Wholesale French Confetti & Dragées: Sugared Almonds & More

French Dragées: From Baptism Favors to Modern Confetti

In France a sugared almond means something. They go out at baptisms and first communions. Weddings too, usually in a color that fits the day. That’s why confetti and dragées get lumped together over there. Both are small coated pieces made for celebration tables and favor bags, and for cake decoration more than snacking. This 21-item assortment comes mostly from Dragees Pecou, and cases run $44.33 to $91.12. Nobody over there treats them as everyday snacks.

Think seasons here, not daily turnover. Bakeries and party suppliers know the drill. So do specialty grocers with a European foods corner. Spring wedding season is one push. The fall communion calendar is another. A single order timed ahead of either can carry you through the busy weeks. People buying for an event usually know what they want, so a case here can hold a higher price than an impulse candy. Some shops keep the category stocked all year, so event buyers find it whenever they walk in. Word of mouth helps too. A guest at one wedding often hosts the next.

Sugared Almond Dragées in Color and Format

The sugared almond is the core of it. We’d say Thin Shelled French Almond Dragees are the ones to start with, since they come in green and pink with blue as well. Colors like that make it easy to dress favors for a particular event or season, and you don’t have to change suppliers to do it. Assorted Color Shiny Almond Dragees are for the buyer who wants a mixed case instead of committing to one shade. Single colors are the old way of doing it, whereas mixed bags tend to turn up at bridal showers and gender reveals where a color means something to the host. If you carry both, an odd client request is easier to fill from your own shelf.

Chocolate and Pistachio Dragées

Then there’s the chocolate side. French Dragees 70% Cocoa Mini Chocolate Hearts Dragees suit Valentine’s or anniversary displays well. Chocolate Dragees in Ivory and Pistachio Dragees in Green add some color and flavor, and Large Chocolate Lentils and Dark And Milk Meringue Dragees change the texture. A lentil sits differently on a dessert table than a round almond does, while the meringue ones are lighter and crisper. If you’re building a favor bar you’ll want at least two textures, and here they all come from one supplier.

Cake-Decorating Beads and the Liquicroc Caramelbox

Two SKUs step outside the favor bag. Gold 6MM Beads Dragees and Silver 6MM Beads Dragees are metallic, the kind bakeries use to finish wedding and celebration cakes. If you already stock the almonds they slot in without much thought. Liquicroc Caramelbox Nut & Chocolate is a different animal altogether, a boxed caramel with nuts and chocolate that we’d file under gifting. With the beads sitting beside the almonds a bakery can cover the favor table and the cake from a single order. For a bakery working with wedding and event planners directly that can mean one bigger booking and not two small ones.

Ordering Wholesale French Confetti & Dragées

Everything here sells by the case, and there’s no minimum order. Dragées usually get ordered around a date like a wedding or a baptism, so plan around it on your end. If a color moves faster than you expected, reorder before you run out of it.

A balanced first order usually looks like this:

• One or two almond dragée colors for favor bags
• A chocolate SKU for gifting, either the Mini Chocolate Hearts or the Large Chocolate Lentils
• Gold or silver decorating beads for bakery and cake accounts

Send a quote request with your SKUs and case counts. Or open a wholesale account if this will be a year-round category for you. We’ll confirm current stock and per-case pricing. Several SKUs depend on color, so tell us about any dates on your calendar and we’ll check stock against them. There’s no pressure to fix the whole order up front.

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