Valentine's Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts

We just returned from a Hawaiian vacation this week so for Valentine's Day this year, I decided to make Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts with the macadamia nuts I brought back home with me. I made them just like I always do using this recipe with the addition of Valentine sprinkles such as these. I put them in clear treat bags such as these and tied them with a cute Valentine ribbon; an easy, fun, yummy and quick Valentine gift. I took seven bags over to my sister's house who hosted a Valentine's dinner party.

My brother-in-law will often prepare a really nice dinner for us ladies on Valentine's Day and all the men will wait on us and we even get cute little presents. My kind of evening.

That is why I decided to contribute my Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts for everyone because I know what a festive evening this turns out to be.

My sister, Barbara, does such a good job decorating and setting a beautiful dinner table for us that makes us feel so special on this day celebrating those we love.

One guest brought fortune cookies and after we sat down at the table, we went around and read our fortunes one-by-one. After we read our fortune, we had to say "...in the bedroon". You can use your imagination and guess that our fortunes were pretty hilarious. That was a fun little game. Our main entree was an Ina Garten recipe for slow cooked roast pork butt along with the most delicious baked potatoes, roasted carrots, cole slaw, corn muffins and dessert was an amazing raspberry panna cotta.

Even though we had a lot of wonderful meals during our Hawaiian vacation, this meal was on the top of the list, for sure. I was glad to get back from our vacation in time for Valentine's day. I always love celebrating this holiday, as does most people in my family. My sister Jolene's birthday is on Valentine's Day so my mom would always make a heart shaped cake which I thought was the neatest cake ever. Our dinner on Valentine's Day growing up was a very special occasion because of my sister's birthday. And now it just continues even though that sister lives clear across the country but we still celebrate her, too. Happy Valentine's Day everybody and Happy Birthday, Jolene!

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