# Pick and mix party ideas

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## Summary

Pick and mix party ideas: a sweet bar, party bags, a jar guessing game and themed mixes, with how much to buy and the allergy and safety points.

## Description

Pick and mix works well at a party because nobody has to agree on one sweet. Here are some ways to use it, and the practical points that keep everyone safe.
Ideas
A sweet bar. Jars or tubs of different sweets, a scoop for each, and small bags for guests to fill. At weddings and bigger events it can be a hired sweet cart: see what is a sweet cart?Party bags. A small bag of pick and mix to take home: see pick and mix party bagsA guessing game. Fill a jar and let guests guess how many sweets are in it. Round sweets fill about 64 per cent of a jar, which helps with the sum: see how to guess the number of sweets in a jarA colour theme. Choose sweets to match the party's colours: see sweet table colour themesA themed mix. For Halloween, a film night or a festival: see Halloween sweet ideas and movie night pick and mix
How much to buy
There is no official figure, but sellers' guides range from about 100 to 250 g per adult and 50 to 75 g per child. For twenty children at 75 g each, that is 1.5 kg; for fifty adults at 150 g, 7.5 kg: see how much pick and mix do you need per person?
We sell every sweet by the 100 g, so you can build exactly the amount you need, with delivery at £3.99 for orders up to 2 kg: see where to buy sweets by the kilo
Allergies
When you are feeding other people's children, ask about allergies in advance. Keep the ingredients information for every sweet, give each sweet its own scoop so allergens are not carried from one to another, and keep any sweets a child cannot eat well apart: see pick and mix and allergies
Every sweet in our shop has a card that opens up to show its full ingredients and allergens, so you can check before you buy.
Younger children
The NHS says not to give younger children hard foods such as boiled sweets or whole nuts, because of the risk of choking. At a party with toddlers, keep hard sweets out of reach: see hard sweets and younger children

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