Providing chocolate as a wedding favor has been a time honored tradition for many centuries. The practice of distributing wedding favors began with the European upper classes, who had the wealth to provide elaborate gifts to their guests. Wedding favors began as small fancy boxes known as a bonboniere. A bonboniere was fashioned of crystal, porcelain or gold and were often encrusted with precious stones. The boxes were meant to hold bonbons or other confectionery delicacies, at a time when sugar was quite expensive and believed to have medicinal benefits.

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The wedding favor box carries on the timeless tradition established by the early European upper

classes, who provided elaborate gifts to party guests. Initially, the gifts were small fancy boxes

known as a bonboniere. The boxes were intended to hold bonbons or confectionery delicacies at a time

when sugar was quite expensive. A bonboniere was fashioned of crystal, porcelain or gold and often

encrusted with precious stones.

Today the box remains a popular means of presenting a small gift to guests as a symbol of

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