Valentine’s Day Lollipops

Hey there Rags to Stitches peeps!  I am so thrilled to be here sharing some Valentine’s Day goodness with you all while Alissa is up at Alt Summit doin’ it to it! I’m Summer, I blog at Made By Munchie’s Mama and I am the Owner/Creator of Nailed It Decals.I am also the co-creator of Elevate Blog Conference in Southern California happening on May 11th 2013.  If you would love the opportunity to meet and hang with some of the most amazing bloggers  in the universe while learning from Little Miss Momma, Living in Yellow, Little Penelope Lane and Sugar and Dots then you will not want to miss it!  Tickets go on sale January 31st and are limited to just 40 tickets.  Check out the Elevate blog for more info!Now today I am going to share one of my very favorite Valentine’s Day projects with you all!  Have you been walking by the Christmas clearance sections at your local stores thinking who would by those mini peppermint candy canes after Christmas even at 75% off???  I’ll tell you who, THIS girls!  And here is why…. 

  I am not a fan of peppermint candy canes, but cherry candy canes…that’s more my style!  Here is how you can make these Cherry Chocolate Valentine’s Day Heart Suckers! 

 Place your candy canes on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet with a sucker stick in the middle.  Place the cookie sheet in at 350 oven for about 3 minutes {they should just be slightly soft}.  I left the second batch in for 4 minutes and it was too long.

After I took them out of the oven, I transferred them to a plastic cutting board and pinched the tops and bottoms together around the stick.  Be careful…they will be hot!

Don’t they look all cheerful and bright already?!

 While the candy canes are cooling, melt your chocolate in the microwave.

 I put my chocolate in a plastic bag and cut the tip off to make it easier to fill the hearts.

 Cut a small hole.  Mine was a little too big and it was hard to control the flow of the chocolate.  Then fill away!

 I added some sprinkles for a little added flair.  Let set {you can throw…well don’t actually throw them, into the fridge to help them set up a little faster}

 And there you have it!  Bright and cheery cherry chocolate Valentine’s Day suckers.  You can wrap them in the sucker bags with some cute ribbon and add a little love note to them for the perfect Valentine!