Incredible, Edible Valentines Part 1

When I was in YW we had an activity where we made edible Valentines. As lame as I thought it would be, the girls actually loved it. I saved all the ideas I had accumulated from my research☺ on my computer and pass them on to you. You never know when you might need to whip one up.

Lifesaver Train
There are many takes on this idea but this one is my fav. There are so many possible sayings to go with this, All Aboard for Love, I Choo Choo Choose You, Be My Valentrain, etc

You'll need: 1 roll of Lifesavers Candy; 1 small pack of gum; 1 chocolate Rolo candy; 1 Hershey's Kiss;1 mini Hershey's chocolate bar; 1 Starburst Candy; 4 round peppermint candies;

Glue the roll of Lifesavers to the package of gum. Glue the peppermint candies on each side to make the wheels of the Train. Glue the Hershey's Kiss on the end of the Lifesavers to make the train smokestack (can do either flat side up or pointy side, I've seen them either way). On the other end of the train glue a Rolo candy to make the engineer's room - glue a small candy on top for the roof (use a Starburst candy or mini chocolate bar). Take your mini Hershey's bar and run a bead of glue the entire length and place on back end of the Candy Train.

Here's another train idea, only cupcakes. This and many other ideas here came from a great site called http://familyfun.go.com/ They have tons of ideas and provide the templates and patterns for many.


This is an Ipod made out of a conversation heart package. The template you can just print out for free is again found at http://a.familyfun.go.com/Resources/global/printables/templates/RockCandy_3.pdf

You'll need: 2 (14 inch) pieces of string; 2 mini peanut butter cups; 1 (1 ounce) box of conversation hearts; 2 (4 inch) circles of aluminum foil; 4 x 7 inch strip of pink paper; sheet of white printer paper or printable scroll wheel and playlist (see above)


I love this edible Cupid Arrow, although when we made it we used a pack of gum instead of the lifesavers. All you need is a bamboo skewer, thread the pack of gum/lifesavers through the pointy end and position in the center. Then attach the gummy red hot heart at the pointy end and take some tissue paper and cut it and glue it and attach at the top. Very simple, very cute.


Some peanut butter bees. For 'Bee My Honey'. Made out of peanut butter, crushed graham crackers, powdered sugar, with almond silvers for the wings and chow mein noodles for the head thingys.


Peanut Butter Bees
2 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening
Sliced almonds
Chow mein noodles

Combine peanut butter and margarine. Beat until smooth. Add powdered sugar. Beat until well mixed. Stir in graham cracker crumbs by hand. Shape into ovals 1 1/2 inch ovals. Place onto wax paper.

Melt the chocolate chips and cool slightly. Place the cooled chocolate into a pastry bag or baggie that you have cut the corner tip off of. For each honey bee, pipe 3 chocolate stips on each oval; insert 2 almond slices in each side for wings. Insert 2 chow mein noodles in the head for antennae; put one short chow mein noodle in the rump for the tail. Dot with chocolate for eyes.

Refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes.