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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day Breakfast - Conversation Heart Toast

    Modified: Aug 29, '23 · Published: Jan 29, '11 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Start your Valentine's Day off with this cute Conversation Heart Toast. Each heart-shaped toast is brightly colored and has a special message printed on it. Kids will love this fun Valentine's Day breakfast.

    brightly colored conversation heart toast served with jelly surrounded by conversation heart candies

    As a child, receiving boxes of conversation hearts from my mom on Valentine's Day was just so sweet. We only got candy on holidays or special occasions, so we always looked forward to our own special box of these unusual confections.

    Although each heart was only a small little bite of candy, I wouldn't pop a whole bunch into my mouth. Rather, I would examine each one closely, reading the mushy or corny little phrase printed on top.

    I have vivid memories of trying to lick just the words on a heart, trying to taste the ink they used to print on the candy. I remember pondering the question, "how did they get those tiny letters onto those little bitty hearts and why did it taste so sweet?" Technology wasn't where it is today.

    No one was printing people's faces on candy back in the 70's. So conversation hearts seemed pretty cool and high tech to a little freckle-faced girl. I just couldn't figure out how ink of any kind could taste good. I was baffled, but I didn't let it stop me from enjoying my sweet little hearts.

    When I got a little older I learned to use food coloring to tint frosting for decorating cookies and cakes and realized that they use food coloring as their ink. Although I couldn't make my own conversation heart candy, I did enjoy making conversation heart cookies decorated with vibrantly colored frosting and adorned with fun little love-related phrases.

    I am a bit older now and have spent years (oh, so many years) using food coloring in so many different applications. I've tinted frosting, chocolate, hard candy, marshmallows, cookie dough, cake batter, and modeling chocolate using different forms of food colorings.

    I even colored stripes on corn dogs to create corn dog bumblebees here on this blog.

    Today I am going to share one more idea for using food coloring to decorate your food.

    This technique is so simple and it requires just a few ingredients: bread, milk, and food coloring. You will simply color milk with store-bought food coloring and paint it lightly onto bread before toasting. Yep, it's that easy.

    CONVERSATION HEART TOAST

    Ingredients:

    2 slices thick white bread per person
    1-2 tablespoons milk per color
    primary and neon food coloring

    Special Equipment Needed:

    heart-shaped cookie cutter
    pastry brushes
    food safe paint brushes
    (either brushes that are only used for
    food or brand new paintbrushes)

    Instructions:

    brush colored milk over heart-shaped bread to create conversation heart toast

    Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut hearts out of each slice of bread. Pour 1-2 tablespoons milk into a small bowl, ramekin, or glass.

    Squeeze in 1 drop of food coloring and stir. Add more drops of food coloring until you achieve the desired color. Create as many different colors as you desire.

    The neon food coloring works great for these hearts.

    Use a pastry brush to very lightly brush the colored milk all over one side of each of the heart-shaped bread slices. Be careful not to oversaturate the bread or your toast will not get very crisp.

    use red food coloring to write messages onto conversation heart toast

    Pour 1-2 tablespoons milk into a small bowl and add 3 drops of red food coloring. Add more drops of coloring until you achieve the desired shade of red.

    Use a fine-tip paintbrush to write messages on each of your hearts.

    The color will bleed if you have too much of the colored milk on your brush, so shake off excess colored milk before you paint your bread.

    When you have finished decorating your hearts, toast them in a toaster or toaster oven. You can also place them on a baking sheet and set them under a broiler set at low heat.

    Broil for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Keep an eye on them as they can burn easily. Serve your toast with your favorite spreads or create a conversation heart sandwich.

     If you are looking for other treats or gifts to make for Valentine's Day,
    you might like these other recipes too.

    50+ amazing Valentine's Day Recipes that you will love. Show how much you care by serving some romantic appetizers, cute treats, and decadent desserts. 

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Sara says

      February 11, 2015 at 3:12 pm

      This is such a cute idea and I will definitely be trying it for my step daughter on Valentine's Day!! If I can get mine to look as cute as yours I will be adding it to my blog and will be sure to mention your page! Thanks!! ourfrontdoorlookingin.com

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    2. Brenda says

      January 18, 2013 at 2:03 pm

      What a sweet idea!! LOVE it!! Thanks for sharing! Pinning now 😉
      ~ Brenda @ ChattingOverChocolate.blogspot.com

      Reply
    3. Lindsi B says

      February 03, 2012 at 4:05 pm

      You are SOOOOo creative! hope you will link up to Fun Stuff Fridays
      lindsi (toysinthedryer.com)

      Reply
    4. 4you-withlove says

      January 31, 2012 at 4:30 am

      Wow,this is so much fun! You are so clever! I think I'll have to do this on Feb 14 for my family....thanks so much for sharing this great idea

      Reply
    5. Designed by Dawn Nicole says

      January 31, 2012 at 2:34 am

      This is SO cute and creative. My kids love toast for breakfast and I have a heart sandwich cutter. They'll love this! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    6. Annalea says

      January 28, 2012 at 4:48 pm

      beth ~ this is the most cleverly brilliant valentine-themed food i've ever seen!!! i can't wait to make this for my family on v-day morning with scrambled eggs and toast! thanks for sharing 🙂 visiting from the 'be different act normal' link party.

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        January 28, 2012 at 5:08 pm

        Wow thanks. I hope your family enjoys the Valentine's Day breakfast.

        Reply
    7. Marla says

      January 27, 2012 at 1:15 pm

      What a cute idea! My daughters will love this for Valentine's Day breakfast!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        January 28, 2012 at 5:09 pm

        Have fun with your girls this Valentine's Day. They will have fun helping you make them or just eating them.

        Reply
    8. Jocelyn says

      January 23, 2012 at 12:56 pm

      This is an adorable idea!!!! I pinned it for sure:-)

      Reply
    9. Mindie Hilton says

      January 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm

      What a clever idea. Thanks for linking up at Bacon Time. Good luck!

      Reply
    10. Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

      February 08, 2011 at 6:52 pm

      Hi Jo,

      I hope your daughter has a great birthday and that the conversation heart toast is a hit with her and her friends.

      Reply
    11. jo says

      February 08, 2011 at 5:26 pm

      I'm using this idea for my daughter's overnight 13th birthday sleepover this weekend! It's a Valentine/Birthday party...thanks! -jo from www.Ottlite.com/blog

      Reply
    12. Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

      February 04, 2011 at 12:00 pm

      Thanks Tiffany and welcome to Hungry Happenings. I'm sure your little one would be excited to find colorful Conversation Heart Toast on the plate this Valentine's Day.

      Reply
    13. Tiffany Yang says

      February 04, 2011 at 7:06 am

      You have so many fun ideas! I'm your newest follower! This recipe looks so easy, and it's perfect for Valentine's Day breakfast. I also love your corn dog bee idea. Gotta try it one day.

      Reply
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