{"id":15728,"date":"2025-01-20T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=15728"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:38:38","slug":"homemade-conversation-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/homemade-conversation-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Conversation Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/HomemadeConversationHearts.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade Conversation Hearts\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/homemade-conversation-hearts\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Homemade Conversation Hearts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 1 hour plus standing and drying \u2022 Serves: 24<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>4-1\/2 <\/span>cups powdered sugar plus additional for dusting<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>Knox\u00ae original unflavored gelatine<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon <strong>McCormick\u00ae pure vanilla extract<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/8 <\/span>teaspoon salt<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span><strong>McCormick\u00ae assorted food colors &#038; egg dye<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span>Edible food color pens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Line 2 rimmed baking pans with parchment paper; generously dust with sugar. In small microwave-safe bowl, whisk gelatine and 1\/4 cup water; let stand 5 minutes. Heat gelatine mixture in microwave oven on high 20 seconds or until dissolved.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment, add gelatine mixture; with mixer on low speed, gradually add sugar and mix until fully incorporated. Add vanilla extract and salt; beat 1 minute or until soft dough forms.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Divide dough into smaller bowls; add food color and knead to create desired colors, adding powdered sugar, as needed, if dough becomes too sticky.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Dust work surface with sugar. Working with 1 color at a time, roll dough to 1\/4-inch thick; with 1-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out hearts and place in single layer on prepared pans. Gather dough scraps, reroll and cut out additional hearts.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>5.<\/span>Let hearts dry at room temperature 1 day or until completely hardened; write messages on hearts with pens. Store hearts in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Makes about 288 hearts.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (12 hearts):<br \/>\n88 Calories, 0g Fat (0g Saturated), 0mg Cholesterol, 13mg Sodium,<br \/>\n22g Carbohydrates, 0g Fiber, 22g Sugars, 22g Added Sugars, 0g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homemade Conversation Hearts Prep: 1 hour plus standing and drying \u2022 Serves: 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-15728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01_appetizers-snacks","category-recipes","tag-25win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15822,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15728\/revisions\/15822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}