Want to impress someone for Valentine’s Day on the cheap? Try making these super last minute Valentine Hearts on a Stick. They’re ready in less than hour! This post contains affiliate links.
These are made with Reese’s Peanut Butter Valentine Hearts. I bought both the regular hearts and the ones with the Reese’s Pieces inside them, and they both came out looking awesome.
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Where do you buy the supplies for Valentine Hearts on Sticks?
If I were you, I’d buy the supplies at Walmart. It’s the one place you can get everything you need all in one place. Otherwise, you’ll need to go to a craft store like Joann or Michaels for all the supplies and then a grocery store for the peanut butter hearts.
How do you make Valentine Hearts on Sticks?
If you’ve never dipped something in chocolate or candy melts, you might be a little worried. But, trust me, these are so easy, you can totally do this.
Here are a few tips to make it as easy as pie:
- Make sure you freeze the hearts for about 10-15 minutes. You want the chocolate cold so it won’t melt and slide off in the candy melt.
- When you melt the candy melts, if the consistency seems more gloppy than smooth, you’ll want to add a pinch or two of EZ Flakes or you’ll want to add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of cooking oil. I prefer the EZ Flakes because it incorporates so much better into the candy melts. But, I have also used oil when I was out of the flakes.
- Do not wait to decorate a heart. Decorate it as soon as you set it down on the wax paper. I waited too long and tried to do two hearts at a time, but the first one had already mostly hardened and wouldn’t hold the sprinkles at all.
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- OREO Rice for 1
- Microwave Pecan Pralines
- Chocolate Mug Cake for Two
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Valentine Hearts on Sticks
Materials
Tools
- Tray or Cookie Sheet
- Wax Paper
- Microwave-safe-mug
Instructions
- Lay out the wax paper on a tray or cookie sheet.
- Open the heart peanut butter cups and lay out on the wax paper.
- Gently insert lollipop sticks.
- Freeze for 15 minutes.
- At the last five minutes of freezing, melt the candy melts in 30 second increments in a mug, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. (Mine are usually melted in 1.5 to 2 minutes.)
- IF the lollipop stick seems loose, pull out the lollipop sticks and dip in the candy melt and reinsert.
- Dip each heart into the candy melt until it's completely coated. Shake off excess over the mug.
- Lay the heart back on the wax paper and immediately add sprinkles and sanding sugar. If you don't, it will dry quickly since the chocolate was freezing.
- Allow to dry for an hour (or pop back in the freezer for 15 minutes).
- Insert each heart into a treat bag and tie off with twist tie.
- Attach a valentine and give to friends.