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Valentine’s Day love heart freckles

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I saw some love heart Freckles on Pinterest a while back and thought they were ridiculously cute! And so, with Valentines Day coming up, what better excuse to make a few. These were so easy, in fact, they would be perfect for kids to make. You could, of course, make different shapes too, like stars, flowers or, of course, your classic round Freckle… only giant size!

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First of all, grab a flat tray and line it with baking paper. Place your cookie cutters on the tray. I used different sized love hearts for mine.

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Melt about 200g of good quality chocolate (for this recipe I wouldn’t use cooking chocolate… go for Lindt or something yummy like that!). Carefully pour the chocolate into the moulds, going no further than 1cm up the mould. If you need to, spread the chocolate out using a teaspoon – just make sure you are holding onto the mould when you do this so that it doesn’t slip. Sprinkle over 100s and 1000s and then continue with your other moulds.

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The trick is to make sure your Freckles aren’t too thin as they will break when you go to pop them out of the moulds later. You also don’t want them to be too thick because then they aren’t like real Freckles… and of course you want an authentic Freckle!! When all of the moulds have been filled and covered in sprinkles. Place the whole tray in the fridge and leave to set. Take the tray out of the fridge and carefully pop the hearts out.

And there you have it… a yummy, easy and very super-cute Valentines Day idea!

Do you do anything special for Valentine’s Day? 

Linking up with Essentially Jess

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  • Deb @ home life simplified

    They look so cute my girls would love to make these. Thanks

  • http://www.createbakemake.com/ Lauren @ createbakemake

    Very cute! This is such a great idea.

  • Kate

    These look so cheerful and fun. I’m thinking you could health it up by using 70% dark chocolate and putting toasted coconut or flaked almonds and goji berries on top (not quite as colourful or fun but I think I’ll give it a try anyway :-)

  • http://www.jfgibson.com.au/ Jodi Gibson

    Oh gorgeous. Love these!

  • Robyn (Mrs D)

    Cute! My kids would love these in their lunchboxes on Friday xx

  • http://www.averyblendedfamily.com/ Eleise Hale

    I love simple ideas like this! They are so yummy too!

  • Sophie Allen

    Even though my hubby is American we have never celebrated valentines day. And then Son #1 was born on Feb 14, so it completely became the focus anyway. But these are cute, just for everyday! #teamIBOT

  • http://essentiallyjess.com/ EssentiallyJess

    I have a little girl who would like these just because they are heart shaped and have sprinkles. :)

  • http://www.havealaughonme.com/ Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me

    Aww this is a great idea, might do for kid’s lunches on Friday, thanks for sharing!

  • Beck/craftypjmum

    I saw this on Pinterest to, such a sweet idea x

  • Renee at Mummy, Wife, Me

    Wow. Seems so easy. I will definitely give it a try this week!

  • http://www.randomactsofzen.com/ Lisa @ Random Acts Of Zen

    I’ve seen these in one of the chocolate shops, and always think they look so cute!

  • http://lifeloveandhiccups.blogspot.com Sonia@ LIfe Love and Hiccups

    I never in a million years would of thought of using a cookie cutter. I LOVE this – thank you – more Valentines goodies coming up for my boys xx