5 out of 5 stars and 157 reviews Best of Weddings (9x).
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(157)Based in Bloomington we serve all of Illinois and Chicago
About this vendor
At Pollen and Pastry we create textural, romantic florals and distinctive desserts to help you celebrate life's special moments. Contact us to see how we can make your next event one you'll never forget!
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Decorations & Accents
- Aisle Decorations
- Centerpieces
- Flower Girl Baskets
- Pedestals
- Plants
- Vases
Flower Arrangements
- Bouquets
- Bouquet Wraps
- Boutonnieres
- Centerpieces
- Corsages
- Flower Crowns
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Reviews
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We loved working with Candice for our August 2025 wedding! Our color palette was terracotta and sage green with warm, earthy tones, and the flowers couldn’t have been more perfect....
She created everything from my bouquet to the boutonnieres, flower crowns for our best women, ceremony arrangements, and a stunning centerpiece for our sweetheart table. Every piece felt thoughtful, cohesive, and full of life.
Candice was so kind, responsive, and easy to work with throughout the whole process. Everything was perfectly on time and looked even better than we imagined. We got so many compliments and are so grateful to Candice for helping make our day so beautiful!
The cupcakes were absolutely amazing! Not only were they tasty but they were beautifully decorated the exact way I wanted them to be. Everyone kept asking where they were from!
Candice is amazing! She is professional and responsive to our emails. Everything looked great at our wedding. Everyone enjoyed the cake.
I chose Pollen and Pastry for my flowers and dessert; it was the best decision I could have made. The flowers were gorgeous. Candice did a wonderful job on the bouquet and centerpi...
eces for my ceremony and reception.
The dessert was delicious, I got so many compliments on how well the chocolate-covered pretzels were, along with the cupcakes and cake.
Candice is the sweetest person to work with, she is very nice, responsive, and friendly. The price was very reasonable as well.
I would highly recommend Pollen and Pastry for your wedding event!
Pollen and Pastry was so easy to work with. The process was smooth and any questions were answered quickly. I even added to my order one month before my wedding and it was no issue...
at all. The only part I wish I had an opportunity for was a tasting. We didn't get the chance to try the flavors but they were delicious! Definitely recommend!
Candice is a joy to work with and brings visions to life!!!
10/10 recommend you trust her with important events, including your wedding day. She made the most beautiful and delic...
ious cake that people are STILL talking about and her flower arrangements speak for themselves :)
I chose Pollen and Pastry for both my desserts and my wedding florals and I was SO HAPPY I did! Candice was a gem to work with- I showed her my Pinterest board and she brought my v...
ision to life with perfection! I got so many compliments on my florals, and I couldn't believe how accurate they were to what I asked for.
Several of my guests, many of whom are foodies, asked me who did the cake/dessert and if she does birthday orders, etc. Some of the guests who asked don't even live in Central Illinois, but were willing to travel to her for more desserts! It was truly a hit and I would 100% recommend her to future brides.
Candice was so easy to work with! All of our guests loved our flowers and cake (the cake was almost entirely gone at the end of reception)! Would highly recommend for her beautiful...
flowers and absolutely amazing-tasting (and looking) cakes!
The cake and cupcakes were so delicious! Our guests LOVED them! She also decorated our cake and it turned out so cute!
Pollen and Pastry did our florals and cake/dessert. Candice did an incredible job with the flowers, everything looked incredibly beautiful beyond what I had imagined. Rentals were ...
very easy to navigate. The desserts were delicious, we still have family members talking about the cookies! We were even able to rent candlestick holders for our centerpieces.
Pollen and Pastry recently provided florals and desserts for my two day wedding/reception and I have no words for how wonderful and beautiful everything was! I truly had my breath ...
taken away when I saw our florals and our desserts were some of the best I’ve ever had. pollen and Pasty was absolutely the delicious and stunning bow on top of our wonderful weekend. Amazing customer service all around and a joy to work with!
Nobody could have topped what Candice did for our wedding. We had Pollen and Pastry do all of our florals as well as all of our desserts. The entire process from first meeting to t...
he day off went smoothly. I made small changes throughout the way and Candice kept our proposal up to date with any changes now matter how small.
The day of Candice set up everything (including vase rentals) as well as took everything down. The vase rentals were HUGE for me because we did not end up with everything after it was all over!
The centerpieces, bouquets, boutonniere, and corsages were exactly what we were looking for! Our desserts were all amazing and guests commented on how great everything tastes. Our wedding cake was also exactly how Candice and I talked about it being! My bouquet has special charms from passed relatives that we had added into the bouqet. The pieces were kept perfect condition.
I could not recommend Candice /Pollen & Pastry enough. We will be using them for any dessert needs in the future.
I hired Pollen and Pastry to make two cakes for my wedding, along with assorted desserts (cupcakes, macroons, cookies, cheesecakes). Everything was fresh, beautiful and delicious!
Pollen and Pastry was hands down one of the best decisions I made in booking vendors for my wedding. Absolutely stunning work for our florals (guests commented the bouquet was the ...
most beautiful they'd ever seen) and the cupcakes and macarons were delicious and a big hit! Candice was a joy to work with and nailed our vision perfectly. Couldn't recommend more!
Absolutely breathtaking. Our cake was delicious a and our florals were beautiful. Candice is a dream to work with!
Candice was super great to work with. She was very communicative and helped me iron out all the details since I was planning the wedding myself. Was also super receptive to any cha...
nges we needed to make. The quality of the florals and the baked goods are top notch! Our wedding guests couldn’t stop raving about the cupcakes and macarons. We were so pleased with all the services provided!
Candice was amazing to work with! She helped answer all our questions and made picking our wedding cakes so easy! The design was exactly what we wanted. We ordered 6 different spec...
iality cupcakes, and they were absolutely delicious. I would highly recommended using pollen and pastry for your wedding or bakery needs!
We worked with Candice at Pollen and Pastry for our wedding and were so impressed with her work! She did my bridal bouquet and our wedding cake, both of which were excellently craf...
ted. We had DIY flowers for the rest of the ceremony, and Candice perfectly matched those flowers, the theme of the day, and the feel I wanted for a bridal bouquet. We sampled several of her cakes before the wedding and all of them were delicious! All of our guests were so impressed with the design and taste of the wedding cake. Throughout the planning process, Candice was very helpful. She communicates well and does a great job making a vision come to life. We highly recommend Pollen and Pastry!
Everything about pollen and pastry was perfection regarding our wedding flowers. She stuck exactly to my vision and gave us so many beautiful flowers for a respectable price. I rec...
eived so many compliments about the flowers and Candice from pollen and pastry was so easy to work with. I would recommend them to anyone in central Illinois.
I found Pollen and Pastry though another wedding that I had attended. Candice made the process so easy and helped me decide how much we needed and what would be crowd favorites. Th...
e desert table was set up beautifully and there were no issues with delivery. I thought I had over ordered… nearly everything was gone at the end of the night!!!! People have been asking me after the wedding where all of our treats were from! Highly recommend if you are looking for delicious treats for your wedding or party!
Candice was such a treat to work with! She worked with us closely every step of the way to perfectly bring our vision to life. She was recommended to us by our wedding venue and we...
are so glad we chose Candice. If you're thinking about doing the same, we highly recommend it!
We are so glad we did floral with Pollen and Pastry! The flowers were so beautiful and beyond my expectations! We opted to pickup and it was so easy! Would highly recommend!
OH MY GOSH POLLEN AND PASTRY IS THE BEST! Sorry for the caps lock, but it's true. It can be difficult to find wedding vendors in Central Illinois, but Pollen and Pastry did an exce...
llent job on the flowers and desserts for my April wedding. Candice was great to work with and knew exactly what to ask me to understand the vibes I was going for with my wedding. The quality and artistry of the flowers was *chef's kiss*, and they were exactly what I wanted. And let me tell you about the cake. I dream about that cake. We got chocolate with chocolate fudge and chocolate icing, as well as strawberry with chocolate fudge and chocolate icing, and I've literally never tasted cake that was that good. It was moist and absolutely delicious. And it looked AMAZING with the dried flowers! I would eat that cake every day, if I could. My mouth is watering writing this review. We also rented dessert plates and brass candlesticks for a super reasonable price. If you work with Pollen and Pastry, know you are getting the best of the best and your event will have people giving you so many compliments.
Candice at Pollen and Pastry made the MOST BEAUTIFUL flowers arrangements for my wedding day. She was so easy to work with. I had no knowledge or experience of flowers going into t...
he process. I didn't really know what to tell her, but she did phenomenal. She also helped me out after another vendor told me they wouldn't help me because I waited too long to request for services after they originally told me to wait before I made the request. That scenario left me in a bind close to the wedding and Candice really came through for me. Highly recommend!!
Don’t even CONSIDER another florist/cake baker. Hire Pollen & Pastry immediately, because trust me - you will be absolutely BLOWN away by the talent that Candice (owner) has. Candi...
ce took my wedding from a beautiful wedding to a STUNNING one. Guests literally gasped as they walked into our ceremony and reception spaces because the florals were just incredible. She made my dream and wedding come alive, and she will make yours just as perfect too - TRUST me.
If I could, I would rate pollen and pastry 10/5 stars!! She and her team are absolutely amazing! I ordered a 3 tiered cake, floral centerpieces, and two floral ceremonial pillars....
All of the items exceeded my expectations and showed up right on time. I was extremely happy with all of the beautiful flowers and cake that pollen and pastry provided. It honestly felt like a fairytale! Candice and her team were professional, responded on time and everything was very fairly priced!
My husband and I couldn't have been happier with our wedding desserts Candice provided in March '23! From the initial phone call she was so energetic and professional. She was also...
quick to respond or alter any changes we needed. We left our wedding with 0 desserts-- our guests LOVED IT!
Love love love the cupcakes from Pollen & Pastry! Just gorgeous. The guests were blown away.
Candice and her team are amazing. She was very thorough and straightforward about everything on our first call. I’m not a visionary, so I let her take the reigns once I answered he...
r questions. I had sooooo many compliments on my flowers and cake. The tasting box was an amazing assortment. My husband and I wanted every flavor. They were all delicious. I usually hate carrot cake, but I fell in love with her version! We also got the same cake in gluten free and you seriously could not tell the difference. The cake froze very well and tasted just as good as it did originally 1 year later!! You can’t go wrong with with Pollen and Pastry.
We absolutely loved working with Candice for the floral and some of our décor at our wedding. After seeing her work on Instagram and talking with her over the phone, we knew that s...
he’d be perfect for our wedding day. She was always quick to respond and worked with us on the many changes we made, even up to the month before our wedding. Her flowers and decorations that she added to our tables at our venue were absolutely gorgeous and perfect!
Pollen and Pastry did a fabulous job with our wedding desserts. Candice created the perfect little cake for cutting & for our family and friends who love wedding cake, a large sel...
ection of speciality cupcakes, and the best macarons I've ever had! We've had 6 family weddings this year, and at each wedding we still get compliments on the macs!! Candice was great to work with and really saw our vision. I highly recommend Pollen and Pastry for your event dessert needs!
Candice was soo great to work with! She knew everything I was envisioning and make it such a smooth process. Everyone was raving about our dessert table and how yummy everything wa...
s. I could not recommend her enough!
Candice was absolutely the best! From keeping in contact before the wedding, to making sure she knew all the specifics, to setting up the wedding day. The flowers were gorgeous and...
the guest cannot stop taking about how delicious the cupcakes were!
Candice was awesome to work with! I wanted a leopard print wedding cake and she pulled in off! Taste was amazing as well! She was willing to deliver my cupcakes to my venue and set...
out my cupcakes.
My flowers were so gorgeous that I’m having my bouquet preserved and put into a shadow box. She was also willing to deliver my flowers morning of the wedding.
Highly would recommend!!!
We hired Pollen and Pastry for our desserts and we couldn't have been happier! We decided on a cake and cupcakes, several different flavors, and they were all absolutely delicious....
Candice is so kind and professional, the planning process was so easy and stress-free! Highly recommend Pollen and Pastry, and we will definitely order from her again!
If you are planning a wedding, you need Pollen & Pastry for your big day! We are so glad we chose Pollen & Pastry; they helped us check so many items off our wedding planning list ...
and were so easy to work with. I would most definitely recommend them for any event! From the very first email Candice was super responsive and helpful. She worked to make our vision a reality. Candice and her team did our florals, desserts and centerpieces. We had a wedding cake, cupcakes and macarons. Our guests are still talking about how delicious the desserts were and how beautiful our flowers were!
We got our wedding cake from Pollen + Pastry, and WOW - book them ASAP. Our mouths are still watering over this cake.
We wanted carrot cake with cream cheese because it’s my favo...
rite, and it was gorgeous and delicious. We also had fun flavors like a peanut butter chocolate, raspberry lemon, and death by chocolate (that was even gluten free) too.
Candace was wonderful to work with, and we loved our design too!
Candice exceeded our expectations for our wedding day flowers. I booked her early in our 2 year engagement and had a few revisions to our original plan along the way. She took them...
in stride and knew exactly what we wanted when it came to the big day. I had a vision for a very wildflower and “boho” look and her creativity made it happen with so many colors, textures, and variety of greenery, wildflowers, and roses. She drove 2 and a half hours to deliver and beautifully set up. We received endless compliments on how unique and beautiful our flowers were. Thank you Candice at Pollen & Pastry for making our wedding dreams come true!
Candice was amazing! The flowers were absolutely stunning! Working with her was smooth and seamless. Would highly recommend.
Absolutely LOVED working with Pollen and Pastry for our wedding flowers and dummy cake (a structure that looks like a cake but the innards aren't edible). Candice was always quick ...
to respond and was very flexible with all the changes we threw at her. I gave her an image with our color palette and she matched the colors perfectly. Everything looked gorgeous and we received so many compliments. We would highly recommend working with them!
Candice was fantastic to work with in planning our wedding desserts and cake.
We opted for a small, simple cake that turned out beautiful and incredibly delicious. For our "main" ...
dessert for our guests, we went with an assortment of mini pies, mini cheesecakes, cupcakes, cookies, and brownies.
First of all, the dessert display was incredibly beautiful and we received many compliments on the appearance alone. Second of all, the desserts were absolutely delicious. The dessert table was "completely destroyed" in that our guests did not leave anything behind! We thought we had over-ordered so that there would be some to take home at the end of the night, but everything turned out so delicious that they didn't last very long!
We would absolutely recommend Pollen & Pastry for your wedding dessert and cake needs!
Candice was great to work with from beginning to end. She was very organized, friendly and easy to communicate with. Her flowers exceeded my expectations and with limited input fro...
m me she completely nailed what I wanted. Her cakes and cupcakes were so good, reasonably priced and loved by all our guests. Plan to use her again in the future.
Our wedding cake was delicious and gorgeous! Because Pollen and Pastry specializes in desserts and flower arrangements, I was able to have my dream of fresh pressed flowers decorat...
ing my cake come true.
Candice was extremely professional and quick with her responses to our inquiries.
We went with a smaller two-tier cake and a few different options for smaller desserts (macarons,...
mini pies etc). The pastries and cake all turned out beautifully and our guests loved the individual desserts and variety! Having GF options available also pleased our guests.
You are also able to rent display pieces which was also a huge help if you aren't sure your venue is able to provide the pieces you want. Note: you do have to return them yourselves but it was totally worth it.
Our only critique (that we should have clarified on our end as well) is that we definitely did not order enough for our wedding guests; it was our understanding from our contract that it would be enough for 200 people and not 200 pieces of desserts. People would take 3-4 smaller pieces and thus there wasn't enough for everyone (my groom and I didn't get to try any). If we had known that, we would have doubled our order. Still, we were glad nothing went to waste!
Definitely would book her again for another event in the future. Thank you, Candice!!
I don't even know where to start... Candice is truly a master at her craft (BOTH OF THEM!). The florals for our wedding truly left me speechless. Her attention to detail is unmatch...
ed and her creative mind is something special. Candice was such a pleasure to work with and made every part of the process easy and fun. And the outcome was breathtaking. The cake and cupcakes we had for our wedding were spectacular. The amount of guests who texted me after the wedding checking to see if there were any leftover cupcakes spoke for itself. I am so lucky we found Pollen and Pastry and will use her services any chance I get for future events. Candice, you are an absolute ROCKSTAR!
I highly recommend Pollen and Pastry! Candice did an amazing job with our dessert extravaganza table for our wedding. She has been nothing but great to worth with (highly professio...
nal). Everyone loved the sweets! They were a BIG HIT!!! Also, I rented vintage candle holders from her. They definitely made my guest tables!
Candice with Pollen and Pastry was absolutely amazing and went above and beyond for our wedding! We used her for both our florals and wedding cake. Our florals were so gorgeous and...
more than exceeded our expectations. We showed her our inspiration pictures and the flowers she provided to us were even better than we could have imagined! The cake was also sooo incredibly delicious and looked so pretty! We had multiple guests compliment the cake as well because it was so good. I would highly recommend Pollen and Pastry! Candice truly took our vision and made it come to life better than we even thought was possible. :)
Candice is the BEST! I was absolutely blown away by what she was able to put together for our wedding last month! Being a Wedding Planner, I was pretty specific in my wants when it...
came to our wedding floral. Candice was able to do that and SO MUCH MORE! From the initial phone call to the big day, Candice was responsive, accommodating and insanely creative! Her design was absolute perfection! By far the most complimented aspect of our wedding day was the beautiful florals! Cannot thank her enough!
Candice, owner of Pollen & Pastry was a pleasure to work with. She works her creative magic with both flowers & pastries/cakes. I told Candice my ideas (with little floral knowledg...
e on my end) and she nailed it effortlessly. She helped me fit everything into my budget while also making everything more beautiful then I could have ever imagined. Her cakes are also to die for!
Candice and her team are AMAZING. My husband and I were originally in Champaign and had a tasting and booked with Candice prior to COVID for a May 2020. Well with COVID changing ev...
erything we ended up canceling 99% of our plans including our desserts and florals. Candice was very kind and understanding of the situation. Well, come 2021 and we ended up having a reception in the suburbs and when planning we decided to drive 2 HOURS one way the day before the event to pick up a cake and a bouquet because we LOVE this company. Candice and her team made my bridal bouquet dreams come true and the carrot cake was to DIE for, everyone loved it. To say we are obsessed with Candice and her abilities is an understatement. We HIGHLY recommend pollen and pastry and will be doing business whenever we are in town!
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Based in Bloomington we serve all of Illinois and Chicago
Pollen and Pastry