Just A Bite Desserts

Are you new to the dessert and candy buffet business? Ever wonder what you should bring the day or evening of the event? Here are a few things I find are necessary tools of the trade. Be sure to add your own in the comments section!

• A bottle of water

• Scissors

• Double stick tape

• Glue Stick

• Extras of all candies and dessert items

• Extra dessert scoops or serving utensils

• Extra dessert or candy labels (they can get smudged, damaged or lost)

• Bags or take away boxes

• Twist ties, ribbon or stickers for sealing bags/boxes

• Business cards

• Cash box and singles (if it is a cash bar)

Be sure to wear comfortable shoes (or at least bring sneakers for setting up and breaking down the table). It can be a very long day!

Dress professionally and neatly. You may want to ask your event host if there is a preferred dress requirement. And don’t forget your smile, quite possibly the most important tool of the trade!

Enjoy!

~ Paula

Last night’s Spring Fling event for Harbor Hill School on Long Island was a delicious success! Parents, teachers and administrators attended their annual evening out and filled up bags with fresh candies of their choice including Tootsie Rolls, Salt Water Taffy, Jelly Beans, Gummy Bears, Licorice Bits, Swedish Fish and Gumballs. What a sweet way to raise money for the school!

Customized Candy Bar Assortment

Freshest, fruitiest gumballs ever!

Salt Water Taffy - Perfect for Spring!

Lovely table graphics created by Paper & Pigtails

Two of the many custom desserts Just a Bite Desserts sources for catering were happily sampled by attendees. Best comment of the evening was by the woman who took a bite of a Chocolate Cake Ball and said, “These are mood-altering!” and promptly asked for a few more to take to friends. The colors and swirls on these are just one of many sets of designs we can create for events. I don’t know about you, but just looking at these makes me happy!

Gourmet French Macarons in two flavors: Chocolate with Peppermint Creme and Vanilla (tinted pink) with Chocolate Ganache were custom baked to specifications by a Le Cordon Bleu and French Culinary Institute trained baker. These divine treats taste as good (or even better!) than they look.

Gourmet French Macarons

Candy and Dessert Bar Buffet

When making your next party, bar or bat mitzvah or corporate event, contact Just a Bite Desserts to find out how we can add an elegant and extra sweet touch to your dessert table! We will work with you to tailor the desserts to meet your specifications and budget. Email paula@justabitedesserts.com or use our contact form. We will get back to you promptly!

What is your favorite candy? Leave a comment and tell us about it! We really want to know!

Sweetly yours,

Paula Rosenthal

P.S. Looking for gorgeous party printables? Contact Kori at Paper & Pigtails and tell her I sent you!

Just a Bite Desserts is pleased to announce that we are now offering a new dessert catering service! If you’re planning a party or upcoming event in the New York area, we can assist you by sourcing and providing hand-selected gourmet desserts. We are up on the latest dessert trends and search nationwide for the best of them! Every dessert we offer has been tested for  excellent taste, high quality and professional presentation. We work with our clients to customize desserts to coordinate with event colors and theme. Don’t settle for the standard dessert fare; take your party to the next level with desserts everyone will be raving about! We attend to all the dessert details so you don’t have to. Please email me at Paula@JustABiteDesserts.com to discuss your upcoming event and needs.

Bakers and sweets makers: If you would like me to evaluate your product and you work from a commercial kitchen, please contact me.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my sweet readers! Your comments left on my recent blog posts have warmed my heart despite the super-cold temperatures here in New York. Thank you for  coming by to see what I’m up to in my kitchen and in my dessert design studio. I love hearing from you all! Here are the results of my first ever shoot at Howard Rosenthal Photography‘s studio. (How lucky am I that hubby is an awesome photographer?)

My Romantic Valentine’s Dessert Table was all about the traditional flavors of chocolate, vanilla and marshmallow as well a few other favorites.

These wonderful pink, brown and white chocolate cake pops from Candy’s Cake Pops were color coded on the tips of the sticks. What a clever idea!

Mini Glazed Chocolate Doughnuts from Dough a Deer added serious cuteness and wonderful color to the table.

Chocolate Iced XO Cookies were inspired by Valentine’s cookies I saw over at Bake at 350. I’ll be blogging about her terrific recipe soon!

I love “just a bite” sized cupcakes! These are chocolate with a delicious buttercream frosting. The red sprinkles are actually shaped like sexy lips. Cupcake wrappers, toppers, dessert labels, papers here and elsewhere in this post are all from Lindi over at Love the Day. It was such a pleasure to work with her!

These are the Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Brownie Bites I blogged about recently – a sweet, collaborative effort between me and my teenage daughter. Read the post on it here.

Vanilla and Chocolate Layer Cake is so simple, old-fashioned and perfect for sweethearts!

I Heart U and Heart Shaped Peeps, M and M’s, Gumballs, Mini Hershey Bars, Candy Corn and Raspberry Cookies (at far end of table) round out the many sweets for this Valentine’s Dessert table.

Milk Shooters to wash all the yummy treats down are embellished with romantic Be Mine wrappers and paper straws with hearts.

Here’s a final look:

Whatever you do today, I hope you are surrounded by people who love and cherish you!

Have a sweet day,

Paula