Mini Heart Cookies in a Cute Bucket

I made Valentine Cookies this weekend...I think these are the first cookies I have made since I made Christmas cookies.  Oh how I miss making cookies every weekend.  When we started building our house, I took a break from cookies..we moved in a year ago...and I have not built up my customer base to where it used to be.  Part of me is sad about that...part of me is totally OK, not having the pressure of having to bake and decorate cookies all weekend and after getting home from work each night.  Women...are we ever happy?

Anyway...I decided to keep things simple this year...single color mini hearts...what is not to love about mini cookies?

I found these cute little buckets at The Dollar Tree...and two dozen mini cookies fit in there perfectly!

Well...that is that...short sweet little post...for simple sweet little cookies...

Until next time...

Berry Heart Cookies

Valentine's Day is quickly upon us...are you ready?

I spent the weekend baking and decorating cookies, it feels good to be back to cookies!


These cookies were totally Collin's idea...I was skeptical when he told me his idea...but I love how they turned out!

Cute, huh?  Heart shaped cookies decorated to look like Chocolate Covered Strawberries...perfect for Valentine's Day!

I only made a few of these last weekend, and finally got pictures taken this weekend...life kinda got in the way.

After seeing them come to life, I think I will be making more.  We have a Fundraiser Bake Sale at work on Thursday, and I think these would be a hit.  So...time to get that oven on, and bake more cookies!

Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?  How are you spending it?  Mr. Cookie Puzzle and I have been married for 20 years...we will probably be treating it like any other Saturday night...eating Pizza and watching Shark Tank...we are kinda obsessed with that show...yep...we are that married old couple!

Valentine Marshmallow Pops

Time is ticking..Valentine's Day is in just a few days.  I wanted to post one last quick and easy item that you can whip to for your sweetie.  You can run to the Walmarts, or Dollar Tree on your lunch hour, while the kiddos are at school, or on the way to an important meeting and get all you need to make this quick and simple treat.

Here is what you need

Valentine Peeps, or large Marshmallows

Melting chocolate, Almond Bark, Candy Melts or Candiquick

Paper Straws or sucker sticks

Valentine Sprinkles

glass container, vase or jar

conversation hearts (I used about 1.5 bags, and ate the rest...don't judge)

block of foam, or something to stick the dipped marshmallow in while they dry.

OK...got all the stuff?  Here is what you do.

Melt your chocolate according to package direction.  I dip the end of the straw or stick into the chocolate then carefully into the marshmallow.  I then put it into the foam to set.  By the time I got them all on sticks, they were set.  Carefully dip the marshmallow into the chocolate, using a spoon to help you get it completely covered.  GENTLY tap and wiggle the coated marshmallow to remove as much chocolate as you can, don't worry about perfection, that is what the sprinkles are for.  Set it into the foam and then immediately sprinkle with sprinkles.  Finish all the marshmallows and let them dry, which happens pretty quickly.  Now all you have to do is arrange them in the vase, and your are ready to do.  You could also use Valentine M&M's if conversation hearts are not your thing.  If I am being honest, I would use M&M's, as it was hard to arrange the Marshmallow pops in the conversation heart...those boogers are HARD!

But...that is what I had...and this was a quick and simple last minute Valentine's day idea...so...I used what had.

So there you go..in three days, I have posted three simple and easy Valentine's Day treats to make and give to your special someone.

Day One

Chocolate Cherry Crackle Cookies

Day Two 

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies for Valentine's Day

And from last week 

I love you to Pieces Cookies w/free printable

I love U 2 Pieces Cookies

OK..that is all I got...Valentine's Day is now officially over on The Cookie Puzzle for 2014!  Now..what next? What should I work on next?  What do you want to see here...crafts, recipes, mindless rambles about Reality TV?  Give me some suggestions.....I am all ears!

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Chocolate Sandwich Cookies for Valentine's Day

Yesterday, I shared a Chocolate Cherry Crackle Cookie, today I want to share with you a chocolate sandwich cookie.  They are almost like a homemade Oreo cookie...but kinda better in my opinion.

Valentine's Day is coming quickly, and these are a perfect easy little treat to make for your special Valentine.

Do you go all out for Valentine's Day?  Do you expect flowers, sent to your office, because getting flowers delivered to you at work, is so much better.  Having all your co-workers ooo and ahh, that is the most rewarding part, right?  Me, I am a "don't spend money on flowers" type of gal.  Sure I like it when my husband drops by my office and brings me daisies, which are my favorite, but I would rather have something I can hold on to and will last longer then a few day.  A new stand mixer...that is love to me.  A new pair of cowboy boot...oh yes, love you honey.  Chocolate...yes please, but make it dark...and if it has coconut with it, I will love you for ever.

I made these cookies by using the chocolate version of my favorite sugar cookie recipe, you can find it Here. While I normally roll my cookies to 3/8 inch, since these were sandwich cookies, I rolled to 1/4 inch, and reduced the baking time to 13-15 minutes. I used a tiny heart cutter to make a cut out of half of the cookies, and sprinkled the opening with Valentine sprinkles once I assembled the cookies

For the filling, well, NOTHING beats the delicious buttercream by Simply Sweets by Honeybee. I did leave out the almond, and just added more vanilla, but that is just a personal preference of mine.

For a cookie that is so cute, these were really fast to make. You can whip them up tonight, and have them ready for giving on Valentines day.  My recipe makes a HUGE batch, like 4.5-5 dozen sandwich cookies, so you can divide them up to several people.  Your special love Valentine, teachers, children, bank teller, doctor, boss...whoever you want to make feel special that special day.

I hope you have enjoyed these last few quick and easy

Valentine desserts....I will be back tomorrow with one last 

super fast Valentine's Day dessert.

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I love you to Pieces Cookies-Take Two

Yesterday, I posted some cute

mini cookies for Valentine's day.

You can read all about them Here.

I really loved them, but

I got to thinking...

sometimes people want 

BIG cookies!

So I made some of those too!

So..this Valentine's Day.

Tell that special someone that you

LOVE THEM TO PIECES!

With Mini Cookies

Or big cookies

Either way...I am sure they will love them!

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I love you to Pieces cookies with free printables

So....Valentine's day is just around the corner.

Do you make a big deal out of it?

Me...not so much.

I pretty much just treat it like another 

day.

That was until I got into cookies,

and that all changed.

If you make decorated cookies, and have a blog

any holiday has to be a big deal.

And you have to start early,

me, I have not mastered that yet.

One thing that keeps me motivated

is the  Monthly

Inspiration Challenge, hosted my

Stephanie of Ellie's Bites Decorated Cookies and

Melissa of Simply Sweets by Honeybee.

This month's theme is 

LOVE.

One thing I have said to Collin,

since he was a baby, even

before he was diagnosed 

with Autism, was

"I love you to Pieces"

So....I made some mini,

I love you to Pieces cookies.

Then I put them in a jar....

how cute are these?

Mini hearts and puzzle pieces, in a 

jar...that is love right there!

I also decided that I wanted tag

for the jars, so I turned to 

Melanie of Adorability Designs,

and she created these CUTE tags.

  

Printable Version

You can print them yourself if you want, I am sure they will
make your loved ones happy.

The jars are cute...but I thought
they would look cute in bags too...

and I was right!

Jars of Cookies or Bags of Cookies..

either way,
they are a perfect way
of saying

I LOVE YOU TO PIECES!

Make sure you head over to Simply Sweets by Honeybee
to see all the LOVE projects...and if you have made some
please link up too.

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Talk Nerdy to Me - A Group Project

Happy Valentine's Day Cookie Lovers!

I was asked to be a part of a 

group project, coordinated by the super talented

Lene of Not Your Everyday Cookie

I love doing group projects....they get my creative juices flowing,

but if I am being totally honest,

they scare the heck out of me!

I get super excited when I get the email.

Then...I look at the list of people who are also invited.

Then I totally freak out...knowing in my heart, 

that when the project is posted,my cookies will be the

lamest cookies of the bunch.

Then I totally start stalking the other participates on Instagram,

trying to get a sneak peak of what they are doing.

Then I ask everyone I come into contact with what I should do.

Then I search Google for like 18 million hours.

Then I cry.

Then I eat a jar of Nutella.

Then I pull my act together.

And do what I always do.

I ask COLLIN!

He is my go to

"Idea Guy"

The theme of this project was

"NERD/GEEK VALENTINE COOKIES"

So.....I made a "Nerd Cookie"

Now...let's look at the amzing cookies that the others did!

WOW!  Great Job

1.Jennifer - Not Your Momma's Cookie

2.Melissa - Simply Sweets by Honeybee

3. Cristin - Cristin's Cookies

4. Jill - Jill FCS

5. Stephanie - Ellie's Bites Decorated Cookies

6. Sharon - The Plaid Cookie Company

7. Kim - The Cookie Puzzle

8. Lene  - Not Your Everyday Cookie

Thank you Lene for inviting me to join this project...It was a lot of fun.

To my fellow participates, thank you allowing me to be part of

such an awesome group, I look forward to more

projects in the future....I have my Nutella ready!

Until next time

Hugs



Flashback Friday 2/8/2013

Happy Friday Cookie Lovers!

 

 Welcome to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, I wanted to share with you

the very first Valentine Cookies I ever made.

 

I had decorated my first cookies

just a few weeks before these cookies.

 

As you can see, I kinda went wild,

using lots of wet on wet technique.

 

Crazy..but I don't use this technique

much anymore, maybe it is time I give it a

try again soon.

 

They are far from perfect...but I loved doing them

 

 

 

Have a great weekend...

 

 

Until next time....

 

 

Hugs

 





Inspiration Challenge - Famous Couples

How you doing Cookie Peeps?

This post is a little late, but you know what they say...

 

Better late then never

 It is time for me to join

 the Inspiration Challenge with

 Melissa of Simply Sweets by Honeybee

 and

 Stephanie of Ellie's Bites Decorated Cookies

 

This months Challenge is

 FAMOUS COUPLES!

 

I really did not have trouble

deciding exactly who I wanted to do.

 

I love this couple, they have it all

 

drama

love

lies

hate

passion

trama

fire

marriage

death

loss

war

 

You know...the makings of a great couple.

 

Want a hint?

 

How about a quote?

 

Can you guess who they are?

 

That is right

Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara

from

 Gone with the Wind!

 

 



 

These cookies were so fun to do,

I got to bust out my air brush for the

first time and really play with it.

 

While I am not an expert...I did learn a lot

mostly, not to be afraid of it.

 

WOOT WOOT

 

An Airbrush is NOT scary!

 

Thank you so much Melissa and Stephanie for hosting this.

 

Next month the theme is

 

"Spring is in the Air"

 

Don't forget to link you

 

Famous Couples

Cookies

at Melissa's blog

Simply Sweets by Honeybee

 

Until next time

 

 

Hugs

 



 

 



 

Flashback Friday 2/1/2013

 

Happy Friday!

 

 

I am going to stay with the

Valentine's Day theme from last week

and I am going to show you

more of the cookies I

made for Valentine's Day

Last year.

 

 

I made

 

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookies

 

They are NOT perfect

but they were a big seller for me.

 

They were such a big seller,

that I decided to sale them again

this year...

and because I am all nice and all

I kept the prices the same this year!

 

So...same cookie design...same price!

 

That is a

 

DOUBLE

FLASHBACK FRIDAY!

 

Local orders much be recieved by

Friday Feburary 8th

 

Shipped orders must be recieved by

Monday, Febuary 4th.

 

Contact me at

thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

to place an order

 

 

 

Until next time....

 

 

Hugs