I'm on a roll...time to go solo

Not really. I am on a roll and every time I think of that line inevitably Vanilla Ice lyrics pop in my head and stay there for the remainder of the day. Let's talk M&M Valentine Buttons!

Bailey came home from school and said, "we can bring treats for Valentine's Day tomorrow...if we want." Translation: Bailey is still used to me working full time and I would have gone off on a rant to him about not having enough time, not enough notice and all the other reasons I couldn't possibly put together some kind of treat for 18 in the next few hours. Instead, I said, "let's head to the store. There is a very cute Pinterest snack we can make." Boy was that kid surprised! Dare I say thankful and appreciative.

Now I have been making a version of this snack for years. It goes to show that I was not creative enough to take it from Christmas to other holidays. I am used to taking a pretzel circle, a chocolate kiss and a mint M&M and making wreaths. I saw this pink and white version on Pinterest and thought it would be cute for Valentine's. (I also saw a St. Patty's version that I must make next month! Four Irish boys in the house NEED their shamrock treats!)

When I got to Target they were out of almost all Valentine's candy. I wasn't going to the craft store for melting  disk so we ended up getting the white/milk chocolate hugs and the chocolate cherry flavor M&M's. What a success! I love the zebra effect of the hugs and the chocolate cherry M&M's really made it "Valentine-y".

I had plastic candy bags and some light blue ribbon (he is a boy after all) at home for transporting them to school.

This was a fantastic last minute treat to make. It takes longer to take all the wrappers off the Hershey Kisses than it does to make the treats! (Thanks Bailey for unwrapping 138 kisses) I bought two bags of kisses and one bag of cherry M&M's and the family size pretzel squares. All the boys--even Phil really liked them and like I said, they looked fab with the zebra print and red M&M's! I would definitely do this combo again. A+ for being so easy, fast and allowing the kids to help. One quick note: use wax paper or parchment on the bottom of the cookie sheet to make it easier to pull them off after they cool!