Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I use every holiday as an excuse to make cute treats :) So for Valentines Day, I made 2 things for me and paul to give out to our co-workers.

First, I made Heart Shaped Rice Crispy Lollipops (an idea I found on pinterest).  Since I'm basically living in both LA and San Diego, OF COURSE i would forget some things i would need to make these cute pops.  I totally forgot to get butter, and ribbon to tie off the treat bags!! So I borrowed the last of my roommate's butter :D (Dont worry Jen, I bought you a brand new box of butter!!) But I still needed ribbon!!! I decided to just make the rice crispies and to make a run to target while they were in the fridge cooling...

These are just SO CUTE and SO EASY to make.  Every bag of marshmallows comes with a recipe to make rice crispies.  I just followed the recipe, and then pressed Valentine's Day themed sprinkles into the top.  Put the pan in the fridge for about 30min to cool, and then use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut heart shaped crispies.  Put it on a lollipop stick and into a treat bag, then tie it off with some ribbon.  Tah dah!! so cute!

Heart Shaped Rice Crispy Lollipops

Next, I made chocolate covered oreos.  These were a HUGE hit from the baby shower last month.  I picked up a Wilton cookie/candy mold at Michael's that had cute hearts on it.  They're the cutest and easiest treats to make.  You fill up a disposable pastry bag with wilton candy melts, melt it down in the microwave, and then fill the plastic wells in the mold.  Fill it the well about 2/3 full, and gently press an oreo into the candy.  After you are done filling all the wells, put it in the fridge until the candy is set (about 10min).  The candies should pop out of the mold VERY easily; if it doesn't, put it back in the fridge for another 10min.

Candy/Cookie Mold with my bags of melted candy

I decided to do red hearts, with white background.  I dont think it turned out nicely, the red kind of bled out to the white candy!! it just wasn't as pretty :( So i decided to do the next batch a solid red, and the last batch a solid white.  Once you've popped the candy out of the molds, put it in a treat bag and tie it off with some ribbon.

Chocolate Covered Oreos

I just gave out my treats this morning, everyone loved them! They were so easy to make, and so cute too!  I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!! 

(PS: I know all the photos on this blog so far are super crappy iphone photos... I'm getting a new camera soon i promise!)