I paid 5 Bakeries to make EXPENSIVE Edible Wedding Favors! 

What if I tried this again, but said ONE dessert only.. Like one SINGLE macaroon etc. and sent some inspo for my expectations??? Idk... what do you guys think??

The mini wedding cake was the only one that felt like it fit the $30 price point. I can't speak to the pies or cupcakes, but as someone who has made a lot of macarons for fun, there is a lot more you can do to plus up even a simple macaron.

I love the bakery that gave you the cupcake you said you wanted, but also added in the mini cake they _knew_ you wanted.

I would be totally pumped if I went to a wedding and the favor was that mini cake 😍

The mini cake won this round. I feel like that was the "contender" that made the most effort to check all the boxes in the order.

As a bride, I wouldn't want to spend that much money on an edible favor but hands down, that mini cake is amazing! I would love to give it and receive it.

Laurie is always so full of joy even when she’s baffled and frustrated with things I’m always smiling watching her videos

I don't understand the lack of "wow" cupcake liners. A $30.00 cupcake demands a luxurious wrapper or even multiple layers. Lace cutouts and gold or something, anything besides a common wrapper you can get from any supermarket.

Damn, that mini cake!!! I love how that bakery is all like, "Here's what you ordered but here's what you could have instead!" We'll show you! ;)

That mini-cake!!!! Maybe if they did the leaves in the darker green it would get your 10/10. Love your videos....they are like bursts of sunshine.

So a little trick. NEVER tell a bakery you're doing something for a wedding. There is a tendency to add a "wedding tax" I wanted a simple wedding cake. 2 tier chocolate cake, chocolate filling, with no toppers, white icing and blue flowers on the side. Enough to feed about 50. My mom went to two bakeries and they quoted her 500$ at 1 and 650$ at the other. I went in saying it was going to be my Birthday. and that same cake was 75$. It was stunning, and delicious, and we only paid 75$. I think the issue is you said "wedding favor"

You were NOT too emotionally involved, especially if this was for your ACTUAL wedding! That is a very special day! Would love to see you go back to the bakeries with your critiques and give them a second chance to fix what you didn't like, and see what they come up with! Love this idea, so invested!

The mini cake would be perfect as a replacement for one large one, especially for smaller weddings!

I love how she's so positive and kind towards the one she's dissapointed in too

I'm kinda in love with the pies. Oddly enough I love the green. It's very earthy feeling. I also love that they look super handmade which gives them a more intimate feel.

That last baker just didn’t read the brief properly, that’s all I can think! Absolute standout was the mini cake, if I got that as a favour I’d be counting down the days until the couple renewed their vows. 😆

I’ve never heard of cake truffles so I thought chocolate truffles were just fancy chocolates. The blue was wrong but it seems like they got the other colors closer. Maybe Laurie could make a video creating the exact wedding favors she was hoping for herself so we can really see what her vision was for this because she seems to have been really inspired & excited about the idea.

Remember, these were all samples. If it was for your wedding you could go back with feedback and confirm a few changes before the actual order for the wedding, so a few colours/ details could easily be tweaked

I’d run with this idea again. Try other places. Love your purple hair with your green tee shirt. Your personality is a joy. ❤️

I helped my friend make autumn scented candles for her wedding favors it was amazing they smelt Heavenly. since her wedding was it's the beginning of October and totally autumn themed. She used 1 or 1 1/2 ounce Mason jars they were so cute.

I am a frequent viewer and an infrequent commenter BUT I had to let you know how much I enjoyed this video! How creative to do edible favors, this is not something I’d ever thought of before. That mini cake was perfection! Love all of the work and planning put into your content!

My wedding (three years ago) was a mix of art deco and Halloween. I did edible favors in the form of a trick-or-treat spread where people got to fill up their bags with goodies. It's absolutely delightful how everyone instantly turns into a kid again in the face of a trick-or-treat bar (including my husband's grandma).

That’s what we did for my uncles wedding this past July, my aunt order a ton of cute packages and we filled them with candy and stuff which matched the wedding colours

This is kind of a specific thing to mention, but I really like that you don’t have a formal intro. Feels natural that way, like you’re having a conversation with a friend.

The first box, even though I'm not a baker, I would never find that acceptable to give to a customer.

I feel like Kevin needs to have a microphone too. Love his commentary. You guys are a fun team.

I’m so shock! 👎 I thought I was going to see the WOW factors! I sent this video as inspiration to my business partner in hopes she’ll charge more for her work. My business partner does detail work on her cakes and treats that take her days to complete. Thank You for this video!

If I'm spending $30 dollars per favour, I don't want to see crappy cake cases. The mini cake won hands down, despite the lack of dark green.

Edible wedding favors has always been a thing here in Brazil 😍 we have this thing called "bem casado" that is kind of a soft alfajor with Dulce de Leche in the middle. It's traditionally used as wedding favor. The couple just attach a tag with their name and day of the wedding in it. It's delicious and a must have in every Brazilian wedding 😍

Maybe you could get “bake-able” pies so they can bake them at home and tie a little instruction sheet to the pie. There is cake and food at the wedding, so they don’t need to eat it there and they would look better.

Do you ever contact some of these places back and be like "Uhh...this isn't what I ordered.. like...at all!" I would LOVE to get a video of that phone call. Lol.

I love how that bakery fought you on that mini cake, and they won😂💖It’s gorgeous!!

Not sure if it’s an Australian thing but we call the round balls truffles, so maybe it was a miscommunication? But the colours being totally wrong doesn’t give me much hope that it was

The mini wedding cake wins hands down. At my wedding, we had a candy bar filled with candies that were of our wedding colors and our guests can filled paper bags at their hearts content. So in the end, that also served as wedding favors.

Aww that was disappointing! I loved the mini cake! So beautiful! I have to say though, my absolute favorite wedding party favor was a cookie and candy box that guests got to choose from. They had it all laid out on the table and there were little takeout boxes (think like a chinese paper takeout box) that the guests got to stuff full for later eating. It was great!

My first reaction when I heard the challenge was something like "Making a sample of what you would do is not applicable in this situation because design, purchasing of supplies, and other factors are very up-in-the-air until an actual order for 200 is made." For example, there may be something that they really want to do to make it ornate/fancy, but doing that for 1 sample may not be possible because the supplies can only be bought in bulk. Or perhaps they are unsure of the logistics of preparing 200 of something, and keeping all of them fresh and presentable and don't want to show you that sample because the plan needs to be explored and worked out. I mean...is one note of a song completely representative of the whole song?

In the UK edible favours have been a thing for many, many years. Most traditionally they're sugared almonds ( pastel sugar-coated almonds ) in tiny little bags or boxes. The number supplied is significant to something like bringing good fortune etc etc.

I loved the look of that mini-cake! That would completely blow me away if I got that as a wedding favor!

They should have streaked dark green in that white icing on the mini cake. It’s gorgeous!

I made wedding favors for my friends. I thought they were going to ask me to make their wedding cake, so I immediately said yes to the favors. They had a garden wedding. The tables were long and they had small metal buckets with flowers all along the table. For their favors, they wanted 4 small cookies in a small metal bucket…plain butter cookie with American lemon buttercream. Instead of 4 cookies, it became 8 because they wanted 4 sandwich cookies. Oh…and there were 100 guests. They turned out super cute but OMG they were a ton of work!

I was SO excited for this video!! But how do you think they all did with the challenge??

I thought the pies were super disappointing but those truffles failed miserably. I would get my money back. The first two were great. I LOVED the mini cake. What great ideas!

At first I thought the pies were quiches. Like green asparagus quiches, which would have fit perfectly with the vibe of the mood board. Now I want quiches as wedding favors. Too bad I’m already married 😄

obviously, the mini cake is stunning, but i think the pies are also pretty cool! its hard to get detail with pastry, and even if the coloring's a bit off, i feel like the flavors really match the color and vibes of the moodboard SUPER well.

The cake was beautiful, it would be extra special if it were a mini version of the wedding cake. I would love to receive a favor like that🌺💚🙃

"Once we cut it we can't uncut it" -Laurie Shanon, 2021

I do custom decorated sugar cookies! I think you should do a video about decorated sugar cookies! Everything is so detailed I think it would be a great to see how different artists go off same mood board!

The mini cake is adorable, the rest were a bit underwhelming. I'm just as confused as you with the truffles, how did they decide on those colours 😅. I'd love to see you do another one of these videos with other bakeries. Loving your positivity as always.

Was excited to see this challenge. A very interesting one indeed. Macrons we’re blah..a few brush strokes aren’t really decorations. As you showed, there are many ways to decorate a macron, and a few gold brush strokes didn’t cut it. The decorations were basically the bed of flowers. I really liked the mini cake. Well executed and delicately pretty. Cupcake/cupcakes were pretty, but wasn’t impressed with the decorations. Pies…no. A fail. Couldn’t see any of the decorations you asked for. Very little to no colour. But unless you used someone like The Pieous..well you know. She’s amazing. And the chocolates..Total Epic Fail. Firstly they didn’t even make what you asked them to. Secondly, they were just chocolates in a box. And zero, zip decorations. If I had the $$, I would go with the individual cakes. That being said. A good many of the cakes would either be left behind at the venue. Or taken home and thrown away. I was at a wedding where cupcakes were being given away. Only half were taken. But I guess if you gots the dough, it’s about impressing, not the waste.

The mini cake was beautiful! I would have liked to see detailed cookies…cookies can pretty much be transformed into anything! Imagine the cookie you could have gotten with a $30 budget? I know some people will say cookies have already been done, but the versatility of a sugar cookie is pretty much limitless! I loved this video!

My favorite was the mini cake and in my opinion that bakery did the best out of all of them. The last one i think they were confused or something because it wasn’t anything like you asked ( except the heart shape ) Now, if I wasn’t sure or had any doubts about what the customer wanted I would take 5 minutes & call to be sure. I absolutely love your facial expressions everytime you get to see whatever you’ve ordered for the 1st time or when you take the 1st bite.. especially in the tasting your face gives it away & I love it!! Thanks for another awesome video!!

I agree that they didn't really match your guidelines, except the cupcake/mini cake one. But I would LOVE to see the DIY version of your vision!

Wow, I think these all were a fail except for the mini cake that was absolutely stunning. I loved the concept of your challenge, and would like to see you try it again with some other bakers!

I'm here so early I haven't drank my coffee yet. Luckily you're so full of positivity, the coffee can wait. Humph.

I like the little cake

Mini cake for the win.

We had meringue pops at our wedding. They looked so good and I was so glad we didn't go with a glass or something like that. Our extended family frown upon edible favours, but there's a reason why they're extended and not immediate.

What I’ve really learned from this channel is if I ever order from a professional bakery, I will be disappointed 😭

I actually really liked the pies! They have a kind of rustic, magical vibe. I think they’d be perfect at a woodland wedding.

These are so cute! I would love to see what you would make as an edible wedding favour!

Laurie with the Cupcakes and Mini Cake: Well I wish they used a darker green like I had on my palette The Pies: Why hello, boy do I have a treat for you

The pies would be an amazing idea to give to the wedding party while you're getting ready!

Please do this again! I think you should specifically order just *one* item from each place. Alternatively tell them you have a party and need (whatever number) favors for 30$ each but you want a sample before the day of! This is what I did for my wedding because I didn't want to be disappointed on my wedding day with cheap/corny looking favors! Also, that color palette is everything! 😍😍

My favourite is number 2 !! Easy pick, amazing! 🥰 The cupcake is beautiful, but omg the mini cake! If I left a wedding with a mini cake like that I'd be BEYOND happy and excited! Though also the cupcakes would give that same feeling, they're amazing too.... LOVE!!! 😍 (Ps. They could use a dark green ribbon to bring in that colour) 😉

Lol girl. You were confusing me at the start! They made macarons (mack-a -rons). Macaroons are very tasty though! Still love your videos. The ideas you get are amazing.

would love to see you making the wedding favors you wanted! it'll be super amazing see you do a trial and error and as you always do, eventually succeed in creating something awesome.

Literally the mini cake was like heavenn!!!!

These style video’s are by far my favourite that you do on this channel ! 💞🧁🍰💞

You should do this video again but you make the different kinds of favors! I love watching you make the cakes, you’re so creative 💕

That mini cake is definitely the vibe! I love it!

That mini cake was gorgeous and would be an awesome alternative to a traditional cake that you'd cut and serve. Particularly if you were having a micro wedding with less than 10 people.

The mini cake was beautiful! Green on bread is just not a great, too close to mold. I feel like the subconscious just goes there.

Loved this video. It was so cool to see the results even if it's not what you expected. I'd love another video like this in future with some different bakeries/bakers.

I think you should make a video trying to do cakes (or any type of dessert) in different times, for ex: decorate a cupcake in 10min, 1 min and 10 seconds.

I love edible wedding favors. Many years ago, I went to a wedding where the favors were a small box with a variety of Hershey kisses. So cute.

I love the mini cake idea! It's gorgeous!

The macarons are super cute but I was expecting actual macaroons and now I’m wondering if someone COULD dress up a macaroon… coconut macaroon birds nest for Easter maybe?? I bet Laurie could do it 😍

I love ur energyyy

The 2nd bakery's mini cake was so beautiful. The colors and flowers are fabulous. Edible favors are definitely the way to go!

I respect that the cupcake/mini-cake place heard that you wanted cupcakes but still recommended the mini-cakes, for the same price they knew you could get more! Super nice of them.

No huge winners in this one. Great video!

I adore the mini cake! I need to learn how to make those ASAP!

I just love you Laurie. You have such a great personality and overall aura. I usually wait for your videos to come out. Whenever I am on the verge of having a breakdown, I play your old videos to cheer me up. Thanks a lot for that! I hope you get everything that you wish for. ❤💫

Those colors are adorable!!!!

I honestly love the mini wedding cake it was the best and most detailed beautiful 😍

Wow! The Mini Wedding cake and the cupcake stand out the more. So pretty! Who ever make the cake. I would go back to the barkey give them a tip.👍🙂

That mini cake! 😍

Ohhhh ❤❤❤ that mini cake is on point!!!

Yay i love this series of reviewing bakeries!!

I love the idea of the little pies,they’re adorable and unique and perfect for a fall wedding but they weren’t as pretty as I would want for a wedding.However the mini cake was beautiful and I’d love to give or receive it as a wedding favour. Though if the pies were prettier I’d probably choose them over cake.The chocolates were just kinda sad. Now I’m craving cake&pie😋😋😋

I LOVED the mini cake 🎂

That mini cake is everything!

i love how real you are when youre eatting the cupcake, no matter how u try eating a cup cake never we can never be cute lol

That mini cake was stunning!!! Omg! I want one!

I can’t get over that mini cake!! 🌺🌿

When you and ann reardon post the same day "That's weird, that suspicious ":===

I loved the mini cake also that was my favorite! I have been waiting and waiting for you to post! I love you and Kev! I absolutely love how happy and excited you are! I’m going to try your elephant cake this weekend! I’m baking cakes for it today! I can’t wait I’ve never covered with fondant.

That mini cake was stunning!

Great video! Yes absolutely try again with 1 desert!!!

The cupcake one seemed to be trying to upsell you on the mini cake, macarons were good but not really detailed, and I would love to see those pies raw