Message Chocolate Hearts
Easy to make Message Chocolate Hearts to leave a small hidden message for your Valentine – also perfect as Valentine’s Day party favors !
A Small chocolate heart on a caramel chocolate heart shaped base. And yes, they are hollow with a little note inside ~ Message Chocolate Hearts !
These little charming treats reminds one of the fortune cookie ideas going round now.
Baked or fabric made, of course I love them..it is always a surprise to whomever will open one.
But, I did not want to make something that is that well known as the fortune cookies.
Really, would you have suspected a little note, and a love note at that!, inside these chocolate hearts?
My Valentine’s Smash Cake has become so popular and I thought I might as well go for a smaller treat.
You can make a bunch of these in no time at all and it will be perfect for the kids to hand out to their friends and teachers.
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Message Chocolate Hearts
Let me show you how easy these are to make !
To make the Message Chocolate Hearts, you will need :
- Chocolate for the hollow hearts
- A different color chocolate for the platform hearts (I used Caramel)
- Decorations (I used tiny icing flowers)
- Edible Glitter (optional)
- Love Notes – of course !!
- Heart shaped mold (I use my silicone ice tray)
- Heart shaped cookie cutter, slightly larger than the the above mold
- Aluminium Foil
Above we have the ice tray for the hollow hearts / a cookie cutter / aluminum foil.
The image above shows that I have placed some melted chocolate in each opening
To the left in the image, I have already spread chocolate on the bottom and to the sides. (remember the first coat needn’t be perfect – you only need a starting point.
To the right, these openings were not yet spread with the chocolate.
- After spreading the chocolate thinly, place in the freezer compartment for 1 minute.
- Remove and repeat the spreading and freezing another 2-3 times. Leaving the last spread 2 – 3 minutes in the freezer compartment to really harden.
- Once they are ready, gently pull at the edges of the heart shaped hollows of the silicone mold – turn over and very lightly tap and press the hearts out.
Meanwhile start making the bases by pouring a small amount of melted Caramel chocolate into the center of the cookie cutter, spreading with a small spoon to cover the full bottom.
I filled mine about 3 – 4mm high – place in the freezer compartment for 1 – 2 minutes until set – remove and gently push out of the cookie cutter
This was the only problem I had – only one cookie cutter in the exact size I wanted to use for a bunch of hearts.
But in the end it did not take up too much extra time, as I made one of the above, placed in the freezer and each time I took out the ice tray with the hollow hearts in, I placed another cookie cutter filled with caramel chocolate in the freezer.
Right, by this time you should get your little notes ready.
I like the normal handwritten ones – more personal you know. Hopefully you will come up with more original lines/quotes!
This is an image of one of the un-molded hollow hearts with the open side up. Slip in the note (do not fold it, just bend slightly so that the “walls” of the chocolate will keep it in place).
The easiest and quickest way to adhere the hollow heart to the platform heart is to use a match. Light the match, hold the flame around the edges (very quickly) of the hollow hearts and heat the chocolate’s edge. Then quickly turn the hollow heart over and stick on top of a platform heart.
Decorate as you wish (use a drop or two of melted chocolate as a type of glue)
And here is a close-up of the final (already broken open) heart !
Featuring at Bacon Time very soon!
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Have a great week!
Susie@bowdabra
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This is so cool! I am visiting from a linky party somewhere (I forgot which one, oops) and pinned this for later reference!
That is so cute! Pinning to the Monday Funday pin board!
I just realized that I never made it over here.. its been a crazy week.. I have enjoyed all of your ideas, and think this is such a great way to celebrate Valentines Day. You have been chosen as the Dare to Share Feature of the Day.
http://www.pamspartyandpracticaltips.com/2013/02/valentine-message-hearts-feature-of-day.html
Such a great idea for Valentines! So glad you shared them at last weekends link party @The Weekend re-Treat
Hope to see you again this weekend!
This has to be the most original Valentine's treat I've found so far! These are so adorable and look delicious too! I'd love to have you come link up to my Family Fun Friday linky (special Valentine's Day edition) at http://www.momsandmunchkins.ca/2013/02/08/family-fun-friday-20130208/
Happy Friday! 🙂
Super cute Linda! Thanks for linking up at my Pin Me Linky Party.
Linda – I love these. They might be a bit of work but worth the smiles when a friend opens one of these succulent little honeys up. Nice creativity. Best wishes, Linda
Yummy! Thanks for sharing this cute craft on Tutorial Thursdays.
x
Natalie
http://www.marigoldsloft.blogspot.com
These are AWESOME!
Congrats! I'll be featuring you at Wednesday's Super Link Party! 🙂
Thanks for linking!
Oh, wow! This looks delicious. I would love for you to come over to my blog hop and share this and other posts there!
http://countrifiedhicks.blogspot.com/2013/02/mondays-with-countrified-hicks-blog-hop.html
These are amazing. What a brilliant idea.
Just saw your link over at Sassy Little Lady's link party and had to come over and check out this super cute valentines idea!
I'd love for you to link up at my weekend link party @The Weekend re-Treat
Hope to see you there!
Love this! Thanks so much for sharing at Pint Sized Baker for Two Cup Tuesday!
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Great tutorial and original and artful idea!
Jenn
Brilliant idea! So cute!
-Sara
Is there anything you can't do????!!!! Caramel, chocolate and a message? What's not to love here?! Awesome!
these look so delicious linda!! and what a sweet gesture too! Thanks so much for sharing!
Very cute! Great idea! Visiting from DDD
What a cute idea, stopping by from pin me 🙂
These are so pretty and unique! They look yummy too. Thanks for sharing at Transformed Tuesday. Hugs, Peggy
What a great idea! They look delicious 😉
looks so cute!
What a cute idea!
What a fantastic idea!! LOVE it!!
How cute! What a great idea!
Keeper, pinned it, I think I cold probably o this,