15 Mail-In Experiences That Will Make Your Valentine's Day So Much Fun

Celebrate with a romantic brunch with help from some of Colorado’s best small purveyors. With this kit, you’ll be able to whip up a challah French toast with bread and a recipe from Rebel Bread, along with a cinnamon kit from Savory Spice in Colorado Springs; create an epic topping bar with vanilla bean sugar, candied lemons and strawberry limoncello preserves; and wash it down with a coffee flight from Copper Door coffee. Plus, the kit comes with a cozy set of matching robes.

Cozy up with your partner and get ready to have a Valentine’s Day with all things cookie dough (and cookies)! In this virtual class, join DO CEO Kristen Tomlan to make some edible and bakeable cookie dough and decorate a few cookies together. They’ll provide you with the dry ingredients and walk you through creating deliciously romantic treats together.

Make sushi night extra special with this DIY kit filled with two pounds of hand-selected, ultra fresh Hawaiian fish from Honolulu Fish Co. The kit comes with all the fixings and tools you need to make Ahi and King Salmon nigiri or maki.

Oysters are said to have aphrodisiac properties, making them the perfect Valentine’s Day delicacy. Try what they do down in Louisiana at Drago’s, and grill them. The kit from the restaurant includes three dozen fresh raw Louisiana oysters, the sauce and cheese you need to charbroil them, plus fresh bread straight from New Orleans. A video on their website will help you recreate a little taste of the South no matter where you are in the country.

French macarons are beautiful and delicate but tricky to make. Indianapolis’ Gallery Café is here for the save with their macaron kit and virtual class. They’ll send you a ganache kit and macaron mix plus a link to a video where their chef will walk you through how to craft a few dozen perfect macarons for Valentine’s Day.

There are few things more delicious than fresh Mozzarella, and you can’t get fresher than pulling it yourself! Big Mozz is giving you everything you need to make fresh Mozzarella in the comfort of your own home. Grab your partner and load up the video (or schedule a live virtual event) and get ready for the fun and satisfying craft of Mozzarella making. Add a sprinkle of sea salt and eat as is or use one of the recipes they provide you for a fun and cheesy meal.

This year we’ve given into sweatpants and comfort food so why should Valentine’s Day be any different? If you are looking for something no frills to do with your date, these Coney Dogs — topped with housemade chili, onion and mustard — hail from American Coney Island, the Detroit locale made famous by this dish. Grill up the hot dogs, warm up the chili and top them off for a low-key but delicious date night.

Learn how to make amazing pairings with decadent chocolate and cheese in this class hosted by Fromagination, an iconic cheese shop in Madison, Wisconsin along with Gail Ambrosius, a well-known chocolatier. They’ll send along a kit with four cheeses and six chocolate truffles and walk you through incredible flavor combinations with a few leftovers to experiment on your own.

A freshly baked Everything bagel is pure joy and now you don’t have to trek to your local bagel shop to get it. Brooklyn-based Farmsteady is offering kits to make your own fresh bagels and cream cheese You’ll rope, loop and boil your own bagels with their step-by-step instructions and then make your own schmear.

You don’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy this four-course mystery dinner with a box full of produce from the Chef's Garden and The Culinary Vegetable Institute in Huron, Ohio, a farm that provides produce to some of the best restaurants around the country. Your mystery box is filled with ingredients to make a soup, salad, main and dessert along with recipes and a link to instructional step-by-step videos, plus a tour of the farm and a live Q and A with Plantstrong chefs Jamie and Rip. A portion goes to the Esselstyn Foundation, an organization committed to whole food, plant-based education.

Don’t be afraid to get a little messy with this dinner. North Carolina’s seafood boil is coming to you. They’ll provide a steamer pot to fill with all the good stuff — scallops, crab, shrimp, lobster, corn, potato and seasonings. A brown paper tablecloth is provided to cover your table before you dig in. To make it festive they’ll throw in some cornbread and a heart-shaped cheesecake to enjoy.

Make a Peruvian feast this Valentine’s Day with a pre-recorded or live class where you’ll get to make your own cebiche and empanadas. They’ll provide the ingredients like fresh pastry dough and amazing fish from the Monterey Fish Company and you can put your skills to work.

Why not try your hand at shucking oysters before indulging in them? Island Creek Oysters out of Duxbury, Massachusetts has the perfect starter kit. They’ll send along the gloves, tools and two dozen oysters along with step-by-step instructions. Before you know it, you’ll be shucking and showing off for friends.

If you are going to have steak for Valentine’s Day, you might as well make it Wagyu. Sample some of the best out there with four two-ounce portions from locations across Japan. The meat sampler, curated by Chef Marc Zimmerman from GOZU in San Francisco, comes with a QR code card that gives you details on each spot, the best way to set up a tasting and suggested wine pairing.

A trip to the coast of Maine may not be realistic right now, but you can create the state’s signature lobster rolls at home. This kit includes all you need — the lobster meat, New England split top rolls, butter, mayo and all the details you need to bring the famous sandwiches to the comfort of your own home.