This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! I know! Friday is Valentine's day and you are in a hurry to find a quick treat idea to share with family or friend or even that special someone! You don't have time to read a long blog post, so I am not going to give you one. Instead, I am going to give you a list of resources and ideas to help you out! Here goes! Need Even Simpler Ideas? (I mean, you can't get much easier than those cannolis...) Try these:
Okay! There you go! You've got this! Now get busy and have a great Valentine's Day!
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Do you enjoy making a special little treat to mark Valentine's Day? You know, just show a little love by sharing something sweet with everyone. If you've outgrown candy hearts and want something a little more grown up and tasty, flash forward to the other day when I was shopping at Costco and I found a snack that I had to try. They are called Coconut Rolls by Sun Tropics. The things that drew me to them are that they are very coconut tasting (made with coconut cream), organic, gmo free, gluten free, sweet, and vegetarian. (Sorry Maddy, they contain eggs!)
Then, I noticed the fact that each end has a hole, because the Coconut Rolls are hollow in the middle. They reminded me of little cannoli shells. And since they are so sweet, I thought a cream cheese fruit filling with very little sugar would be amazing!
The first thing I did was take a 6 oz. container of blackberries and smash them into a sauce pan, add a splash of lemon juice and 2 Tablespoons of sugar to get the juices flowing. Simmer them for about 5 minutes until the juices start to thicken and then strain out the seeds through a fine mesh sieve. Let that cool while you use about 6 oz. of cream cheese and some powdered sugar to make a filling. I just eyeballed it. I didn't want it to be too sweet, but when you add the blackberry juice a Tablespoon at a time, you may need a little more sugar to get it to piping consistency.
I used a Wilton 18 tip to pipe in the filling from each end of the Coconut Rolls, et voila! Little mini cannolis! Store them in the fridge until serving.
These will be so cute for Valentine's Day. But, can't you picture doing them for a baby shower or bridal shower? You could fill then with a lemon filling or blueberry to achieve different colors. They are adorable and delicious little things!
I used the original, organic flavor, but Sun Tropics also makes Coco Rolls in Espresso and Salted Caramel! I think a caramel filling and dipped in chocolate would be amazing!
If coconut isn't your thing, Sun Tropics has many other products. Their Banana Chips and Mochi Bites come in many flavors.
Of course, these are already gone. So excuse me as I dash off to Costco for another bag full of them! I will have to hide them until I am ready to fill them for Valentine's Day. I can hardly wait!
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Although Valentine's Day is just 2 days away, it isn't very hard to do something a little special to mark the day and to give your loved ones a special treat. I thought I would share two things that I going to do to make Valentine's Day a little bit special for my husband and I.
My husband doesn't get home from work until around 7:00 PM. We usually have a light supper together when he gets home to our empty nest. I think a couple of sweet treats for dessert will be a nice way to mark the occasion and add some sweet romance.
Surprisingly, the weather has been a little chilly this year in Phoenix and I know it has been a LOT chilly for many of you across the country! Some Chocolate Covered Strawberry Hot Cocoa Bombs will be just the ticket to warm us up. We even made a video to show you how to do it! Just click the link or the picture.
CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRY HOT COCOA BOMBS
Be sure to use yourcutest mugs!
For dessert, a piece of candy (or 2) like these Butterscotch Not So Squares that are a copy cat of See's delicious Butterscotch Squares that I love. The recipe is simple. I posted it on this post.
BUTTERSCOTCH NOT-SO SQUARES
Or, if you want to try a different treat, here are a few more ideas:
Whatever you decide to do, have a sweet day!
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Whoot! We've made it to Friday Faves #50! And, since Thursday the first of February was National Candy Making Day, what a great way to celebrate our faves! Do you enjoy making homemade candies? We've shared a few of our favorite candy recipes in the past, but we will also be sharing a new favorite this week as well. These homemade candy choices will be perfect this time of year as it gets closer to Valentine's Day! You could even make your own little candy box for that special someone.
What are your favorite homemade candies?
You are going to notice that there is a theme among us here at 3 Winks. Chocolate! I thought about giving a Divinity recipe, but let's get real. It really is all about the chocolate.
But, Maddy, with her usually healthy vegan ways said, "Nope! If I am going for dipped chocolate, it is going to be the delicious fondant centers you make, Mom." (She didn't really say that, but I am sure that is what she was thinking as she picked these dipped chocolates.) If you click the picture, it will take you to the Spring version of these delectable treats.
And Now, on to our newest recipe...
Butterscotch Not-So-Squares! These are an attempt at a copy cat of the delicious See's Candy recipe that is so wonderful. I found different recipes for this candy on Pinterest, but adapted it to my own taste. It is pretty darn good, but my family thinks it is closer to a toffee taste rather than the Butterscotch Square taste. But, they gobbled it down and found it to be good, so I will call it a success anyway!
All of these recipes are super easy to make and would be perfect to share! Do you have candy recipes you love to make? Be sure to let us know about them!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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