i’m matt james

professional event producer

  • 27 years event-planning experience
  • Winner of 30 industry awards
  • Clients include:
  • Elton John,
  • Stella McCartney,
  • Sarah Jessica Parker,
  • Kevin Spacey……and more

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eye-catching dessert table treats

  • Rather than trying to decorate an entire room or venue,
  • I recommend concentrating the majority of your party decorations around a dessert table and building out from there.
  • This creates a focal point in the room that guests’ eyes will be drawn to.
  • It also means the food styling and presentation becomes part of room decor,
  • working together to create a larger display and amplifying the overall effect.
  • That’s why I recommend devoting at least 10% of your menu to some eye-catching dessert table treats.
  • These treats are less about feeding people and more about adding some visual flair and wow-factor.
  • So it doesn’t matter too much what the treats are, so much as how they look.
  • People eat with their eyes first,
  • so you want to grab their attention,
  • peak their curiosity,
  • and draw them in with some elegant, stylish, visually-arresting, or even outlandish treats,
  • that will encourage them to explore.
  • Combine these with some of my Creative Dessert Table Presentation Ideas and Dessert Table Display Ideas,
  • and you’ll create a feast for the eyes,
  • that guests will discuss, photograph, share, and remember.
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DECORATED MINI DONUTS

Give the humble donut a stylish makeover with these decorated mini donuts that are the perfect size for dessert table grazing

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pink and white decorated mini donuts
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DECORATED CAKESICLES

Add some visual flair to your dessert table display with these elegantly decorated cakesicles

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elegantly decorated cakesicles arranged on a plate
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THEMED CAKESICLES

For theme parties, holidays and occasions, or just to bring a smile to guests’ faces, add some themed cakesicles to your dessert table treats

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snowman themed cakesicles
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DECORATED COOKIES

Decorated cookies are an easy way to use dessert table treats to reinforce the party theme, design concept, or occasion

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40th birthday 1980's themed decorated cookies
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GOURMET CANDY APPLES

Make the humble candy apple more tempting with these unusually flavored or elaborately decorated gourmet candy apples

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decorated candle apples with donuts, cream, and straws
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FLOWER CUPCAKES

These stunning flower cupcakes will add wow-factor to any dessert table and guests will surely want to photograph and share them

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cupcakes decorated to look like flowers
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FRENCH MACARONS

Add color, height, drama, and a little French sophistication to your dessert table with a photo-worthy tower of French macarons

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a tower of pastel colored French macarons on a party dessert table
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THEMED MACARONS

For theme parties, holidays and occasions, or just to bring a smile to guests’ faces, add some themed macarons to your dessert table treats

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waffle themed macarons
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ARTISAN CHOCOLATES

Lending a striking visual and a sense of decadence, artisan chocolates and truffles definitely suggest a special occasion

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rows of decorated artisan chocolate truffles
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DECORATED CAKE POPS

A dessert table favorite; delicious, but a pain to make….and an even bigger pain to make look good! So check out these decorated cake pops available to buy

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cake pops decorated with Hersheys chocolate
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THEMED CAKE POPS

For theme parties, holidays and occasions, or just to bring a smile to guests’ faces, add some themed cake pops to your dessert table treats

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donut themed cake pops
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CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES

Whether its chocolate covered strawberries, strawberries rolled in crumbs, or strawberries infused with sauce / liquor, it’s easy to make bite-size fruit treats more exciting

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decorated and infused strawberries with a pipette of sauce
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VINTAGE TEA CAKES

With delicate Victorian, Steampunk, or Gothic designs, these vintage tea cakes offer an elegant and whimsical alternative to traditional cookies

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vintage Victorian style tea cakes
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CAKE TRUFFLES

A more elegant and sophisticated alternative to cake pops, these bite-size cake truffles are a pain to make yourself so check out these options to buy them

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pastel peach colored bite size cake truffles with sprinkles
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SMASHABLE CHOCOLATES

Add a little theater to your dessert table display with these smashable chocolates filled with candy

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Happy Birthday Penny smashable chocolate heart with hammer on a bed of mini marshmallows
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HOT COCOA BOMBS

Perfect for daytime events, holiday parties, or chilly outdoor gatherings, cocoa bombs add a little theater when dropped into hot milk

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elaborately decorated heart shaped hot cocoa bombs
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TEA AND COFFEE BOMBS

Great for daytime events, the end of a meal, or to offer non-drinkers something more special, these tea and coffee bombs add a little theater to hot drinks

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green matcha tea bombs
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dessert table food ideas

Hit the ‘Read More’ button below to check out my main page of dessert table food with ideas for popular, unusual, and customized treats.

custom photo personalized Happy Birthday m&m's
personalized Polaroid style custom photo cookies of a man 'through the years' for his 90th birthday
Rosé wine flavored pink lollipops for adults
whiskey liquor flavored boozy marshmallows
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