Cherry-Flavored White Chocolate Hearts

Arena is sharing her recipe for Cherry-Flavored White Chocolate Hearts.

These Cherry-Flavored White Chocolate Hearts are so elegant, yet really easy to make. You only need a couple of ingredients and heart shaped molds. They also come together in a short amount of time. The longest part of the process is allowing the melted chocolate to harden in the molds. That takes about an hour.

This recipe is very flexible. It calls for cherry flavoring, but you can replace it with your favorite flavor. You can stick with just white chocolate if you wish. If you do decide to also make red chocolate hearts, I recommend that you buy red chocolate, instead of trying to make it by adding food dye. The food dye can react with the melted white chocolate in unpredictable ways and ruin it.

Ingredients and Items Needed:

• White Candy Melts
• Red Candy Melts
• Cherry Flavoring Oil
• Silicone Mini Heart  Mold
• Red Sugar Sprinkles

I have provided links to the items on Amazon, but you should also be able to pick the items up at your local craft store.

How to Make the Cherry-Flavored White Chocolate Hearts:
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt White Candy Melts according to package directions. Add 2-3 drops of cherry flavor to taste, and mix well. Fill silicone mold with melted chocolate. You can repeat the process with red chocolates. Just make sure you reserve an ounce or two of each color to drizzle over the top of the hearts.

Tap the mold a few times to settle the chocolate and remove any uneven parts.

Allow to harden for at least one hour, then remove hardened candy from the mold and set on wax paper.

Melt a small amount of Red Candy Melts according to package directions and drizzle onto some of the chocolate hearts. Add a pinch of sugar sprinkles to others. Let harden completely and store at room temperature.

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Cherry-Flavored White Chocolate Hearts

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

2 mins

Total time

17 mins

 

Author: Alea

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 12 oz. White Candy Melts (divided)
• 12 oz. Red Candy Melts (divided)
• 4 - 6 drops LorAnn Cherry Flavoring Oil (divided)
• Silicone Mini Heart Mold
• Red Sugar Sprinkles

Directions

1. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 10 oz. of the White Candy Melts according to package directions (reserve 2 oz. for topping the hearts later).
2. Add 2-3 drops of cherry flavor to taste, and mix well.
3. Fill silicone mold with melted chocolate.
4. Tap the mold a few times to settle the chocolate and remove any uneven parts.
5. Repeat steps 1 - 4 with the red chocolate melts.
6. Allow to harden for at least one hour, then remove hardened candy from the mold and set on wax paper.
7. Melt 2 oz. of Red Candy Melts according to package directions and drizzle onto some of the white chocolate hearts.
8. Melt 2 oz. of white Candy Melts according to package directions and drizzle onto some of the red chocolate hearts.
9. Add a pinch of sugar sprinkles to others.
10. Let harden completely and store at room temperature.

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More Homemade Valentine’s Day Candy Recipes:

Dark Chocolate Truffle Hearts

Chocolate Coated Clementine Hearts

Raspberry Bark

Thanks to Arena of The Nerd’s Wife Blog for sharing her Valentine’s Day recipe with us!