Custom Waffle Trays
Trays sized for loaded waffles with sauces and toppings.
Specification & quote
Food Trays
Custom Dessert Trays
Dessert trays are chosen for how they look under the food. Unlike a chip tray, they rarely have to survive much — a dessert is eaten where it is served.
That shifts the specification towards surface and print quality rather than board strength.
- Cut to your own product, not a stock size
- Board, print and finish confirmed in writing
- Delivered across the UK on national carriers
Short enquiry
Quote for This Product
Tell us the quantity and any date you are working to. We reply with the board, print and finish, plus the minimum order quantity and lead time.
Design Your Own
Design Your Custom Dessert Trays
Pick a colour, put your name on it, and see how the idea reads before you ask anyone for a price. It is a sketch rather than a manufacturing proof — the real shape is cut from the product you already serve.
Sleeve colour
Finish
Put the branding on the face that points upwards. That is the one a customer looks at while carrying the tray back to a table.
Carry this into the full designerThe full page adds the size, board, print and quantity, then sends the whole specification over in one go. Nothing is committed to at any point.
Surface Finish Does the Work Here
A dessert sits on a tray for the length of a photograph and a few minutes of eating. Structural performance barely comes into it.
What does matter is how the surface reads next to the food — a matt uncoated board looks considered where a glossy one looks like takeaway.
Where Dessert Trays Are Used
- Dessert bars plating waffles, sundaes and sharing platters.
- Restaurants serving a dessert board to a table.
- Events where puddings are handed round rather than plated.
- Takeaway dessert businesses, where the tray goes inside a box.
For takeaway, the tray does need to survive the journey, which changes the board choice.
Waffle-led menus usually need trays shaped for waffles and loaded desserts rather than a flat board.
Ordering, Artwork and Delivery
Getting a Quote
Tell us the internal size you need and what the tray has to carry. We reply with a written specification, the minimum order quantity and the lead time for your job.
Artwork
Artwork sits on the rim and outer faces; the base is covered by food. Full file requirements are set out in our artwork guidelines.
Turnaround
Lead times depend on the print method, run length and press schedule, so we confirm yours on the quote rather than publishing a single figure.
Delivery in the UK
Orders are dispatched on national carriers to any UK address. Seedelivery information for how dates are given.
Custom Dessert Trays: Common Questions
Does a dessert tray need grease resistance?
For most plated desserts, no. Anything with warm sauce, melted chocolate or fried elements does, so it depends on the menu rather than the category.
Matt or gloss finish?
Matt almost always looks better under food and photographs without hotspots. Gloss reflects light and reads as disposable, which is rarely what a dessert menu is going for.
Matt or gloss for desserts?
Matt almost always. It photographs without hotspots and reads as considered, where gloss reflects light and looks disposable.
Do dessert trays need grease resistance?
For most plated desserts, no. Anything with warm sauce, melted chocolate or fried elements does.
Will a fork go through the tray?
On a soft or thin board it can, particularly once sauce has softened it. Tell us if cutlery is used on the tray.
Do these suit takeaway?
Only with a board specified for the journey. A presentation tray chosen for how it looks will not survive a courier bag.
What size suits a sharing dessert?
Set it from a made-up portion including toppings, which is usually wider than the dessert itself suggests.
Can we print the base?
The base is covered by the dessert. The rim is what shows and what appears in photographs.
Will the tray mark from cold desserts?
Condensation marks uncoated board. A coated surface handles a chilled or frozen dessert far better.
Do these work for a dessert counter?
Yes, and presentation is usually the deciding factor rather than strength, which is unusual in this range.
Prefer to Talk It Through?
Sizing questions are usually quicker on the phone, especially if you have the product in front of you.
