What do you do with your Valentine’s Day candy? Eat it, share it, maybe even bake with it? That’s what I decided to do with some of mine this year, because I have a lot. YUM!
Look at all these Nestle’s Valentine’s Day candy treats! SweeTarts, Fun Dip, Butterfinger Hearts, Nestle Crunch Hearts, and more!
The Fun Dip and SweetTarts are candy card kits for Valentine exchanges. I have such happy memories of Valentine’s Day as a child, and there’s no question that the cards which included candy were my favorites!
So anyway, back to that baking… I bought some of those little Nestle Tollhouse pull-apart sugar cookie dough squares, and I decided to go really simple with half of the dough, and do something more cutesy with the other half.
Super Easy Valentine Cookie Idea: Bake sugar cookies as directed and when fresh from the oven, gently press a Butterfinger or Nestle Crunch heart into the centers.
The chocolate will slowly melt just enough to create a pretty glossed look on the heart.
Easy Valentine Cookie Idea: Using this Nestle recipe for Huggable Heart Cookie Cups, I made pretty little bite-sized treats of yum. Although I created a well in the centers pre-baking, I had to gently indent them again when they were fresh from the oven.
Once cooled, I added a Butterfinger or Nestle Crunch heart to each one, drizzled on some glaze and then sprinkled a tiny bit of decorating sugar over the top.
What’s your favorite Nestle Valentine candy? Have you ever tried to bake with them?
Those cookie cups are cute!
what a cute idea! We received these hearts from kids in the class. I will have to think about this for next Valentine’s Day.
These look so cute and yummy!
Looks like a yummy Valentine’s Day at your place! I’ve never cooked with them…actually, I just lied. I used their white chocolate to dip pretzels in. lol Love the Valentine’s Fun Dips. Those are always a kid favorite!
Those are adorable! I can’t believe how great they turned out. Perfect for kids and adults!
I like the Reeses that are heart shaped!
My daughter got a lot of Nestle candy for Valentines… she was in her glory 🙂
When I was a kid, it was ALL about fun diips!
These look soooo cute! I wouldn’t even want to eat them!
Those are so cute!
Oooh those look sinful. I would love to have one right now, but I need to keep behaving myself LOL.
Those cookie cups look delicious!
okay, seriously,
I need those huggable cookie cups right now.
They will hug my hips perfectly! Xx
You are quite the baker and those sugar cookies look yummy. I too have fond memories of sharing those store bought Valentine cards and loved it when they came with a treat 🙂
yes please these look delicious. LUCKY Girl with some any goodies. My poor kiddos didn’t get to have a Valentine treats for school . The schools aren’t allowing them but these would be a wonderful treat for them
That looks so yummy!
All the candy looks so yummy.
wow these look great i would love to try them
Ooh that looks so yummy! I have a sweet tooth and I wish I had some of that now.
absolutely adorable & yummy looking, too!
What a great idea! I wish I had read about this before I brought snacks in for my son’s class yesterday 🙂
the cookie cups look very yummy. WOuld like to have a few right now!
I love eating pretty stuff, I wish I had the ability to cook like this.
Ahhh I hope my store has some crunch hearts left! Nothing like fresh holiday candy – these look yummy!
wow those look so good!!!
I’m not a huge butterfinger fan, but these look good!
Those look out of this world. Are you hiding them from me?
Those Butterfinger sugar cookies look so good! I love Butterfingers…
Oh my yummies!!! Can you be my best friend and make me lots of goodies, just for a month? Thanks!
Those are super cute! I wish I’d seen this before today. Bookmarking for next year! Thanks!!
We love the Fun Dip (I loved them as a kid too)! Those cookie cups look delicious, esp right now! 🙂
Yummy!
Being a teacher I am loaded down every year with these oh so heavenly goodies. My heart loves them however my waist does not — therefore my husband has a huge sack to take to his friends at work!!
Totally feel like a kid after seeing the Fun Dip. I want some right now. And your cookies look beyond delicious…heavenly.
Those looks so yummy! I will definitely have to add those to my recipe files, my little cousins would love them!
OMG those look so yummy..I love the butterfinger hearts but have never tried baking with them..trouble is they go right from the bag to my mouth 😉
I bet the Nestle’s fun dip would be great to add flavoring to the cookie batter or for a frosting!
Oh goodness I’m loving them! What an awesome idea, saving for next year 🙂
Those cookie cups are adorable!
They look like something from the boutique bakery. Maybe i will give this recipe a try.
Le Sigh. I am trying so hard to behave on my diet right now. LOL This doesn’t make it easy!
My favorite is anything with caramel in it…. I would love to make those huggable hearts with a caramel filled heart… wow!! I gave up sweets for lent, but I have pinned these ideas….Look out, Easter Sunday!!
I’d love to make those sugar cookies! My grandson would be so excited to see a Nestle heart on top!
The Huggable cookies look like something we would try! Not really into eating a lot of CANDY but we use Nestle Milk chocolate and Butterscotch chips a LOT in baking.
Your huggable heart cookie looks professional! I can’t believe you’re calling it “easy” to make….I may need to give this recipe a try!!
Those are the cutest little goodies!
Delicious, Liz! I love chocolate in any form…
These are adorable! I’m not that good with baking. I try but something always goes wrong! lol! One of these days I might get the hang of it. I love to try though =D
These Huggable Heart Cookie Cups look SO yummy! I’m doing to Pin them now, Thanks foe sharing!
Yum, can you send me a batch of those cookies?
Oh those both look so good Liz! My husband loves Butterfinger candy bars so maybe I’ll try to make some this week. Thanks for sharing!
I will always love Crunch!
I haven’t seen Fun Dip in a long time! Your treats look absolutely delicious mama! Right now no candy is my friend:( But any chocolate without peanut butter will be just fine!
Mm these look great! I have not seen these candies around and now I want to look for them!
My kids are taking FunDips to school this year as part of their Valentine’s. It’s one of their favorite treats.
Those desserts are adorable and look so easy to make.
those cups are cut! I love the chocolate, but sometimes I’m just in the mood for a Sweet Tart!
These are adorable! What a wonderful Valentine’s Day treat!
Cuuuute. It’s so fun playing around with holiday candy 🙂
No, but I will be baking with them, soon! 🙂
Yum, yum! Love those ideas!
I am totally in love with those cupcakes!
What a great way to incorporate candy with baking.
What cute cookies to make with the Nestle Heart Candies! I am going to the store tomorrow and I will be making cookies and you gave me such a good idea about how I want to make my cookies Nestle makes great products!
My favorite candy is Reese’s.
I think I just got fat from looking at these pictures…YUMMMMMYYYY!
I bet the kids will love that sugar high!
The cupcakes are adorable. So easy and very festive. We bought some fun dip to give the swim team – great for treats.
I love your Huggable Heart Cookies! I topped the Crunch hearts on top of cupcakes. Yumm!
I never would have thought to bake with them! Those are just so cute! Love the Fun Dip too! 🙂
Very cute ideas and a lot easier than my heart shaped cookies. I want to try the mini cupcakes. Happy hearts day to you. 🙂
I wouldn’t have even thought about using Valentine’s candy in cookies but these are adorable, and you had me when you said “easy”
I love those heart cookies!
I like anything with almonds in it 😀
But I’ve not tried baking with any as yet 🙂
I love Butterfingers, but I’ve never thought about baking with them, but these sure do look good!
Holy smokes your cookies and cupcakes look amazing!
Those are so cute and look delicious! I would love to give these a try sometime.
What a great idea for Valentine’s Day!
I had never thought of making cookie cups before reading your article. My biggest problem is that I eat the candy before I have time to bake. I am going to hit the half price sales after Valentine’s Day and then store the candy in the freezer. When Lent is over, maybe I can try your ideas.
Looking at all that candy is putting me into sugar shock…. boy do I ever miss it.
Fun Dip was my favorite as a kid. Mom and I would walk to the corner store to get some every week.
The Huggable Heart Cookie Cups look soo cute! I had to pin that photo right away. I’ve never cooked with Nestle Valentine chocolates, but I have used Nestle chocolate chips, and boy, somehow the choco chip cookies turned out even more delicious than expected!
Yes, I bake with candy all the time. Those look so good!
Those look good. I love pb cookies with the candy on top.
My kids love reeses pb cups – got to pick some up for them for Valentine’s Day 🙂
I guess I would just have to say chocolate chips because it seems I am always making chocolate chip cookies. Although my kids love Fun Dip, I can’t blame them, as a kid I was obsessed with it.
those cookie cups are too cute..
don’t you want to be MY valentine? lol.. or at least broxtons 😉
ha ha ha
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
I love the Sweetarts at Valentine’s Day! Never thought to bake with them though…Hmm…
Yum yum yum! I want to come to your house! Those look absolutely amazing! I have seen recipes that use Nestle candy all the time. i just haven’t had a chance to try them out. I really love the Butterfinger candies. That’s what I really want to use in my next baking attempts.
Those are great ideas. I didn’t know they made those little butterfinger hearts!
Oh yum!! We have the grands today and again for the weekend. I think we are going to do some baking!! 😉
Those cookies are so cute, and yummy looking too! My favorite candy? Anything chocolate!
omg, these are the CUTEST THINGS EVER!! I will have to make these or something similar! thanks for the great idea!
These look so yummy! Now I know how to use up all of the candy my daughter ends up coming home with tomorrow.
I don’t have a favorite nestle candy, but i have used candy before to bake with.
Those look yummy and I love the small added touch of sugar sprinkles to the Cookie Cups! Both of my daughters are handing out Fun Dip Valentine’s Day Candy Cards this year.
What better way to spend Valentines than with cookies and chocolate… two of my favorite things!
They look absolutely yummy!
I love the way the cookie hearts look – very tasty!
I love these! We made them too and my kds thought they were so cool. BUt I love the “cups” ones with the stand up hearts. Adorable!!!
these look adorable
Yum! I have baked with reese cups before, and hershey’s kisses. I don’t bake with candy very often though.
I love the Huggable Heart Cookie Cups. What a great idea. I made the ones like your sugar cookies, except I made them with peanut butter cookies. Yum.
oh my, great ideas. i definitely want to try those!
Those are SO cute!! I’ve never baked with Nestle candy but I totally want to try those!
Butterfinger hearts? Imma have to go look at the store for those! I love me some sweet tarts too, but don’t know how I’d bake with them. They’d probably be an unwelcome surprise in a cookie or whatever. 😛
I don’t think the candy would make to the end of the cookie’s baking process, unfortunately. I don’t think the candy would make to the end of the hour, in fact… 😉
oh my gosh!! I want one NOW!!!
My fav would be the butterfingers.
Love the Huggable hearts. Good ways to use all that sugar…
Need… cookies… chocolate… now… MMMMMM!
The cookie cups are cute! Very gourmet and almost (almost!) too cute to eat. 🙂
I used to love these when I was little
YUM!!! This looks so good!!
THIS POST IS MAKING ME HUNGRY-AND CANDY IS ON THE AGENDA……
This is a great idea–a new take on the standard peanut butter blossom cookie, made special for Valentine’s Day.
I’m loving the cookie cups!!!
I wish I could reach through the computer and eat one of those cookies right now!!!
oh dang…those cookie cups sounds scrumptious….oo and a butterfinger heart doesnt sound bad either….smiles.