Chocolate Valentine Heart Garland
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 dive into creating a chocolate Valentine heart garland, a perfect gift for that special someone in your life.
Yield: 6 chocolate hearts
Cost: $6 initial cost
Notes
Chocolate Valentine Heart Garland: A Perfect Gift
Craft Supplies For Valentine's Chocolate
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- milk chocolate
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- dark chocolate
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- white chocolate (optional)
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- food safe butchers twine
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- mint silk (optional)
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- silicone heart shapes mold
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- sandwich pick - to create small holes (not toothpicks)
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- Wilton candy melt or a double boiler
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- clean small paint brush (optional)
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- flat spatula
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. 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.
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. A great option of using candy melt with a divider, is minimizing cleanup.
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.
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.
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.
