20+ VALENTINES DAY DESSERTS THAT WOW! + WonkyWonderful (2024)

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So what do you get for your quarter of a million dollars? The dessert is covered in Austrian crystals, 23K edible gold, edible glitter, and even edible diamonds(?). It also comes with an 18K white gold ring featuring a pink heart-shaped diamond, a blue pear-shaped diamond, and a white diamond.

Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400.

The National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend about $25.8 billion on the holiday this year – just a tick down from $25.9 billion last year. Valentine's Day spending peaked at $27.4 billion in 2020.

Americans send 145 million Valentine's Day cards each year. According to Hallmark, a whopping 145 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged every February 14 (and that's not even including all those kids' valentines exchanged in classrooms!).

On Valentine's Day every year, there are at least 36 million heart shape boxes of chocolates sold.

The most expensive dessert is The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate ice cream sundae costing $25,000, which was added to the menu of the Serendipity 3 restaurant, New York, USA on 7 November 2007. What is the easiest dessert recipe?

The oldest known Valentine still exists today as a poem written by Charles Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. The greeting that was written in 1415 is part of the manuscript collection at the British Library in London.

Just over half of all Americans (51%) say they have celebrated Valentine's Day before and will do so again this year. Women are more likely than men in the US (55% vs. 46%) to say this. Nearly three in ten Americans (29%) say they've celebrated Valentine's Day before but will skip it this year.

Esther Howland, Mount Holyoke class of 1847, is known as the “mother of the American valentine.” At a time when most women didn't have the opportunity to be employed, let alone lead, Howland founded her card-making business and pioneered an entire industry.

Not only that, Valentine's Day tends to be the most popular day to get engaged. Spending differs by gender and age. Men spend more on Valentine's Day ($200+), while women usually spend less. Millennials are the biggest spenders, with those in that age group planning to spend around $300 on the holiday.

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Couples expect to spend an average of $136, with men planning to shell out slightly more ($163) than women ($107). On average, Millennials expect to spend the most at $145 and Boomers the least at $96.

Teachers receive the most valentines, followed by children, mothers, and wives.

Pink, red, and white are the colors associated with Valentine's Day, and the shelves in supermarkets, stores, and gift shops are flooded with items in these colors.

Oruch, a University of Kansas English professor, determined that Chaucer was the first to link love with St. Valentine in his 14th-century works "The Parliament of Fowls" and "The Complaint of Mars," notes the Times. Therefore, Oruch claimed, Chaucer invented Valentine's Day as we know it today.

Pitched at the world's growing class of ultra-rich 1 percenters is the most expensive Valentine's dinner ever: a $99,300 meal that will be prepared by a Michelin-starred chef at your home.

The National Confectioners Association tells the Chamber that 92% of Americans plan to purchase candy for Valentine's Day this year, including 58 million pounds of chocolate — one of the holiday's most popular candies. Overall, the Valentine's Day season represents about $4 billion in confectionery sales each year.

The most expensive dessert is The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate ice cream sundae costing $25,000 (£12,000), which was added to the menu of the Serendipity 3 restaurant, New York, USA on 7 November 2007. The dessert uses a fine blend of 28 cocoas, including 14 of the world's most expensive.

And CandyStore.com reports that conversation hearts were the most popular Valentine's Day candy in 17 states in 2023. Roughly 13 million pounds of conversation hearts are sold in the six weeks leading up to the holiday. So whether you love them or hate them, these flirtatious hearts are a V-Day staple.