Valentine's Day Treats

We had such a busy week last week that I didn't get a chance to post the fun Valentine's Day treats that Gregory and I made for his class.

They were super easy and soooo yummy!

They were a huge hit and I know we will be making them again next year. Actually, I decided I could even make them for St. Patrick's Day or Christmas and use Creme de menthe (obviously, not for the classroom (or Gregory)).

We packaged each in individual bags with a bow.

Gregory is a huge SpongeBob fan and put SpongeBob Valentines on each.

There are just five ingredients:

* Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers
* Heavy Whipping Cream
* Sugar
* Vanilla Extract
* Maraschino cherries

*Here’s the tricky part, the Chocolate Wafers are pretty hard to find and they are not found at every grocery store. They didn't carry them at any of the grocery stores in New Richmond. We had to go to Stillwater and they had ONE package at Cub Foods. They are in the cookie aisle, usually on the very top shelf, by the gourmet cookies. Here is a picture of what you are looking for:If you still can’t find them you can also use Oreo Snack Cakes as an alternative. These you can buy at Target and I thought these worked out great for the school treats because they are a bit smaller and a perfect bite size; so they are not so messy for the kids.


Beat the whipping cream at high speed until stiff peaks form (you will use about 1 cup of cream - possibly 2 cups if you want to make a lot of Wafers). Add sugar to taste, or to make yours extra sweet - add 2 Tablespoons sugar per cup of cream. Then add 1 tsp. vanilla.

*To make them pink for Valentine’s Day, add the cherry juice to the whipped cream (this gives the cream a sweet cherry flavor too).*

Once your cream is whipped, start building! Place one wafer on a plate, add a spoonful of whipped cream, stack another wafer on top, then more whipped cream, one more wafer, and then add the final dollop of whipped cream and top it off with a cherry.

*Note: I only made the Valentine treats for the kids at school with 2 wafers because 3 gets a bit high and more messy for the kids to handle. (The teachers and principal's were 3 :) )

Have fun!