Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Valentine Gift Ideas




I wanted to post my Valentine Pretzels that I made tonight for some of the ladies at my church. I put together 13 bags with 2 Pretzels each in a cellophane baggie, dipped in Chocolate & Vanilla with Heath bar crumbles. I have been doing this for the past 3 Valentines Day and for my daughter Ava's 2nd Birthday as a gift for the parents when they leave.

Here is what you will need:
1-Bag of Synders Pretzel Rods
(got for Free when they were $1 at Safeway some time back w/a $1 coupon.)
8-Heart Valentine bags that I bought from Walgreens last week $2
5-Pink bags ( I already had)
4-Bags of Tissue paper $4
1-Heath King size bar $1.70
(probably could have gotten cheaper, but I was in a hurry)
2-Wilton Candy Melts $4.98
1-Cellophane Party bags $3.99
-$1.60 (40% off coupon at Michael's Craft store)

Total:$16.07, that is $1.23 a gift bag!

Melt the chocolate on a double boiler and dip the Pretzel rods with the Chocolate. Lay them on foil to cool. Then melt the White Chocolate Vanilla and drizzle on top. Smash the Heath bar and and spread over the Pretzels. Bag them in the Cellophane baggies and decorate your gift bags with tissue paper. Pretty easy and inexpensive, plus they taste really good. My husband tried them, to make sure that quality control was up to par!
What gift ideas are you putting together for Valentines day?

Christina

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice job! Such a cute little gift!