What a cleaver idea for a Valentines Day treat bag! The design is straight forward and can easily be hand drawn and cutout. Maybe for an adult treat this top card could just be wrapped around a banana or a bunch of bananas. The candies used were banana shapes sorted from Runts candies.
What a great table spread – for a sweetheart – or a party with lots of guests. Just little cake fancifuls on the most of elegant dinnerware. Decorated with colorful pastels to match the different dinnerware designs. Add some lace and roses to make a complete setup.
Strawberry Valentines Chex Mix
Ingredients
6 cups Rice Chex cereal
1 bag of white chocolate baking chips {12 oz}
1 box of Strawberry Creme Jell-O Pudding {make sure you use pudding!! Gelatin does not have the same effect, trust me!}
Valentines M&M’s, sprinkles, food coloring- whatever you’d like to make them more festive!
Measure out 6 cups of Chex into a large bowl.
Dump white chocolate chips into a glass dish. Microwave for 1 minute. Remove and stir gently.
Return to the microwave and melt for an additional 30 seconds. Stir. Microwave another 30 seconds and even though the chips still hold their shape, once you stir it, you’ll see that they are in fact melted!
You can add about 1-2 tsp of shortening to the chips and it will help the consistency be slightly thinner and smoother. It’s easier to cover the cereal when you use a little shortening, however it’s optional.
Note: Microwave times will vary. I have a 1500 watt microwave, so this is what worked for me. If your microwave is less powerful, you will have to increase the times. Go slowly. You don’t want to seize the chocolate. In my experience, the chocolate is always done before I think it is. If it’s nearly melted, just let it sit on the counter for a minute or two and stir again- chances are the heat from the mixture itself is enough to melt the chips the rest of the way.
Add 4 TBSP of the strawberry creme pudding into the white chocolate and stir gently until smooth. You can also add a bit of food coloring if you’d like. Since you added the pudding, it tastes like strawberry, but it doesn’t actually add any color.
I opted to divide mine, making most of it pink, but leaving some white.
Dump the chocolate mixture over the Chex cereal and stir gently until the cereal is coated in chocolate.
Add any Valentines candy, sprinkles, etc.
Lay out on pieces of wax paper to cool and solidify. I found the M&M’s looked better if you sprinkled them on top, once the mixture is laid out to cool. The candy sticks to the Chex cereal but it doesn’t get coated so you can still see the colors.
Wishing you all the special love you deserve on this very special day: Valentines Day! May your home be filled with laughter, family and most importantly LOVE! Valentines Day has always been a special day for my family and I and hope it is for you and yours also! Happy Valentines Day!
Traditionally, spring begins on St Valentine’s Day (February 14th), the day on which birds chose their mates. In parts of Sussex Valentines Day was called ‘the Birds’ Wedding Day’.
There are many other traditions and superstitions associated with romance activities on Valentine’s day including:
Country & Victorian Times 