Naughty Valentine's Day Treat
So I got this idea from Pinterest which was originally from http://www.recipebyphoto.com/strawberry-heart-poptarts/ and involved strawberry jam and fresh strawberries, but I thought I would make it even less healthy and use..... CHOCOLATE!
For Superbowl I purchased and thawed both sheets of puff pastry for the appetizer I made, but due to time constraints I was only able to use one sheet on Sunday. Poor me, I had to think of something to make for myself and my bf (again with limited ingredients, oops) that involved the delicious leftover puff pastry! Here is what I made with a preheated oven at 350 degrees.
First, roll out the thawed puff pastry a little bit on a floured surface, I probably could have made this a little thinner. Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray to keep them from sticking. Then I cut it into an even number of rectangles (you could make smaller ones for sure!) and decided which pieces matched up well! Next was using my little heart-shaped cookie cutter in the center of all the "lids" and putting chocolate chips evenly on the bottoms, leaving a border to seal the treats.

Using a fork, press down repeatedly on all the edges to make sure the chocolate doesn't seep out in the oven. Typically, people use an egg wash to make the pastry a little extra pretty and browned but I decided to try out a melted butter wash :) It was good. At the last minute, I added the cut-out hearts back on top of the heart hole because I was worried the chocolate might burn. I put these bad boys in the oven for 12 minutes (depending on how crispy you like things and the size you make them, anywhere from 10-15 minutes would be good). Next time I may do a strawberry half in the heart hole. They smelled great and came out looking like....
Success!
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