how much to buy for sweet buffet? advice please

You could average it out at 100g or 200g per person. I'm a photographer and notice most of the sweets are eaten by children, the adults usually only pick at a few. You might be better off doing a dessert stall using supermarket bought flapjacks/brownies etc.

It might be cheaper for you to book a candy cart company as you have quite a lot of guests.

At our recent wedding we did a diy sweet cart for around 140 people. As we provided evening food and wedding cake I'd just planned on it being a nice little add on.

Needless to say it went down a treat. We went to makro and bulk bought the sweets, we had plenty left over (not on the night, just the surplus from when I initially filled the jars at home) which means 2 wks later I'm still eating haribo hearts.

I realise this is of no use and doesn't answer your question, but I suggest you find someone with a makro card or similar, take your jars for measure and stock up on cheapo sweets!

Sorry, I should probably add we spent about £40 on sweets. Candy cart companies were around the £100 mark.

I'm not sure how many glasses/jars you need but most companies work out the sweets by 150/200g per person.

From my experience adults like the sweets just as much as adults, so I would suggest you cater for most, if not all the guests.

Depending on what sweets you want, DIY is probably cheaper & best if you want the sweets to stay out all evening rather than a few hours.

Ok thanks for all the prompt replies. So for 130 people and 150g each, i will need 19.5kg. I think I may need some more jars!!! There is a makro near us so perhaps we will have to make a visit. Not sure if you have to pay for a card? If you do i think my dad might have one but that's a bit more tricky as he lives 100 miles away.

Just to add, if you order from makro online you don't need a card and you still get the discount x

Thanks bekkijane, never knew you could do that. Was chatting to my dad earlier and he revealed he does indeed have a makro card, so I'll see if I can use it in my nearest one. If they're arsey about it I will have to just send him with a shopping list and he'll have to do it up north. Im sure he won't mind doing this, he has been a big help with wedding stuff recently (much more help than my OH who still doesn't think he needs to look at suits yet, we've got 3 months to go and he wants it from a tailor, he's hopeless).