4 simple to make Valentineโs Day Treats: heart hugs pretzels, love fortune cookies, mini Valentine bear holding a heart, and white chocolate heart pretzels. Each recipe requires 3 ingredients or less to make! Video tutorial included!
video tutorial
There is a video tutorial above this text and below are specific instructions for each of these treats. ๐ย Each recipe below has a full recipe with ingredients and directions.
First:ย HEART HUG PRETZELS.ย
These are a slight variation on the Rudolph nosesย I shared this past December. My family LOVES these little treats and I have a ton of fun making them with the kiddos. They are crazy easy to make and so fast.
A couple keys for success: 1. make sure to use regular (not convention) settings on your oven and 2. test the baking time. You arenโt baking the chocolate Hugs, but rather getting them *just* soft enough to press an M&M into the top. Test a single pretzel with a hug for 2 minutes; if it cracks/gets crumbly at all, try it for a minute less and if the chocolate isnโt soft enough add on another 30 seconds to 1 full minute.
Heart Hug Pretzels
Ingredients
- 25 pretzels square or twists
- 25 Hugs
- 25 Valentineโs Day M&Mโs
Instructionsย
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Do not preheat using convection settings.*
- Line a tray with parchment paper and place the pretzels on the tray.
- Unwrap the hugs and place on top of the pretzels.*
- Bake for 1-3 minutes or until the hugs are soft enough to press an M&M into (but not melted).
- Press an M&M candy into the center of the hugs right out of the oven.
- Allow the chocolate to harden.
Recipe Notes
Third: LOVE FORTUNE โCOOKIESโ.ย
I canโt take the credit for these cute treats! I saw these treats last year and knew I had to make them for my boys sometime since they both adore fruit roll-ups. I slightly changed the method, but for more step-by-step pictures, click here.
Iย use a 2-inch cookie cutter for these โfortune cookies;โbutย inย case you canโt find a round cookie cutter in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is a link toย check out a cutter:
Love "Fortune" Cookies
Equipment
- Parchment paper no substitutes
- Permanent marker
Ingredients
- 1 box (10 ounces; 20 pack) Red Mini Fruit Roll-ups regular sized works too
Instructionsย
- Cut thin pieces of parchment paper for the inside message.
- Write the messages on the paper with the permanent marker and allow to completely dry.
- Unwrap the fruit roll-ups and using a 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out as many circles as you can get from the roll-ups.
- Stack 3 circles on top of each other. Place the message in the bottom 1/3 of the circles. Fold the circles in half being careful to only fold the ends together and not flatten the circles.
- Grab each corner with your thumb and pointer finger. Crease in the middle, using the pointer finger from your other hand. Pinch to form a fortune cookie shape and hold until it stays,
- Store the cookies on the plastic wrapper that they were wrapped in or wax paper. Gift soon after making!
Last of all:ย WHITE CHOCOLATE HEART PRETZELS.ย
If you canโt tell from the amount of chocolate + pretzels on my site, chocolate-covered pretzels are one of my favorite treats!ย These are seriously simple to make and, dare I say, even better than chocolate-covered pretzels because there is MORE chocolate! You could also use dark or milk chocolate in the center of these pretzels instead of white chocolate!
Inย case you canโt find the sprinklesย in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is a link to the exact sprinkles I bought:
White Chocolate Heart Pretzels
Ingredients
- 1 bag (12 ounces) white chocolate chips high quality
- 1 to 2 teaspoons vegetable oil optional
- 1 bag mini pretzel twists
- 1 container jumbo heart sprinkles
Instructionsย
- Prepare a tray with parchment paper and set aside.
- Set the pretzels on the tray.
- Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in bursts of 15 seconds stirring in between each burst for 10-15 seconds. Patiently melting the chocolate will make sure it doesn't burn!
- If needed add the oil to slightly thin the chocolate. Add very slowly and just if the chocolate is too thick. (I usually add about 1/2 teaspoon to 1 full teaspoon to each cup of chocolate chips)
- Pour the melted white chocolate into a plastic bag, seal the bag tightly without air, and snip off the very tip with scissors.
- Pipe the melted chocolate into the centers of the pretzels
- Gently wiggle the pretzels side to side to get the chocolate smooth.
- Add a heart sprinkle to the center immediately. Let set at room temperature.
Next: aย MINI VALENTINE BEAR HOLDING A HEART.ย These are super simple and so dang cute. My toddler is obsessed with Teddy Grahams so when I saw a box of them in our pantry, I knew they had to make it somewhere into a Valentine treat ๐
Melted chocolate (or you could use frosting) holds the heart onto the bearโs body. And inย case you canโt find the sprinklesย in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is a link to the exact sprinkles I bought:
Mini Valentine's Bear
Ingredients
- 1 box Teddy Grahams any flavor works, my kids love chocolate!
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips milk or dark chocolate
- 1 container jumbo heart sprinkles
Instructionsย
- Prepare a tray with parchment paper and set aside. Set the Teddy Grahams on the tray.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave in bursts of 15 seconds stirring in between each burst for 10-15 seconds. Patiently melting the chocolate will make sure it doesn't burn!
- Using a toothpick add melted chocolate to the back of a heart sprinkle and then secure to the body of the bear.
- Let dry at room temperature.
More Valentineโs Day Desserts:
Red Velvet Heart Centered Pound Cake
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Tried the recipe, turned out nicely, I might have over cooked a bit but still not bad
Iโm so glad you enjoyed! Thanks! ๐
I love all your recipes, however, the Mini Valentine Bear is priceless. I am using him as a topper on cupcakes! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful ideas!
Awe thanks Debbie! Iโm sure your cupcakes will be the cutest ๐