Adorned From Above: 2014-02-02

These Chocolate Mint Hearts can be made in about 15 to 20 minutes, and they look beautiful. I bought this new silicone heart mold at Michael's for Valentine's Day. The inside of the mold was so pretty, that I had to give it a try. It is a Wilton mold and had directions to make chocolates in it by just melting three Candy Melts in each heart. Well, I must tell you, we were all impressed when they were done. These hearts were made for Valentine's Day, and I made three dozen, and they are gone. I will need to make more for Valentine's Day, but they are so easy that is not a problem. (By the way, Vince and I ate a few, but my Hubby ate all of the rest.

Chocolate Mint Hearts

Ingredients:

1 bag Chocolate Mint Candy Melts

Wilton Silicone Mold

Directions:

1. Place 3 candy melts in each heart.

2. Place the mold in your microwave, and turn the microwave on at 40 percent power for 1 minute.

3. Pull the mold out of the microwave, and check to see how the chocolate is melting.

4. Place it back in the microwave and repeat step 2.

5. Pull the mold out of the microwave again, and check to see if the chocolate is melted. It may take one more time in the microwave. Repeat step 2 again.

6. Once the candy is melted, drop the mold on the counter several time to release the bubbles in the candy. You'll see them rise to the top and pop. I do this maybe 6 to 7 times.

7. You can then let the candy cool and harden on the counter, or I put it in the freezer for 7 minute to harden quicker.

8. Next, just pop the chocolate hearts out of the mold and the candy is ready to eat.

9. Repeat this process until you have the amount of chocolate hearts that you want.

I bag of Chocolate Mint Candy Melts will make approximately 3 dozen heart pieces.

Thanks so much for visiting today. We are so happy to have you here. We hope that you like these hearts as much as we do. We also made other flavors. We made Red Velvet and Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts. The process is the same. You can use whatever flavor or color of Candy Melts that you like.

We always love hearing from you. What are your favorite candies for Valentine's Day?

Enjoy!!!

Debi

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I'll post the recipe in the next few weeks.

Here are coupons for the Week of 2/3/14. I was so excited on Saturday, because I was able to save $108.00 on my grocery bill. Now, I still spent a lot of money at one time. I spent $420, but that was for approximately 2 weeks of food for 3 people.

I have a difficult time being able to buy really inexpensive things like noodles and cheeses for casseroles, because my sweet hubby is allergic to cheese, sour cream, and yogurt, and I can't eat grains or sugars. We pretty much have a grain free and sugar free diet. (though I buy bagels for my son, which were bogo at Safeway this week. I was also able to get cereal on sale and used coupons for them.) We don't eat much in the way of processed food.

We also have a lot of pets, so we go through 60 lbs of dry dog food, plus 30 cans of dog food and 30 cans of cat food a month. My cat is also on a special diet, because she only has 3 legs and dry food makes her sick. Weird, but we deal with it.

I am showing my menu here, but even though it is just for 10 days, it will really last 14, because some days, I just prefer to do leftovers as long as there are enough of them. Kind of like last night, after cooking for the Super Bowl, I wasn't cooking anything last night.

Let me know what you think. I always love hearing from you. What do your weekly menu's look like?

Have a great week.

Debi

Menu for Week of 2/2/14 through 2/13/14

Saturday

Dinner Lemon Spiced Grilled Shrimp, Salad, Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

Sunday

Brunch eggs, bacon, toast

Dinner Grape Jelly Meatballs, Chili, Sausage Pinwheels, Wings

Monday

Breakfast Eggs with cheese

Lunch Salad with almonds, sunflower seeds, avocado, blue cheese dressing