{"id":1095,"date":"2021-02-01T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/theparentnetwork\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2025-05-07T01:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:35:45","slug":"valentine-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/valentine-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovebug Valentine Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"Valentine Cookies \" class=\"lazyload wp-image-1096\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27512%27%20height%3D%27341%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20512%20341%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27512%27%20height%3D%27341%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed.png 512w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lovebug Valentine Cookies <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lovebug Valentine cookies is an easy, fun recipe to make with the kiddos this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/celebrate-valentines\/\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a>! These ladybug cookies are a hit at home or for a classroom treat! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ingredients\">Ingredients: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 package of Double Stuff Oreos<\/li><li>1 Bag of dark chocolate melting wafers<\/li><li>1 Bag of red candy melts<\/li><li>Parchment paper<\/li><li>Cookie sheet<\/li><li>Double boiler<\/li><li>1 Package of small edible eyes<\/li><li>Mini pink heart candies<\/li><li>Piping bag<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-directions\">Directions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Place water into bottom of double boiler pot. Once boiling, put top pot on top.<\/li><li>Pour red candy melts into the top pot and mix until melted and blended.<\/li><li>Mix in 2 tablespoons of coconut oil until smooth.<\/li><li>Next, completely submerge Oreo into the melted red candy.<\/li><li>Using a fork, carefully remove Oreos and lightly tap to get rid of excess candy melt.<\/li><li>Let red candy melt harden for 1 hour.<\/li><li>While the red candy melt is hardening, melt the milk chocolate in the double boiler.<\/li><li>Dip the tip of the Oreo into the chocolate for the face of the ladybug.<\/li><li>Repeat with remaining Oreos.<\/li><li>Place two eyes onto the center of the chocolate for the eyes of the ladybug.<\/li><li>Scoop melted chocolate into the piping bag and cut the tip.<\/li><li>Pipe a line down the center of the cookie and alternate big and small dots on either side as spots for the ladybug.<\/li><li>Place pink mini hearts onto the small dots.<\/li><li>Let the ladybugs dry completely before eating.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230201230639\/https:\/\/formodernkids.com\/valentines-day-ladybug-oreo-treats\/\">Valentines Day Ladybug Oreo Treats<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/valentine-cookie-recipe\/\">Heart-Shaped Valentine Cookie Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovebug Valentine cookies is an easy, fun recipe to make  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[533,549],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-recipe","tag-valentines-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6512,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/6512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}