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How to Make Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts

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Check out how easy it is to make chocolate dipped clementine hearts. These would make a fun snack or treat for kids on Valentine’s Day!

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These chocolate dipped clementine hearts are easy to make. If you wanted to be super healthy, you could stop after cutting the clementine wedges and using toothpicks to create hearts, but even when dipped in dark chocolate these Valentine’s treats are healthier than most other candy hearts.

How to Make Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts

Ingredients:

  • 3 – 4 clementine or Mandarin oranges (peeled and sectioned).
  • 6 oz. dark chocolate candy melts, dark chocolate chips, or baker’s chocolate.
  • Toothpicks

Items needed to make chocolate dipped orange hearts: clementines, chocolate, and toothpicksPin it button

Instructions:

After the clementines are peeled and sectioned, cut each slice as shown below so that each slice looks like a half of a heart.

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Connect two slices with a toothpick to form a heart as shown below. Repeat with the rest of the slices.

Use toothpicks to hold the orange "hearts" together. The toothpicks look like arrows going through the hearts.Pin it button

Melt the dark chocolate melts according to the package instructions.

Hearts made with slices of clementines and held together with toothpicks and melted chocolate for dippingPin it button

Using a spoon, carefully dip and coat the bottom half of each clementine heart. Set on parchment paper and allow chocolate to completely set.

Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts sitting while the melted chocolate hardens.Pin it button

Drizzle a small amount of the melted chocolate at the ends of the toothpicks to create an “arrow” look.

Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts ready to be placed in a snack bag to create a healthy Valentine's Day treatPin it button

Serve and enjoy!

Since chocolate clementines are gluten-free, peanut-free, and dairy-free as long as you use dairy-free dark chocolate, they make great Valentine treats for kids to take to school. You can use these printable Valentine baggy toppers shown below to make cute Valentine bags for the chocolate covered orange hearts.

Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts in a snack-size baggy with a Valentine's Day topper stapled to the top.Pin it button

Printable Recipe for Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts

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Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 3 -4 Clementine or mandarin oranges (peeled and sectioned)
  • 6 oz. dark chocolate candy melts, dark chocolate chips, or bakers chocolate
  • Toothpicks
Directions
  1. After the fruit is peeled and sectioned, cut each slice and connect with a toothpick as shown below.
  2. Heat the dark chocolate candy melt in the microwave for 35 seconds.
  3. Stir and heat for an additional 30 seconds.
  4. Using a spoon, carefully dip and coat half of the Clementine heart into the melted chocolate.
  5. Set on clementine heart on parchment paper and allow chocolate to completely set.
  6. Drizzle a small amount of melt chocolate at both ends of the toothpicks to create an “arrow” look.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

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  1. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    So clever and I’m sure delicious as well. Thanks for sharing a sweet treat. #HomeMattersParty

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Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.