• Foil covered candies make a shiny addition to candy bouquets.candy image by dwags from Fotolia.com
  
  Candy bouquets make a delicious alternative to flowers. They can be purchased pre-made at most places that sell food in gift baskets. They can also be made at home with tape, glue and skewer sticks or wooden dowel rods. Add color and texture to the sticks by wrapping them with ribbon or stem tape. Sticks can be fixed into vases with floral foam.
  
  

Chocolate Lover's Bouquet

• Chocolate candy comes in a large variety of wrapper color and sizes. Vary the candy by wrapper color, size of candy and style of packaging for a more interesting look. Mini chocolate candy bars offer a variety of colors without overwhelming the design. If you are only using brown wrapped chocolates, add color with ribbon and bows.
  
  

Birthday Bouquets

• Candy in packaging that uses the colors of the rainbow will enliven a birthday candy bouquet. Mix up the sizes and shapes of the candy along with the colors. Add ribbons, bows and noisemakers on sticks. Attach inflated balloons to taller sticks and add them to the bouquet. Use a square or rectangle box covered with wrapping paper as the vase.
  
  

Valentine's Day Bouquet

• Use red and silver foil-wrapped hearts on the sticks. Mix in silk red roses and red and silver foil-wrapped Hershey's Kisses. Use a box wrapped in red, gold or silver foil with a velvet ribbon and bow around the center. For a more elegant look, use a crystal or glass vase with a velvet bow.
  
  

Christmas Bouquets

• Use a variety of foil-wrapped Santas and other Christmas symbols. Insert candy canes in a variety of colors. Add small Christmas ornaments glued or taped to sticks. Sticks should be wrapped with ribbon in Christmas colors of green, red, silver and gold. If you are giving the bouquet to a child, add small toys to sticks as well. Glass or silver vases can be used for a fancier gift.