Make Homemade Chocolate for Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day Treat
Having a Valentine’s party and need party favor ideas? Here are some fun ways to use homemade chocolates for Valentine’s Day.
Nothing says “I love you” like some homemade chocolates on Valentine’s Day. The cost of store bought candy and flowers always goes up around February 14 so making homemade chocolate is a way to say “I love you!” and save money too.
Plus your Valentine will appreciate the special effort you went to to creat a homemade gift just for them.
When you need a special homemade Valentine treat you can:
- Make homemade chocolates using some “naughty” chocolate molds for a little bit of fun.
- Plan a sensual, decadent dessert by cutting up some fresh strawberries and and making an exotic, spicy chocolate dipping sauce. Scroll down for a couple of delicious chocolate and fudge sauce recipes.
- Make your Valentine a dozen chocolate rose lollipops instead of giving a dozen roses.
- Use Valentine themed cookie cutters to cut out special heart shaped chocolate bars and fudge pieces.
- Make homemade chocolates that your child can bring to school and share with classmates instead of buying expensive valentines.
- Surprise your sweetie by making cute heart-shaped pancakes and homemade chocolate sauce for breakfast - Yummmmm!
- Make special hot chocolate mixes as gifts for friends and family or your child’s teacher.
- Try an exotic chocolate sauce recipe and serve it warm over cold vanilla ice cream.
- Are you or your friends single? Have an anti-Valentine’s Day party and make some dark chocolate broken heart candies.
- Make homemade chocolate gift bags for everyone in the office.
- Use Valentine’s Day molds to create chocolate Cupids and then decorate them with candy coloring. Pass them out to friends and relatives on Valentine’s Day.
- Make a box of homemade chocolates for your partner and top each one with rose petal.
Try this delicious homemade chocolate sauce recipe to use on those pancakes or ice cream:
Easy Homemade Chocolate Sauce Recipe
Watkins Baking Cocoa
Ingredients
1 c cocoa powder
1 1/2 c sugar
1 dash salt
1 1/2 c water
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
Combine ingredients in medium saucepan and stir until well blended.
Stirring continuously, let chocolate sauce boil vigorously for 2 to 5 minutes, or until sauce begins to thicken.
Remove from stove and allow to cool a little before serving over pancakes or ice cream for Valentine’s Day.
Store unused chocolate sauce in the frig.
Try these additional tasty ingredients if you’d like:
- chopped nuts
- 1tsp caramel extract
Rich Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 c granulated sugar
1/3 c packed dark brown sugar
3 tbs butter
1/2 c heavy whipping cream
Directions
In a small mixing bowl, blend cocoa powder with sugar.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over low heat, being careful not to scorch. Add cream and mix well, stirring constantly.
Keep stirring for about 3 minutes or until bubbles form around the edges of the pan. Stir in sugar and cocoa mixture.
Keep cooking, stirring constantly. Cook about 1-2 minutes more, making sure cocoa and sugar are blended in and dissolved.
Cinnamon-Almond Fruit Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
3 cups strawberry halves
2 cups blueberries
2 bananas, sliced
2 cups seedless grapes (red or green)
8 ounce container vanilla yogurt (any brand or type)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup toasted almonds (sliced, slivered, or chopped)*
Directions
Gently toss strawberries, blueberries, bananas and grapes in a large mixing bowl. Divide fruit into 8 individual salad bowls.
Mix yogurt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract together in a 4-cup measure and stir to blend well.
Drizzle the yogurt mixture evenly over each fruit salad serving and sprinkle with a tablespoon of toasted almonds.
Your Cinnamon-Almond Fruit Salad is ready to serve.
If you’re toasting your own almonds, place them in single layer in a nonstick frying pan and lightly brown over medium heat, stirring frequently. Let cool before using.
Makes 8 servings
Nutritional Information per Serving
Calories 153
Protein 4g
Carbs 28 g
Fat 4g
Fiber 3.3g
Sodium 23 mg
Calories from fat: 23%.
