One of the most popular and fun elements of any get together, be it a holiday, a special event like a wedding or a child’s birthday, is to provide your guests with personalized sweets. And thanks to the computer age, doing so can be taken to a whole new level with candy wrapper software. Easy to use, incredibly flexible, these applications allow you to design and print out virtually any size covering for almost any type of goodie or treat.
In a typical use, you launch the program on your computer and go step-by-step to design the wrapper for your own needs. You start by selecting a background image that repeats across the entire surface of the covering. Then you add in a picture, say of a family member, add text (and you can use any font on your computer) to describe the event and then tidy up the layout. Print them out, wrap up the sweets (or containers) and you’re done!
Most of these programs come pre-loaded with the dimensions of the most popular sizes and shapes, but you can usually add additional wrappers for unusual sizes simply by taking a few measurements. On a garden variety chocolate bar, don’t forget that you can make use of both the...