Valentines Day Gift Idea | Fruit Company Gifts

An organic fruit basket can be the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for loved ones

Finding a dull, traditional, perfunctory Valentine’s Day gift is simple, but if you want to find something unique and meaningful for the special people in your life, a little bit more thought is often involved.

There are many options from which you can choose, but one that is becoming increasingly popular is organic fruit gift baskets. This not only gives you the chance to offer a gift that is tasteful, beautiful, delicious, and thoughtful, but it is healthy and environmentally responsible, too.

There are a number of things that you need to consider as you choose the basket this Valentine’s Day, to make certain that you choose the perfect option.

To begin, it is important to realize that these baskets come in virtually every kind of fruit, so you will need to make sure that you choose one that not only fits Valentines Gift Baskets within your budget, but that also appeals to the recipient. If you’re sending the basket to someone you know well, then you may be able to choose fruits that you know they enjoy or feel that they would like to try.

Otherwise, you can send a beautiful array of different organic fruits that are certain to appeal to any recipient and that your loved one is certain to enjoy.

Make sure that you always shop from a store or website that you can trust and that is well known for providing quality products and services. This will help you to know that your loved one will receive only the best arrangement of organic fruit in his or her basket and that it has been packed with care for a safe arrival.

Here are some other ideas to help you with your shopping…

Chocolate Covered America!

Believe it or not...Chocolate-covered bacon is sold as a specialized food across the United States. The idea made an appearance at the Minnesota State Fair using the name, "Pig Lickers" and was sold at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk in California and under the name "Pig Candy" by a chocolate maker in New York City. Why is America recently so attracted to these oldes but not so goodies again?

Here are just a few things you can find at your local fair:

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Chocolate covered potato chips
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Deep fried and then chocolate covered Twinkies

Chocolate covered key lime pie on a stick

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Deep fried snickers
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We all know these foods are horrible for us but somehow, some way, these fair food vendors are making a killing!

Now, let’s get a a little more into the norm and check out this recipe for chocolate covered strawberries…just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries


Ingredients:

3/4 cup chocolate chips (half a bag) or melting bark
1/4 cup white chocolate chips
**if needed, 1 tablespoon of shortening
1 pound strawberries with stem, washed and dried

Directions:

Put both kinds of chocolate in two individual microwavable bowls.  Heat up each one in the microwave oven on increments for thirty seconds  - mixing right after each time until melted and smooth.  Should for some reason your chocolate is just not getting smooth, put in a tablespoon of shortening to it and then stir.

Hold each strawberry from the stem and dip it in either type of chocolate twisting it until finally it's completed covered.  Set the strawberries upon parchment or wax paper to set.  Then take a fork and dip it in the opposite kind of chocolate and drizzle it on the chocolate covered strawberries.  If you discover the dipping chocolate is hardening, simply reheat in the microwave for thirty seconds and stir.  Permit the strawberries to fully set up, approx. 30 minutes in the refrigerator.  Enjoy!

 And for those of you that still have the hankering for chocolate covered bacon you can actually buy this online for $7.50 per bar, just type in Mo’s Bacon Bar for more info. Personally, I'm going to order my chocolate covered fruit here!