A Handful of Treats for a Ghostly Dinner Party

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Creating a treat bag placeholder using Hershey's Halloween Candy

Happy Wednesday!...Oh boy, do I have a treat for you!...Literally! My favorite Holiday is Halloween, so it is a no brainer that I would create a tablescape for Halloween. I love to set a mood when decorating, hence my Fall tablescape. This Halloween, I decided that I wanted to create an eerie, spooky, ghostly macabre atmosphere so I dug out my Halloween box and pulled out my past Halloween decor that I could use to make this table setting come alive (Macabre Inspired Tablescape). After I set the table and made a pit stop to the craft store, I was left with empty skeleton hands. What to do, what to do? As I sat there thinking, a thought came to mind...whenever we (the mister and I) are invited to an adult dinner party, we always have the munchies while we are sitting there waiting for dinner to be served. So I thought, what better to do that than to make a "handful" of treats using Hershey's Halloween candy from Walmart in the form a placeholder .  

To create a "handful" of treats (placeholder) you need to have: 

Hershey's Halloween Candy
Scissors
Ribbon
Tulle or fabric of some sort
name tag (placeholder)
*Skeleton hand (can be found at your local craft store)

Creating a treat bag placeholder using Hershey's Halloween Candy

The steps to putting these placeholder treat bags together are as follows: 
1. Gather all your materials
2. Cut material to desired size. The larger the square the more candy you can fit in it. 
3. Place Hershey's Halloween candy into the middle of the square and bundle up your material (with the candy intact) and tie with your cut ribbon. 
4. Attach you name tag (placeholder) to the treat bags. 
5. Place treats inside the palm of your decorative skeleton hand. Please note, you do not have to use the skeleton hands, you can simply use the treat bags as placeholders sitting it right on top of the plates. 

Creating a treat bag placeholder using Hershey's Halloween Candy

I am really in awe of this tablescape and I love, LOVE,  love how the Hershey's Halloween candy complimented my tablescape. The placeholder treat bags fills the hand so nicely and offers such a nice, sweet surprise for my guest to enjoy. They are appealing to eat and with the candy disguised in  the bags with black sheer fabric, it does not take away from the eerie, ghostly atmosphere that I was trying to create. So this is a win-win for dinner party guest and for me as a designer. 

Creating a treat bag placeholder using Hershey's Halloween Candy

Creating a treat bag placeholder using Hershey's Halloween Candy


The cool thing about using Hershey's Halloween candy for my table setting is that I had so much candy left over for guest to take home or for us to use towards Trick or Treating. I am always looking for big bags of Halloween candy and I am so happy that Walmart sells BIG party bags of Hershey's Halloween Candy for all the Halloween and Fall festivities that are and will be going on. Hershey's Candy is a must for the Halloween season and the perfect addition to your festivities. For this holiday season, they have exclusive Halloween orange Reese's featuring the message "Boo," so be on the lookout when you buy your candy this Halloween. 



Creating a treat bag placeholder using Hershey's Halloween Candy

How do you use Hershey candy to add a few more treats instead of tricks and what is your favorite Hershey sweets?

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23 comments

  1. I love this table! It looks so great and so many great ideas! Thanks!

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  2. What a great party idea, I love giving treats to take home and these really make a fun statement to go so perfectly with the Halloween theme. As a Brit it has taken me a little time to enjoy Hershey chocolate but Im happy to say Im now on board and love all the varieties!

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  3. What a cute idea! I've been looking for ideas for my daughter's pre-k Halloween party and the place setting treat bags might be an awesome treat bag for the kids!

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  4. So cute! It reminds me of that scene in Beetle Juice when they have dinner around the table. Everything is all gothic and Halloweeny! Cute!

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  5. This is really cute but spooky at the same time. It reminds me of the Adams family (which btw is my fav spooky movie, yup I'm a big woose ). Pretty awesome.

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  6. That table looks amazing :) I always love Halloween parties! And like the post from Ann, it totally looks like the Adams Family table!

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  7. Great tutorial! I love it so much. Am creating my own this weekend!

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  8. Oh my gosh, these are just so cute!

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  9. How cute! I love Halloween, and I'm really in the Halloween spirit this year. This is just so clever and so festive, and very inspiring! I love Hershey's and chocolate in general. Picking a favorite treat is tough, but I'll have to go with the Kisses. Awesome post! I'm stopping by from Show Your Blog Love. Hope you have a great day!

    Sarah

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  10. super chic and creepy looking treat bags! great idea!

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  11. That's such a nice idea. We do not celebrate Halloween in Greece but I will definitely do sth similar for my 40th birthday. Thanks for the inspiration!!

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  12. Cute post. I love the table pic with the hand holding the bag- great idea!

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  13. Wow! Your table is gorgeous!!!!! <3<3<3

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  14. This table looks amazing . Hershey chocolate is my favorite :)

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  15. OMG how fun is this?!? Great post!!

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  16. These are such great ideas! I especially love the skeleton hand holding the candy!

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  17. I absolutely love this table! It's got the creepy factor you want in Halloween, but it's still stylish!

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  19. What a fantastic little table set-up! I love how spooky and scary you showed the candy off! :) Perfection! #client

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  20. This looks amazing! I wish I had Halloween parties so I would have a reason to do this.

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  21. This is just an excellent idea!! I am so inspired by your party ideas and would like to use these in my brother’s bachelorette party. Now I’ll have to look for some suitable Chicago event space for this party. If you have any ideas then please share!

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  22. The table is awesome Jess! Adorable bags full of goodies and that GOLD bowl of candy. Swoon!!!

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