I wanted to make something sweet for my family this Valentine’s Day – and I wanted that sweet thing to be chocolate chip pancakes before school.  But not just ANY chocolate chip pancakes: I wanted to make them in the shape of hearts.  Just one problem…. I don’t have any heart-shaped pancake molds or even metal cookie cutters to use.   I did have some plastic heart cookie cutters though, and I figured I could somehow MacGyver heart molds out of tin foil.   I set out to experiment and did a trial run with my all-too-willing preschooler.  Here’s how to make them!

Tutorial: Heart Pancake Molds from Tinfoil

1) Start with a plastic heart-shaped cookie cutter – even if you just have one, you can make several molds.  Do these a few days ahead, and you’ll be ready to cook up some love come Valentine’s morning!

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Valentine’s Day is around the corner – and they say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.  Of course we all know the way to a woman’s heart is through chocolate in her stomach.  Hence – I think some good Valentine chocolate dessert recipes are definitely in order!  Let’s start with this easy Fantasty Fudge recipe that will have men and women alike falling at your feet.

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