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The Menu
- Use small pumpkins and butternut squashes as bowls for creamy pumpkin soup.
- Use colorful seasonal produce in interesting ways -- serve a bright red beet puree or a salad of miniature vegetables.
- Give a nod to Halloween by serving chocolate martinis with Hershey's Kisses, or green-apple martinis with apple-flavored Jolly Ranchers.
The Cake
- Try a basket-weave style cake topped with fresh seasonal berries.
- Dazzle guests with a cupcake tower or tower of donuts.
- Go for drama with a four-tier confection wrapped in dark chocolate fondant and covered in green sugar-paste apples.
- Opt out of a traditional wedding cake and serve slices of apple, cherry, and pumpkin pie instead.
The Favors
- Give out pieces of homemade fudge with the family recipe attached.
- Create a bundle of cookies packaged with a monogrammed label.
- Offer spice-scented -- think gingerbread -- candles.
- Make a jar of homemade jam adorned with a label reading "Spread the Love."
- Give a kid treat: caramel-dipped Granny Smiths wrapped in cellophane.
- Give a small potted plant in a cool container.
Allison Micarelli
Photo: Hyperexposure Photography/The Knot
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