Filling mini jars with sweets - Favours - help please x

Read on another forum that personalised m & m's were quite expensive.

What about marshmallows?

You'd get about 3 jars to a big bag (accurated measured using a ruler :p) and would be relatively cheap and you could get stickers for the front of your jars to make them more personal x

I have no idea if there is a more mathematical process to figuring out but could you not make a demo out of paper or buy another small jar with the same dimensions fill it with m & ms then weigh the amount in g then x by 45 this would give you the rough amount for what you need.

I wasn't the greatest at maths in school but this is what I would do. Maybe someone can come up with a better solution.

Depending on timescales surely the easiest thing to do is wait until your mum is back from holiday then buy a bag or normal M&Ms and a bag of jelly beans see how many you need to fill the jar?

Or if you are struggling timewise buy another jar the same size and test it

Hi Ya

I did this for my wedding favors, I filled 40 jars in total and just brough a selection of sweets around 5 share bag sizes in total.. included love hearts harribos jelly tots ect.. Includign the small amount that was eaten while preparing the this was just enough to fill all jars,

You can allways buy more if you need them x

That sound the perfect way to find out---Obviously you would then throw away the "test" m&ms ?

This would be 3x3 m&ms = 9 x 5 layers if you placed them =45

Buy chosen jar/box/pot (or several to test which you prefer).

Place pot on digital cooking scales, zero it, fill to desired level with chosen sweets (normal M&Ms , pick n mix), note how much it takes to fill a pot. Times that figure by 45 (or 50 to be safe). Buy that many sweets.