A Guide To Food Trucks for Nashville Weddings: The Sweetest Post-Reception Treats
Friday, November 4, 2011
What better way to top off our Food Truck Series than with sweets worthy of any wedding? What's nice about a dessert/sweets truck is that they're not all run by generators, so there's less (or no) exhaust to be concerned with because most of them are actually wagons which you can even have indoors!
After a night of celebrating, dining and dancing, why not treat your wedding guests to a post-reception treat? You can have your wedding caterer provide a sweet send off, like we featured here, or you can have a food truck pull up and serve them as they leave. Either way, your guests will love it! If you choose to hire a caterer, here are some of our partners. If you decide to go the food truck route, we've got a handy list below.
The Sugar Wagon
Contact: Jane Nickell
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Website: SugarWagon.com
Twitter: @SugarWagon
Tracy and Jane with their cute little Sugar Wagon! (Picture courtesy of The Sugar Wagon)
The Sugar Wagon bakes delicious whoopie pies, cupcakes, cookies and these fantastic little peanut butter ganache cups that are perfect for weddings. They also have ice cream sandwiches that the Sugar Wagon's baker Tracy makes from scratch. With flavors like Chocolate Chip with Salted Caramel or Brownie & Mocha Ice Cream, this could be THE detail at your wedding your guests will always remember. Besides the actual wedding of course!
Left: Little bags of cookies make great favors. Right: The happy bride!
Cupcake Collection
Contact: Mignon Francois
Telephone: 615-244-9000
Website: TheCupcakeCollection.com
Twitter: @CupCakeTweets
Minimum: $250 for 2 hours, $2 per cupcake
It was the best day when the Cupcake Collection went mobile with their bus. Now, they can come to you at your special event and bake fresh cupcakes from the bus if need be! Mignon and her team have already been catering weddings with their delicious, perfectly flavored and perfectly sized cupcakes for a while, so they know a thing or two about weddings! Having the bus on site is just an additional, fun detail. The Cupcake Collection can create specialty flavors and you can have your own fillings or frostings - contact Mignon for custom flavors and costs.
Picture courtesy of Lanecia Rouse FB
Tin Can Treats
Contact: Melodie Adams
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Website: TinCanTreats.blogspot.com
Twitter: @TinCanTreats
Minimum: Call for special event pricing
Meet Doris, the super cute, retro Tin Can Treats wagon from which your guests can have popsicles, cake and vintage glass bottled sodas. I asked owner Melodie what special treats you can have at your wedding and she said, "Doris is loaded with 'old school' favorites like Bomb Pops, Nutty Cones, Creamsicles, Ice Cream Sandwiches, Chocolate and Strawberry Shortcake bars, and popsicles. As the weather turns colder, we can provide home-made hot chocolate, caramel apples, cotton candy, popcorn, and jars full of retro candies. We can also customize our menu to fit any theme, color, or event." Check out pictures from a wedding shoot they did on their website - this would be so much fun for a vintage-styled wedding regardless of the season!
Tin Can Treats pictures courtesy of Tec Petaja Photography
Fleur de Lis
Contact: Tanisha Hall
Telephone: 615-351-6109
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Website: FleurDeLisFlavors.com
Twitter: @fdlflavors
Pictures courtesy of Fleur De Lis Flavors
Your experience with Fleur De Lis for your wedding is preceded by a tasting session with owner Tanisha Hall. "It's like a cake tasting but it's a snowball tating! You pick the flavors and colors, and it goes over really well with brides." Tanisha's snowballs are served in clear, eco-friendly cups and serving utensils she gets from local eco-friendly company iHospitality. If you choose to use your own cups or printed napkins you definitely can and the snowballs can be served spiked (Booze Balls!) or without alcohol. If you choose the latter Tanisha is happy to suggest the flavors that pair well with alcohol. Tanisha's done weddings where the snowball colors match the wedding's color scheme and I can vouch for the wedding cake flavor (condensed milk) - it's divine.
Picture courtesy of Fleur De Lis Flavors
Maggie Moos Mobile Slab
Contact: Clayton and Kerry Arrington
Telephone: 615-828-5493
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Website: MaggieMoosCaters.com
Twitter: @MaggiMobileSlab
Now the delicious ice-cream, with the fixins folded in, can come to you! The Maggie Mobile Slab truck is as festive as their flavors list is vast. Maggie Moos offers both ice cream and yogurt which their staff hand-folds with nuts, fresh fruit or candy. Before your wedding, you can pick the flavors you want as well as the mix-ins and they'll make everything fresh just for you.
Picture courtesy of Maggie Moos
Whatever your tastes desire, there's probably a truck out there that's perfect. For the complete list of food trucks in town check out NashFoodTrucks.com and if you have any favorites you'd like to share please do leave the information in comments! We'd love to see what we may have missed in our lists.
(Follow the links to our coverage on Nashville wedding food trucks - Part 1 - intro, Part 2 - popular food trucks, Part 3 - popular trucks, Part 4 - dessert trucks.)
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Posted on November 4, 2011 |
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