Valentine Treats

I decided that I wanted to make a few treats for the kiddos at Gretchen's childcare. Her sitter only watches about 7 children a day, varying in ages from a few months to 4 years. I chose to make chocolate dipped marshmallows, that are similar to the marshmallow suckers found here.

These were very simple to make, especially since I had a lot of the supplies already. I purchased an extra bag of marshmallows from the grocery store this week, and some multi-colored sprinkles.

I melted white chocolate, and colored it purple and pink, by adding food coloring. I dipped the top 1/2 of the marshmallow into the chocolate and then into the sprinkles. I left some of them, plain without sprinkles. Once they had hardened, I put two marshmallows into each bag. I purchased these bags years ago for treat bags at work, but I haven't made treat bags in a few years. I placed in a sprinkle marshmallow and a plain dipped marshmallow into the bags. I cut out a heart shaped from left over tagboard paper that I had from making Gretchen's birthday banner. Then, I cut ribbon to tie the bags together.

Voila! Adorable treats that I can take to daycare. This took me all of an hour to make- very easy if you need a last minute treat! I have about 30 extra since I dipped a bag and a half, so I'll take those to work tomorrow to share at Valentine parties!