DIY Valentines Cookies and Chocolate Lips By: City Chocolates

These cookies are so simple and easy and if you haven't used chocolate molds or sandwich molds before this is a simple how to step by step of how you can make your own for Valentines day or to show that special someone in your life how much you love them.

What you'll need:

• Candy Melts or Confectioner coatings, or almond bark
• The Chocolate molds used: City Chocolates Love Sandwich Mold  City Chocolates Kiss Mold 
• Something to melt your chocolate in, microwave safe bowls or a chocolate melter.
• Some type of cookie for the center. I used off brand Oreo's.
• toothpicks or wilton brushes to put the contrasting color detail in the mold

First you will melt your chocolate. I put the Almond bark in a chocolate melter and melted my contrasting colors first.

Next use a wilton brush or a toothpick and brush on your first color into the letters. As your filling the letters with color shake and tap your mold onto the table to help the chocolate set into the mold. 

I used pink for the letters and the red for the heart.

 I also drizzled some red and pink to add more contrasting color.

Next you will add a scoop of white chocolate into each cup and shake and tap the mold. Not too much because you want to add your cookie next. 

Place your cookie into the each cup, then fill with the white chocolate shake and tap at the end for the chocolate to settle into the mold. 

Place in the refrigerator to harden at least 10-15 minutes. Feel the bottom of the mold. You will know when it is ready when it isn't warm and it is cool to the touch.

For the lips mold it's basically the same steps. Fill with chocolate, shake and tap to set the chocolate and then place in the refrigerator. These will probably take less time to cool.  The lips didn't look that great with contrasting colors so I would suggest a solid color or a better job at contrasting them.

When the molds are cooled and ready they should pop right out when upside down and a little finger pressure.   Next enjoy your chocolates! If you'd like to see a video of this process find it HERE.

Happy Valentines day and please visit www.citychocolates.com for all of your candy and chocolate making /baking needs!!