• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • Bio
    • Work With Me
    • Disclosure
    • Press and Recognition
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
    • Roundups
    • Top 10
  • Travel
    • Tips
    • Things To Do
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
  • Fun
    • Gift Ideas
    • Pets
    • Military
    • Parties
    • Disney
    • Crafts
    • Printables
  • Parenting
    • Ava and Stella
    • Breastfeeding
    • Pregnancy
  • Cooking Videos
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

For the Love of Food

Valentine’s Pink Chocolate Sweet and Salty Candy

February 14, 2013 2 Comments

131shares
  • 1
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
 
These bite size sweet and salty candies are the perfect treat for kids, friends, 
or your special someone this Valentine’s Day! They only take a few minutes to make and you can customize the toppings using just about any crunchy, sweet, salty, and fruity items you can think of!


Print Recipe

Pink Chocolate Sweet and Salty Candy

Ingredients

  • 6-8 oz chopped white chocolate baking bars or white chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp salted peanuts chopped or crushed
  • 4-5 small salted pretzel chips finely chopped or crushed.
  • 2 tbsp chopped dried cranberries
  • 2 tbsp butterscoth chips
  • 2 tbsp semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp shredded sweetened coconut
  • red or pink food/icing coloring
  • heart flower, star or another fun shaped ice cube tray

Instructions

  • Using a food processor (or a knife) grind the peanuts, pretzels, and coconut for a couple seconds.
  • Pour into a small bowl and add chocolate and butterscotch chips and chopped cranberries.
  • Put white chocolate in a microwaveable bowl and microwave for one minute, then stir. Then cook for another 30 seconds and stir again. Keep heating for 10 second intervals until it is smooth when you stir it.
  • Add one or two drops of coloring until you get the pink shade you want.
  • Spoon warm pink chocolate into the molds of an ice cube tray, filling half way.
  • Sprinkle topping on top of the pink chocolate and press in.
  • Place molds in the fridge until the candy hardens, then pop out and place in treat bags or tins.

Notes

Adapted from the Party Bark recipe from www.happyhourprojects.com 



Finely crush the peanuts, coconut, and pretzels for a couple seconds.
 
 
Combine all the sweet and salty mix ins together in a bowl.
I tried this recipe with both white chocolate chips and white chocolate baking bars. I thought the baking bars melted a lot better and the consistency was smoother and easier to spoon into the molds than the melted chocolate chips.
I bought these fun silicone heart and flower shaped ice cube trays from IKEA. They are perfect for candy molds and the silicone makes it easy to put the candies out when they harden! 
You can use one or two drops of red food coloring to turn the chocolate pink. Or I purchased Rose Pink Icing Color from a craft store. This is a stronger brighter color.
Here is an example of the coloring. The white (without color), one drop of color, and then 2 drops for a deeper pink.
Using my Rose Icing color I played around until I got the pink shade I wanted.
I left some chocolate white and colored others. Don’t worry if you drizzle some chocolate on the outside of the molds. Once the candy hardens and pops out, you will not see the imperfections.
I found these adorable Valentine’s tins and mini baking cups on clearance at Michael’s craft store.
The perfect Valentine’s Day gift for everyone you know!


  

More from my site

  • Easy Cheesy Tortilla Roll-UpsEasy Cheesy Tortilla Roll-Ups
  • Caramelized French Onion DipCaramelized French Onion Dip
  • DIY Snowman Donuts for KidsDIY Snowman Donuts for Kids
  • Meatless Monday: Mushroom Spinach EnchiladasMeatless Monday: Mushroom Spinach Enchiladas
  • 100+ Fancy New Year’s Eve Appetizers to Impress Your Guests100+ Fancy New Year’s Eve Appetizers to Impress Your Guests
  • Spectacular Seafood SpudsSpectacular Seafood Spuds
131shares
  • 1

Filed Under: Desserts, Gift Ideas, Kid Friendly Recipes, Valentine's Day

Previous Post: « Gulf Coast Oysters Rockefeller
Next Post: Valentine’s Raspberry Heart Shortcakes »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Retro sweets

    February 24, 2013 at 10:15 am

    It cannot be denied that the retro sweets, candies and crystallized fruits are tastefully relished by young and old with the same enthusiasm.

    Reply
  2. Jade Graham

    August 7, 2017 at 8:53 am

    This keeps all of the berries from floating up to the top. Fill the tin up with water and put back into the freezer until frozen. ice cube

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me

PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket

Photobucket

My Family


Nicole with her husband Ashton and daughters Ava and Stella

Search My Blog!

Fun On Instagram

Open
🦀 Check out our lunch yesterday at my parents favorite local spot, @soiasianbistro . We tried a variety of items off of their massive updated menu.
🍣 The sushi was by far the best thing we ordered. Another must try is the Shiso Mono appetizer, which is tempura fried Japanese basil leaves stuffed with spiced tuna. 
🍤 We also ordered cucumber salad, pork ramen, udon noodles, and chicken katsu curry. All were tasty and big enough to share with the sushi appetizer. 
🍜 I recommend checking out Soi Bistro if you are in town and enjoy fresh seafood and Asian dishes like we do. But save it for a date night or special occasion b/c their price point was pretty high for a casual meal. ❤
#eatlocal #soiasianbistro #sushi #gulfcoast #fortwaltonbeach #floridablogger #floridaseafood #whatsforlunch #eeeats #sushitime🍣
Open
A stroll through @baytownewharf with my family brings back so many memories from my childhood here! Good times, good people. #baytownewharf #Floridafamily #destinflorida #destin  #sunsetstroll #floridalife #baytowne
Open
For Valentine's weekend this year we added our own vintage lock and pendant to the Lock Your Love welcome sign in #LebanonMo on #Route66. I love living right off Route 66 and finding cool photo ops like this! #lockyourlove #valentinesday2020 #historicroute66 #roadtrip @visit_lebanon_mo
Open
This handsome boy of mine sure does drive me crazy AND makes me so happy! Love you @elvishoodthedog ! Happy #nationalloveyourpetday 🐶🐾
#dogmom #puppylove #elvishoodthedog #cockerspaniel
Open
I recently updated this post and made my Shrimp & Grits with Greens for dinner on Mardi Gras. This dish is the ultimate hearty comfort food meal, both Southern and Cajun inspired. #mardigras #shrimpandgrits #southernfood
🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤 https://www.4theloveoffoodblog.com/shrimp-and-grits-and-greens/
Open
Did you catch our Valentine's Day Mommy and Me live video on Facebook? We made my favorite Raspberry Italian Cream Sodas. Check out the video and recipe at @FortheLoveofFoodBlog on Facebook or search the recipe #ontheblog! #fortheloveoffoodblog #valentinesday2020 #italiancreamsoda #fblive #mommyandme #foodiefamily
Open
🌨Snow days with my snow babes.☃️ #happykids #missourilife #snowday #slomo #snow❄ #makingmemories
Open
Happy Mardi Gras! We enjoyed a delicious Cajun inspired meal tonight at home. We started with Shrimp and Grits and ended with Bananas Foster to share. We may not live in Louisiana anymore but we can still celebrate #FatTuesday ! Here's hoping the parades will be back next year. 📿❤ #mardigras2020 #bananasfoster #whatsfordinner #mardigras
Open
It's one of those days...furnance went out (but was fixed), kids took over my bed, husband had to leave early for work, dog barked non stop, and it's a snow day... again. But the sun is shining, the kids are happy, and I'm stocked up on coffee and new books. So it's not so bad after all. #staypositive
#tiredasamother #momlife #snowday #motherhood #mamabear #coffeetime #isitnaptimeyet #givemeallthecaffeine
Follow on Instagram

Popular Posts

Crock-Pot Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham

Crock-Pot Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham for the Holidays

Chef Salad on a Stick

Biscuit and Gravy Casserole

Biscuit and Sausage Gravy Casserole

Crock-Pot Rotisserie Chicken

Crock-Pot Rotisserie Style Chicken

Duck Dynasty Potatoes

Duck Dynasty Mashed Potato Casserole

Manwich Turkey Sloppy Joe and Cheesy Cornbread Casserole

Subscribe via Email

Proud Military Wife

Archives

Footer

Mardi Gras Madness!

Communities

 

COPYRIGHT © 2019 NICOLE HOOD FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD

DMCA.com Protection Status