Valentine peppermint hearts are such a treat for the season!
Here’s a GREAT way to use up leftover mini-candy canes! Melt them in the oven to make Valentine Peppermint Hearts.
This Valentine peppermint hearts method works best with MINI candy canes.
Supplies for Valentine peppermint hearts:
Mini candy canes
Cookie sheet
Parchment paper
Heart cookie cutter
Sharp knife
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Open the candy canes and place them like a heart on the cookie sheet that is lined with parchment paper.
Bake in the oven for few minutes until they’ve melted into a thin sheet. Remove from oven (wearing mitts!) and quickly use the cookie cutter to cut into them – or use a knife to score them as I did.
I just drew in the shape of a heart. Let cool, then snap away the excess from the cut-out design.
I think it would be fun to try this with other hard candies too, like Jolly Ranchers, hmmm…coming up soon!
LINK to video tutorial!
Alternative:
Rather than leave them for five minutes in the oven, take them out at 2-1/2 minute so the candy canes are still intact. Then you have open hearts made from candy canes. You can use them to fill with treats, or press over a choclate cookie.
