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You’re planning the best party for a Galentine’s day with your girls: you’ve made a stellar music playlist, splurged on adorable decorations, and have the cutest outfit ready for the endless selfies and pictures to come. Now it’s time to focus on the food. Here are five Valentine’s Day-inspired snacks to round out your perfect party.

Valentine’s Day Snack Mix

Try It Yourself

This snack mix from Glorious Treats mimics a standard Chex-Mix but with an added layer of sweets from M&Ms, sprinkles, and candy melts. You can also add popcorn, different candies, and nuts to add an extra dimension. Simple to make and beautiful to look at, this DIY snack mix will hit all of the right sweet and salty spots.

Conversation Heart Chocolate-Covered Pretzels

Make Your Own

Two Sisters combined two iconic Heart Day snacks into one: chocolate pretzels and conversation hearts. A twist on classic chocolate-covered pretzels, these adorned treats will fit any Valentine’s Day themed get-together you’re throwing. They’re so easy to make that you can finish them in just a few minutes, and use that extra time to perfect your Valentine’s Day look.

Slow-Cooker White Hot Chocolate

Try At Home

Tastes of Lizzy T presents an elevated white hot chocolate recipe that’ll complement your party. It uses sweetened condensed milk, white chocolate cocoa mix, and red food dye to tint your beverage the perfect shade of pink. All it requires is a mix of the ingredients and slow-cooking for two hours. Although it’s easy to make, it’ll taste like you’ve slaved over a stovetop to impress your friends.

Valentine’s Brownies

Make It Yourself

Sure, you could serve your squad basic brownies, but where’s the fun in that? Live Well, Bake Often pairs a homemade fudgy brownie recipe with pink, red, and white M&Ms and extra chocolate chips. These brownies will surely steal the show for both their taste and colorful appearance.

Heart-Shaped Pizza Poppers

Try It On Your Own

We’ve covered all the sweet treats, but now it’s time for the savory. Giada De Laurentiis’ Positano Pizzas are possibly the cutest pizzas I’ve ever seen. The heart-shaped dough can be filled with any of your favorite pizza toppings, and all you have to do is assemble and bake until golden, and your friends will be in heaven upon trying them.

These snacks are simple and so befitting of Valentine’s Day, and your Galentine’s Day party is sure to be enhanced by all of the love-inspired treats.

Diana Del Gaudio is a senior at Rutgers University - New Brunswick majoring in computer science and minoring in psychology. She runs on little sleep and a lot of coffee. You can find her most days writing code, writing stories, and writing songs.