By Becky Hardin
Published Feb 11, 2022
Celebrate the most romantic holiday this February 14th with these delicious Valentine’s Day Desserts ! Baking strawberry cookies , red velvet cupcakes , fudgey brownies , and all the sweet treats is a nice way to show love for everyone in your life. So if you need some easy Valentine’s dessert ideas, look no further! Whether you prefer strawberry or chocolate, red or pink, simple or gourmet, there’s some easy Valentine’s dessert recipes here for you.
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Easy Dessert Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the perfect holiday for something sweet! Whether you’re baking treats for the kids, making a romantic dessert just for two, or keeping the sweets all for yourself, you can’t let February 14th go by without indulging in something delicious.
I’ve got so many easy Valentine’s Day desserts, recipes, and ideas to share with you. Cookies, cupcakes, cakes, chocolate desserts, shareable desserts, and of course plenty of pink and red desserts for those festive Valentines parties!
Whether you prefer strawberry desserts or chocolate desserts, celebrate the day of love with these easy desserts for Valentine’s Day!
Strawberry Fudge
Pink and Red Valentine’s Desserts
Get in the spirit of the holiday with these pink and red dessert recipes. These are my favorite desserts for Valentine’s Day celebrations because they’re extra festive!
- Strawberry Fudge : This cake-y, strawberry and white chocolate fudge is so quick and easy to make. It’s the perfect pink color, and you can top with heart sprinkles for an extra festive twist.
- Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies : Use a box of cake mix to make the easiest, fluffiest strawberry cookies for your Valentine!
- Pink Velvet Cake : If you prefer pink over red for Valentine’s Day, this velvet-y pink vanilla cake is sure to please!
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Brownies : Layers of brownie with a strawberry filling taste just like a chocolate covered strawberry!
- Red Velvet Dessert Lasagna : This dessert is made with layers of cheesecake, chocolate pudding, chocolate chips, and whipped cream.
- Chocolate Covered Pretzels : This sweet and salty treat is so simple to make, and you can decorate as you like. It’s a great thing to make for Valentine’s Day parties and gift bags.
- Strawberry Cupcakes : These pink and red cupcakes are made with fresh strawberries, so they make great Valentine party treats.
- Lofthouse Cookies : These popular cookies are easy to make at home. They have a deliciously soft texture and the prettiest pink frosting!
- Red Velvet Cupcakes : Red velvet desserts are a must on Valentine’s Day, and these cupcakes are easy to make and share.
Strawberry Cookies
Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies
Cookies are such an easy treat to make, and they always taste so good! These cookies are great Valentine’s Day desserts for parties, care packages, or for the kids at home.
- Soft Sugar Cookies : These super soft and chewy sugar cookies are a favorite on Valentine’s Day. Topped with creamy frosting and sprinkles, it’s easy to decorate them for the holiday.
- Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies : Start with dark chocolate cake mix to make creamy, gooey cookies that will win over anyone’s heart.
- Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies : Classic thumbprint cookies filled with raspberry jam are so cute and festive. You can even use your thumb to make a heart shape in each cookie!
- Best M&M Cookies : Any kind of candy fits right in on Valentine’s Day, but M&Ms are always a favorite. This classic candy cookie is just irresistible! Use the pink and red Valentine’s M&Ms if you can find them.
- Salted Caramel Brownie Cookies : Make chocolatey cookies with a box of brownie mix, and add a tasty salted caramel flavor.
- S’mores Cookies : These are a crowd-pleaser every time! Mini marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers make a pretty cute (and pretty delicious) treat.
- Tie-Dye Butter Cookies : You can use pink and red food coloring to make these cookies perfect for the holiday.
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookies : Keep it simple with chocolate chip cookies on Valentine’s Day. You can’t beat the best!
Chocolate Lava Cakes
Romantic Valentine’s Desserts for Two
After a romantic dinner at home , make one of these beautiful, indulgent, romantic dessert ideas for you and your Valentine.
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cakes : Fluffy, moist chocolate cakes are filled with peanut butter for a restaurant-quality dessert!
- No Bake Cheesecake Cups : These creamy little cups of cheesecake are just delightful, and it’s so simple to make this dessert for two.
- Strawberries Foster : A sweet buttered rum mixed with strawberries and served over ice cream makes a fancy but easy Valentine’s Day dessert.
- Pomegranate Champagne Sorbet : Make a simple sorbet with champagne and pomegranate juice. It’s such a pretty color, and makes for such a romantic dessert idea.
- Chocolate Pots de Creme : These little pots of creamy chocolate are decadent, and they will take Valentine’s Day up a notch.
- Mini Pavlovas : These little meringues are filled with a flavorful whipped cream mixture, and topped with delicious fruit.
Red Velvet Cake
Valentine’s Day Cake Recipes
If you want to wow with your desserts this Valentine’s Day, make one of these beautiful cake recipes!
- Red Velvet Cake : You can’t go wrong with a classic red velvet cake on Valentine’s Day! It’s perfectly red, chocolate-y, and tastes amazing.
- Velvet Chocolate Bundt Cake : This Valentine’s cake is for the chocolate lovers. It’s rich and moist, and topped with silky chocolate ganache.
- Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting : This sheet cake is the most perfect pink color, and it’s topped with strawberry cream cheese frosting. It’s great for a crowd!
- White Strawberry Layer Cake : Vanilla cake is layered with a strawberry filling and whipped cream topping. It’s a beautiful white and red combination that looks great on Valentine’s Day.
- Strawberry Pound Cake : This pound cake is made with fresh strawberries and topped with a strawberry syrup and glaze.
- Better than Sex Cake : The title says it all! This super chocolatey cake makes the best Valentine’s Day dessert.
- Kentucky Butter Cake : Butter cake is super rich, moist, and flavorful. It’s topped with strawberries and cream for a simple presentation that’s just beautiful.
Strawberry Truffles
Chocolate Desserts for Your Valentine
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate ! You can’t go wrong with any of these chocolate Valentine’s dessert ideas.
- Strawberry Truffles : Fresh strawberries and white chocolate are coated in milk chocolate to make these truffles. Skip the box of chocolate and make this treat for Valentine’s Day instead.
- Chocolate Cheesecake : Creamy, smooth, and chocolate-y, this decadent cheesecake is so delicious.
- Ferrero Rocher Brownies : This special chocolate candy turns a box of brownie mix into a crunchy, flavorful Valentine’s treat.
- Deep Fried Brownie Bites : Bites of fudgey brownie are deep fried to add a crisp outer layer. They’re so fun to eat, and easy to share!
- Chocolate Fudge : Classic fudge is the best Valentine’s Day treat for chocolate lovers. This recipe can be made ahead of time so that it’s ready to eat.
- Mocha Cookies : Real espresso, cocoa powder, and espresso baking chips make the richest chocolate cookies you’ll ever taste! You’ll definitely want to make these for your coffee-loving Valentine.
- Chocolate Lasagna : Start with an Oreo cookie crust, then add layers of cheesecake, pudding, and whipped topping.
Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Everyone deserves something sweet and delicious! These dessert ideas are the perfect way to finish off a romantic Valentine’s dinner. Whatever you choose to make, I hope these easy Valentine’s Day desserts make your holiday a little bit more special!
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By Becky Hardin
Published Dec 2, 2020
These raspberry thumbprint cookies are super easy to make and a wonderful cookie to enjoy during the holidays. Perfectly soft cookies are filled with a sweet jam, what’s not to love?!
Jam Thumbprint Cookies
One of my favorite things about Christmas is cookies , not to say I don’t enjoy them all year round, but I definitely have a lot of them in my house over the holidays !
This super cute thumbprint cookies are filled with raspberry jam for a fun and festive treat.
If you are a lover of thumbprint cookies, be sure to check out my Chocolate Thumbprint and Creme de Menthe Thumbprint Cookies recipes!
Why you’ll love this Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Recipe:
- Easy: Made with simple ingredients, these cookies are easy to make. It’s a great recipe for your kids to help with in the kitchen.
- Quick: It takes about 10 minutes to make these cookies and another 10 minutes to bake them. Perfect when you have a cookie emergency!
- Soft and delicious! these cookies come out so perfectly soft and the sweet raspberry jam makes them irresistible!
I love these cookies for Christmas, but they’re just as good year-round, for any occasion. They’re perfect for Valentines , Easter , summer weekends, or any time you need a sweet treat!
How to make raspberry thumbprint cookies
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- Cream together the butter and sugars.
- Mix in the egg yolk and vanilla.
- Stir in the dry ingredients.
- Roll the dough into balls and make a dent in each ball.
- Fill the dent with jam and bake.
Recipe Variations
If raspberry jam is not…your jam…you can mix these cookies up with your favorite flavor. Use strawberry jam to keep them festive, or try them with grape, blackberry or apricot.
How long do they keep?
Once the cookies have cooled completely, store them in an airtight container with the layers separated with parchment. They will keep for 3 days at room temperature or up to 6 days in the fridge.
Can you freeze them?
Yes, these thumbprint cookies freeze well. I prefer to flash freeze them on a baking sheet and then transfer to an airtight container. That way they don’t stick together when they freeze.
Thaw the cookies for an hour or so at room temperature before enjoying.
Tips!
- These cookies are deliciously soft with the perfect amount of sweet and tart produced by the jam. I included the pecans for a little extra crunch, but it’s important that the pecans are small enough for the dough to stick together.
- When recipe testing, I tested the recipe without using an egg yolk and used a whole egg instead. I found that it completely changed the structure and the cookies were definitely harder and more crunchy when I used a whole egg. I think the egg yolk is necessary in order to keep the cookies soft.
- Don’t over mix the cookie dough or they can become tough. Just mix it until the dry ingredients are combined.
More Holiday Cookies
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Hershey Kiss Cookies
If you make this recipe be sure to upload a photo in the comment section below or leave a rating. Enjoy!
Ingredients1x2x3x
- ▢ ½ cup salted butter 113 grams, room temperature (1 stick)
- ▢ ½ cup brown sugar 107 grams
- ▢ ½ cup powdered sugar 57 grams
- ▢ 1 egg yolk 14 grams
- ▢ 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 8 grams
- ▢ 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 grams
- ▢ ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ▢ 1½ cups all-purpose flour 180 grams
- ▢ ½ cup chopped pecans 57 grams
- ▢ ½ cup raspberry jam 170 grams
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Using a hand mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and powdered sugar together until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes ½ cup salted butter, ½ cup brown sugar, ½ cup powdered sugar
- Mix in the egg yolk and vanilla 1 egg yolk, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Stir in the cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, and pecans until just combined. Don’t overmix. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1½ cups all-purpose flour, ½ cup chopped pecans
- Roll the dough into balls and press a thumb or teaspoon measurer into the center of the dough to make an indentation.
- Fill the indents with jam and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until just set. ½ cup raspberry jam
- Let cookies sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling. They will still feel soft, but they will continue to harden as they finish cooling.
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
- Baking Sheet
- Hand Mixer
Becky’s Tips
- These cookies are deliciously soft with the perfect amount of sweet and tart produced by the jam. I included the pecans for a little extra crunch, but it’s important that the pecans are small enough for the dough to stick together.
- When recipe testing, I tested the recipe without using an egg yolk and used a whole egg instead. I found that it completely changed the structure and the cookies were definitely harder and more crunchy when I used a whole egg. I think the egg yolk is necessary in order to keep the cookies soft.
- Don’t over mix the cookie dough or they can become tough. Just mix it until the dry ingredients are combined.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
By Becky Hardin
Published Jul 12, 2017
This Essential Grocery List is an absolute life saver for my family on the busy weeks. When I started this journey to learn how to cook, I quickly realized that the first step in cooking is having staple ingredients on hand. I want to avoid having to run out to the grocery store every single time I prepare a new recipe. Having a well-stocked pantry has made my life in the kitchen so much simpler, because when it’s time to cook, I have what I need.
Essential Grocery List
It’s so helpful to have a basic grocery list to help me remember which foods to buy at the store. This food shopping list is my go-to!
It’s better to stock up on things like grains, seasonings and spices, baking essentials, oils, condiments, canned and frozen foods, etc. so I can just grab them when I need them. These things have a long shelf life , so I keep them in my kitchen for convenience.
However, I do have to go to the supermarket sometimes, and there’s a way to make that trip easy and hassle-free: I keep a grocery list! If I go in blindly, I’ll leave with things I don’t need, and nothing that actually helps me prepare a good meal.
In the list below, I’ve compiled everything I always have on my stock-up grocery list.
I’ve got you covered! I created an easy grocery list filled with all of the essentials. Plus there’s a free printable version that you can take with you to the grocery store. It has everything you need to stock your pantry, your freezer, and your refrigerator.
Click to get my Free Printable Grocery List
What to Buy at the Grocery Store
This is the perfect grocery list filled with all the basics and essentials. It should help get you going if you’re new to cooking, or if you’re just left staring helplessly at an empty pantry and don’t know how to fill it.
When I first started cooking, things could seem overwhelming. I quickly realized that they more prepared I could be, the more confident I felt. If you already have the basics in your kitchen, then you can shop stress-free.
So print out our easy grocery list, stock up your pantry and fridge, and you’ll be cooking in no time!
Click to get my Free Printable Grocery List for the perfectly stocked pantry and freezer!
Fresh Produce
- Apples
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Avocados
- Bell Peppers
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Garlic
- Lemons/Limes
- Onion
- Parsley
- Cilantro
- Basil
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
GRAINS
- Breadcrumbs
- Pasta
- Quinoa
- Rice
- Sandwich Bread
- Tortillas
MEAT/PROTEIN
- Chicken
- Eggs
- Ground Beef
- Sliced Turkey
- Lunch Meat
DAIRY
- Butter
- Sliced Cheese
- Shredded Cheese
- Milk
- Sour Cream
- Greek Yogurt
BAKING GOODS
- Baking powder
- Baking Soda
- Granulated Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Flour
- Honey
- Vanilla Extract
- Dry Yeast
- Chocolate Chips
- Cocoa Powder
- Powdered Sugar
FREEZER
- Fruit and Berries
- Frozen Veggies (Corn, Peas, Broccoli, etc)
- Juice Concentrate
- Pizza or Other Convenience Meals
- Pie Crust
- Cookie Dough
CANNED/DRIED GOODS
- Chicken stock/broth
- Salsa
- Diced Tomatoes
- Jam/Jelly
- Peanut Butter
- Pasta Sauce
- Beans (Black Beans, Chickpeas, Baked Beans, etc)
- Soups
- Tuna
- Green Chiles
- Canned Veggies
- Coffee or Tea
Get more details on the best non-perishable and pantry foods
CONDIMENTS/SPICES
- Black Pepper
- Chili Powder
- Cinnamon
- Crushed Red Pepper
- Cumin
- Garlic Powder
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- Mayo
- Nutmeg
- Paprika
- Salt (Course Sea Salt and Kosher Salt)
- Soy Sauce
- Steak Sauce
- Hot Sauce/ Buffalo Sauce
- Salad Dressings
OILS/VINEGARS
- Apple cider vinegar
- Balsamic vinegar
- Coconut Oil
- Olive Oil
- Vegetable/Canola Oil
- Red Wine Vinegar
- White Vinegar
- Cooking Wine
- White Wine Vinegar
SNACKS
- Crackers
- Nuts
- Quick Oats
- Popcorn
- Tortilla Chips
- Cereal
Click to get my Free Printable Grocery List for the perfectly stocked pantry and freezer!
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I hope this essential grocery list can help you buy what you need and make your home cooking so much easier!
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