Wholesale Italian Almond Dragees & Confetti Nuts
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Caffarel makes nearly all 16 of these Italian sugar-coated almonds, and a case runs $15 to $66.04. The Avola dragees come in pink and blue, plus a white one. Gold foil wrapped almonds are here. So are a lilac mix and a blue mix with sugar shells, and two of the thin-shell dragees carry a gluten free label. There’s no minimum, so one case is fine.
Confetti: Italy’s Almond Tradition, Wholesale
Italians call these confetti and nobody there treats them as a novelty candy. They’re just what you hand out at a wedding or a christening (a confirmation too), and the color of the almond is part of the message. White is the wedding and baptism color as far as tradition goes, while anniversaries and other big days get their own shades. So if you sell to event planners we’d carry several colors of it. We’ve got 16 Italian nuts and seeds items along these lines. Most are Caffarel, priced $15 to $66.04 a case. You don’t often see them from a general candy distributor. That’s handy if you sell to Italian-American families or to brides.
Avola Almonds: The Variety Behind the Product
A few of these use Avola almonds, named after the town of Avola in Sicily. Italian candy makers like them for the taste and the shape. The Pink Avola Almond Dragee has a thin sugar coat. There’s a Blue one done the same way, and the White Avola Peeled Almond Dragee is the plain classic. The almonds get peeled before the sugar goes on and you can see it, because the finished piece comes out smoother and more even than one built on a whole almond with the skin still on (some event buyers ask about exactly that). That extra step is also why the peeled ones are each priced on their own somewhere inside the $15 to $66.04 range.
Color, Flavor, and Format Variety
Then there are the flavored mixes, which lean more toward gifting and display than toward a church or a wedding. Lilac Shades Almond Dragee Mix has a violet aroma. The Blue Shades Almond Dragee Mix goes with vanilla. Gold Foil Wrapped Almond Dragee skips sugar altogether and comes in shiny metal foil, which we’d put in a gift basket. Gold Anniversary Almond is the one meant for anniversaries. White Cinnamon Sticks Confetti isn’t almond-based at all, so it mixes up the case a bit. For a shelf aimed at walk-in gift shoppers we’d go with the violet and vanilla mixes. A bridal buyer usually just wants the right shade for the color scheme, and the aroma is kind of beside the point for them.
Green Almond Dragee Thin Shell and Red Almond Dragee Thin Shell have a gluten free label on the pack itself. If you’re filling a favor table for guests who need that, it helps to know. Pink Almond Dragee Thin Shell is from the same thin-shell line but doesn’t carry the label, so look at its product page first. We’d keep the two labeled ones together on the table so nobody has to guess.
Product Range Snapshot
- Peeled Avola dragees in pink and blue. White too.
- Lilac Shades carries a violet aroma and Blue Shades a vanilla one
- Thin-shell green and red are gluten free. There’s a pink one too.
- The specialty ones are Gold Foil Wrapped Almond Dragee and Gold Anniversary Almond. White Cinnamon Sticks Confetti is in that bunch too.
Pricing and Ordering for Event and Retail Buyers
A case at the low end costs $15 and the fanciest specialty ones go up to $66.04. That gap lets a shop carry a simple confetti and a nicer anniversary or wedding-favor piece at once. You order on the site and pay by card, and approved wholesale accounts get their account pricing. Bigger volumes we quote. If it’s your first time with confetti we’d try maybe two or three colors and see which ones your crowd goes for before ordering the rest. Wedding buying bunches up around the same dates, so we’d get your order in a good while before that rush. Buying for a hall or a venue? A wedding order is rarely just one color, so plan on a few.
Bridal and event shops sell a lot of confetti, and so do Italian specialty grocers and gift shops in neighborhoods where Italian-American weddings and christenings are a big deal. It works as a gift on its own too, and it feels pretty different from the candy-coated almonds most American shoppers know. Since the color means something, a store that sells straight to event planners might want pink and blue. And white, really. We’d add green and red to that as well, because one color by itself doesn’t cover much of what those customers ask for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a minimum order for Italian almond dragees?
Yes, they’re sold by the case, though there’s no minimum order. Case sizes change with the color and the finish, so if you’re working toward one wedding date, look at the size of each case before you order. A few colors in a first order is a decent way to learn what you’ll need later.
What’s the price range for this category?
A case runs from $15 to $66.04. You’ll find the plain peeled Avola dragees at the cheaper end. The gold foil ones and the anniversary almonds cost the most.
Are any of these products gluten free?
Only two have the label. It’s printed right on the Green and the Red Almond Dragee Thin Shell. Nothing else in the range has it. Check the individual SKU if that’s important to whoever you’re selling to.
Can I order a mix of colors for an event?
Yes. In Italy the color is part of the meaning, so event buyers often want pink and blue with white. Green and red get added a lot too. Send the whole color list in one cart, or in one quote if it’s a big order.