain boxes with the B&G’s name and wedding date on a sticker, and some twee verse about every princess needing a glass slipper to find her prince or some such silliness. The wedding was fairy-tale themed. A funky high heeled bottle opener is cool, so we still have and use it.
My niece and her beau spent some time in India before marrying so teh tables were covered in colorful pillow covers. At the end of the night of the night you coud take the one you liked.
Got cheese knives handcrafted in Austrailia (since that was where the groom was from) at the most recent wedding I attended.
Brian
The last wedding I was at had a table set up with all sorts of candy, a lot of it nostalgic stuff (sloe pokes and what not) They had little party favor bags that you could fill up and take what you wanted. It was a great big hit.
I didn’t buy those exact coasters, but something similar. If you look carefully they are not $30 each but $30 for a 12-pack, 4 per pack. So it’s more likt $2 per favor. The place I ordered from was a bit cheaper yet. We gave out one set per couple so it was more like $1 or so per person - MUCH more reasonable than $30 each.
Beer coozie, seriously. It was an outdoor wedding/reception in the summer, and everyone got a coozie to keep their drinks cold. Drinks were served in glasses/cups, not cans, but they still worked.
I know a couple that’s, well their sense of humor is quite bold and unconventional. They had an adults only, evening wedding followed by cocktail reception and favors were handed out as we all left for the night. It was a box of Trojan condoms and don’t ask me how they got them the boxes had white sleeves on them with the wedding date and the message “Now don’t do anything (Bride’s Name) and (Groom’s Name) wouldn’t do tonight” printed on them in silver.
I attended a wedding where they handed out little bottles of bubbles. It was a Catholic wedding. As we were all waiting outside for the bride and groom; I overheard a woman ask her husband if it was holy water. :rolleyes: I can see it now… the bride & groom come outside. All the wedding guests start yelling “The power of Christ compells you! The power of Christ Compels you!” as we’re shaking soap at the bride and groom!
One favor that I remember most was when you would get a beer at the reception, they’d put in in a screen printed coozie instead of a napkin. I still use that coozie and the weeding was easly two years ago.
Classy