By a Pro: Acrylic Food Stands | Dessert Table Display Stands

the idea

Add height to your dessert table and give it a modern, professional look by displaying treats on acrylic food stands and risers

dessert table treats displayed on acrylic cake stands and risers

the how

Choose from cube or riser style
Available in black, white, or transparent acrylic
4 tier acrylic riser set available for less than $20

muffins arranged on a black acrylic riser display stands

the why

This Idea

Height; provides tall display stands to make the back row of your dessert table stand out
Visibility; tall / tabletop decor is easier to see when room is full of people
Elegant; turns treats into an elegant and sophisticated display
Professional; gives your dessert table a stylish and professionally-catered look
Re-usable; can be kept and reused for future events
Inexpensive; 4 tier acrylic riser sets available for under $20

party food displayed on acrylic cake stands and risers

muffins and macarons arranged on a tiered acrylic riser display stand

the why

dessert table display stands

Height; prevents your dessert table looking flat, lifeless, and underwhelming
Groups; displaying one type of treat per stand gives your dessert table a stylish, defined, and well-ordered look
Rows; arranging treats in rows lends a slick, modern, and professional appearance
Levels; different levels make the eye work harder to take everything in, resulting in exploration, discovery, and surprise
Visual Spectacle; a variety of different display stands, risers, serving trays, and containers prevents your dessert table looking dull and monotonous

mini party desserts arranged on a tiered acrylic riser display stand

ADVICE FROM A PRO

Matt’s tip

“Height, or rather, varying degrees of height are essential to a well-designed dessert table. Nothing looks worse than when serving trays and containers are just laid out on the table. It looks flat, lifeless, and underwhelming.

These acrylic food stands are a great way to add multiple levels to your dessert table and create a modern, stylish, and professional-looking display.

I recommend positioning them towards the back of your dessert table and mirroring them on the outside ends. This creates a visual balance by ‘anchoring’ or ‘framing’ the display.

Then, treat each stand / riser as a cascading level using different height treats / containers stepping down from back to front.

For example, on the highest stand at the back you might serve desserts in taller treat containers, such as disposable martini glasses, milk bottles, mason jars, disposable shooter glasses, or on tasting forks standing vertically.

On the next stand down, use slightly shorter treat containers, such as disposable dessert cups, mini coffee mugs, disposable mini tasting bowls, treat cups, or individual treats with a little height, such as cupcakes.

Then on the lowest stands, use treats / containers with the least height, such as disposable mini tasting plates, skewers or treat cones laid flat, bite-size treats on tasting spoons or novelty mini trays and containers, or smaller treats, such as macarons, brownies, tarts, and pies.”