Couponista Queen ~ Saving, Eating, Crafting
Saving, Eating, Crafting
Toasted Smores Truffle Pops
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles
Raspberry Truffles
Copycat Ferrero Rocher Truffles
Pecan Sandie Truffles
Strawberry Cheesecake Truffles
Cake Batter Truffles
Oreo Buckeye Truffles
Churro Truffles
Samoas Truffles
INGREDIENTS
Pillsbury crescent rolls – 8 ct. canister
13 oz jar of Nutella
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cold milk or cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Valentine sprinkles
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set to the side.
2. Keep refrigerated till ready to use the dough. Separate the crescent rolls into triangles per the directions on the package.
3. Generously spread 2 Tablespoons of Nutella onto each triangle and then roll each one up, beginning with the wide end of each triangle.
4. Place on the parchment lined cookie sheet, at least 2 inches apart from each other.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the crescents turn light golden brown in color. Do NOT over bake. Cool a minute or two on the tray before icing.
6. While the crescents are baking, make the icing glaze. Put the powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. To the powdered sugar, add the milk and vanilla. Mix until a thick glaze forms. You may need a tiny bit more milk to get the consistency to drizzle with.
7. While the crescents are still a bit warm, drizzle the icing glaze generously over each crescent roll and then sprinkle with the Valentine sprinkles.
8. ENJOY!! Yield 8 Nutella crescent rolls. Once cooled, store in covered plastic ware in the fridge up to 2 days.
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Strawberry Cheesecake Tart
Strawberry Cheesecake Pie
Mason Jar Strawberry Cheesecakes
Mini Strawberry Topped Cheesecakes
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake
Berry Cheesecake Bars
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Smoothie
Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake
Boozy Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Ingredients:
2 pints of large ripe strawberries (some for making and some for munching on while you work)
1 cup Ghiradellhi chocolate
1 cup Chardonnay
20 plastic pipette tubes for infusion
Red and pink chocolate candy melts
Directions:
Wash and dry your strawberries. Pat dry and let them air dry awhile. Water and chocolate don’t mix.
Place your strawberries on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
Take your pipettes and add your wine of choice. Insert one into each strawberry.
Let sit until all the wine has been absorbed into the strawberry, at least 20 minutes.
Begin to melt your chocolate:
Using a double boiler, fill the bottom pot 2/3 of the way with water and bring to a boil on medium heat.
Place the second pot onto of the first one. You want the water to touch the bottom of the top pan.
Reduce heat to low.
Add your chocolate to the second boiler.
Stir to melt, making sure to not let it get too hot. However, you want the chocolate to be good and warm. Cold chocolate will streak and dry dull. TO make it be pretty, make sure your chocolate is fully melted for a few minutes.
Dip each strawberry into the chocolate, covering 3/4 of the strawberry.
Place the strawberry back on the baking sheet and to allow to harden.
Begin to melt the the pink and red wafers.
Drizzle the various chocolate colors on your berries for a classy look. I use a butter knife for the drizzling.
Enjoy! Store these in the fridge for up to 2 days.
The First Year – Valentines Day Slice n Bake Cookies
Cooking Classy – Valentines Linzer Heart Cookies
Life Love and Sugar – Strawberry Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups
Chelsea’s Messy Apron – Heart Shaped Valentines Oreos
The Decorated Cookie – You Complete Me Heart Cookies
The Domestic Rebel – Soft Chewy Red Velvet Cookies
A Farmgirl Dabbles – Raspberry Shortbread Heartswith Raspberry Cream Cheese Marshmallow Dip
Bakingdom – Cinnamon Red Hots Shortbread Cookies
Brown-eyed Baker – Conversation Heart Sugar Cookies
Crazy for Crust – Nutella Chocolate Pudding Cookies with Strawberry Hearts
Frugal Mom, Eh – Valentines Day Macarons
I Am Baker – Red Velvet Peanut Butter Blossoms
The Frugal Girls – Stawberry White Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Something Swanky – Soft Batch M&M Pudding Cookies for Valentines Day
Baked by Rachel – Marbled Valentine Sugar Cookies
Camille I Am – Valentines Day Fortune Cookies
One Little Project – Gummy Bear Heart Cookies
Life Love and Sugar – Nutella Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups
The Decorated Cookie – Warm and Fuzzy Heart Cookie Pops
My Litter – Valentines Day Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies
Bugaboo City – Felt Valentines Day Mailbox
Dream a Little Bigger – Painted Valentine Mailbox
Red Ted Art – Valentine Mailbox Made From a Cereal Box
Living Well Mom – “Love Bites” Bug Valentine Mailbox
I Heart Crafty Things – Bee Valentine Mailbox
Just a Girl and Her Blog – Lego Ninja Valentine Mailbox
Artsy Fartsy Mama – Panda Valentine Card Box
Design Dazzle – Unicorn Valentine Card Box
Frog Prince Paperie – Valentine Puppy Love Mailbox
One Creative Mommy – Rocket Booster Valentine Box
The House That Lars Built – Valentines Day Pinata Box
Design Improvised – DIY Pom Pom Heart Valentine Card Holder
DIY Adulation – Recycled Pokeball Valentine Box
Silicon Valley Mamas – DIY Lego Brick Valentine Box
Mouse Ears Mom – Mickey and Minnie Inspired Valentine Boxes
Foster 2 Forever – Darth Vader Valentine Box
Peppermint Plum – Rubiks Cube Valentine Box
Pretty Plain Janes – Kitty Cat Valentine Box
Ingredients:
1 box of white cake mix
2 eggs at room temperature
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
Candy heart cake sprinkles (Shown)
Approximately 24 Hershey Kisses, unwrapped
Directions:
Yield approximately 24 cookies.
Cool at least 10 minutes before eating as the chocolate will be very hot. Cool completely before storing in plastic ware up to 10 days.
We all love getting gifts, but in all reality, your time is worth more to the person you love than the cost of even the most valuable gift. When you have been married as long as I have, cute little gifts are great, but not what you need. Let’s face it; we all need to spice things up every now and then! Here are 10 unique (Some sorta naughty ones!) activities to do with your significant other on Valentine’s Day!
The restaurants are busy, the stores have millions of helpless lovers searching for the best gift, and the whole couple world has cupid on their head. Instead of joining in the chaos, take your spouse down memory lane. Visit an old park, your favorite place, or where you first met. Make it an adventure that no one else will be on.
Bring out your wild side. I mean you’re already together, so it’s not like your spouse will see anything forbidden. It might be cold, but the exhilaration of jumping naked into a pool of cold water with your love is sure to heat things up.
Getting a tattoo or piercing certainly isn’t the norm on Valentine’s Day, but if you are both into getting a new tat or piercing, why not do it together? Pick something you both would like and make the leap.
Who knows, you both may be the next American Idol! Couples who sing together are couples who stay together. So, go out to your favorite Karaoke bar for a few drinks, and sing your hearts out. Of course, you could come up with a special song just for your spouse.
Oh, come on. you know you want to know what the dare is! Just because you are coupled up doesn’t mean you don’t have secrets to tell or things you’ve never done. Have Valentine’s Truth or Dare, and see how fun and steamy your night can get.
Some of us have a significant other who is a hard-core gamer. Usually, it’s just one or the other that enjoy the games, so if you’re the one that isn’t too into it, surprise your SO with a game night complete with drinks, popcorn, and a little friendly competition.
They say laughter is the best medicine and that goes for having a healthy relationship as well. When you are constantly being a grown up, sometimes it’s just fun to let go and be goofballs. Here are a few ways to laugh it up:
Go around your city, taking pictures and acting like tourists. Pretend to be different people. Ask other people to take pictures of you, and ask them what the best places in town to do are. You may be surprised how much you can learn from other people about the city you live in.
Remember the days when you would go park in an exclusive part of town just to make-out? Reminisce on those adrenaline times of yore, and make some memories in your car. Figure out where “make-out hill” is in your town (probably good to know when your kids are older, too). Bonus if you clean out all kid detritus first. Nothing sexy about stale Cheerios stuck in your hair.
This is a fun Strip Bedroom Blackjack game you can find online to spice up your life. The seductive deck lets you play games like poker, blackjack, go fish, or rummy in new and erotic ways. Just make sure if you have kids there is a babysitter!
What other unique Valentine’s Day activities have you done with your spouse? Share some fun ideas in the comments below!
1. Foam Valentine’s Day Hearts
2. Pencil Arrows
3. Salt Dough Heart Footprint
4. Fruit Loops Craft
5. Valentine’s Sun Catchers
6. Easy PlayDoh Craft
7. Duck Tape Frame
8. Cotton Ball Stamped Heart Card
9. Sign Language Valentine’s Day Card
10. Votive Jars
11. Heart-shaped Crayons
12. Toilet Roll Love Bugs
13. Gift Wrap Valentine’s Flowers
14. Potpourri Heart
15. Valentine’s Day Trees
16. Glitter Rock Valentines
17. Heart-Shaped Animals
18. I Love You to Pieces Card
19. Thumbprint Heart Jars
20. Yarn Wrapped Hearts
SUPPLIES NEEDED
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup salt
Pink food color, optional
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cherry flavoring
3/4 cup cold water
Glitter, to decorate
Valentine cookie cutters: Wilton 3 Piece Hearts Cutter Set, Wilton Comfort Grip Heart Cutter, Wilton 2 Piece Cushioned Grip Lips with “XO” Cookie Cutter Set, Multicolor
DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and salt.
2. Add the pink food color, vegetable oil, cherry flavoring and cold water and mix until well incorporated. The cherry flavoring is red and gives the playdoh a nice light pink color. If you prefer the playdoh a darker pink (like we did!), use a touch or two of food color.
3. Remove the playdoh from the mixing bowl and place on a flat, lightly floured working surface. Knead the playdoh for about 5-6 minutes until a soft and elastic dough forms and the color (if using dye), is evenly distributed. You will LOVE the cherry scent!!
4. You can use cookie cutters to make Valentine shapes such as hearts and big lips, etc. Sprinkle glitter onto your shapes to make them sparkle and shine even more! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
*Store in ziplock bags for up to 3 months.
PRINT HERE ► Valentine’s Calendar for Him
PRINT HERE ► Valentine’s Calendar for Her
Vicky Barone – DIY Mini Heart Mobile
DIY Candy – Clay Conversation Heart Hair Bows
The Decorated Cookie – Conversation Heart Jewelry
A Bird and a Bean – Valentines Day Candy Wreath
Happiness Is Homemade – Valentines Day Love Hoop Art
Creative Green Living – Glitter Mason Jar Mug
Trish Sutton – Wine Cork Heart
Vicky Barone – DIY Valentines Day Garland
Ribbons and Glue – Paper Ribbon Topiary
Live Craft Love – DIY Valentine Chalkboard with Heart Clothespins
DIY Candy – Conversation Hearts Magnets
Mason Jar Crafts Love – Valentine Glitter Votives
Shaken Together Life – Valentine Yarn Wrapped Trees
Make It Love It – Crepe Paper Rose Heart Decor
Lil Luna – Love You Always Valentines Sign
Sisters Suitcase Blog – LOVE Yarn Letters
Snap Creativity- Conversation Heart Chalkboard
I Heart Naptime – DIY Lipstick Heart Valentines Wall Art
Brite and Bubbly – DIY Valentines Day Emoji Pinata
Studio DIY – DIY Conversation Heart Leggings
8. Dump Truck Coloring Valentines
11. Lego Valentines
