Sweeten Up Your Valentine’s Day

Photo By Shelby Harper

By: Shelby Harper, Editor

Valentine’s Day Cake Pops

Want to make your love-bug something sweet this Valentine’s Day? You’ve looked at the right recipes. Follow these simple steps and whip up something sweet for your sweetheart.

Ingredients

  • 1 box of Betty Crocker Devils Food cake mix
  • 1 1/3 cups of water
  • 1/2 oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 container of Betty Crocker whipped cream frosting
  • 1 bag of white candy melts
  • Sprinkles of your choice

Steps

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees, follow directions on the cake mix box. Cool completely after baked.
  2. In a large bowl, crumble the cake with hands and add frosting. Mix well with your hands. Roll tablespoons of dough into firm balls and place on a large cookie sheet.
  3. In a microwaveable bowl heat up white candy melts.
  4. Remove cake pops from refrigerator and dip cake pops in white candy melts.

Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats

Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons of butter
  • 10 cups of mini marshmallows
  • 6 cups of Rice Krispies
  • 1 cup of dark chocolate candy melts

Steps

  1. Melt butter in a large pot over low heat
  2. Once butter is melted, add 10 cups of mini marshmallows while stirring
  3. When marshmallows are melted, turn off heat and add in 6 cups of Rice Crispy cereal
  4. Pour mixture into a large pan
  5. In a bowl, heat up one bag of dark chocolate candy melts
  6. Cut Rice Crispy treats into squares and dip into chocolate
  7. Add sprinkles of your choice