Delicious and irresistible Valentine’s desserts! These mouthwatering sweet treats are perfect to make for your loved ones, or to bring to a Valentine’s or Galentine’s party.
There’s just something so special about Valentine’s Day.
Even if you’re not in a romantic relationship, it can be a celebration of anyone you love.
The pretty pink and red decorations really perk up the dreary winter months!
By mid-February, we’re all in need of something festive to look forward to.
A fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day is to make a tasty, cheerful dessert!
Whether you’re having a date night at home, or hosting or attending a party or potluck, consider bringing something sweet to share.
I put together a list of the best Valentine’s Day desserts, so you have tons of ideas for what to make.
This list of Valentine’s desserts includes recipes for:
- Easy no-bake treats
- Festive cookies of all kinds
- Cute cakes and cupcakes
- Unique baking ideas
- Two people to share on a date night
- Crowd-pleasing sweets to share
There’s truly something for everyone – even if you “can’t bake!”
(💕 If you’re looking for more February entertaining ideas, these festive Valentine’s charcuterie boards are super fun too!)
Okay, let’s check out these Valentine’s desserts …
Best Valentine’s Day Desserts
1
Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
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Cut these festive sour cream sugar cookies into hearts or other romantic shapes, then top with a cream cheese frosting dyed pink and red.
Perfect for a kids Valentine’s Day activity or treat to gift!
2
Sweet and Salty Valentine's Day Bark
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This Sweet and Salty Valentine’s Day Bark is such a fun and easy treat to make! Just pick up a few storebought ingredients and whip it up in minutes.
3
Heart Thumbprint Cookies with Jam
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the most adorable Heart Cookies with Jam!
Made with oat flour, almonds, and pecans, these thumbprint cookies are rich in fiber and healthy fats and sweetened with maple syrup for a healthy treat the whole family will love.
4
Valentine's Day Cake Pops
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Valentine's Day Cake Pops will put a smile on anyone's face. Wrap them up in individual cellophane treat bags for party treats or to share with your friends, coworkers, and loved ones!
5
Homemade Reese's Chocolate Hearts
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Get ready to impress your loved ones with the ultimate treat: homemade Reese's Chocolate Hearts!
No need to settle for store-bought when you can make your own delicious chocolates at home.
6
Hidden Heart Bundt Cake
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This Hidden Heart Bundt Cake has the cutest surprise inside when you cut it open! Made with a cake mix, this easy dessert is moist and delicious, and perfectly festive.
White pound cake with a hint of almond, cream cheese frosting, and a surprise heart in every slice!
7
White Chocolate M&M Popcorn
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Valentine’s Day White Chocolate M & M popcorn is made with freshly popped popcorn, a touch of salt, drizzled with melted white chocolate, and topped with pink and white M & M’s.
It’s salty, sweet, and so festive.!
8
White Chocolate Valentine Oreos
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This easy recipe for White Chocolate Covered Oreos is pretty AND delicious! In less than an hour you’ll have a sweet treat great for Valentine’s Day that’s perfect to gift or share.
9
Valentine's Day Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
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A festive Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is just the thing to make for your Valentine!
This delicious skillet cookie is so easy to make and ready to eat all ooey, gooey and warm straight from the oven!
Top the cookie with vanilla ice cream and you’ll be in dessert heaven.
10
Heart-Shaped Homemade Pop Tarts
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Get ready to fall head over heels for these irresistible heart-shaped Homemade Pop Tarts that are bound to make your Valentine’s Day celebration even more memorable.
There’s nothing like a warm, flaky tart to really share the love!
11
Strawberry Sugar Cookies
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Strawberry Sugar Cookies are soft and chewy pink sugar cookies that are made with real strawberries!
They're soft and chewy in the middle and crunchy on the edges - the perfect combo!
12
Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies
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These Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies are a breeze to make with the help of a jellyroll pan and a cookie cutter!
A few pantry staple baking ingredients are all it takes to make these easy, festive cookies.
13
Pink Hot Chocolate Bombs
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These Pink Hot Cocoa Bombs make a great Valentine's Day gift, and you can customize the filling based on your favorite hot chocolate flavors!
14
Strawberry Cream Rice Krispie Treats
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Take your Rice Krispie Treats up a notch with freeze dried strawberries and a drizzle of white chocolate. They look beautiful and taste even better.
15
Double Cherry Chip Bundt Cake
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Looking for a delicious (but easy) dessert to impress your Valentine? Look no further than this Cherry Chip Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
It’s moist and fluffy texture, but uses storebought ingredients to ensure it comes together quickly.
16
Strawberry Shortbread Cookies
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Strawberry Shortbread Cookies are crunchy, buttery cookies with fruity flavor and a pretty pink color. With just a handful of simple ingredients, they’re easier to make than you’d think!
17
Nutella Puff Pastry Heart Twists
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Nutella Puff Pastry Heart Twists are such a fun and creative puff pastry idea.
Using only 3 ingredients, they make for a delicious and fun breakfast or snack perfect for Valentine's day treat - ready in 30 minutes!
18
Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Glaze
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Red Velvet Pancakes are the most decadent, festive and tasty breakfast treat.
Fluffy gorgeous red buttermilk pancakes with a hint of cocoa, topped with an easy 2-minute no-mixer-needed cream cheese glaze.
19
Chocolate-Covered Strawberries On A Stick
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Chocolate covered strawberries are the easiest “fancy” dessert out there. They look and taste so decadent, but so simple to make. This on-a-stick version is extra fun!
20
Valentine's Day M&M Cookies
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Easy Valentine’s Day M&M Cookies are delicious, easy, and take less than 20 minutes to prepare.
Chewy, soft, and full of ooey, gooey chocolaty goodness in every bite!
21
Air Fryer Valentine's Donuts
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Air Fryer Valentine's Day Donuts are the perfect way to show your valentine you care first thing in the morning or just a sweet treat!
These are so easy to make and you can have them ready in less than 30 minutes.
22
Vanilla Cake Mix “Fudge”
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This vanilla “fudge” is made with a secret ingredient – a boxed white cake mix!
This versatile sweet treat can be “changed up” by using different flavors of cake mix! Such an easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth.
23
DIY Valentines Fortune Cookies
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These festive fortune cookies are decorated in a heart theme especially for Valentines Day!
You fill out the fortunes yourself, so they can be romantic, silly, or downright x-rated.
24
Red Velvet Banana Pudding
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Red Velvet Banana Pudding is straight from Magnolia Bakery’s recipe vault!
It has layers of mousse-like vanilla cream cheese pudding, chunks of red velvet cake, sliced bananas, and mini chocolate chips.
25
No Bake Strawberry White Chocolate Pie
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Perfect to make for a special Valentine’s dinner, this No Bake Strawberry White Chocolate Pie is creamy, delicious, and perfectly sweet.
It’s simple to make, light and refreshing, and sure to be a hit.
26
White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles
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Learn how to make white chocolate raspberry truffles the easy way with simple ingredients! Who knew that such a decadent treat could be so fun and easy to make?
27
Homemade Valentine's Gumdrops
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Homemade Gumdrops are a super easy and fun recipe that is customizable for different shapes and flavors.
With Jell-O as the base, these fun gumdrops are inexpensive and a fun project for kids and adults alike.
28
Easy Red Velvet Mug Cake for Two
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Need a quick, festive dessert? These adorable Red Velvet Mug Cakes make dessert for 2 in just five minutes! Talk about date night in a jiffy.
29
Pink Chocolate Covered Strawberries
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These pink chocolate covered strawberries are made with 4 simple ingredients: fresh strawberries, white chocolate chips, coconut oil, and natural red food coloring.
Juicy, ripe strawberries are dipped in smooth melted white chocolate that is dyed a beautiful light pink.
30
Cinnamon Red Hot Biscotti Cookies
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Cinnamon Red Hot Biscotti Cookies are a wonderfully crunchy cookie for snacking and dunking!
Crushed Red Hots candy are the special ingredient that turns the dough pink and adds cinnamon flavor.
31
Chocolate Valentine's Day Bundt Cake
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The chocolate version of the hidden heart bundt cake is so fun and everyone will wonder about how you ‘magically’ got the heart inside!
32
Strawberry Cheesecake Cake Mix Cookies
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Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies with white chocolate chips are the perfect sweet treat to make in February. Best of all they’re super easy with the help of a boxed cake mix.
33
Pink Velvet Cupcakes
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These easy Pink Velvet Cupcakes take the best of red velvet and make it pretty in pink. Rich chocolate flavor in tender, moist pink velvet cupcakes.
34
No Bake Chocolate Caramel Tart
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With its Oreo crust, creamy caramel layer, and rich chocolate ganache, this no bake chocolate caramel tart will quickly cure all of your cravings.
35
Brownie Cakesicles Recipe
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Easy and adorable Brownie Cakesicles are an easy cake pop recipe that's ultra-customizable and great to make with kids.
They look festive and are super fun to eat!
36
Valentine’s Baci di Dama Cookies
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Baci di Dama, which translates to “Lady’s Kisses” in Italian, are delightful hazelnut cookies that are traditionally made in the shape of a kiss by sandwiching two small cookies together with a layer of chocolate.
They’re known for their rich, nutty flavor and melt-in-your-mouth texture.
37
Easy Brownie Truffles
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Transform store-bought brownie mix and cream cheese coated in a chocolate shell into delicious brownie truffles.
This simple recipe offers a delightful, easy treat to satisfy any chocolate lover.
38
Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Red Velvet Cookies are baked soft and chewy and laced with milk chocolate chips. They’re decadent to eat, and look festive for Valentine’s Day.
39
Homemade Chocolate Heart Lollipops
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These Heart-Shaped Chocolate Lollipops are the perfect combination of sweet and romantic.
With their rich, chocolatey flavor and adorable heart shape, they’re sure to win the heart of your special someone.
40
Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes
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Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes are covered with rich cream cheese frosting and strawberry crunch crumble topping.
Bursting with flavors reminiscent of our favorite childhood strawberry shortcake bars, these homemade cupcakes are the ultimate addicting sweet treat.
41
Red Velvet Brownies
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Beautiful, chewy Red Velvet Brownies topped with cream cheese frosting and white chocolate shavings.
These festive brownies have a beautiful presentation with bright color, and are decorated beautifully with white chocolate curls.
42
Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed Cookies
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Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed Cookies contain real strawberry chunks and are filled with a thick layer of tangy cream cheese!
The buttery cookie dough contains graham cracker crumbs so it really tastes like a handheld cheesecake.
43
Chocolate Fondue
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Skip the crowded, pricey fondue restaurant, and make it yourself at home!
This rich and creamy dark chocolate dip takes just minutes to make, and is delicious served with an assortment of fruit, pretzels, and sweet treats as dippers.
44
Chocolated Covered Strawberry Brownies
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Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Brownies are a decadent dessert made with fresh strawberries on top of fudgy chocolate brownies.
It has all the flavor of chocolate covered strawberries, but in delicious brownie form!
45
Stained Glass Valentine Heart Cookies
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Boasting colorful candy windows, these picture-perfect Stained Glass Valentine Heart Cookies are irresistible!
They’re soft and crumbly and the stained glass filling is made with hard candy for a colorful and crunchy texture.
46
Strawberry Filled Cupcakes
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These strawberry filled cupcakes are the perfect treat! They are light, fluffy and bursting with flavor. Each vanilla cupcake has a secret strawberry tucked inside!
47
Cream Filled Double Chocolate Brownies
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These sweet heart-shaped Double Chocolate Brownies are almost like a homemade version of the famous Hostess Cupcakes, but in brownie form.
You can write cute messages right on them too, like conversation hearts!
48
Chocolate Covered Cherries
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Chocolate Covered Cherries are made with maraschino cherries, a creamy center and plenty of dark chocolate.
They’re a homemade version of the classic treat that are honestly impossible to resist!
49
Double Decker Chocolate Strawberry Fudge
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Who wouldn’t want to eat this delicious and stunning Chocolate Strawberry Fudge?! You’ll only need a few ingredients to whip up this easy, tasty treat.
50
Conversation Heart Rice Krispie Treats
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Conversation Heart Rice Krispie Treats are easy and fun to make.
They are the perfect little dessert for Valentine's Day, because nothing says I love you like a homemade treat for your sweetheart!
51
Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies
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Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies are fudgy, creamy and delicious.
They make the perfect treat for your partner, but these bars would also be popular at a Galentine’s Day party with your girl friends!
52
Sweet Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
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These fresh and flavorful Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes don’t disappoint!
Vanilla cupcakes are swirled with a sweet cream cheese frosting, then topped with diced fresh strawberries for a delicious twist on the classic dessert.
53
Valentine's White Chocolate Fudge
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Just 4 ingredients are all it takes to make a decadent White Chocolate Fudge with festive pops of pink and red sprinkle color!
54
Valentine Cookie Pops
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Life doesn’t get any sweeter than making these Valentine’s Cookie Pops for someone special. Storebought cookie dough makes them super easy!
They’re perfect for parties too, because who doesn’t love food on a stick?
55
Heart Lava Cake with Pink Ruby Chocolate
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The perfect dessert for a romantic dinner! Quick and easy to make, this heart lava cake has a soft chocolate exterior and a gooey, silky smooth liquid core.
The cake takes only 15 minutes to make and is made with naturally pink ruby chocolate.
56
Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
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Beautiful cheesecake made fancy by marbled strawberry and chocolate filling!
Smooth strawberry and chocolate cheesecake batters are easily layered to create a stunning marbled cheesecake look.
57
Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
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Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls are soft, fluffy, sweet, and oh-so decadent!
These homemade rolls contain a chocolate dough, sweet brown sugar filling with chocolate chips, and chocolate frosting.
58
Flourless Chocolate Torte
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This flourless chocolate torte is rich, indulgent, and ultra fudgy! It has an intense chocolate flavor and the perfect fudge texture.
Plus, it has surprisingly few ingredients for how fancy it feels!
59
Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Forget to make a dessert? These microwave cookies are so quick and easy to make! This recipe takes only a few minutes in total.
The cookies come out soft, gooey, chocolatey, and sweet!
60
Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies
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Fudgy Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies are so easy to make with only 4 ingredients!
They have white chocolate chips inside and a super moist, chewy texture that melts in your mouth.
61
Strawberry Brownie Cupcakes
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Brownie Cupcakes are a true Valentine’s treat, with strawberry buttercream and dipped strawberries.
They’re basically a delicious combination of brownies, cupcakes, and chocolate covered strawberries - what’s not to love?!
62
Valentine's Hugs (Pretzel M&Ms)
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Valentine’s Hugs are such sweet little chocolate candy bites and are so easy to make you’ll want to make them all the time.
You don’t need a lot of time (or talent!) to make Pretzel M&M’s - just a dash of creativity!
63
Raspberry Mini Cheesecakes
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There’s no way to describe these Mini Raspberry Cheesecakes other than drool-worthy!!
That bit of tanginess in the filling, paired with the sweet-sour flavor of the berry sauce and dab of sweet whipped cream is pure heaven.
64
Pink and Red Valentine’s Fudge
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Quick and easy Pink Valentine's Day Fudge is made from colored candy melts and buttercream frosting. Just a few ingredients are needed for this simple, no-bake treat.
65
Red Velvet Cake Pops
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These festive cake pops are made with red velvet cake and white chocolate coating.
Use your favorite festive sprinkles and colored icings for a bright and whimsical Valentine’s presentation.
66
Mini Strawberry Cake for Two
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This Mini Strawberry Cake is a simple but elegant dessert that is perfect for 2 people!
It’s a white cake base with strawberry purée mixed in, then topped with a strawberry frosting and fresh strawberry slices.
67
Strawberry Nutella Crepes
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Strawberry Nutella Crepes are a delicious dessert inspired by French and Italian food.
A chocolate hazelnut spread is layered with fruit in a thin pancake-like crepe. It can be breakfast, brunch, or a sweet and rich dessert!
68
Strawberry Madeleines
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These cute little strawberry madeleines use real strawberry puree for flavor and color. A perfect pink treat that’s sweet, but not too sweet!
69
Buttercream Heart Cupcakes
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Top chocolate cupcakes with this lovely buttercream heart design. And, of course, sprinkles!
70
Valentine Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
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Making a batch of cookies from scratch is one of the most satisfying baking experiences around!
With just the right combination of ingredients, you’ll be able to create a batch of mouth-watering and festive Chocolate Sandwich Cookies that everyone will love.
71
Homemade Chocolate Mug Cakes for Two
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Treat your someone special with a delicious Homemade Chocolate Mug Cake that is so simple and quick to make.
Top it off with some vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream for a tasty treat.
72
Gluten Free Heart Cookies
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These delicious Raspberry Linzer Heart Cookies are made from cut-out sugar cookie dough, raspberry jam, and decorated with white chocolate and sprinkles.
They’re gluten free and dairy free so everyone can enjoy!
73
No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Pie
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The ultimate No Bake Cherry Cream Cheese Pie! Made without condensed milk or Cool Whip, all you need are simple ingredients and a can of your favorite cherry pie filling.
74
Red Velvet Cheesecake Bites
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Red Velvet Cheesecake Bites are creamy and nothing but velvety! With their festive color and decadent taste, they make for a festive crowd-pleasing treat for Valentine’s Day.
75
Gluten Free Chocolate Heart Pancakes
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These cute Chocolate Pancakes are easy-to-make heart-shaped, perfect for showing that special someone some extra love!
Healthy and vegan chocolate raspberry, they make a delicious breakfast-in-bed surprise for kids or adults!
Ready to make some fabulous Valentine’s Day desserts?
I hope this list of Valentine’s desserts and treats has given you tons of inspiration for what to make.
Whether you’re enjoying a date night, hosting a party, or even bringing something to a bake sale, there are so many fun and festive ideas to choose from!
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