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I love surprising my loved ones with out-of-the-ordinary gifts that show them how much they mean to me. And there’s no better day to do that than on Valentine’s Day. Last year, I surprised my coworkers with their own Pet Rock Valentine Cards, based on an idea I found on Pinterest.
I love seeing their “pets” on their desk!
Everyone’s rock had their own (made-up) biography inside the card, with a special Valentine’s Day greeting too!
This year I wanted to pass on my love for all things creative and new by sharing some interesting food-related Valentine’s Day ideas I found online. And if you read all the way to the end, there’s even a chance for you to win a fun Valentine’s Day treat for your sweetheart.
Clockwise from top left:
Long-Stemmed Chocolate Chip Flower Cookies: Chocolate chip cookies are always welcome, but to make them Valentine’s Day special, try presenting them the way you would a bouquet of roses. They’ll treasure them to the very last crumb.
Mini Heart Shape Pizzas: Everyone already loves pizza, so all you need to make a favorite dinner idea extra-special is to make ‘em mini and heart-shaped! Bonus points if you serve them with mini pepperoni hearts too.
Valentine’s Day Popcorn Pops: Red and pink candy help give these popcorn balls their Valentine’s Day look, and when you present them with cute labels – “You make my heart pop!” or “Have a Poppin’ Valentine’s” there’s no way they’re going to be able to resist saying, “Awww…”
Valentine Fruit Tags: I love this healthy Valentine’s Day idea. Just place your fruit of choice in clear or decorated baggies with fun tags like “You are the apple of my eye!”
Very Berry Dessert Nachos: These dessert nachos will help make your Valentine’s Day “berry good.” Put on a movie, snuggle up on the couch, and dig in!
Cupid’s Love Pies: Nothing says love like a heart-shaped pie that they can literally hold in one hand. Plus, they’re stuffed with chocolate hazelnut spread and strawberry jam, which is a lovely combination!
Bacon Bouquet: You read that right. A bouquet made out of bacon “flowers.” Need I say anything else?
Valentine Donut Printables: Package up your favorite store-bought donut holes or make-your-own (with some seasonal sprinkles!) Then, you can and add fun labels to them, like “I donut know what I’d do without you.”
Aren’t these all great ideas? If you want even more Valentine’s Day ideas, check out last year’s blog post or download our FREE eCookbook, Recipes for Romance: 30 Valentine’s Day Desserts and Drink Recipes.
Finally, as promised…
We’re giving away One (1) “Say It With Love Giant Fortune Cookie” from www.fancyfortunecookies.com. This giant fortune cookie is dipped in chocolate, stuffed with candy hearts, and will even include a special message (your choice).
In order to enter to win, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post telling me:
What’s the best gift you’ve ever received on Valentine’s Day?
Contest rules and how to enter are below.
- There is a maximum of one entry per person. The entry will be based upon a comment left on this blog post. Duplicate comments will be deleted and are not tallied.
- The winner will be selected at random from the comments on this blog.
- Winner will be announced on this blog post on February 9, 2016 as well as contacted by the email address provided.
- You have until Monday, February 8, 2016 at 11:59pm ET to leave your comment on this blog post. Comments posted after that will not be counted.
- Contest open to anyone 18+ in the Continental U.S.
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED – CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER!
Mary
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A card from my son telling me how much he loves me, and that I’m the best mom ever. He’s 14 now, so those words are few and far between 🙂
flowers are always the best
The best gift I received for Valentine’s day wasn’t an object. When my daughter was seven she had saved a little money from Christmas gifts and asked me to take her to buy valentine gifts for her brother, grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles. I was so proud of her and still cherish her giving spirit. She gave me a gift that will last us both a lifetime.
I would love to win for the kids.
The best gift I ever received on Valentine’s Day was a Home Health Care Aide for my husband. We had been trying to get assistance for him for 8 months. Valentine’s Day brought tears of joy to my eyes. I was so happy to have help for Joseph.
My 1st boyfriend gave me a brush and mirror set for Valentine’s Day when I was about 12 and I still have it (I am now 79).
The best Valentine’s gift I ever got was a dozen roses, a dinner out and a night at a hotel complete with hot tub.
hand written note telling me how much he love’s me. It melted my heart
I received a marriage proposal from my now husband.
I love that my hubby gets me roses every Valentines Day. He has done this for years & years & years now. My favorite!
My favorite valentine’s day gift is just a dinner out with the love of my life. That’s all I need.
The best Valentine gift came many years ago when my husband stopped by the side of the road and picked me a bouquet of wild flowers We we were very young and struggling to make ends meet.In the fifty years that came after that day none of the roses i got ever smelled as sweet as those wild flowers.
Our youngest son. Born just before Valentine’s Day.
The best gift I ever got for Valentines Day would be a bunch of my favorite chocolates and a cute plushie from my current boyfriend. He could give me anything and it would be the best gift because it’s from him <3
My best Valentine gift was my grandsons birth on Valentine’s Day
Oh I just LOVE Valentines Day! Its the day of LOVE and Friendship…. and all we need is LOVE! The hearts, the roses, the chocolate, the candy, the romanticism. How beautiful.
Maureen, you have got it just right. All we need is love from our family and friends.
Flowers are so special to me since it’s also my birthday too.
The best gift that I ever received is a giant teddy bear!
The best gift I ever recieved on Valentine’s day was an Engagement Ring !
My boyfriend asked me to marry him on Valentine Day.
The best gift was my daughter showering me with gifts that I found throughout the house. I am a single mom and she wanted me to know that you don’t have to be lovers to enjoy Valentine’s Day and she wanted me to know how much I was loved!! Not only did it bring tears to my eyes, but I was bursting with pride that someone so young could embrace that idea and share it with me!!
Diamond studs from my hubby!
I received a jewelry box and inside was a beautiful tennis bracelet. 🙂
Cant win if you dont enter, hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines.
My best Valentines gift was a pair of Swarovski earrings and necklace.
Hope I win. You have combined two of my daughter’s favorites: fortune cookies and candy hearts. This would make her very happy!!!!
The best gift I got was 2 handsome sons born on Feb. 12, 7 years apart, both mean the world to me.
Valentines day of 2012. I got a ring and a wonderful dinner and movie. I think it means so much because it was our last one together. Never take for granted time spent with loved ones.
My husband gave my a necklace when we were teenagers that broke when our first child pulled too hard. He recently had it remade for me and gave it to me for Valentine’s Day, and it was the best gift to get twice! 🙂
Thank you for offering this!
Flowers and kisses from all my kids
The best gift I got was a necklace and flowers
Some flowers I received after my son almost ed passed away sfter,a surgery was really scary thank the Lord he lived for one more month to the day and then I lost him and his dad in a car accident
Heart necklace.
The best Valentine’s Day gift I got was a home made card from my daughter when she was 6years old it was a red heart and in the inside she wrote Mommy I love you and happy Valentine’s Day you are my best Valentines. The best ever , God bless Happy Valentines too you all
The best gift was a love note from my husband. Cute handmade gifts from my daughter are always wonderful.
Home cooked meal is the best.
my Fav Valentine’s Day gift was>> the 1st year my now Hubby and I dated (38 yrs ago) he brought me a bouquet of wild flowers which was very hard to come by
Hand-drawn Valentines Day Cards from my twin little boys.
home cooked dinner along with an I Love You
The best gift I ever received for Valentine’s day was a cruise away with my husband.
My boyfriend filled my room with paper hearts that he had written what he loved about me on all the hearts and filled the room with flowers!
Flowers are always a hit
My wedding! I got a great husband and a great family all at once!
The best gift I ever got was an engagement ring and 30 years later I still feel that way.
A heart-felt card is the best thing to receive on Valentine’s Day.
The best gift I ever received for Valentines Day was coffee in bed delivered with a dozen red roses and a dozen hugs and kisses.
a pair of ruby shaped heart earrings
I receive roses every year
My best Valentine gift ever was a singing Valentine that came to my office.
My best Valentines Day was Feb 14 2010 It was the last Valentines Day that I would have with my husband before he died in April of that year of cancer How I wish I could have had more time with him He was my soulmate and the love of my life
A letter from my mom that talked about the potential she saw in me, how proud she was of me, and how much she loved me. She gave it to me the Valentine’s Day before I went to college and I have it in my dorm room!
A big 40 piece box of chocolate covered cherries
The best gift ever on Valentines day was a kiss from the cutest girl in class in the 7th grade!
My best friend knew I was having a very hard time with Valentine’s Day about 25 years ago because I just went through a breakup. She sent me a dozen long stem roses at work and it cheered me up instantly. To this day I have never forgotten and we are still best friends and I don’t even remember his name.
We generally skip Valentines and opt to celebrate our engagement anniversary that is the day after Valentines. It is not big gifts that matter but small tokens of appreciation or a little something extra to say I love you. Some of my favorites are notes hidden around my path to get ready in the morning, there was one in the closet when I got a shirt, followed but one in the pants drawer of the dresser, another on the bathroom mirror, one in the fridge when I went to pack my lunch, and another on the steering wheel of the car. These little notes are so special since it shows he took the time to plan out multiple surprises to make me smile.
I would say the best gift I received on valentines day was last year. We took a trip down to Newport, Kentucky to the Newport Aquarium! The mister had gotten us a hotel for the night and we let the kids swim and the nest day went shopping!
It would have to be going out and seeing a movie!
The best Valentines gift I received was a homemade card my daughter made for me when she was 6 years old.I have it put away and will always have it.
One year I received two kittens for Valentines Day.
My best gift was edible arraingments.
My sweet husband made me a picture for Valentines Day! He even put wooden letters on it that save “LOVE”
The best Valentine’s Day gift was an engagement ring.
giant box of chocolates
My husband has learned from past experience that I think buying flowers (that are just going to last a few days and are gone and way too expensive) so he began buying me rose bushes and now 15 yrs later we have the most beautiful rose garden that not only we two can enjoy but also our neighbors and the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
The best gift I received was a giant Hershey’s kiss.
A “YES” answer on my proposal of marriage to my (present) husband.
The best Valentine’s Day gift each year is that I get to spend it with my husband. We have been married 27 years now and each year that we get to spend together is a blessing indeed!
Flowers and going out for dinner no cooking that:s a good thing
The best gift I’ve ever received on Valentine’s Day was flowers.
The best gift I have ever received is a necklace from my hubby. Thank you!
The best gift I have ever received was a stuffy,two hippos kissing & say’s I Love You.
I am happy with a sushi dinner! That’s all that I need.
This to my wife of 44 yrs … I really don’t know what do how to do it without your help ! We, have been together for so long I would die if you where to help we with all my needs … You, have been the light of my life and I would go Berserk without … And hope a prayer that you will be me till the end of time … I LOVE YOU so much and if the time comes for one of us to go I hope its me ! I You ! Ron
Thank you for the nice jester for all the people at mrfoods website !
A very soft and warm bathrobe 🙂
I don’t remember any Valentine’s gift worthy of note. But then guys aren’t really supposed to get the flashy Valentines.
My husband bought me a mini-van a couple years ago – that was a great gift
The best gift I’ve received is chocolates!
The best gift I ever received was a hyacinth plant. I replant it and it blooms the next year. I have managed to accumulate several and they are about one or two inches above ground right now. The smell of them whe they bloom in spring is indescribable .
To be able to make my wife a nice meal
Hand made cards from my sons. They started making them when they were very young and have continued to make them for me (they are 26 and 22!) Each one adds their special touch to the card.
My husband gives me a beautiful card every Valentine’s Day to declare his love for me. I have kept them all and i treasure them all.
Red roses and a nice card
I don’t like “typical” romance gifts (like flowers or jewelry) so my favorite gift was when my husband picked me up and took me to Dave and Buster’s for Valentine’s Day! We played games, earned tickets, and redeemed the tickets for some drinking glasses that we still have!
The best Valentine’s Day gift I ever got was a heart necklace with diamonds that had Mom wrote acoss the middle of it, was so precious to me! Was given to me by sweet husband and precious son along with a doz. red roses. I am so very blessed to have them!!
The best gift I ever got was a great day ice skating with my husband!
My engagement ring and proposal 30 years ago!
I live in a Senior apartment building. my friends are my family,would love to share this with them.
My faverite valentines gift that I kept for 5 years was a hand made felt heart made
By my grand daughter Ava when she was 5 I put it on top of my heart every Valentine’s Day
BoX of valentine candy and flowers
A homemade dinner.
Valentine’s Day has never been my thing, but a pair of earrings were nice.
Our daughter gave us the very best Valentine when she took a big heart shaped box of chocolates and customized it by announcing to us that we were going to be first time grandparents. She emptied the blcandy box of the candy it contained and inserted a cardboard heart that had an adorable baby picture glued in the center of the heart and Hershey chocolate kisses where glued all around the heart with the wording “SURPRISE–you will be gifted with a grand baby is August–Love and Kisses”
The best gift I ever received on Valentine’s Day, a bouquet of Dandelions, a rock, and a hand drawn card, from my kids who were 6,4,&2 years old at the time. They are now,39,37,&35, with families of their own, and the oldest is a grandfather to 3.
42 years ago I met and fell in love with my hubby..
i got roses and a necklace for valentines
My better half received a promotion & asked me to join him on the road, which allowed me to quit a dead end job…..
i usually get cards from the kids and free time coupons from hubby
I had a treasure hunt with clues that I had to figure out and they were all over the house. Each clue led me closer to my valentine gift. Finally I went through all the clues and found a suitcase with a card to our favorite B&B for which my husband took me. Very romantic!! Happy Valentin’s Day
A surprise trip to Florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks yummy!
As a former elementary teacher, I remember watching my students put a great deal of effort toward creating simple Valentine cards for their family and friends. My husband began making Valentine cards for me many years ago. The cards are simple, yet mean more to me than any store-bought cards I’ve ever received. If I could spy on him, I’m sure he’d look as intense in his efforts as my former students did. He’s a big kid at heart!
My cat, Nelson.
My Hubby…we were married on Valentine’s Day 33 years ago!!!
Have never gotten a Valentine’s gift.
Flowers and dinner out
my life. to be able to wake up and take a breath and to be able to say happy valentine day to all.
I got a teddy bear with some diamond earrings.
I received a beautiful bouquet of yellow and orange roses (my very favorite colors!) from my kids.
my ex gave me real diamond stud earrings one year and I still wear them 15 years later
Homemade cupcakes!
We don’t really exchange gifts on valentines day – we just go out to dinner the following weekend when it is less crowded.
Something thoughtful and handmade
To be honest we don’t celebrate that day..Our daughter passed away on that day and I can’t seem to remember any happy valentines before that
KATHY, Please accept my deepest sympathy. I don’t know how old your daughter was, but if she were still with you, she would want to celebrate Valentine’s Day. So if you have a husband, boyfriend, Mother, Sister that you love, let them know it. We recently lost our Mother, and I always sent her cards for every occasion. I don’t get to do that this year. May love heal your broken heart.
teddy bear
The happiest valentine day was when my late son got married on a Tuesday on valentine’s day. He made me so proud of him. He overcame addiction at 20 then went and graduated from Penn State and at 24 married a lovely girl and had three beautiful children and at 34 he died.
Shoes.
This is going to sound strange,……….but the best gift for me was a “Dishwasher!” We had 4 children and my hands were in a rough state……from not wearing gloves and washing dishes all the time.
The best gift I ever received on Valentine’s Day is my ring wrap that my hubby gave me to go around my engagement/wedding rings! It’s still beautiful after all these years!
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Mine is a necklace.
My husband surprised me with dinner reservations at the nice local restaurant. Thank you
Roses are red violets are blue my wife would love this and my daughter would too.
The best gift I received on Valentine’s Day was a homemade card my husband made for me when he was stationed in Afghanistan.
My husband and kids baked cookies and try to make cake bites.
My favorite gift I ever got for Valentine’s Day was the time I got a Chocolate Covered flower shaped fruits.
My favorite gift was a GIANT box of chocolates!
My favorite Valentine’s Day gift ever was a letter my teenage daughter wrote me. It means so much to read her words of thanks and love.
the best gifts are the ones my kids make at school for ne those are very special to my heart
You’re the sweetest thing ever.
My favorite Valentine’s Day gift ever would be A homemade care from my daughter when she was only in Kindergarten with a poem she made up by herself. I have it framed hanging on the wall she is now 20 an in the US Army!
I got a candy gram
My favorite gift would always be jewelry, dinner out, and a movie and of course, candy.
Cards from my kids.
Interesting prize & site!
The best gift I ever received were two Pandora charms – one from my step daughter (age 9) and one from my step son (age 7). My step daughters was a set of 2 charms one said Mother and the other “Daughter” so we each had a piece on our bracelet. My step sons said “I Love You Mommy” on it. These were SO precious to me because they don’t call me Mommy, I am called Heather but they were able to show their love and affection for me in something I can wear everyday – and I do! 🙂 <3
I love to do the 29 days of Love with them and do little things throughout the whole month. This would be perfect little treat to show them how "fortunate" I am to have them in my life! 🙂
The best gift I ever got was my baby sister born on Valentine’s Day 1963
I’ve never really received anything for Valentine’s Day as an adult.
My husband got me some chocolate that were ALL chocolate truffles! i was in heaven!
Flowers. I don’t get them very often so I remember them when I do!
The best Valentine’s Day gift I have received was an overnight stay at a castle themed hotel, about an hour away. My husband made the reservation and wouldn’t tell me where we were going. It was a wonderful surprise.
A promise ring years ago from my soon-to-be husband!!
A girlfriend in college knitted me a wool scarf in our school colors for Valentine’s Day, it was 6 feet long.
Long stemmed roses, chocolate, jewelry, and dinner.
My favorite gift was the first card I received from our daughter.
The best gift that I had received was my clay handprint heart from my daughter!
chocolate, jewelry, and dinner
cards are nice when they come from grandchildren