Prep Time: 60 min.
With a little something for everyone, these strawberry and chocolate love bugs, pretzel & cheddar cupid arrows and heart peppers will surely impress your Valentine.
Ingredients
- 6 pretzels (sticks)
- 100 grams red cheddar
- small heart-shaped cookie cutters
- 4 red mini peppers
- 5 yellow mini peppers
- 5 strawberries
- 100 grams dark chocolate
- 10 candy eyes
- 5 round sprinkles
- parchment paper
Instructions
Serves 5.
Instructions for the pretzel cupid arrows:
1. Slice the cheese 1 cm thick (1/2 inch) and use the heart-shaped cutter to cut out the hearts.
2. For the feathers, you need 2 cm (¾ inch) pieces of square cheese. Trim a v-shape into the bottom. Trim the sides, so they are slightly narrower. You can cut parallel lines on top of the v-shape to make it look like feathers.
3. Prepare the hole in the cheese first by using a kebab stick or a small knife.
4. Carefully place the cheese onto the pretzel sticks.
Instructions for the Love Bugs:
1. Melt the dark chocolate.
2. Once the chocolate has cooled down a bit, add it to a piping bag.
3. Shape the chocolate heart faces onto the parchment paper. Top with candy eyes and a sprinkle for the nose. Pipe small feelers/antennae on top of the head.
4. Shape two more hearts for feet onto parchment. Place a strawberry on top and then allow to set. You may need to hold the strawberry in place for a few seconds.
5. Once the faces have set, add a little melted chocolate or edible glue on the back and place it on top of the strawberry until set.
Instructions for the Heart Peppers:
1. Lay the peppers flat against a hard surface.
2. Press the heart cutter into the front, but not so hard that it will go through both layers.
3. Lift the heart out using a little knife or toothpick.
4. Swap the hearts around so that the red peppers get a yellow heart and vice versa.
