Candy canes: perfect for the festive season, our Wilton Candy Cane Sprinkles feature white and red candy canes that are great for sprinkling over ice cream, cakes, muffins and more. By the 1800s, chocolate was accessible and technology was so evolved, that in 1861, Cadbury started to sell chocolate in heart-shaped boxes. The boxes were printed with images of Cupid to link them to Valentine’s Day. While famously restrained, Victorians were hugely into celebrating Valentine’s Day with Cupid imagery and gifts. So the mass-produced Cadbury heart-shaped chocolate boxes became wildly popular. First, white chocolate has a similar melting point to milk chocolate. So you could substitute the milk for white chocolate. Or you could use flavoured chocolate like orange or mint.

Regardless, the result? These beautiful homemade candy hearts with two kinds of chocolate that are covered in sprinkles. They make the perfect activity to do with kids or a lovely gift for someone special. Plus the give you the best reason ever to indulge your sprinkle love. Not Just for Valentine’s Day! Change up these homemade chocolate hearts to make them for any occasion!Different shapes: any small cookie cutter should work for this. I recommend keeping the shapes fairly simple–extremely detailed shapes might not come out clearly with sprinkles. You can use either butter or baking spread for the biscuit base, I find that baking spread makes the cheesecake easier to remove from the tin as it doesn't make the base set as solidly. This move was thought to be the final step in bringing chocolate to the masses, taking it from a luxury for royalty and aristocrats to something everyone could enjoy. Print this chocolate heart recipe Eyeballs: making a spooky cake for Halloween or a face when decorating cupcakes? Then our Wilton Mini Candy Eyeball Sprinkles are perfect! Kids can help measure and mix the ingredients to make the biscuit dough. Once you’ve done that, they can help to roll out the dough. This is a great job for any little baker who loves playing with playdough.

These are a really easy bake – a classic kids bake, so there’s lots for children of all ages to help with. As there are a few different steps your kids can dip in and out and just help with some steps or they can do all of it if they want to. Nuts. If you have any nuts to hand then chop them up to a reasonable size and throw them in either as a topping or evenly spread throughout the chocolate. Candied nuts also work for an extra, extra special treat.

These heart cookies are the perfect Valentine’s themed bake for children. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter and some spinkles to make these cute cookies.

You can leave your chocolate hearts in a sealed container on the counter. Just make sure that you keep them out of direct sunlight and that the room isn’t too warm. Can I keep chocolate hearts in the refrigerator? The other option is to raid your cupboards for an alternative such as biscuits or sweets. See elsewhere in the FAQ for some ideas. Looking for shortcuts? You can definitely use a cake mix to make cupcakes, or even buy baked cupcakes to decorate.

To avoid seizing in the future, always make sure that the bowl you're using is completely dry. Equally, you should make sure that the utensils you're using are also dry. It's best to avoid using wooden utensils as these can retain moisture after being washed. Metal isn’t ideal either, as it can conduct heat, so I prefer using silicone utensils. Pour an even coating of sprinkles in the bottom of each heart mold. If desired put a single M&M in the middle of the sprinkles with the M side facing up. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave by putting chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwaving for 30 seconds. Stir the chocolate. Microwave an additional 15 seconds. Stir. Repeat until chocolate is just melted and smooth. Stir in coconut oil, one teaspoon at a time until the chocolate slides easily off the spoon and is shiny. Spoon into the molds, covering the sprinkles. Tap the mold in between to encourage the chocolate to settle evenly. You can find lots of answers to common no bake cheesecake questions on my How To Make A No Bake Cheesecake guide. If you've never made a no bake cheesecake before, I highly recommend reading through my guide first! Stars: our star sprinkles are perfect for making a cake that's out of this world! Whether it's an outer space theme or a finishing touch for some extra glam, our Wilton Star Sprinkles will give you that wow factor.While it's a bit of colourful fun, you don't have to use sprinkles - you can have pure chocolate hearts too. Yes, you can keep your chocolate hearts in the refrigerator, but it will make them quite cold. So you’ll need to bring the chocolate hearts down to room temperature before serving them otherwise they will be very hard.. The best way to do so is to leave them at room temperature for 30 minutes. Can I freeze chocolate hearts?