Heart shaped ice cubes tray - gags discontinued by Cal Exotics - review by Dawn (Lilac Distraction)

I'm going to admit that I'm obsessed with fun shaped ice cube trays and all things cute. This ice cube tray satisfies both of those needs for me!

The tray itself is made of plastic. It's not totally flexible, and does resemble regular ice cube trays in that respect. It seems to be dishwasher safe, but it can be rinsed off in the sink easily. The tray is 4" wide and 7" long. It's a bit wider than other ice cube trays, so it might take some maneuvering in your freezer. The 12 hearts range in size from 1 1/2" wide to slightly under 1". With any awesomely shaped ice cube tray, you'll want to make sure you don't overfill it. Fill the tray almost to the top, because the ice will expand and make your hearts kinda jagged on the edges.

Of course you can make ice with this tray! Fill it with water, pop it in the freezer for a few hours, and you'll have adorable little ice cubes. Are you someone who is into ice play? Well, now you can have cute hearts instead of normal shaped cubes. How romantic, huh?

Another fun idea is to freeze juices in it. Pick one dark and one light color of juice. Freeze the darker juice in the tray, put the ice in the lighter juice. Not only will your juice not get watered down, but you'll have a nice little combination of flavors that's super pretty! This works well for entertaining, but you'll probably have to make a couple batches. You can also put the juice cubes in champagne or white wine for an even fancier time!

This tray could work for things like Jello and Jello shots, as well. What an awesome bachelorette party idea, right? If you plan on doing that, you might want to grab a couple of these so you'll be able to make more. Using different colors of Jello would be super fun, as well! It's all about presentation!

Love chocolate? Grab some of the chocolate melts that can be found in the cake decorating section, heat them up, and slowly pour them into the tray. When they're cooled, you can decorate them by drizzling a second color of chocolate on them. You can also use these little chocolates to decorate cakes and cupcakes. I know you can buy a very similar mold like this at the craft store, but those can only be used so many times before you need a new one. This one is much sturdier.

You can also make some awesome decorative soaps with this! The soap might be too small to get that many uses out of, but it's a great way to try out different formulas and let people sample your creations.

If you're like me, and you dip your toes into anything crafty, you can use this mold for casting resin or jewelry making. You can press polymer clay into it to make beads or pendants (but don't bake in it).

There are a ton of things other than making plain ol' regular ice with water that you can do with this tray. I'm still coming up with uses for it!

I love this super fun ice cube tray. I left for the weekend and came back and found the tray sitting empty on the kitchen counter. I asked my boy roommate why it was there and he said "I just wanted some heart-shaped ice cubes in my drink to see what it was like." I giggled at him. Even a manly man likes heart cubes. There's no reason not to have this.