• Candy dishes come in all sizes and shapes.Candy Dish image by Guitar75 from Fotolia.com
  
  Candy can be served in many different vessels or dishes. Some people like to keep a dish on their coffee table for guests. Others use them to keep a sugary snack on hand at easy reach. Lots of people use candy dishes for decorative purposes with no candy in them at all, where others use the candy itself to decorate the dish. Many candies are individually wrapped, so that they won't melt in the dish or hand. Candy dishes can be made from many materials.
  
  

Glass Candy Dishes

• Glass candy dishes come in all sizes and shapes. Some are footed or are supported by a pedestal base. Many have covers. Others are saucer shaped or look like bowls. They can range in quality from depression glass (now collectible in over 100 different patterns) that came in soap boxes in the early 20th century, to milk glass, the white hobnail glass. Sparkling crystal dishes made by the finest glass companies in the world can be filled with colored candy for a vivid decoration, or be left empty to be admired for their intricate beauty. (Hand washing is recommended to preserve the beauty of all glass candy dishes.)
  
  

Ceramic Candy Dishes

• Like glass candy dishes, ceramic ones come in myriad shapes, sizes and supports. Some are simple, while others, notably those made of bone china, can be worth thousands of dollars because they are collectible antiques or because they are made by renowned fine-china companies.
  
  

Paper Candy Dishes

• Women from the Philippines twirl old newspapers into coils and make beautifully designed candy dishes from them. The paper coils are threaded, glued and starched to create a sturdy beautiful finish.
  
  Paper candy dishes can also be created by folding paper into origami designs that are also durable and interesting conversation pieces. These can be used as party favors to be filled for guests to take home.
  
  

Plastic Candy Dishes

• Plastic candy dishes come in traditional as well as novelty shapes with lots of colors and asymmetrical shapes.
  
  

Halloween Candy Dishes

• Trick-or-treaters are offered wrapped candy at neighbors' doors, usually served in a large candy dish. Martha Stewart makes an unusual dish by making a hole large enough to fit a hand through in a plastic bowl, then donning a surgical glove, filling the dish with candy and inserting the gloved hand into the bowl to grab the unsuspecting trick-or-treater's hand.