Make this Valentine’s Day a sweet one with these super cute (and affordable) treat-filled Mason jars. Now you can share your love with everyone while staying within your budget!
1. Cookie mix
What you’ll need: Flour, brown sugar, chocolate chips, M&M’s, Mason jar (with lid)
Directions: To start, fill the Mason jar with about two cups of flour. This always goes in first. Then add the brown sugar, followed by the chocolate chips and the M&M’s.
Make sure you put on the lid tightly so that the ingredients don’t spill.
Feel free to accompany your cookie mix jar with a V-day card or tie a message tag with string or ribbon around the outer rim of the lid.
2. Chocolate-covered pretzels
What you’ll need: Large pretzel sticks, white and milk chocolate chips, sprinkles, conversation hearts, Mason jar
Directions: Before you do anything else, melt the chocolate chips. I’ve found that the easiest way to do this is to put them in a bowl and then heat them in the microwave, stirring as they melt.
After all the chips have melted, dip the pretzel sticks in the chocolate and sprinkle your choice of sprinkles over the still-warm chocolate. Place the chocolate-covered pretzels in the fridge for about 30 minutes so the chocolate can harden onto the pretzel stick.
While the chocolate-covered pretzels cool in the fridge, fill the Mason jar with conversation hearts and then place about 5-6 completed pretzel sticks in the jar to make it look like a bouquet.
You can accompany your chocolate-covered pretzels with a V-day card or a message tag tied around the outer rim of the Mason jar with string or ribbon.
3. Cupcake-in-a-jar
What you’ll need: Cupcake mix (with other accompanying ingredients), frosting, sprinkles, Mason jar
Directions: The most important part about this sweet treat jar is the cupcakes. You’ll need to prepare the cupcake mix and bake them for the appropriate time first. The cupcake flavor you use is entirely up to you, but remember you can always use food coloring if you want to stick with vanilla.
After the cupcakes are done baking, let them cool, and then cut the tops off. Place a cupcake or two in the Mason jar and add frosting. Then add another cupcake or two on top of that and follow with more frosting. Add sprinkles as a topping and then close with the lid (or enjoy right away).
If your cupcake-in-a-jar is for a later day, store it in the fridge. Accompany your cupcake-in-a-jar with a V-day card or a message tag tied around the outer rim of the lid with string or ribbon.
4. M&M’s, Red Hots, Valentine’s Day candy corn
What you’ll need: M&M’s, Red Hots, or Valentine’s Day candy corn, Mason jar (with lid), string or ribbon, marker, construction paper
Directions: This is the easiest treat of them all. Fill the Mason jar with your choice of M&M’s, Red Hots, or Valentine’s Day candy corn and close it with the lid.
Then cut out any shape message tag from the construction paper and write a sweet message for your loved one.
Follow by tying the message tag around the outer rim of the lip with ribbon or string.
5. Brownie S’mores
What you’ll need: Marshmallow fluff, graham crackers, sprinkles, brownie mix (made according to directions), Mason jar
Directions: Crush the graham crackers and fill about one inch of the jar with them. Pour in about another inch of prepared brownie mix and place the jar on a cookie sheet or bread pan. Bake it in an UN-preheated oven for about 30-40 minutes.
After baking, scoop some marshmallow fluff and fill just below the lip of the jar while keeping the jar on the baking pan.
Next, broil it on low for 3-5 minutes until the fluff starts to brown. Take the jar out and sprinkle with crushed graham cracker and/or sprinkles.
Let the jar cool for a few minutes and then garnish with a message tag and string.
6. Pixy Stix Bouquet
What you’ll need: Conversation hearts, Pixy Stixs, Mason jar, construction paper, scissors, string or ribbon, glue or tape.
Directions: First, to get the most complicated part out of the way, make the construction paper flowers. Draw flowers on your choice of colored construction paper, enough to make the bouquet look full, and then cut them out.
Follow the same process for the leaves and flower centers. Feel free to make the centers whatever shapes you’d like.
After all the flowers are cut out, it’s time to glue/ tape them onto the Pixy Stixs. How many full Pixy Stix flowers you want is up to you, but I would recommend making at least 10.
To finish, tie a bow around the Mason jar with your choice of string or ribbon. Follow by adding conversation hearts into the jar and then placing your Pixy Stix flowers inside.