Valentine’s Day Candy for your Sweetie doesn’t have to come out of a box. Make them a homemade valentine gift. These nests are perfect for that loved one in your life. Knowing you took time and made them something homemade makes Valentine’s Day extra special.
Valentine’s Day Candy
The boxes go up even before the Christmas merchandise is put away. Valentine’s Day candy. There’s Godiva, Russell Stover, Whitman, Ghiradelli and tons more. They are all on the shelf staring at you as you try to figure out which one to buy. Honestly, you can’t lose with buying candy, especially when it’s a good box of chocolates. Making your own instead of buying a box is a way to step up your gift giving a little bit.
Homemade Gifts are Special
Make your own. What? You’re not that talented? Yes you are! It’s not like you’re decorating a cake. These are easy. In addition to Homemade gifts being thoughtful, the time that you put into the gift shows you care. The person you’re giving these to is special so take a little bit of time and make these Valentine’s Day Candy nests. If you must buy something, get some flowers or a bottle of wine to go with your homemade gift.
What Makes These Easy
- The Valentine nests use three to four ingredients. Chocolate Melts, pretzels and M&Ms, Conversation Hearts, or both!
- The microwave makes melting the chocolate easy work.
- It’s Gluten Free or Gluten Full depending on what pretzels are used. Both are easily found in stores.
- The Valentine’s Day Candy Nests can be imperfect and still be perfect….they’re nests.
- This is a great recipe for the kids to help with. Let them help. We all know how much it means when a child makes a gift.
- They are inexpensive.
- Making them takes about 15-20 minutes.
Well, What Do You Think?
Are you ready to make your own Valentine’s Day Candy? I’ve given you eight reasons why this gift is something that you can make even if your not a cake decorator. Give a homemade gift to your sweetie on Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day Candy Nests
Ingredients
- 1 12 oz. bag of Wilton Candy Melts – Pick a good Valentine color like red or pink.
- 1 8-16 oz. bag of pretzel sticks, gluten free or gluten full.
- Small bag of Valentine M&Ms or conversation hearts
Instructions
- Instructions
- Prepare two cookie sheets by covering them in waxed paper or parchment paper.
- Lightly break or crush 3 cups of pretzel sticks into smaller pieces. You want them about one third of their original size.
- Melt 1 ½ Cups of the candy melts in a microwave safe bowl following package directions.
- Once the chocolate has melted, add the pretzels to the chocolate and mix thoroughly.
- Using a tablespoon, drop mounds of chocolate coated pretzels onto the prepared cookie sheets.
- Put 2 or 3 M&Ms or conversation hearts in the center of each nest and press down slightly. This allows for the candy to stick to the chocolate and to shape the candy more like a nest.
- Chill in the refrigerator until set. This only takes 5-10 minutes.
