The Cookie Table

honeychile · #1 12-16-2009, 02:44 PM

I love the idea of the Chinese take out boxes! I admit to have stashed ziplock bags in my purse, but usually when my mother was invited and not up to going. She never saw a cookie she didn't like!

I didn't have a Cookie Table at my wedding. You'd be surprised to hear how many people attribute that to why the marriage didn't last! Next time, we're having the mother of all Cookie Tables!

DrPhil · #2 12-16-2009, 03:00 PM

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I love the idea of the Chinese take out boxes!

My friend had Chinese take out boxes. Definite keepsake.

Each box had the couples' names and 2 butter-esque (don't know the name) cookies inside. I liked the cookies but my significant other did not. Can't please everyone.

KD4Me · #3 12-16-2009, 03:46 PM

How interesting...I have been to way more than my share of weddings (most in Texas, but a couple out of state), and have never heard of a cookie table at the reception. My wedding planner did suggest giving a large, decorated cookie away to guests as party favors as they left, but we decided that we could do without that expense.

Neat idea, but I'd be afraid I wouldn't leave room for cake! (Incidentally, my pet peeve is wedding venues that cut small pieces of cake. Nobody is planning on taking home leftovers...cut them large!)

epchick · #4 12-16-2009, 06:44 PM

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How interesting...I have been to way more than my share of weddings (most in Texas, but a couple out of state), and have never heard of a cookie table at the reception.

I've never heard of a cookie table either. I've been to plenty of weddings (mostly Mexican) where we've had cookies at each table, but it's always the same kind of cookie. The traditional biscocho, which is just YUUUMMMY. But to have a table decided to different types of cookie, nope.

And judging a wedding based on a cookie table? That's plain ridiculous.

KSUViolet06 · #5 12-16-2009, 06:49 PM

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And judging a wedding based on a cookie table? That's plain ridiculous.

Who is doing that?

honeychile · #6 12-17-2009, 12:07 AM

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And judging a wedding based on a cookie table? That's plain ridiculous.

If you're talking about mine, I think it was joking. We did an amazing wine, cheese, fruit, and hors d'oerve table instead of the cookies. When I think of it, I'm fairly certain it was the only local wedding where there wasn't a cookie table!

Of course, you have to realize that it's not just about the cookies - it's the relatives & friends' way of saying that they approve of the match. LOL - that's probably why I didn't have the cookie table!

I used to facilitate at divorce seminars, and there was a cookie table there. The mid-western pastor who was there was checking it out, and I explained the meaning of the cookie table while everyone around me nodded. He firmly approved!

ASTalumna06 · #7 12-16-2009, 03:50 PM

I live 2 hours from Pittsburgh, and I have never seen or heard of this before.

However, I think it's an awesome idea. Knowing me, if I did this, I probably wouldn't even have a cake. No one eats it anyway, but everyone seems THRILLED with the cookies!

Gusteau · #8 12-16-2009, 03:54 PM

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I live 2 hours from Pittsburgh, and I have never seen or heard of this before.

However, I think it's an awesome idea. Knowing me, if I did this, I probably wouldn't even have a cake. No one eats it anyway, but everyone seems THRILLED with the cookies!

TRUTH!

I have been to my fair share of weddings and I have never, NEVER had a good piece of wedding cake. They're always dry, or worse, soggy, but never delicious.

ASTalumna06 · #9 12-16-2009, 04:02 PM

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TRUTH!

I have been to my fair share of weddings and I have never, NEVER had a good piece of wedding cake. They're always dry, or worse, soggy, but never delicious.

At most of the weddings I've been to, a piece of cake has been placed at my seat after everyone is already up, drinking and dancing. No one is remotely interested in the cake... except for the people who don't get out of their seats for the entire wedding.

ETA: Plus, with a cake, there's usually only one kind. But with so many cookies, you can please everyone!

PeppyGPhiB · #10 12-17-2009, 04:19 AM

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At most of the weddings I've been to, a piece of cake has been placed at my seat after everyone is already up, drinking and dancing. No one is remotely interested in the cake... except for the people who don't get out of their seats for the entire wedding.

ETA: Plus, with a cake, there's usually only one kind. But with so many cookies, you can please everyone!

I have had some delicious wedding cake through the years. And almost every wedding I've been to has had a different flavor on each tier, so there's a choice. Maybe it's a regional thing.

The trend up here over the past couple of years was a candy buffet. Chinese take out boxes and lots and lots of candy in apothocary jars. I do PR for a candy brand right now, but I couldn't bring myself to do a candy buffet, especially after so many people have done them now.

ETA: We are in the stage of cake tasting right now and have been blown away by all the choices. I think so far one of our favorites was pink champagne with fresh strawberry and custard filling. I personally care way more about what the cake tastes like than what it looks like. It will also be the only dessert at our wedding, aside from maybe some chocolate-covered strawberries.

kddani · #11 12-17-2009, 07:29 AM

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ETA: We are in the stage of cake tasting right now and have been blown away by all the choices. I think so far one of our favorites was pink champagne with fresh strawberry and custard filling. I personally care way more about what the cake tastes like than what it looks like. It will also be the only dessert at our wedding, aside from maybe some chocolate-covered strawberries.

Keep in mind that the cakes you are sampling are WAY fresher than your actual wedding cake will be. Your actual wedding cake will likely have been made several days ahead of time, and probably decorated a few days in advance as well.

agzg · #12 12-16-2009, 04:22 PM

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I live 2 hours from Pittsburgh, and I have never seen or heard of this before.

However, I think it's an awesome idea. Knowing me, if I did this, I probably wouldn't even have a cake. No one eats it anyway, but everyone seems THRILLED with the cookies!

A. I am SHOCKED that you've never seen this. There's been a cookie table at at least 10 of the last 11 weddings I've been to! Plenty in Erie, as well.

B. I've never met a piece of wedding cake I didn't like. In particular, my brother's (made by my SIL's Grandmother) and the wedding I went to over Thanksgiving had DELICIOUS cake, that was aesthetically pleasing as well.

C. I didn't know what to think of a cookie table the first time I went to a wedding that had one. I was surprised that they can be GORGEOUS. I was in a wedding once where the cookie table overshadowed the cake SO MUCH that they ended up moving the cake all the way across the (very large) reception hall.

That was at the same wedding where the bride and groom made to-go bags that looked like their invitations and said "thanks for sharing our day" or whatever. Of course, that was a Pittsburgh-themed wedding, in Pittsburgh. They're not all so gaw-geous. When I say Pittsburgh themed, the colors were black and gold, their engagement photos were taken in front of all the sports fields/arenas (in the jersey of the team that plays there), etc... so of course their cookie table was HUGE (we're talking the entire wall of a huge reception hall with about 5,000 cookies or candies).

KSUViolet06 · #13 12-16-2009, 04:43 PM

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A. I am SHOCKED that you've never seen this. There's been a cookie table at at least 10 of the last 11 weddings I've been to!

Same for Ohio. Cookie tables are pretty common. I'd say only 2 or 3 of the last couple I've been to have NOT had cookie tables. They're usually pretty elaborate, and there are usually little decorative bags, chinese takeout boxes, etc. for guests to take things home in.

ASTalumna06 · #14 12-16-2009, 05:03 PM

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A. I am SHOCKED that you've never seen this. There's been a cookie table at at least 10 of the last 11 weddings I've been to! Plenty in Erie, as well.

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Same for Ohio. Cookie tables are pretty common. I'd say only 2 or 3 of the last couple I've been to have NOT had cookie tables. They're usually pretty elaborate, and there are usually little decorative bags, chinese takeout boxes, etc. for guests to take things home in.

I am CLEARLY going to the wrong weddings!

agzg · #15 12-16-2009, 05:17 PM

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I am CLEARLY going to the wrong weddings!

Obvi! Also, I somehow find a way to pack away at least 1 entre', 1 piece of wedding cake, 2 cookies, and at least 2-3 drinks at a wedding. It's a special occasion! Live a little! I may have to loosen my dress and/or unbutton the top button, but it's not like I eat like that all the time!