My wife is very ritual oriented.
She insists on offering 16 sweets to laxmi. But of course all this gets eaten by our kids and some by us of course. Then there's more in Bhai Tika.

I think eating this many sweets is unhealthy. Since this is prasad she can't give it to others also. Part of her ritual belief!

I didn't find any link online saying how many sweet items to offer to laxmi. Is there any official/ semi-official source which says what and how much to offer to laxmi or other Gods? I need to convince her.