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kristian
Savvy December 2012

How many mini cupcakes per person?

kristian, on June 9, 2011 at 4:42 PM Posted in Planning 1 29

Im handling the cake details and ive decided to have either cupcakes or mini cupcakes, but im wondering how many i should order for a group of 50-65?

100? more, less? Im thinking do people eat 2 or 3 mini cupcakes?

Also, since its right at lunch im not sure what peoples appetites would be for them? Ideas ideas!!


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Latest activity by Mai, on May 21, 2021 at 5:11 PM
  • Torie
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    People useually eat 2 regular size cupcakes, 4 mini cc is about equal to a regular cc so I wanna say between 4-8 per person

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  • Jouselle
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    3 a person? Are you buying them or making them yourself?

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  • Mai
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    Mai ·
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    It depends, we had 2 cupcakes per person in our wedding day and not all of them where eaten...I would say 2-3 mini cupcake per person will be fine.

    If you are inthe Miami area, let me know. I can recommend you to Robert, expert on cupcakes in the Gables and very affordable.

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  • kristian
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    Im buying them, my baker makes them @3-4$ a dozen plain (extra filled etc. ) want to figure out my numbers before i start adding on tho

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  • kristian
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    2-3 seems reasonable then, and at 4$ a doz. i can have some fun with it. great!

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  • Mai
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    Here is a picture of our :-)


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  • kristian
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    I love your tower! howd you work the combinations? chocolate/chocolate white chocolate or vanilla? looks yummy!

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  • Estrella
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    @Mai the tower is AWESOME!!

    @kristian - we did minicupcakes as our favors. I did 2 per box and they were a huge hit. I would saw if you are using them in place of cake, 2-4 per person.

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  • Mai
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    Kristian this is how we did and paid $ 260

    notes: ALL BROWN WRAPPERS

    1 6" red velvet cake topper ivory fondant 1st tier ivory cake topper

    90 regular chocolate cupcakes 2nd tier choc cupcakes/choc

    90 regular vanilla cupcakes 3rd tier van cupcakes/ivory

    4th tier van cupcakes/choc

    5th tier choc cupcakes/ivory

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  • kristian
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    Nice, love your flavors (then again, who doesnt love chocolate!) I think maybe just rounding up to 200 mini cupcakes should be enough for everyone to have 3 with some extra!

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  • Michelle
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    Are you having other dessert as well, or just the cupcakes? I'd say 2 or 3 per person, if your only having cupcakes, maybe even 4?

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  • kristian
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    No other desserts to speak of yet!

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  • NJ Bride
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    I think it also depends what you have for the rest of your meal - if you have a 5 course plated dinner with a cocktail hour, you probably just need more of a taste at the end (say 2 cupcakes). If you think people will still be hungry at the end, you can get maybe 3-4. (With the exception of teenage boys, I can't imagine many people would eat more than 3 cupcakes a person, even if they're mini.)

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  • Kate
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    SO CUTE! I would do 2 a person

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  • KRISTINA
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    Ok think of how big a slice of wedding cake is --- it's usually about 4 inches long and an inch thick (guessing on size, but it's cut pretty thin I think) so if you use regular cupcakes then I think 1 per guest would be enough,but could do 2 (although I'd offer take home cupcake boxes if you do 2 in case someone doesn't want to eat both at that moment in time). Now think of the size difference between a full sized and a mini cupcake. I'd say 3-4 minis would equal close to 1 cupcake.

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  • Wicked Lizzie
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    Yum that all i got just yum

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  • MRS. FRANCO
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    Just one. Smiley smile

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  • kristian
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    The rest of the meal is a buffet style brunch, so they will have other food pretty early in the day.

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  • Kathy
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    You are getting them for $4 per dozen???? Wow!

    Where I live, a dozen mini's are $16.50 per dozen!!!

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  • Baby
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    I'd say 2-3 a person. Smiley smile

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