**Full Disclosure: This is a Fashionista Event and a promotional item was provided to me by Chocolat Frey. Hosts for this event are Still Blonde after all these Years and ModlyChic.
Candy buffets are becoming more and more popular. And why not?! They are beautiful, delicious and fun! Did you know that they can be used for any occasion – not just weddings? The only purpose my candy buffet served was fun. I used my Celebration by Frey candy to make a ‘decorate your own cupcake’ candy buffet!
You see, with summer comes long lazy days, fun with or without friends, camping and parties. Throwing a little get together with a candy buffet combined my love of friends and chocolate!
To start, I made the most delicious chocolate cupcakes.
Chocolate Cupcakes #CelebrationCandyBuffet [AD]
Ingredients
- Cupcakes:
- 1 box Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
- 1 small package Jell-O Instant Chocolate Fudge Pudding Mix
- 4 Eggs
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 3/4 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1/2 cup Milk
- Frosting:
- 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/3 cup Chocolate Pudding Powder
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
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Cupcakes:
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl and beat until smooth.
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Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
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Bake for about 18-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
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Frosting:
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Combine all ingredients and mix until stiff peaks form.
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Refrigerate until ready to use.
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Serve and enjoy!
Then I set out the candy {in jars for easy access} and put the chocolate frosting in icing bags.
I let my family and friends frost and decorate their own cupcakes from the candy buffet. Then we enjoyed our cupcakes and each other’s company.
Making a candy buffet is easy and very customizable. Find jars and bowls from around your house (or go buy a few), buy candy in the colors you like and pour candy in the dishes.
Celebration by Frey products are available in many different colors and formats including gumballs, Sixlets, Pearls and Candy Crumble. They have a beautiful Shimmer finish which sets them apart from their competitors. Celebration by Frey products are available at major retailers nationwide including Walmart, Target, Party City and Michaels.
Which products would you use in a candy buffet?!
I wouldl love to try the Shimmer Tie Dye Sixlets. They would be perfect to decorate Birthday cakes.
I think the Sixlets in certain colors would be great for cupcakes for my children’s events. They would really brighten up the display.
I think you would LOVE this package!
I want to try the Chocobloc milk bar. My favorite chocolate. A perfect treat after a hard day at work
I would love the Shimmer Gold Pearls Candies Peg Pouch. They would be so cute to decorate cupcakes with for my sisters baby shower!
My daughter’s 11th bday is 7/29 so I called her in here to check these out. She said she would love to have these to share with her friends at her party. Her favorite is the Conversations 1/2 inch gumballs because she thinks they are cool like emoji’s. She also likes the Googlie Eyes gumballs along with the shimmer powder blue ones and the dark purple ones.
Oh Sara those are so cute! I want one NOW! I would love to use the Black & White Candy Crumbles to decorate a cake with!
My oldest son is turning 10 in August. He would love the Googlie Eye Gumballs to put in his cupcakes! So much fun!
I would like to get the Mint Ovation Sticks because they are great after dinner mints.
The Tie Dye Mix Sixlets wold be great – my kids would love to decorate their treats with all of the bright colors.
Oh my goodness… too many choices! I’d love to get the Shimmer Girl Camo Sixlets Peg Pouch for my daughter’s upcoming birthday party and the Red & White Candy Crumble Shaker Jar for my upcoming Christmas treats!
I would like to get the Halloween Mix Sixlets because I love Sixlets and Halloween colors.
I would love the Princess Mix Sixlets Peg Pouch. Would be great for my daughters birthday. I love the colors.
Thank you!
I’d use the Girl Camo Mix Pearls Candies Peg Pouch and the other candies they have in those colors! Too cute.
I like Lime Green & White Candy Crumble Small Peg Bag so I can decorate my cake.
I want to give my daughter the Conversation Gumballs because I think she would like them.
I would love to try the Shimmer Gold Pearls. They would be great for decorating cupcakes or other desserts
I would love to get a variety of colors of the different colors candies and have a tea party with my six granddaughters. They don’t get together often so it would be great to have a girl’s day.
I would most like to have the Shimmer Lavender Sixlets Shaker Jar! We are huge fans of the color and use it often in themes for our parties, so I would be able to use these in tall and short vases as accents on my table and then also on my desserts as decorations! I love this idea of a Candy Buffet! My kiddo’s would love this!
I’d want to the red white and pink hearts for valentines day
I love the shimmer colors! I’d like the Shimmer Lavender, Lime Green & Powder Blue Sixlets to decorate some sugar cookies.
I like the foiled solid milk red hearts! I love anything red :]
I would love to get some of the many colors of Sixlets they sell. I saw some Halloween themed bags. Those would be perfect to serve at my daughter’s birthday party in October.
I would like to try the foiled dark chocolate pink hearts. I also love their sixlets!!
I like to try this Shimmer Lavender Sixlets Peg Pouch (1.75oz)
loving the colors
I would like the Black Sixlets because we have a 40th birthday coming up for a family member and they would look great on a cake!
I would love the Googly eye gimbals because my uncle always sticks Googly eyes on things
the candy that i most love to try at my next party would be the Niagara Foiled Solid Milk Bear Pop (1.5oz)
!! these would be prefect for my sons party!
I would like to get the shimmer girl camo sixlets, this would be perfect for my nieces birthday party decorations.
we’d go for the sixlets as we could add them to our creations of a dq blizzard
I would like the Snowflake Mix Pearls for my Christmas baking it’s never to early to start planning for Christmas.
I’d like the Girl Camo Mix Pearls Candies Peg Pouch (1.75oz). They’d be pretty edible decorations to put on cupcakes for my teen girls’ birthdays. Thanks.
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The Red Sixlets Party Jar would be great for my husbands upcoming birthday party.
I would use the Foiled Solid Milk Pastel Blue Balls as the color matches my decor. I would set out a bowl in the living room for when I have visitors as most love chocolate.
I would like to get the googly eyes Gumballs. They would be perfect for a Halloween party!!
I’d choose the Finest Assorted Pralines Box. I love chocolate and nuts together, then add caramel, what a great candy treat 🙂
I would like to try the princess mix sixlets because they look good and would be great for a party.
Those dark chocolate foil hearts look yummy! Hearts mean love-my five year old reminds me of this all the time.
I would love to try the Christmas Mix Sixlets on my peanut butter cookies. They would taste so good together.
I would want the Conversation Gumballs! My granddaughter would love these!
I’d love to try Sixlets in my baking. They were my favorite as a kid, but I haven’t had them in ages!
I like the Dark Mint Filled BAP. It looks very yummy & I love mint.
I like the Pastel Mix Hearts Sweet Shapes Candies Peg Pouch (1.5oz), because of the pretty colors.
The Sixlets would be good to have when decorating my sons birthday cake. They come in so many great colors they would be perfect.
The Foiled Solid Milk Purple Balls would look great in my office and would make my colleagues happy!
I would choose the Foiled Solid Milk Pastel Blue Balls. They would be the perfect color for our little one’s upcoming “Frozen” birthday party. They would be a delicious addition for all the party attendees!
I would love to use the powder blue crumbles and the powder blue pearls to decorate cupcakes and sugar cookies for an upcoming baby shower.
I like the Foiled Solid Milk Silver Balls and the Foiled Solid Milk Tiffany Blue Balls. I think they would be great for a mid-winter or New Years party.
sixlets, because I still love to eat them today
I love the Shimmer Princess Mix Pearls Candies Peg Pouch. Very beautiful colors!
I would love to try the foil hearts…because…chocolate!!!
Chocoblok Milk Bar would be great as a sweet treat after a long day at work!
I would like the Googlie Eyes Gumballs because I could do so much with them, they would make everything I bake more fun!
I really like the little pastel hearts. They would make adorable decorations and would taste really good!
Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
I would like to try the Shimmer Powder Blue Sixlets Peg Pouch. They look yummy and would be fun to use on my son’s birthday cake.
We would love to be given a pack of sixlets. They are awesomely delicious.
Sixlets and Gumballs! my sister made some Frozen cupcakes with those and they were a ginormous hit. LOVE THIS CANDY
I would really like to get the Shimmer Powder Blue Pearls Candies. It would be perfect to put out at my daughters baby shower.
I love the foiled solid milk red hearts and i would give them to my son because he had a heart transplant
I would stock up on the pink and white Sixlets for my cousins baby shower!
I’d love to have the black, orange, dark purple, and lime green gumballs, because they would look so lovely at my Halloween party.
the Halloween Mix Sixlets
I love the colorful sixlets. The different colors would make it easy for decorating, and they are delicious.
I always love to have the Googlie Eyes on hand because it’s a fun way to make new foods and snacks for the kids!
I’d get the Halloween Mix gumballs because it’s my favorite holiday and these would be a delicious way to celebrate!
I love the Colorful sixlets
I would love to win the Pearls Shaker Jar in Shimmer Lime Green for my son’s 1st birthday party!
Milk Crunchy Nuts Bar (6.3oz), I love chocolate and this just sound delicious and I want to eat it now 🙂
These candies are great.
I would love the Shimmer Gold Pearls Candies Peg Pouch. It would be perfect for my sisters wedding!
WoW! Awesome. I would love to try any of these. I love all of them on their site, but I really love the princess mix sixlets and the googlie eye gumballs.My dad taught me how to bake and him and I taught my 2 teen girls,so the 4 of us would love to share this if I win and make some family memories.I have so many ideas running through my mind that I want to do.i didnt think of decorate your own cupcakes candy bar.super cute.i will totally have to do this with my girls.thank u for the chance to win.
I think their “Dark Mint Filled Break-a-Parts” look amazing! I’ve never had them before. YUM! Thanks and God bless!
The eye gumballs are fantastic!
i would like to try the Mint Ovation Sticks (3.5oz) Ovation by Frey it looks so good.
My husband loves the Sixlets so I would love to give him the Tie Dye Sixlets
I’d like to get some Niagara Bars…especially the toasted almond as chocolate and almonds go so well together.
I’d like to get some Niagara Bars…especially the toasted almond as chocolate and almonds go so well together..
Nothing like copying my comment word for word.
I would love to have pearls, sixlets and gumballs in shimmer blue for my daughter as a gift. Her favorite color has been blue since she was a baby.
The Lavender Sixlets Peg Bag (14oz) would be cute on my daughters birthday cake in August.
I’d like to try the Shimmer Tie Dye Sixlets Peg Pouch because they are chocolatey.
I would love the Foiled Solid Milk Pastel Blue Hearts because my brother and his wife are expecting a boy in November so this would be great to give out at the baby shower or decorate on other desserts during that time
Kathryn C
Orange Ovation Sticks; they sound intriguing.
the product i would love to try the most is the Shimmer Silver Gumballs Peg Bag (8oz) that would be perfect for an upcoming baby shower
I like the Dark Purple Gumballs Peg . I’m a Baltimore Ravens’ fan and like to decorate with anything colored purple.
I would most like to give or get their Foiled Solid Milk Kiwi Balls because they sound super delicious. They would also make nice decorations on cupcakes or brownies. Those cupcakes look super yummy!
Spring Mix Sixlets! I remember eating Sixlets as a kid and they have such a fun texture 🙂 I think they’d be perfect for decorating cakes and cupcakes too.
I would like to try the Bright Pink & White Candy Crumble Shaker Jar..It would be great sprinkled on cupcakes
Anything chocolate because it is my all-time favorite.
the shimmer sixlets seems to be a lot of peoples favorites..how cute thanks so much for chance I love this and would be perfect thank you
I love their sixlets candy, it like I had when I was a kid
I would like the Sixlets because they were a treat as a child.
I would use anything dark chocolate
I would like to get the Foiled Solid Milk Tiffany Blue Balls. I love solid milk chocolate and the Tiffany colored foil would look so pretty in my candy dish.
The Foiled Solid Milk Pastel Blue Hearts would be great to start out with. I think it would go over well with my whole family.
I would like to get the Snowflake Sixlets Mix for a holiday party.
Foiled Solid Dark Chocolate Pink Hearts because I like dark chocolate.
I would most like to give or get the Pastel Mix Flowers Sweet Shapes Candies Peg Pouch because it’s very cute!