Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Ingredients:

-16 oz of milk chocolate chips

-2 tablespoons of shortening

-1 pound of fresh strawberries

-Toothpicks (optional)

Melt the chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring occasionally.

Once these ingredients are melted, insert a toothpick into the strawberries and dip them into the chocolate mixture. Alternatively, one can just use his or her (clean) hands to dip them.

Set the covered strawberries onto wax paper, or another non-stick surface. Wait until the chocolate is completely cool to eat.

Conversation Heart Cookies

Ingredients:

-Your favorite pre-made sugar cookie dough (however much you’d like to make)

-One tub of vanilla frosting

-Red food coloring

Shape the dough into hearts and bake on a cookie sheet. Follow the cooking instructions on container.

Once the cookies are done, set them on a cooling rack until they are completely cool and firm.

Fill a plastic sandwich bag with some vanilla frosting.

Mix the remainder of the frosting with the red food coloring until you obtain the desired red or pink color.

Frost the cookies with the colored frosting.

Snip the corner off of the sandwich bag and use it as a pipette. Write personalized messages on your cookies with the frosting.