Surprise your boyfriend (or girlfriend) for Valentine’s Day with an unexpected, homemade gift. It doesn’t have to be expensive to express the feelings that you have, but it should be thoughtful and creative. These sweet Valentine’s Day gift ideas could give you the needed inspiration for the “Holiday of Love”. These hand decorated sugar cubes and heart shaped chocolate pops will provide pleasure to both children and adults. Have a look!
Valentine’s Day gift ideas
Funny sugar cubes for his morning coffee
You need:
• sugar cubes
• powdered sugar and milk for the icing
• candy confetti or cupcake sprinkles
• melted chocolate
• food decorating pens
To attach the decorations to your sugar cubes you need a small amount of “glue” made of milk and powdered sugar.
Cubes can be decorated with melted dark chocolate, colorful sprinkles in a variety of shapes and colors or just to write on them with food coloring pen.
Smiley faces as a companion for the morning coffee will brighten the day of everyone.
Valentines’s Day gift ideas – Heart chocolate pops
– dried fruit (prunes, raisins, apricots, cranberries)
– nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts etc.)
– chocolate (preferably chocolate with a high cocoa content)
You will need also a heart lollipop candy mold and wooden skewers. The hearts were sprinkled with pistachios and goji berries that are much more photogenic.
Shred the nuts and dried fruits into small pieces. Melt the chocolate and stir in the dried fruit or nuts. Pour into the heart molds. After a few minutes sprinkle with pistachios or goji berries. Refrigerate for 30 minutes until the chocolate hardens.
