With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I can’t help but share some awesome cookie ideas with you. Sometimes, choosing a perfect gift for those you love most is hard, so a heart-shaped cookie may be the best idea. Take a look at the ideas below and choose the one your loved ones would enjoy most!
Gingerbread Cookies (Valentine’s Edition)
Perfect for Christmas, the gingerbread cookies can be a great Valentine’s gift, too; everything remains the same but in the shape of a heart.
Gingerbread Cookies Valentine’s Edition
Who says that gingerbread cookies are reserved for Christmas?
If you want something unusual, try this traditional Mexican sweet bread, all you need to do is shape it into a heart and have a perfect Valentine’s treat.
Heart-Shaped Conchas
Here is one Valentine's Day idea! The dough is fluffy and cloudy with a crispy crust on top.
If you are in the mood for a full-bakery experience, I recommend the Red Velvet Pavlova Cake, your Valentine’s festivities will definitely be remembered!
Red Velvet Pavlova Cake
I don't know how I never made this red velvet pavlova cake before! I truly recommend it 🙂
For a cake that combines the joy of backing with the joy of eating, make this Blank Space Cake and enjoy your music-inspired delight.
Taylor Swift Blank Space Cake
To celebrate the release day of 1989 (Taylor's Version), I made this iconic Blank Space Cake. The dark chocolate layers, cherries, and rum go amazingly together. The funniest part is stabbing the heart-shaped cake several times and eating it straight from the plate!
Rich, creamy, and relatively easy to make, even for beginners, this cake is the perfect way to say “I love you” to those who matter to you the most.
Heart-Shaped Cheesecake
A beautiful heart-shaped cheesecake for Valentine’s Day. Crustless cheesecake topped with fresh raspberries and whipped cream, the perfect treat for your loved one.
Moist and rich, these sweet delights are one-bowl sweets that take minutes to make and eternity to forget.
Heart Shaped Brownies
Easy and adorable heart shaped brownies are perfect for Valentine’s Day! This recipe includes our favorite from-scratch brownie recipe, but you can absolutely use a boxed mix!
Bite-sized and cheerful, made for a light finger-food gathering, these are perfect for any Valentine’s event, from an intimate date to a night-in with your favorite people.
Heart-Shaped Cake Pops
A sweet piece of strawberry cake, coated in candy and placed on a stick. A perfect treat or gift for Valentine’s Day!
This delicious, moist, and rich chocolate cake will bring out your creative side, which is the perfect opportunity to add some of your zest to this dessert.
Hidden Heart Chocolate Loaf Cake
An easy to follow recipe for a Hidden Heart Chocolate Loaf Cake with a surprise pink heart when you cut into it! Great for Valentine’s Day
Ideal to shape and decorate, these cutout cookies will add a romantic spin to your evening without you having to work too hard on them.
Peanut Butter Cutout Cookies
I used peanut butter in place of the butter in my take on a traditional cutout cookie, which turned out super nutty and soft. My children love to decorate the cookie with frosting, sprinkles and some creativity. —Cindi Bauer, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Simple and tasty, these oatmeal cookies are a real treat with their delicious cream cheese frosting.
Oatmeal Rollout Cookies
For special events, the creator’s mother would bring these cookies to the rural school she attended. She decorated each cookie with a student’s name written in frosting.
These are cookies you eat with your nose before they even touch your mouth as they seduce with their fragrance of warm spices and crisp texture.
Linzer Heart Cookies
This specialty cookie takes a little extra effort, but the delectable results are well-worth it. I bake the tender jam-filled hearts when I need something fancy to serve for Valentine’s Day or other special occasions. —Jane Pearcy, Verona, Wisconsin
These are perfect to start your Valentine’s Day since they are a delicious breakfast idea to kick-start the festivities and romance.
Heart-Shaped Cinnamon Coffee Cakes
I enjoy making this lovely coffee cake for anniversaries, Valentine’s Day and other special occasions. I found the recipe more than 30 years ago, and I’ve been making it ever since. The delicious treat is a hit with family and friends. -Norma Hammond, Leland, Iowa
Thicker and cakeier than regular cookies, with a special filling and unique magic, these pies will melt your heart as they melt in your mouth.
Chocolate Chip Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
Baking a fun treat is a must when my four grandchildren come to stay for “grandma camp.” Sometimes the grandkids help by piping the cake batter. —Linda Schend, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Some call them a cliché, but I call them a classic, these lovely pink macarons, will finitely be the sweetest treat for favorite people at Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Heart Macarons
These cinnamon spiced heart macarons are the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
If you are in the mood for deep-flavored and rich chocolaty treats, the Homemade Ding Dong cakes in a heart shape will definitely enhance your Valentine’s Day!
Ding Dong Valentines Chocolate Hearts
Ding Dong Valentine’s Chocolate Hearts are a delicious, fun and festive Valentine’s Day treat! What better way to spread love than with chocolate?
And lastly, if you can’t think of another dessert, you can never go wrong with the gentle and romantic heart-shaped cinnamon rolls.
Sweetheart Cinnamon Rolls
Show someone how much you care with these adorable heart-shaped cinnamon rolls. Made with Pillsbury cinnamon rolls and using an easy-to-follow technique, they are so simple to make! You can have a batch of heart cinnamon rolls ready for breakfast in just 3 steps and 25 minutes. Skip the card this year, these sweet treats say it all.
Laura Bais is the owner of Julie's Cafe Bakery food blog. From a young age, she had a passion for cooking, and at the age of 13, she made her first meal. After finishing high school, she undergraduates in Cultural Studies at the University of Rijeka, and graduates in Journalism at the University of Zagreb. At that time she honed her cooking skills, but also worked in marketing. Since her love for cooking never faded, in 2021 she finally decided to share her recipes with the world. Laura turned her hobby into a career and loves every moment of it. Now she writes about common mistakes in the kitchen and how to avoid them, about adding twists to traditional meals, etc. Her love for trying new foods often leads her to visit restaurants and attempt to recreate the meals at home. She has been featured on F and B Recipes and BOXROX, to name a few.
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