Chocolate Valentine Heart Garland: A Perfect Gift

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with decadent chocolates and sweet treats? Let’s create a last-minute craft with minimal craft supplies in the spirit of the season. Add the essence of love and sweetness as a centerpiece for a romantic dinner. Heart-shaped chocolates take your Valentine’s gifts to the next level. Join me as we create a chocolate Valentine heart garland, a perfect gift for that special someone in your life.

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Imagine the joy of giving homemade chocolate hearts as their Valentine’s Day chocolate. Head to the craft store, grab a box and enhance its appeal by wrapping it in beautiful mint silk. Whether you opt for a simple touch with a dot of hot glue from your hot glue gun or tie it together with a satin ribbon gathered in the middle of the box top. Add a small flower for an extra special touch.  Let’s make this day truly memorable with a homemade chocolate Valentine’s heart garland: a perfect gift that speaks volumes for Valentines Day.

Make Valentine Chocolates Today!

Let’s make this Valentine’s Day truly memorable with a homemade chocolate heart garland that speaks volumes for the perfect Valentines.

Create A Last Minute Craft:

Dive into the world of chocolate crafting! Follow our step-by-step guide and create your own Chocolate Valentine Heart Garland. Start crafting now!

Explore Unique Valentine’s Day Gift:

Beyond chocolates, discover unique Valentine’s Day gift ideas, from digital items to custom cakes. Elevate your celebration with thoughtful surprises. Explore now!

Share The Sweet Treats:

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Most Asked Questions Valentine’s Day Gifts

What are the most popular Valentine’s Day gifts?

• Flowers: Red roses are usually the primary flowers of choice for Valentine’s Day. These flowers were considered the favorite flower of Venus, the Goddess of Love and beauty. Over the years, things have evolved, and mixing different flowers makes the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. Add Alstroemeria, the Daisy, Lily, Peony, and Ranunculus. Baby’s Breathe is a great option to add for a delicate touch.
• Chocolate Box: A chocolate box is the perfect gift for your Valentine especially if they love sweet treats. Chocolate heart shapes are readily available as well as other assorted Valentine chocolate today. These days your local grocery store or Trader Joe has a wide range of good chocolate. The box bottom from the Valentine’s chocolate can be saved to create a heart wreath for next year to hang on your home decor.
• Romantic Dinner: Instead of spending money at restaurants, make a romantic dinner together. My husband and I make a romantic dinner together every year and we find it to be the perfect Valentine’s celebration. We usually finish the evening off with a movie and an assortment of milk chocolate, my husband’s favorite, and dark chocolate which is my favorite!

What is another great option for the perfect gift?

• Gift Basket: How about putting a gift basket together filled with a favorite perfume or cologne? Add their favorite scented body wash for a relaxing bubble bath along with assorted sweet treats and of course, a chocolate box filled with good chocolate to enjoy.
• Love Language: What is love language? Love language doesn’t have to cost a thing and may be the most perfect gift of all for a unique Valentine’s gift. Think of words of affirmation. Just saying you are special and I love you is a perfect gift. Have that romantic dinner together and cherish the quality time together. Speaking of love language, this piece I found on Etsy is the perfect Valentines and is quite romantic. Take the time to check this link and it can be customized with your own information.
• Act of Service Love Language: This love language can be as simple as taking out the garbage, filling your significant other’s car with gas, helping clean the house, or packing your loved one a loved one a lunch.
• Cookies From Your Favorite Cookie Doughs: Making cookies from your favorite cookie doughs is a fun way to celebrate Valentines Day. After enjoying your romantic dinner enjoy your favorite cookies and these heart-shaped chocolates while watching a movie and snuggling under a cozy throw blanket.

Is Chocolate Gluten Free?

For my gluten free readers: Chocolate, whether it’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate (doesn’t contain gluten). However, depending on the flavor, manufacturers will add ingredients that contain gluten, so, make sure to read the manufacturer’s ingredients carefully.

Dark chocolate contains much more cacao than milk chocolate. Dark chocolate can contain about 50-90% cacao, while milk chocolate only contains 10-50% cacao. The difference in the percentage of cacao contributes to the taste in both. Dark chocolate is typically more bitter than milk chocolate.

Craft Supplies For Valentine’s Chocolate

• milk chocolate 
• dark chocolate – For my gluten free readers, I found dark chocolate that is gluten free, has no artificial colors, soy free, and has cocoa butter. This brand is highly recommended. If you have Amazon Prime you will get free shipping!
• white chocolate (optional)
• food safe butchers twine
• mint silk (optional)
• silicone heart shapes mold – (similar to my heart-shaped chocolates) Another option get free shipping with Amazon Prime
• sandwich pick – to create small holes (not toothpicks) I use these
• Wilton candy melt or a double boiler – This is mine and I LOVE IT!
• clean small paint brush (optional)
• flat spatula

Melt Chocolate

Step 1: Decadent Chocolates Melting Perfection

The first thing, when melting chocolate for the chocolate hearts, using candy melt is a great option, especially with a mix of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white. The candy melt is equipped with a divided silicone insert. This is a great way to add the details using a clean small paintbrush, which takes these chocolate hearts to the next level.

Here, you have the option to use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white, or customize the flavors. Feel free to tailor the flavors of your chocolate hearts according to your liking.

Pro Tip: After melting chocolate for 25+ years, I recommend adding a bit of vegetable oil when melting white chocolate for a shiny, tempered look. Alternatively, try Ghirardelli melting wafers, they set quickly. Keep in mind, that melting wafers are not dairy-free.

If you are using milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, and especially white chips, I recommend adding a drop of vegetable oil when starting the chocolate melting process. Whether you’re using candy melt or a double boiler, this is the easiest way to give melted chocolate a sheen without the need for tempering.

Add The Details

Step 2: Brushing Magic – Enhancing Chocolate Heart Details

Once you’ve chosen the chocolate flavor for your chocolate hearts, use a clean small paint brush to add intricate details to your molds. Whether using milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or white chocolate, this is a fun way to personalize your heart shapes. A great option of using candy melt with a divider, is minimizing cleanup.

Pro Tip: If you opt for chocolate chips instead of candy melts, it might take a bit longer for the chocolate to set. Place the mold in the refrigerator for five minutes to speed up the setting process. Melting wafers, on the other hand, set up quickly.

Pour Chocolate Into Mold

Step 3: Add Melted Milk Chocolate To Molds And Smoothing

Pour either dark chocolate or milk chocolate into the molds to form your chocolate hearts. Place the chocolate-filled molds in the refrigerator for setting, typically around three minutes, adjusting based on your refrigerator’s temperature. Insert the wide end of the sandwich pick into the heart shapes to create small holes. The small holes will be used to make the chocolate Valentine heart garland.

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Make Holes

Step 4: Precision Crafting – Create Holes With A Sandwich Stick

Once the chocolate is set use the fat end of the sandwich stick to create the small holes to put the Valentine chocolates together to assemble the garland.

Pro Tip: Add a dish underneath your chocolate hearts to make it easier to put them in the refrigerator.

String Heart Shapes

Step 5: Crafting Heart-Shaped Chocolates – Incorporate Food-Safe Twine

Lightly twist the end of the twine, this will make the bakers twine small enough to fit into the back of each chocolate heart. Push the the food safe twine through the small holes in your chocolate hearts, crafting a charming chocolate Valentine garland. Whether displayed, stored in the refrigerator, or tucked away in the freezer until Valentine’s Day, the choice is yours. Speaking from personal experience, in our household, these Valentine chocolates didn’t last long. Both my husband and I share a love for chocolate, so it was gone in no time. LOL!

Unique Valentine’s Day Gift

• Digital Items: Use your Etsy app and find digital items that make the perfect gift for Valentines Day. Here is an example that I think is a great option and is quite romantic. Here’s a link to this Etsy shop makes custom line drawings. They have many digital items that are also perfect for a couple’s first anniversary and wedding and the best part, they are having a big sale. 
• Custom Cakes: Order custom cakes from your local bakery. This is a perfect Valentines Day gift. I also found a great option to order the perfect gift. It’s filled with assorted sweet treats. They offer a wide range of decadent chocolates, dark chocolate desserts, custom cakes, and cupcakes. My husband found them on social media and ordered special cupcakes for me. He knows I’m a huge cupcake lover. When I took my first bite I was in bliss, they are fantastic and also offer gluten free products. He said their customer service was very good. Here’s a link to their shop in NY and their social media on Facebook. *Note: Look for their gluten free section. This is also not tree nut free* Check with their customer service or help center for this information before ordering.
• Gift Basket: Harry & David has a breakable large heart made from milk chocolate. It comes with a mallet and it’s filled with heart-shaped chocolates of all kinds. This is a fun way to celebrate Valentines Day with your loved one who enjoys good chocolate. Here you also can find a gift basket for a charcuterie and cheese collection to have an easy romantic dinner for two. 

Valentine Chocolates

Chocolate Hearts And A Heart Wreath

• Valentine’s Chocolate: A gift basket filled with all sorts of decadent chocolates from, milk chocolate and dark chocolate covered caramels, milk chocolate pecan clusters, a jumbo milk chocolate lollypop, other assorted sweet treats, and dark chocolate bars. Now this gift basket takes Valentine’s Day chocolate to the next level! 
• Valentine’s Wreath: A Valentine’s wreath is a great option especially a wreath that can be added to your home that doesn’t scream Valentines Day. I found this using my Etsy app and it’s beautiful.

*Be aware there may be tree nuts, not soy free, egg free, or gluten free in these products.*

Conclusion:

Valentine’s Chocolate Garland: Decadent Chocolates

As we wrap up this perfect Valentines Day gift, these heart shapes truly show the expression of love. The creativity of heart-shaped chocolates adds a personal touch that makes this a unique Valentine’s Day gift perfect for the one you love. From melting decadent chocolates to the details painted with a clean brush, each step creates the perfect gift. Whether displayed or stored for a sweet treat on Valentine’s Day, this is a symbol of love. So, as you embark on this last minute craft may your Chocolate Valentine Heart Garland become a cherished memory for the special person in your life, making this Valentine’s Day chocolate unforgettable.

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