Welcome to the delectable world of chocolate sweet hearts, where indulgence meets creativity. These delightful treats, often associated with love and romance, are a testament to the versatility and allure of chocolate. Whether you're a seasoned baker seeking a new confection to impress your loved ones or a novice cook eager to embark on a sweet adventure, this article has something for everyone. Join us as we explore the enchanting realm of chocolate sweet hearts, uncovering the secrets to crafting these delectable morsels that will tantalize your taste buds and capture your imagination.
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CHOCOLATE CANDY HEARTS
Steps:
- Place heart molds onto a baking sheet
- In a double boiler simmer water to medium low heat
- Add 2 teaspoons coconut oil and semi sweet chocolate chips
- Whisk chocolate until completely melted and smooth
- Pour into molds filling half way
- Place mold in freezer for about 10 minutes
- Clean double boiler for white chocolate
- Place 2 teaspoons of coconut oil and white chocolate chips into the double boiler
- Whisk chocolate until completely melted and smooth
- Remove molds from freezer
- Over the semi sweet chocolate fill with white chocolate
- Freeze for 25 minutes and enjoy
- You can store at room temp or in the fridge (my preferred method)
CHOCOLATE SWEET HEARTS
These crisp, delicate cookies have less than 50 calories each. Swap in different cookie cutters for other occasions; adjust the baking time accordingly.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 55m
Yield Makes 42
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a bowl, whisk together flour,cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Inanother bowl set over (not in) asaucepan of simmering water,place chocolate, butter, and brownsugar; stir frequently until almostcompletely melted. Remove fromheat, and stir until completelymelted; let cool slightly.
- Add egg to chocolate mixture.With a mixer on low, beat until wellblended. Gradually stir in flourmixture (dough will form a ball).
- Divide dough in half; roll out eachhalf on a sheet of parchment paperto a 1/4-inch thickness. Transfer eachhalf (still on paper) to a baking sheet;freeze until firm, about 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Workingwith one half at a time, flip doughonto a work surface; peel off paper.Using a 2-inch heart-shaped cookiecutter, cut out cookies; place, 1/2 inchapart, on 2 baking sheets. Bakeuntil firm and fragrant, about 8 to 10minutes. Transfer cookies to arack to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 47 g, Fat 3 g, Protein 1 g
CHOCOLATE HEART THROBS
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 10 to 20 depending on cutter size
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 17-inch sheet pan and line the bottom and sides with parchment or waxed paper.
- Sift together the 3 cups of sugar, the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Transfer to a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (or use a hand mixer) and blend briefly.
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla extract in a medium bowl. Add to the dry ingredients and mix at low speed for 5 minutes. Gradually add the hot water, mixing at low speed just until combined. The batter will be quite thin.
- Pour the batter into the pan. Bake until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean (a few crumbs are okay) and the center feels firm to the touch, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in the pan. Chill, covered, until ready to cut the cake.
- With the heart cutter, cut out hearts and place them on a sheet pan.
- To make the marshmallows: Combine the 1/4 cup water, the corn syrup, and the sugar in a saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Bring to a boil and boil to "soft-ball" stage, or about 235 degrees F.
- Meanwhile, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form.
- Sprinkle the gelatin over the 2 tablespoons water and let dissolve. When the syrup reaches 235 degrees F, remove it from the heat, add the gelatin, and mix.
- Pour the syrup into the whipped egg whites. Add the vanilla and add a few drops of red food coloring to turn it pink and continue whipping until stiff.
- With a large plain tip in a pastry bag, pipe marshmallow on half the cake hearts to cover the surface entirely. Top with remaining cake hearts to form sandwiches. On top of the cakes, pipe 2 teardrops in a V meeting at the bottom to form a heart. Sprinkle the marshmallow lightly with red sugar.
MOUSSE-FILLED CHOCOLATE HEARTS
Categories Milk/Cream Mixer Chocolate Dessert Bake Freeze/Chill Valentine's Day Kid-Friendly Chill Engagement Party Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Serves 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For Hearts:
- Turn two 15x10-inch baking sheets bottom side up. Dab butter on corners. Cover each pan bottom with parchment paper; press paper into butter to anchor.
- Stir white chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering water until melted. Spread white chocolate over 1 sheet of parchment. Stir semisweet chocolate in clean top of double boiler over simmering water until melted. Spread semisweet chocolate over second sheet of parchment. Chill both sheets until chocolates are dry but still slightly flexible when edge of parchment is lifted, about 3 minutes for dark chocolate and 5 minutes for white chocolate (do not let chocolate harden completely).
- Press heart-shaped cookie cutter about 3 inches long by 3 inches wide into chocolate, forming 12 hearts on each sheet (do not move or lifts hearts). Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
- For Mousse:
- Combine both chocolates and butter in small saucepan. Stir over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly.
- Combine sugar, 2 tablespoons water and corn syrup in heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil until candy thermometer registers 238°F, tilting pan if necessary to submerge bulb of thermometer and brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush, about 4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, using electric mixer, beat egg whites and cream of tartar in large bowl until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add boiling syrup to whites, beating until firm peaks form and meringue is completely cool, about 5 minutes. Gradually fold lukewarm chocolate mixture into cooled meringue.
- Beat cream and vanilla in small bowl until firm peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture. Chill until cold, about 1 hour. (Hearts and mousse can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately; keep chilled.)
- Turn 1 sheet of hearts out onto work surface. Peel off parchment. Cut around hearts, if necessary, to free from sheet of chocolate. Place on baking sheet and chill; transfer trimmings to small saucepan and reserve. Repeat cutting out hearts from second sheet, reserving trimmings in another small saucepan.
- Arrange 12 hearts on baking sheet. Spread 1/4 cup of mousse over each, leaving 1/2-inch border. Top each with another chocolate heart. Refrigerate.
- Using fork, stir dark chocolate trimmings over very low heat just until melted. Using another fork, stir white chocolate trimmings over very low heat just until melted. Using another fork, stir white chocolate trimmings over very low heat just until melted. Dip tines of fork into dark chocolate; wave fork over hearts to form pattern. Repeat with white chocolate. Chill 1 hour to 8 hours. Serve cold.
MUDDY HEARTS
Peanut butter cookies dipped in chocolate for Valentine's Day will warm his heart and fill his stomach. So simple and so good. I think homemade is always better for gift giving because you put your love (not to mention, elbow grease) into it!
Provided by ShutUpNeatIt
Categories Desserts Cookies Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine egg, peanut butter and sugar in a bowl. The dough should be slightly dry; add small amounts of sugar if it seems too wet.
- Place dough between two sheets of wax paper and roll to 1/2 inch thickness.
- Cut the dough with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place the hearts on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave at 30 second intervals until fully melted, stirring between intervals.
- Dip the bottom and sides of each cookie in the melted chocolate.
- Place cookies on wax paper to dry.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 348.2 calories, Carbohydrate 38.3 g, Cholesterol 24.9 mg, Fat 20.6 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 7.6 g, SaturatedFat 7.5 g, Sodium 157.5 mg, Sugar 33.6 g
CHOCOLATE ECLAIR HEARTS
Bake some sweet hearts for your sweetheart. In a twist on traditional oblong eclairs, the light French pastry known as pate a choux is piped into heart shapes and filled with milk-chocolate whipped cream. Topped with a glossy layer of dark chocolate glaze, these treats are perfect after a dinner party or dining a deux.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes about 2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Using a 2 1/2-inch heart cookie cutter and a pencil, trace 12 hearts on a piece of parchment paper, spacing 1 inch apart. Repeat with another piece of parchment. Lightly coat 2 rimmed baking sheets with cooking spray; line with prepared parchment, traced side down. Set aside.
- Make the pate a choux: Sift flour and cocoa powder into a medium bowl. Put milk, butter, sugar, and salt into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, and add flour mixture all at once. Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until flour has been incorporated.
- Set pan over medium-low heat. Continue to cook, stirring, until dough pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball, about 1 minute. Transfer dough to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-low speed until just warm to the touch.
- Raise speed to medium. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch plain tip (such as Ateco #802). Pipe onto prepared parchment, tracing outlines of hearts and then filling centers. Pipe another heart on top of first layer.
- Place hearts in oven. Reduce temperature to 400 degrees. Bake 10 minutes, then rotate sheets. Reduce to 350 degrees; bake 7 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks to cool slightly. Turn off oven.
- Using a serrated knife, halve hearts horizontally. Arrange, cut sides down, on wire rack. Place rack on baking sheet; transfer to oven. Prop open door slightly, and let hearts cool completely, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven; set aside.
- Make the filling: Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Pulse chocolate in a food processor until finely chopped. Put 1 cup cream and the sugar into a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Add hot cream mixture to the food processor. Carefully pulse until completely smooth. Transfer to a large bowl set in the ice-water bath. Let cool completely, whisking occasionally, 30 to 45 minutes. Pour through a fine sieve into a medium bowl.
- Put chocolate cream into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add remaining cup cream. Beat on low speed until medium peaks form (do not overbeat).
- Make the glaze: Pulse chocolate in a food processor until finely chopped. Put cream and corn syrup into a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer, stirring until syrup has dissolved. Add hot cream mixture to the food processor. Carefully pulse until completely smooth. Pour through a fine sieve into a bowl; use a rubber spatula to eliminate air bubbles.
- To assemble: Spoon glaze over tops of hearts. Let stand until set, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, spread filling onto cut sides of bottoms of hearts. Sandwich tops and bottoms. Serve immediately, or refrigerate, uncovered, up to 4 hours.
Tips:
- Use high-quality chocolate for the best flavor and texture. A semisweet or bittersweet chocolate with a cocoa content of at least 50% is a good choice.
- Melt the chocolate slowly and gently. Overheating can cause the chocolate to seize and become grainy.
- If you want to add flavorings or fillings to your chocolate hearts, stir them in once the chocolate has melted and cooled slightly. This will help to prevent the chocolate from seizing.
- Pour the melted chocolate into the molds and tap them gently to release any air bubbles.
- Refrigerate the chocolate hearts for at least 30 minutes before unmolding them.
- Store the chocolate hearts in a cool, dry place for up to 2 weeks.
Conclusion:
Chocolate hearts are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that are perfect for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create beautiful and unique chocolate hearts that your friends and family will love.
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