Valentine Recipes
In honor of St. Valentine we've compiled kids Valentine recipes. Valentine's day is February 14th and it is a day to show loved ones you care. Chocolates, flowers, cards, balloons are all common Valentine's day gifts. The holiday originated by someone who indeed was named St. Valentine. After being imprisoned he sent notes signed, from your Valentine to his love. He was also martyred on February 14th hence why we celebrate on this particular day. To My Valentine, Recipes for Giving
Chocolate Kiss CupcakesHomemade cake mix or store bought cake mix Chocolate kisses candy, unwrapped Frosting Make cake mix according to direction. Place muffin liners in muffin pan. Pour dough into each cup and place an unwrapped chocolate kiss in the middle of each cupcake. Bake according to directions. Allow to cool and frost. Your valentine will find a yummy hidden kiss inside their cupcake. Heart Cupcakes This is an easy way to make a Valentine recipe for your friend. Making heart shape cupcakes can be made simply by using large marbles or tin foil wrapped up in a marble size ball. Before placing cake mix into cupcake liners. Place a marble ball on the outside of the liner. This will shape the top into a heart shape. Homemade Chocolate Kiss ½ Cup butter 5 cups marshmallows or 40 large marshmallows 6 Cups crispy rice cereal 6 oz. Package of chocolate chips Funnels of desired size In microwave safe bowl add butter, marshmallows and chocolate chips. Melt in microwave several minutes until chocolate and marshmallows are completely melted. Stirring occasionally. Place rice cereal into large bowl and pour chocolate mixture over top. Stir to coat evenly. Cool slightly so you can handle the mixture. Butter inside of large funnels. Press warm rice mixture into funnel and allow to cool. Place upside down and unmold from funnel. Wrap in plastic or tin foil. Write a little note to your Valentine on a long strip of paper and wrap up with the paper sticking out of the top. Cookie Bouquet Sugar cookie dough Sucker sticks Frosting Prepare sugar cookie dough according to directions. Cut out dough into heart or flower shapes with a cookie cutter. Place a sucker stick into each cookie. Bake according to directions. Allow to cool and frost. To give to your Valentine place cookies on the stick in a vase. Tie with a bow and attach a Valentine note.  Fancy Hearts Cookie Gift Bouquet Pink Divinity
Breakfast Valentine Recipes
Love Potion Smoothie1/2 cup frozen strawberries 1/2 cup frozen raspberries 1 small carton of yogurt 1/2 Cup ice cubes 1 cup apple juice Place strawberries, raspberries and juice in blender. Blend several seconds. If you would like a thicker smoothie add more fruit or for a drinkable smoothie add 1/4 Cup more juice. This is one of those Valentine recipes that can be used year round. Find more easy smoothie recipes here. Fruit Flowers Kids can use their creativity to make flowers out of cut fruit. Try using sliced strawberries for a flower and petals and use sliced kiwi for stems. Sliced peaches, raspberries, or blueberries all work great also. Create a flower on a plate or turn this simple Valentine recipe into a bouquet of flowers for your Valentine. Cherry Crepes 4 Cup milk 5 eggs ½ teaspoon salt 1 Tablespoon sugar 2 Cup flour 1 Tablespoon oil for frying Lightly beat eggs. Stir in milk, sugar and salt. Add flour and mix well with an electric mixer. Let rest for 10 minutes. If necessary add more milk so batter is thin. Heat small fry pan to very hot. Add oil to coat pan. Reheat. Add batter to just cover bottom of pan. Turn to brown other side. Set on plate and cover with a towel. Reheat pan no need to add more oil. Stir batter before each crepe. This recipe makes a lot!! Cherry filling 1/4 Cup sugar 1 Cup sour cream 1 jar canned sour cherries, or 2-3 Cups fresh pitted cherries mixed with 3/4 Cup-1 Cup sugar Mix together sugar and sour cream until sugar is dissolved. Set aside. Set one crepe on a board, put a row of cherries across the crepe, in the lower ¼th. Roll the crepe from the bottom over the cherries and to the top. Drizzle with sugar/sour cream mixture. Valentine Recipes for DinnerIndividual heart shaped pizzasPizza dough Mozzarella cheese Pizza sauce Toppings of your choice Divide pizza dough into balls according to the number of servings you will need. Shape dough into a heart shape by making a round circle and forming the top of a heart to the top of the pizza round. Make a point at the bottom. If you have a heart shaped cake pan you can use that also. Top with pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of your choice. Give this Valentine recipe more hearts by cutting pepperoni or ham slices into heart shapes or making heart shapes out of green or red pepper slices. Valentine Soup 8 oz. Can of sliced mushrooms 1 can black olives sliced Pepperoni cut in small pieces 4 Cups water Large jar of spaghetti sauce or homemade spaghetti sauce 2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon parsley 1 teaspoon basil In saucepan add all ingredients together. You can add or omit any ingredients as you would like. Simmer on medium 15-20 minutes until warm. Serve with garlic bread. Heart Meatballs 1 egg beaten ½ Cup Spaghetti sauce ¼ Cup bread crumbs, seasoned ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 ½ lbs. Ground beef 1½ Cup shredded mozzarella cheese Combine all ingredients together in a large bowl. With your hands shape meat into a heart. These will be much bigger than average size meatballs. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until done in the middle. (test with a meat thermometer)  It is rather easy to shape these into a heart shape and they are great placed on a mound of spaghetti or eaten as it is with a dot of red ketchup on the top. One of the easiest and fun kids Valentine recipes.Fun Valentine Recipes and Ideas Do you need a heart shaped pan for a recipe but don't have one? Try this idea. Bake your recipe in a 8x8 square pan and a circle pan. If you are making a cake, for example, once it has cooled and you take it out of the pan, turn it sideways to resemble a diamond. Cut the circle cake in half and place one half on each side at the top of the diamond. Once you frost the cake or decorate it, you will not be able notice any difference. Now you can create many Valentine recipes with this idea. Chocolate Fondue Fun 2 packages semi-sweet chocolate chips (12 oz each) 1 1/4 cups evaporated milk 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Add all ingredients to a microwave safe dish. Cook several minutes until chocolate chips are completely melted. Serve immediately with strawberries, apple slices and/or angel food cake cut into squares. You can also place this in your crock pot and cook for 1 hour. Cookie Pizza sugar cookie dough or brownie mix 2 Cups chocolate chips 14 oz. Sweetened condensed milk 2 Cups milk chocolate candies (M&M) 2 Cups mini marshmallows ½ Cups peanuts Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Press cookie dough or brownie mix into pizza pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. In saucepan, melt chocolate chips with condensed milk. Spread over crusts. Sprinkle with chocolate candies, marshmallows and peanuts. Bake 4 minutes or until marshmallows are lightly toasted. To turn this into a extra fun Valentine recipe use the heart shape pizza idea under the Valentine dinner menu above.Fruit Pizza sugar cookie dough white cream cheese frosting Sliced fruit, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries whatever you choose Spread cookie dough onto pizza pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool. Then frost. Top with sliced fruit in whatever pattern you choose. To turn this into a extra fun Valentine recipe use the heart shape pizza idea under the Valentine dinner menu above.Fun Heart Idea for your Valentine Recipes Trace a heart shape onto a piece of tinfoil. Cut out the heart. Make a pizza or a spaghetti pie, place the tin foil heart in the middle of your dish and sprinkle with cheese all around the edges. Bake. Your valentine dish will come out looking very festive with a red heart (spaghetti sauce) in the middle and white around the edges (cheese).
Dessert Valentine RecipesHeart Shaped CheesecakeMake a cheesecake in a heart shaped springform pan. Top the middle of the cheesecake with cherry pie filling making it into a heart shape. Leave about 1-2 inches around the edges for a decorative valentine look. Here is a simple easy and delicious cheesecake recipe. lemon Jell-O gelatin, 4 serving size ½ Cup boiling water 8 ounces Cream cheese, softened 2 Cup Cool whip or whipped cream Graham Cracker crust or chocolate cookie crust- homemade Prepare the graham cracker crust and press into a heart shaped pan. Set aside. In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. In separate bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth; gradually beat in gelatin. Add whipped topping into cheese mixture. Stir gently. Pour into heart pan. Chill several hours. Place cherries on top in the shape of a heart as mentioned above.  2 small cartons of blueberry yogurt 1/2 Cup milk 2 scoops vanilla frozen yogurt or ice cream Whip together in a blender and pour into glasses. If you'd like this in a more Valentine's color use strawberry, raspberry or cherry yogurt. Tunnel Of Love Cake Angel food cake, already prepared 8 oz. pkg cream cheese 3/4 Cup sweetened condensed milk 1/4 Cup lemon juice 3/4 teaspoon almond extract 2 Cups strawberries, sliced 16 oz. pkg. whipped topping To create your tunnel cut off a 1 inch layer off the cake top. Set aside for later. Scoop out a tunnel leaving the sides of the cake intact and set cake pieces aside for later. Prepare filling by mixing together cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and almond extract. Add insides of the cake you previously scooped out. Cut cake pieces into small pieces if needed. Stir sliced strawberries and cake pieces gently into cream cheese mixture. Spoon into tunnel. Replace top of cake layer and frost with whipped topping. Brownie Heart Prepare a brownie mix or homemade brownie recipe for this Valentine recipes. Pour into a greased heart shaped pan. Bake and allow to cool. With whipped cream spray an outline of a heart in the middle of the brownie. Place cherries or chopped strawberries inside the heart. Red Rice Treats Prepare rice krispies treats from a recipe and add red food coloring. Spread into a 13x9 pan and cool. With a heart cookie cutter cut rice krispies out. This is a simple and easy kids recipe they can make for their friends this Valentine's day.  Kids Cooking Video: Chocolate Covered StrawberriesCreate your Own Favorite Valentine's Recipe page.Submit your favorite kids recipeDo you have a favorite recipe your kids love to make? Or a recipe your kids ask you to make again and again? Share it with us! What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
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