Valentine's Day Snack Mix
You can put this in little plastic baggies, tie with curly ribbon, and give to all of your sweeties!

2 boxes Conversation hearts (about 1 cup)
2 cups mini twist pretzels
1 cup Valentine M&M's
1 cup raisins
1 cup mini-marshmallows

M&M Fudge Filled Bars
This recipe is very rich, so cut into small squares!!!

2 c. quick oats, uncooked
1 1/2 c. flour
1 c. light brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1 c. margarine, melted
2 Tbsp. shortening
1 1/2 c. (12 ounces) M&M candies
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13" pan. Mix oats, flour, brown sugar, soda, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in margarine until it resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the mixture, press the rest into pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Heat shortening in 1 quart saucepan over low heat until melted. Stir in 1 cup of M&M's. Press candies with the back of a spoonto break into pieces. Cook and stir until chocolate is melted. Remove from the heat and stir in milk. Spread chocolate mixture over baked layer to within 1/2" of the edges. Mix reserved oat mixture with remaining M&M's. Sprinkle over chocolate layer and press in lightly. Bake about 20 minute, until golden brown. Cool and cut into squares.
NOTE: for Valentine's day I use the red, pink & white M&M's.

Chocolate Kiss Rosebuds

Red and silver wrapped Hershey’s kisses
clear plastic wrap
florist wire
green floral tape
artificial rose leaves

FOR EACH ROSEBUD: Place one red and one silver kiss base to base. Take a square of plastic wrap, and place over the red kiss, stretch over both kisses, and gather together at the tip of the silver kiss. Take a 12” length of wire, and twist one end of it at the bottom to secure the plastic wrap. (This will be the stem.) Using floral tape, begin at the bottom of the silver kiss, and wrap up and around the silver kiss, then back down, tucking in 2-3 leaves as you go.Wrap until entire wire stem is covered.

Extra Sweet Valentine Using candy bars, glue or tape to a sheet of posterboard. You can change the wording and use different candy bars, but here is what mine said- My dearest Sugar Babie(s), Happy Valentine's Day! May this bring a Snicker(s) as you read my message. It will not make you Chunky & I am not playing Twix on you. You are my Bit-O-Honey, Bar None. Our Good & Plenty life together is like a Symphony or shopping on 5th Avenue on PayDay with 100 Grand. I wish you Mounds of Almond Joy on this Valentines Day. Hugs and Kisses, Now and Later