Cha Cha Chocolate

Happy Valentines Day!

Heres a super last minute idea or more likely an early idea for next year. Just something quick and cute.

And if you dont need any treats, you might want to mosey on down towards the middle of this post.

I made little heart chocolates. Hi.

And packaged them up like tiny candy bars. Too cute. And thanks for reading.

This is super easy. Youll need a candy mold though. The product number is in the photo below if you want to search for it. I found mine at Cake Art. The squares are 1.25 inch.

And because I have a mini candy coating store growing in my kitchen, I decided to use some of it up for these.

Melt pink candy coating and then using a toothpick, draw heart shapes in the cavity of the candy molds. Let it dry and then pour melted chocolate candy coating over the top. Merckens is what I used for these. Fill the cavity enough so it reaches the corners without overflowing and then tap the mold on the counter to settle and even out the coating. Repeat with the remaining cavities. Place in the freezer for a few minutes to set and then pop them right out of the mold and place on wax paper. ! Repeat a nd repeat until you have what you need.

Of course, you make these even easier and unwrap existing candy bars to use.

Now the fun part. I had these pink foil wrappers that were lonely and waiting to cuddle something. They were really too big for the bars I made so I cut them in half.

Lay the chocolate on the wrapper, fold the two short pieces first and then the long ones.

The foil is super thin so you can press it pretty flat.

These are also fun to wrap up your cake pops if you do simple decorations.

After your bars are all wrapped in foil, you can add paper wrappers.

I created these with different sayings.

Even one for the pinterest lovers out there.

Heres a pdf if you want it.

Making your own wrappers is a cute gift or favor idea. Use the same process and create your own wrappers for your theme. You can turn any candy bar into something a little more special.

But now let me tell you why I really made these.

I bought something for myself a few weeks ago that I thought was the cutest thing ever.

Or at least the cutest thing that week.

It was on sale thank goodness. Wanna see?

It goes with the theme so far.

And its really what inspired these tiny wrapped chocolate bars.

But this chocolate is a little bit bigger.

And sassier.

The good thing is it wont melt in my hands.

Check it out. A Cha Cha Chocolate Clutch.

From Kate Spade.

Loving the label.

And look at the chocolate candy clasp.

I die.

And the inside lining. So cute.

Its pretty big, too. Actually its a really big clutch.

Big enough to carry all my cha cha chocolates.

Thankfully it has a chain strap, too.

And yes, I couldnt help but make little Cha Cha labels. Its just too much fun to say.

But I havent mentioned the best part about this bag. It turns out I didnt just buy one.

Yep. Right now I have one for each hand and that just looks plain silly.

So who wants to help me out and take one of these off my hands?

Anybody?

Somebody?

Enter for a chance to win a Kate Spade Cha Cha Chocolate Clutch.

• Just leave a comment on this post and say something sweet about someone you love. Its that kind of day you know.
• Deadline to enter is Thursday! , Februa ry 16, 2012 at 6 pm ET.
• One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Thursday evening.
• Happy Valentines Day and good luck!

Note: Giveaway sponsored by moi.