Valentine’s Day Sweets and Treats
One of the best things about Valentine’s Day is that it’s an excuse to make some really pretty and delicious desserts!
I decided to find some of the prettiest Valentine’s Day dessert recipes out there.
Keep reading to see my list of Valentine’s Day sweets and treats.
Heart-Shaped Cake
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Making a heart-shaped cake is actually really easy to do…it’s all in the pans that you use. Hint: You don’t need a heart shaped cake pan to make one of these!
Click HERE to find out how.
Your Valentine’s Day cake will be the center of your table decor!
Chocolate Chiffon Valentine Cake
Chocolate Chiffon Valentine Cake from tasteofhome.com
If you are willing to put in a little more work in icing the cake, this chocolate chiffon valentine cake from tasteofhome.com is sure to be a big hit! Being a chiffon cake, it’s lighter than a standard chocolate cake. The whipped cream and strawberries are the perfect icing.
Cupcake Rose Bouquet
Cupcake rose bouquet from bhg.com
If you’d rather make cupcakes than cake, try these cupcakes that look like roses from bhg.com. Making a cupcake rose bouquet is a really pretty way to serve them if you have the time to fiddle with it. It’s almost too pretty to eat!
Ombre Heart Sugar Cookies
Ombre Heart Sugar Cookies from aliceandlois.com
These heart shaped cookies from aliceandlois.com are really easy to make and taste great. The pink ombre effect is also really easy to achieve…just use different amounts of food color in the icing.
Valentine Day’s Linzer Cookies
Valentine’s Day Linzer cookies from cookingclassy.com
These Valentine’s Day Linzer cookies from cookingclassy.com are a little more work than sugar cookies, but they taste great and are really pretty!
Cherry Heart Pies
Cherry heart pies from frugalcouponliving.com
These mini cherry heart pies from frugalcouponliving.com are the perfect valentine treat. They’re bite-sized so they’re easy to eat or to give away as Valentine’s Day gifts.
Layered Strawberry Jello Cups
Layered strawberry jello cups by thefirstyearblog.com
If you don’t want to go through all the effort of baking, these layered strawberry jello cups from the firstyearblog.com are a perfect Valentine’s Day dessert! They take some time to make because you have to wait for each layer to set before you make the next one. But the actual work is not hard or time-consuming.
Red Velvet Oreo Truffles
Red velvet oreo truffles by homeiswheretheboatis.net
What’s not to love about red velvet, oreo cookies and truffles all in one dessert from homeiswheretheboatis.net! And these are the perfect size to be given out as Valentine’s Day treats.
With all of these delicious sweets available, this year’s Valentine’s Day is sure to be a special one!
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This post was originally published on February 4, 2016 but was updated with new content on August 15, 2022.
