With Valentine’s Day just days away, these homemade Valentine’s Day Love Candies are a fun way to spread the love with a thoughtful candy goodness gift. The final product is pretty and yummy with a crushed candy heart center. Skip the store-bought treats this year and grab this simple recipe below!
Valentine's Day Love Candies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Bright Pink Candy Melts
- ¼ cup Small Candy Hearts (red, pink, or white)
- White Fondant
TOOLS:
- Fondant Roller
- Fondant Knife
- Peanut Butter Cups Candy Mold
Instructions
- Use a Candy Melt Pot to heat candy melts or microwave candy melts at 50% for 30 seconds. Stir. Heat at 50% for 30 seconds. Stir. Heat at 50% in 15-second intervals and stir until completely smooth. Do not over heat.
- Using a spoon, slowly pour candy melts into each circular mold. Fill only halfway. Gently tap mold onto countertop to remove air bubbles.
- Crush small candy hearts with a small spoon. Sprinkle crushed candy hearts into each mold. Cover with candy melts (to the top of the mold).
- Place mold in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Knead fondant, roll into ball and flatten with fondant roller. Carefully cut out letters: L, O, V, E with a fondant knife. Tip: You can use a small frosting tip to cut out the O.
- Remove mold from freezer.
- Add a tiny amount of candy melts to the back of each letter and gently press each letter onto candies.
- Add a small amount of candy melts to the top of the remaining candies and sprinkle crushed candy hearts. Place all candies in freezer for 15 minutes. Remove and serve!
For other Valentine’s Day craft ideas check out our favorite Valentine for kids and our DIY Heart Felt Necklaces.
Happy Love Day!
Viva la Violette
I love those candies. I want to make up a bunch of these for the kids this year. They will absolutely flip!
oh these look so yummy, I’m gonna try and find the ingredients
Those are absolutely adorable! I’ve been toying with the idea of branching out into candy making, and I think this might be a good one to try.
These are so cute. I love making homemade candy as Valentine’s Day gifts.
How sweet are these?! Homemade treats always seem to have an extra layer of love involved.
Homemade is definitely the way to go! These are super cute and don’t look like they take too much effort to make!
Oh these are simply adorable. I think they would be not only cute to hand out and play with but also fun to make. I think it is a fun way to help with spelling if you could put other letters on the candies too!
Oh my gosh this is looks so yummy. I want to make it for tomorrow.
These look lively and fun to make.
They seem perfect accompaniment to Valentine’s Day!
These look so yummy and festive! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!
I haven’t made candy before. Sounds like fun to make and eat.
What a tasty treat for Valentine’s Day or any occasion that calls for candy. I enjoy using melts for special treats and appreciate these great instructions.
These are adorable. And they look fairly simple to make for tomorrow. Thanks
Oh my gosh, SO cute! Such a clever idea too!
Those are just darling. My daughter and I have been having a blast making treats together. She’s going to love these.
Those do look yummy and in my favorite color. I’ve never baked with fondant – I’m sure I’m missing out.
These are so neat! I would love to try and make these myself.
I love these candies! They are so unique and adorable!
I love these! I’m saving the link to your blog to make them for Valentine’s Day next year! If I can wait that long, LOL.