Project #1
Heart vs. Stomach A Treat for Him
Today’s Project: Get a food treat for him that he’s not required to share with you or any other family member.
It’s time to think about food, glorious food.
My husband goes positively bonkers over a candy called Cherry Sours. As a leftover from his Florida childhood (from, what I can tell, was spent largely at Walt Disney World) he was first introduced to this candy and has great memories associated with them. The candy in question is a little red sugar ball – and my guy is desperately, inexplicably in love with mass quantities of them.
Which totally confounds me. They taste like the stuff your dental hygienist uses to rinse your mouth out after a particularly painful and thorough cleaning.
But, he loves ‘em, so I search for Cherry Sours whenever I can. They can be hard to locate, so when I do, I try to stock up, without Roger knowing.
When he’s having a rough time at work or I want to say congratulations for a job well done, I break out the Cherry Sours.
Is there a treat that you personally find revolting that your husband absolutely loves? Get it for him, letting him know through this small act, “This is all for you, baby…” (and if you truly don’t like the treat, he won’t feel obligated to share.)
Even if you do love it, insist that it’s all for him. Don’t let him share with you. This is something special that does not require him to share with his neighbor. (It’s perfectly acceptable to get a matching treat for yourself.)
Stumped for ideas? Here are some thoughts:
•Get his favorite pint of Ben & Jerry’s.
•Is there a certain cut of meat that your husband loves? How about having the butcher cut something just for him?
•Learn how to make his favorite dish from childhood.
•My guy loves the smell of baking almost as much as he enjoys eating the treat. Have some brownies in the oven when he gets home from work or working out. (I know, it negates the workout, but isn’t chocolate always worth it?)
Let me know what you’re going to do for your man in the comments below and one of the lucky winners will receive a “My Husband is a Hottie” T-shirt! If you want one for a treat for him for Valentines Day, order it from my store by Thursday and you’ll have it in time for the holiday!)
Plus, we have the winners from January’s What’s for Dinner Challenge:
Monday Nancy Biffel
Tuesday – Sharon
Wednesday – Regena
Thursday – Nocole Blean
Friday – Jessica Lincoln
Tomorrow we’ll be announcing the winner of the What’s for Dinner Prize Pack from the blog tour in January. Stay tunned!
Oreos! Those are my hubbys fav that he hates sharing lol so I will get him a pack of those!
My Husband loves any dessert with Peanut Butter in it. It’s his weakness 🙂
One of our new years resolution this year was to loose weight (medical for him) (supportive and appearance for me), so this one is truly going to be a challenge for me. I am going to find a low cal alternative to one of his favorites. It will be a great surprise and a reassuring treat that says – dieting doesn’t mean you have to give up things you love, just find a healthy way to enjoy them.
i bought my husband some Fudge Rounds, his favorite! wrapped them up real fancy and made a card for him and put it on his desk for when he comes home from work! we’re on a tight budget so we avoid buying junk food, so he’ll love it! he’s been having a rough week so this was a great idea!
I made some Valentine’s Day chex mix (Pintrest project) and my husband loved it. Before he left to go on a 4 day business trip, I snuck a bag into his luggage! Nothing like arriving in you hotel room at 10pm after a long day and finding a little goodie!
I threw together some odd leftovers for supper one time, and this dish is one of my husband’s absolute favorites! Jack is so easy-going all the time (yes, really) so when I can cook or do something that he REALLY enjoys, I don’t mind at all. I combined leftover cooked chicken, shredded, with brown-and-serve sausages, some shredded cheddar cheese and a can of dill green beans (Del Monte makes them- I think they are for making 3 bean salad, but they worked in this application). He FLIPPED! (in a good way!) I now make this every 10-14 days and he is as happy as can be…which means I’m happy too. I decided a long time ago; if anybody is going to spoil that man-IT’S GONNA BE ME!
I made those special tacos he likes with the home cooked shells and sliced avacado. They were great as a family dinner he was asking for for weeks but I have been ill and relying on super quick fix plain dinner entrees. His bonus was that I filled his plate with 7 and didn’t harass him about ovrreating and fat and cholesterol! He loved it:) He finished EVRRY one plus some…and i stockrd up on his favorite coffee creamet, not mine.
Last night was pot roast with carrots & potatoes. And for dessert? Fresh sliced strawberries & vanilla ice cream.
My husband loves making love better than any food…and I mean making love….Not 10 or 20 minutes either,…an hour or more,….so I am giving him sex, sex, sex……???
My husband loves white cake with white icing …. and you can’t have too much icing!
Great idea! This made me think to make dh cranberry fluff b/c he was so sad we didn’t have it at Thanksgiving. I forgot I told him I would make it later for him! Better late than never…
He loves sweet tarts and butterfingers! I am putting them in his patrol car to find in the morning!
OH! He LOVES the frosted animal crackers. Not the pink and white ones (those are MINE), the plain looking ones.
I’m speaking to a women’s group tomorrow and recommending this Valentine’s Day Challenge to boost the marital romance!
My man loves caramel creams, Hershey chocolate bars, and Monte Cristo’s. I’ve learned how to make the Monte Cristo’s at home! He’s on duty this week … I’ll have his treat waiting for him when he gets off shift.
I got my hubby some little Reeses Pieces. Helsp that I’m allergic to them, but he loves them. I had them ready for him when he got home from his run.
My husband’s an Oreo nut. My son and I are going out tomorrow, so we’ll grab some and surprise him.
I try to pick up some type of chocolate or sugar free hard candy for my husband each week when I am out doing the shopping. His all time favorite is the Cadbury creme egg. He has already had those a few times. I think the first time was around Christmas. I could not believe they had Easter candy out before the new year was here.
My husband loves peanut butter cookies made with Adam’s Natural PB. I’ll whip some up for him this afternoon. And finish the laundry to boot! Love this project 🙂
Cassie
My hubby like Now and Later and Jolly Ranchers! Will be getting some for him on the way home. 🙂
tiramisu! I don’t like coffee but he loves tiramisu so this is def a treat just for him!
I’m getting him some Red Vines. Thanks for the idea and the contest!
My husband is not big on desserts, which is a tragedy in my book, because I end up eating every dessert that enters our house with no help from him. BUT- he does love it when I buy him a box (or three) of Oregon Chai Tea…his dessert-y drink of choice. And I even have a coupon for it somewhere…
My hubby is out of town for a couple days, but I will make lettuce wraps for him on Wednesday. He loves PF Changs and I have a mock-recipe I’ve been meaning to try. Takes for the encouragement.
I’ll be making mash potatoes with dinner and cupcakes!
my husband loves my chocolate chip cookies. I’m always changing the recipe to see if I can improve upon them, and he (almost) always tells me that they are the best ever 🙂 I decided to make them yesterday for our churches super bowl party. He ate one and said, “Oh my gosh Honey, these are better than the best ever! I wish I didn’t have to share them with everyone!” So I simply let him know that I picked out the best, most chocolatiest ones and put them in his cookie jar at home, all for him! 🙂
It’s not dessert but I’m going to make my husbands favorite dinner tonight and make him a batch of his favorite chocolate chip cookies! I’ll just stuff my face with a dozen before he gets home so that the other dozen can and will be all his to enjoy! 😉
I’ll be making my husband’s favorite sweet potato casserole-its been in my mother’s family for years and when we were dating he said he’d marry me if I’d make it for him at least once a month 🙂
My husband loves Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I will definitely sneak out and get him some today to surprise him on our date (yay!) tonight!
We have been remodeling our kitchen- new cabinets, and a new ceiling so everything has been a mess for several weeks last week the oven was disconnected too. My man feels deprived of his favorite homemade goodie – oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I cleared as best I could and plan to mix some up and cook them in the toaster oven.
He loves Zebra Cakes. When we go grocery shopping today I’ll be coming home with a box or two for him.
My hubby loves cannoli’s, so I’m going to be making up a batch just for him.
My husband can eat a pound of Starburst Jelly Beans in a single sitting, so we don’t usually buy them that often. It’s time to stock up! and let him have his treat.
Unfortunately my husband has been experiencing some extended unemployment so we’ve cut way back on all the ‘wants’ like his favorite Haagen-Daz ice cream—think I’ll surprise him by splurging on his favorite, Vanilla Swiss Almond! 🙂
My husband left for a business trip this morning. I was able to put some of his favorite snacks in his carryon so he will have a nice surprise waiting for him at the airport.
It breaks my heart that my Love can´t eat whatever he loves due to a serious stomache issue, so I will make sure that he gets his favorite German food: dumplings, chocolate, Berliner and Amerikaner. And I know that he doesn´t only love eating them, he also enjoys making some of it together with me, so by giving him these treats, I´m also giving us a cooking and dinner date, and probably one of his favorite movies afterwards. 🙂
My hubby loves Swedish fish which I don’t particularly enjoy because they taste like rubber and stick to my teeth those these sweet fishy delights will be just for him:)
Harem sandwiches are my husbands favorite! Off to the store I go……
My husband loves kit kats I don’t buy them because we are trying to not eat a lot of candy, but this will be a nice surprise for him! Thanks Kathi!!
My hubby absolutely loves sardines (I think he’s part cat). Nothing tells him I love him like a stack of sardine cans! It may sound silly, but his Valentine’s Day gift will include a half-dozen or more cans of the stinky little fish – and his face will light up!
My husband love gnocchi and I’ve never made it for him. So I think I’ll look up a recipe and do this for dinner tonight!
My hubby loves pepper steak and dark chocolate. I’ll surprise him with both this week!
My husband is on a low-carb diet right now but he can have strawberries. He loves strawberries and likes to eat them with plain yogurt. He’ll be so excited to have them all to himself!! Feels good to treat him. 🙂
I am making Indian food – which is ‘comfort food’ for my husband who is of Indian descent. Chicken Tikka Masala, Basmati Rice, Vegetable Korma and Garlic Nann. Challenging for a ‘meat and potatoes’ girl not of Indian descent. 🙂 Dessert is simple though! Dark Chocolate Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes – his favorite.
I have to be gone this evening, so I’ll have a Digiorno Spicy Chicken Supreme Pizza ready for my hubby.
My husband loves chocolate covered raisins. They sell them in a big container at Sam’s Club. Whenever I am there I try to buy one or two. It is a nice treat for him after a long day or week.
My hottie hubby will be travelling on a business trip over Valentine’s Day, so I will pack some fun -sized Snickers in his suitcase (special to us)…along with a card describing his “present” when he gets home. 😀
My hubby has been real good about not eating sugar, we’re both working on that in fact. However we, here in Denver, just got dumped with a huge amount of snow and he took the kiddos skiing yesterday and gave them a lesson, (he has much more patience in that area than me) So, for him doing that I stocked him up with his favorite, white chocolate covered pretzels and peanut m&m trail mix. They went yesterday and he thanked me numerous times for those treats they enjoyed. Yes, he shared them with the kiddos. It made his time, patience and ski day all the more enjoyable.
My husband is currently deployed and is due back on Valentines day. He LOVES Jelly Beans, so all of the candy dishes are full of Jelly Beans waiting his return.
My husband LOVES oatmeal raisin cookies, but I never bake them because I can’t stand them! I’ll be baking some for him tonight!
My husband loves gingerbread cookies, but I hate making them. The recipe that he loves calls for 7 cups of flour and since we are in a transition period of our lives my KitchenAid mixer is in storage. So for Christmas, I teased and complained about making them by hand. I ended up making some for his mom but they are on a diet so the cookies had to be Gluten-Free and sugar-free. Needless to say they didn’t taste the same. However, I will resolve to make my husband Gingerbread cookies for Valentines Day even though I will have to mix it by hand!!! He’s worth it!
I think what my husband would love and be surprised by the most is a wonderful breakfast with his wife beforre he heads off to work. He never eats breakfast during the week. So, I will make him his favorite tomorrow…homemade bicuits and gravy. I think he would love a new morning routine!
My mom-in-law gave me recipe when my husband and I got married a few months ago for a lemon cake and written on the recipe card was, “this is Jason’s favorite cake!” …. So that sounds like it might be a winner and good surprise if I can bake it the same as his mom does… 🙂
My husband LOVES peanut butter cookies…I’ll make a batch just for him.
My husband loves ice cream. We got him a countertop ice cream maker for Christmas and haven’t gotten to use it a lot, however, tonight, he’s getting one of his favorite, Mint Chocolate Chip!
My husband gets excited when he just sees the oven on – but with three kids, and one more on the way, baking has been on the bottom on my list. So today I am just going to bake him chocolate chip cookies. He grew up getting baked cookies all the time from his mom. I think this will be a nice surprise for him today, especially with our hard weekend. My husband and I were just talking about how we haven’t had a disagreement/fight in such a long time – so it happened over the weekend. 🙁
I think I’ll get him a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Phish food. He hasn’t had any in years, and he knows I hate the band it’s named after (Phish,) so hopefully he’ll enjoy the gesture. 🙂
My hubby loves steak. I’ll be picking him up a T-Bone tonight!
My husband loves Bunch A Crunch and I only find it at the Dollar Store! I always get them when I see them. But I think I’ll get him Cadbury Eggs this time!
My husband loves tropical skittles so I will leave some in his suit pocket as a surprise. Also my husband is addicted to Milos sweet tea so I will leave a gallon in the refrigerator with a note saying this gallon is all for my “Sweet Tea” …..cheesy I know but it will make him smile and that is what this is all about.
I’m going to make some brownies…. The challenge for me will be not to eat them all!
His favorite is white chocolate pieces from a local cake store – whenever I’m around there – I pick up a bag just for him – and of course a bag for the kids too 🙂 I bought him a big bag in Dec. but I’m sure that’s gone – so off to the cake store I go!!
My husband loves these sunflower seeds flavored like crab boil that can only be found in Louisiana and we live in Arizona. I learned this idea when I did the husband project so everytime my mom mails my kids a package she throws a couple bags of them in there for me.
Do i need to do anything for being announced a winner?
I will make him something really sweet! I have been switching our diet to more whole food choices and some things have turned his nose up (mine too at times). I have been trying new healthier sweets lately. Let’s just say some will never be seen in my oven again. My husband has a sweet tooth and I have been trying to indulge it without expanding his waistline. So I will make one of those treats he really likes. Maybe chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter pie, baked cheese cake, idk for sure. At dinner tonight I will slyly bring up the sweets topic and see what he is craving. Probably all of them 🙂
My hubby loves homemade chicken fried steak, but I never make it since it is fairly time consuming. Adding it to our dinner plan for the week!
I’m going to pick him up 2 boxes of MIke & Ikes candies & 2 packages of Red VInes. Reason why 2 of each, he ALWAYS shares with the kids . So I’ll let him know one is for sharing and one is for JUST FOR HIM. 😀
For my hubby, it’s Gummi Bears or Gummi Coke Bottles!
I’ll make his favorite soup and serve it with his favorite, yummy sourdough bread. 🙂
He loves homemade lasagne with sauce made from scratch. I can’t wait to surprise him!
Im going to make my husband enjoys beer, on the weekend he drinks a few…maybe I’ll renew his supply a little early this week!
My hubby loves sardines and kippers They’re going on the shopping list for him
I guess it is time to break out the Whoppers!
My husband love pickled eggs (Yuck). However, he will love this surprise!
My hubby likes Snickers candy bars. . . Guess he’ll be enjoying one of those! 🙂
He has a thing for beef jerky and orange tic tacs. I try to randomly pick them up to give him a little thank you
My husband loves yogurt covered pretzels, so I sent them in his Care Package for Valentine’s Day.
Going to do crab legs( yuck!) and scalloped potatoes from scratch. His favorite. 🙂
My husband has been trying so hard to lose weight this last few weeks, so I hate to mess it up by making something too sweet and fattening. So, I am going to surprise him tomorrow by making rice pudding. I know it is his favorite from when he was a kid, but since I don’t like it I never have made it for him. Your story about the cherry sours reminded me that I need to do things for him even if I don’t like them myself.
My hubby is a meat and potatoes kind of guy, so I will have a special slow cook roast this week! Makes the whole house smell yummy when we walk in the door!
I’ll bake a cinnamon crumb cake tomorrow morning. He loves it and rarely gets a piece, because I always bake a batch for our students who scarf it down in no time!
My husband has been wanting me to make a homemade Italian Creme Cake so I’m going to surprise him with one on Valentine’s Day! I’ve never made one before but I’m up for the challenge.
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