"Sweets for My Sweets" V-Day Treats

Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker. ~Author Unknown

The average person spent over $100.00 last year buying some kind of gift for loved ones, whether it be chocolates, flowers or anything marketed for this romantic day. According to the National Retail Federation, Valentines Day is the 3rd biggest holiday when it comes to consumer spending. As retail chains have already begun to inundate store real estate with red, pinks and white messages of love and have lured lovers to purchase multiple over-priced items with excitement, I hope you have begun to think of creative possibilities on the homemade end.

You all know I'm all puppy dog eyed about sugar cookies, mostly making them verses eating them...thank goodness for that:)

This inspiration came last V-Day but I didn't have time to get to it. I've always loved the little heart Valentine candies with the phrases on them...I didn't particularly like the way they tasted though. These are miniature heart candy cookies and are tasty and adorable all at once. Be sure to scroll to the end of the blog to view all the photos. I hope this blog gives you ample time to experiment with your own gift ideas. I would love to hear about some of your V-Day gift ideas.

I used a 1 inch heart sugar cookie cutter.

This is a perfect idea for your children's classmates or friends because of the little finger bites they get instead of a whole giant cookie.

Of course snail mail still exist so why not make an envelope of love to hand deliver to that special someone.

I love this and I love Love Letters.

You can place the peewee size cookies in cute containers as well. How I dream of Guam have a Dollar Store.

I just adore this packaging. I picked up this KISS container from a Dollar Tree several years ago on one of my trips to the mainland.

I'm a fan of recycled containers. This is a container for chocolate candy from a retail store. Don't they just look to sweet to eat?

I found a set of these heart shaped bowls at a thrift store. For the sole purpose of storing Valentine yummies.

The mini hearts drying after there icing massage.

Heart cookies cooling off after 7 minutes in Baker's Heaven.