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20+ Valentine's Day Desserts (Scrumptious & EASY)

BySamantha Skaggs

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This round-up of Valentine's Day Desserts includes something for everyone! From heart-shaped confections to fruity delights to chocolate in every way, shape, or form, you're sure to find the perfect sweet treat to delight and impress your special valentine!

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While dinner for your valentine(s) might include a family-friendly spaghetti dinner or a romantic meal of steak for two, let's be honest...everyone is really just holding out for the Valentine's Day desserts!

Luckily, there's something for everyone in the collection below...

  1. HEART-SHAPED SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Easy Shortbread Heart-Shaped Cookies stacked on a white plate.
Easy Shortbread Heart-Shaped Cookies
Easy Shortbread Heart-Shaped Cookies are slice-and-bake treats that are loaded with sprinkles for the perfect Valentine's Day dessert...and they don't even require a cookie cutter!
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  1. RASPBERRY SWIRL BROWNIES
Raspberry Brownies with swirl of jam and berries.
Raspberry Swirl Brownies (From-Scratch + AMAZING!)
Fudgy brownies are studded with chocolate chips and topped with raspberry preserves in these rich, decadent brownie!
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  1. HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Strawberry Shortcake recipe on white plate.
Ultimate Strawberry Shortcake (Classic, Easy, The BEST!)
This scrumptious recipe is made from scratch using a method that makes it quick and easy, for a simple version of the classic dessert!
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  1. CARAMEL CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING
Croissant Bread Pudding with Caramel on plate.
Croissant Bread Pudding with Caramel
This decadent yet simple bread pudding features a homemade, 5-minute caramel sauce and is the perfect recipe to use up stale or leftover croissants!
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  1. WARM CHOCOLATE COBBLER
Warm Chocolate Cobbler ~ a layer of moist chocolate cake floats on a caramel-streaked, coffee-laced, pudding-like layer of chocolate decadence | FiveHeartHome.com
Warm Chocolate Cobbler
This warm and gooey Valentine's Day dessert features moist chocolate cake floating on top of a caramel-streaked, coffee-laced, molten chocolate sauce!
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  1. HEART-SHAPED FRUIT PIZZA
Heart-shaped Fruit Pizza Valentine's Day dessert.
Fruit Pizza
Fruit Pizza on a heart-shaped sugar cookie crust features cream cheese frosting topped by glossy berries & cherries for a lovely Valentine's  Day dessert!
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  1. SLOW COOKER CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER FONDUE
Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fondue
This decadent, glossy chocolate dip is kissed with peanut butter, perfect for your favorite fruit and confections on Valentine's Day or any day!
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  1. SOFT SUGAR COOKIES
Soft Sugar Cookies on a pewter platter.
Soft + Puffy Sugar Cookies
These puffy cookies have tender centers, a crunchy coating of sugar, loads of vanilla flavor, and require NO ROLLING!
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  1. STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE PRETZEL BARK
Strawberry Pretzel Chocolate Swirl Bark ~ semi-sweet and white chocolate, salty pretzels, tart strawberries, and festive sprinkles combine in this fun and tasty homemade candy! | FiveHeartHome.com
Strawberry Chocolate Pretzel Bark
This gorgeous Valentine's Day dessert features smooth semi-sweet and white chocolate, salty pretzel sticks, tart strawberries, and festive sprinkles for a fun and tasty homemade candy treat!
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  1. HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
These easy, all-natural, scrumptious treats whip up with just THREE real ingredients...betcha' can't eat just one!
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  1. TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies ~ intense chocolate flavor with chewy, gooey centers and two types of chocolate chips | FiveHeartHome.com
Triple Chocolate Cookies
These fudgy cookies are rich and intensely chocolatey, with chewy, gooey centers and two different types of chocolate chips. Chocoholics rejoice!
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  1. STRAWBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
Strawberry Upside-Down Cake with slice being removed.
Strawberry Upside-Down Cake
This delicious twist on the classic cake showcases fresh strawberries in place of pineapple!
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  1. CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING
Chocolate Bread Pudding in baking dish with berries.
Chocolate Bread Pudding with Raspberry Sauce
This warm and decadent dessert of bread cubes soaked in a rich chocolate custard and then layered with more chocolate before being baked is served warm with a drizzle of raspberry sauce!
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  1. HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PUDDING
Homemade Chocolate Pudding in bowl and on spoon.
The BEST Homemade Chocolate Pudding
This classic, creamy dessert is surprisingly easy to make…and after trying it, you'll never want store-bought again!
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  1. ONE-BOWL COCONUT CUPCAKES
Coconut Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and a garnish of flaked coconut.
One-Bowl Coconut Cupcakes (From-Scratch, Easy, + AMAZING!)
These easy-to-make cupcakes are extremely moist (thanks to coconut milk) and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting and sweetened coconut flakes!
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  1. EASY CLASSIC BLONDIES
Stack of blondies made from classic blondie recipe.
The BEST Classic Blondies
This easy, classic, one-bowl recipe is quick to make and completely customizable! Load your blondies with anything from classic chocolate chips to your favorite candy, nuts, dried fruit, coconut, and more!
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  1. FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FRUIT DIP
Chocolate Fruit Dip in bowl with strawberry.
Fluffy Chocolate Dip
A blend of cream cheese, chocolate, and real whipped cream, this 5-ingredient dessert dip is like dunking fresh fruit in creamy chocolate cheesecake!
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  1. COCONUT MACAROONS
Coconut Macaroon scene with coconut in background
Coconut Macaroons
This chewy, delicious, easy-to-make cookie recipe requires just six simple ingredients and NO condensed milk!
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  1. PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES
Peanut Butter Brownies stacked on a white plate.
Peanut Butter Brownies
These from-scratch brownies are rich and decadent with an amazingly fudgy texture. They're studded with peanut butter chips and swirled with peanut butter on top for a chocolate/PB lover's DREAM! And since they're also flourless, they're naturally gluten-free!
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  1. HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX
Homemade Cake Mix Recipe
Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix
This simple, from-scratch pantry staple makes it quick and easy to whip up light, moist chocolate cake or cupcakes in a matter of minutes!
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  1. CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Cream Cheese Frosting on vanilla cupcake and in glass bowl.
The BEST Cream Cheese Frosting
This Cream Cheese Frosting is the BEST...sweet, slightly tangy, and quick and easy to make, coming together with just FOUR ingredients. As a bonus, it complements a variety of cakes, cupcakes, and other Valentine's Day desserts!
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  1. STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting ~ thick, silky, and bursting with strawberry flavor thanks to a special ingredient...crushed, freeze-dried strawberries! | FiveHeartHome.com
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
This frosting is thick, silky, and positively bursting with strawberry flavor thanks to a special secret ingredient!
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  1. STRAWBERRY SYRUP (FOR SODA + MORE)
Strawberry Soda made with homemade strawberry syrup.
Strawberry Syrup
This quick, three-ingredient syrup can be used to flavor drinks like this refreshing, bubbly, homemade strawberry soda, or it can be drizzled over ice cream, pound cake, waffles, and more!
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  1. SPARKLING STRAWBERRY FLOATS
Sparkling Strawberry Floats | Valentine's Day Cocktails OR Mocktails ~ strawberry sorbet is topped with Prosecco in this sweet, bubbly drink recipe, perfect for Valentine's Day, baby or bridal showers, or a variety of special celebrations...and it's easy to make a yummy non-alcoholic version as well! | FiveHeartHome.com
Sparkling Strawberry Floats (Cocktails OR Mocktails)
Top sweet strawberry sorbet with bubbly Prosecco for sparkling Valentine's Day floats...or it's easy to make a yummy, non-alcoholic version as well!
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So what's your favorite type of Valentine's Day dessert? Chocolate or fruity? Cookies or cake? Or a little bit of all of the above? 😉

Hope you find something in this collection to make your V-Day extra-special.

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2 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I've already tried the shortbread cookies and the chocolate bread pudding, but now I have lots more recipe ideas for the Valentine's Tea that I put on for my daughter and her friends each year. Thanks!

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