In the silver tray that you take to church in a Cyprus wedding, other than the wreaths “stefana”, the rings and the ribbons, there are also the “koufetta”, the hard-crust sweets. They are usually white with almonds or chocolate inside.
Their white color symbolizes the happy days the couple is going to share, their sweet taste symbolizes the sweet life that awaits them and the almond inside symbolizes fertility and the healthy children they are going to have.
After the sacrament, single women traditionally take the chocolates that the priest has blessed and put them under their pillow, to dream of the man they will marry.
There are various shapes of sweets/ “koufetta’ like shapes of hearts or shapes of rings. Their quality and price depends on the size and quality of the almond and the sugar crust that covers them.
