These Valentine’s Day dessert recipes feature everything chocolate, pink and romantic! From heart shaped delights to elegant cakes and cookies, there’s a fun and festive treat for all the loved ones in your life!
The day of LOVE is almost here. Share this Valentine’s Day with someone special and surprise them with a great Valentine’s Day dessert.
I love Valentine’s Day. It’s a great day to show your appreciation to a special person in your life, or even a day to spoil your kids with all the mushy stuff you can’t get away with any other day. Make this year no exception.
To get you started with your Valentine’s Day planning, here are my top 50 Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes. From good old fashioned cookies and cakes to decadent cupcakes, tarts, and brownies, there are tons of options to delight your loved ones!
Get your sweet tooth ready, you’re about to indulge in all things sweet!
50 Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes
- Cherry Cordial Cupcakes
- Conversation Heart Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Tart with Strawberry Mousse
- Valentine’s Day Cookie Bars
- Triple Berry Tiramisu
- Linzer Cookies
- Sweetheart Peanut Butter Cookies
- Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
- Strawberry Truffle Kiss Cookies
- Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse
- Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
- Strawberry Cinnamon Roll Cookies
- Layered Strawberry Mousse Brownies
- Red Velvet Dessert Lasagna
- Valentine’s Day Donuts
- Red Velvet S’mores Tarts
- Chocolate Brownies
- Layered Strawberry Jello Cups
- Valentine’s Day Slice and Bake Cookies
- Heart Shaped Cheesecake
- Chocolate Raspberry Mini Crepe Cakes
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Brownies
- Valentine’s Marshmallow Pops
- Ruffle Heart Cake
- Rose Cake Pops
- Red Hot Love Cookies
- Truffle Heart Cake
- Buttercream Heart Surprise Inside Cake
- Red Velvet Cake in a Jar
- Red Velvet Peppermint Patty Cookies
- Strawberry Mousse Cheesecake Parfaits
- Heart Hug Pretzels
- Valentine’s Day Oreo Pops
- Caramel Heart Brownies
- Cheesecake Filled Raspberries
- Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue
- Chocolate Raspberry Tartlets
- Red Hot Fudge
- Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
- Red Velvet Cake Truffles (Recipe below!)
- Nutella Cheesecake Cookie Cups
- Chocolate Covered Valentine’s Pretzels
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes
- Chocolate Strawberry Cake
- Strawberry Cheesecake Cookie Cups
- Strawberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Raspberry Champagne Cake
- Strawberries and Champagne Cake Balls
- Strawberry Cheesecake Cookie Cups
These red velvet cake truffles contain just a few ingredients, but look so impressive! All you need is cake, frosting and some candy melts. I like to dip my cake truffles in both light and dark candy melts, but you can use one or the other if you prefer. My favorite brand of candy melts are Ghirardelli Melting Wafers, they melt into a thin smooth coating and they taste great. You can even switch up this recipe for other holidays by substituting other flavors of cake like chocolate or vanilla.
Red Velvet Cake Truffles
Makes 36
1 box red velvet cake mix
oil, eggs and water as called for on the mix box
1 cup + 2 tablespoons vanilla frosting
1 pound candy melts white, dark or both
Prepare cake mix with the amount of oil, water and eggs directed on the box. Bake in a 9”x13” pan according to package directions.
Let cake cool completely, then break apart and crumble until fine crumbs form.
Stir in the frosting until a dough forms. If the dough seems dry, you can add additional frosting, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
Roll the cake mixture into tablespoon sized balls. Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet and chill for at least one hour.
Melt the candy melts in a bowl in the microwave, heating for 30 second increments or until completely smooth.
Place each cake ball on a fork and use a spoon to pour the candy melts over the cake ball. Tap against the side of the bowl to remove excess candy melts.
Place each ball on a parchment lined sheet pan. Drizzle with additional candy melts for decoration if desired.
Repeat with remaining cake balls and candy melts. Store in the refrigerator until ready to eat. Can be made up to 3 days in advance.
Anosa says
January 29, 2018 at 8:24 amI can’t believe Valentine’s Day is coming up and I have no idea what I want to do. Thanks for this roundup, I will be checking it out.
Mimi Green says
January 26, 2018 at 5:26 pmYummy! I’m a sucker for desserts. I usually make chocolate pretzels and I’ve mastered those now. I want to try my hand at cake balls (cake pops) again. I tried once and they were just okay. I want to try it again.
Sarah says
January 26, 2018 at 8:38 amThis is such a dreamy collection of desserts! I’m a real texture eater so all the different layers of cream and sponge really had my taste buds tingling.
Jenn says
January 26, 2018 at 8:34 amAre you kidding me with this!? These are stunning, and I bet they taste like heaven. I love Valentine’s Day. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Sandy N Vyjay says
January 26, 2018 at 7:48 amThese are all irresistible recipes. These desserts are sure to melt the heart of even the most hard-hearted Valentine.The desserts all look too good to eat.
Sarah Honey says
January 26, 2018 at 6:23 amSome many amazing Valentine’s Day desserts! It’s so hard to choose which one to make for Valentine’s Day!
Ricci says
January 26, 2018 at 3:37 amOh gosh I love a good Valentine’s Day recipe!! I need to try some of these for sure!!
Heather says
January 25, 2018 at 4:37 pmWould it be strange for me to try to make all 50 next month? They are all so beautiful!
Carol Cassara says
January 25, 2018 at 4:19 pmIt’s so nice to cook something special for Valentine’s day and I think these recipes are perfect! I love the cookies and donuts, you can easily give them as a gift for friends and family.
Pam Wattenbarger says
January 25, 2018 at 3:02 pmThere are so many great recipes here! I want to make something special this Valentine’s Day.
Sarah Bailey says
January 25, 2018 at 2:07 pmOh my goodness how delicious do all of these desserts look, I don’t think I would be able to just pick one for Valentine’s day I may just have to have a meal of puddings!
Emily says
January 25, 2018 at 1:12 pmOh wow, these all look and sound amazing! I am not a good cook, but I do enjoy baking. Making one of these yummy desserts for my husband would be a fun and simple Valentines day gift! Thanks for all of the ideas!
Heather says
January 25, 2018 at 9:58 amWow! Everything looks so sweet and delicious. I’m trying to give up sugar though. I bet I could make some of these recipes without sugar and use stevia instead. I love red velvet. Such a weakness of mine.
Tomi c says
January 25, 2018 at 9:05 amYour truffles recipe looks delicious but I confess I’m really eager to try the Layered Strawberry Jello Cups. I usually bake cookies or make a chocolate treat but the Jello cups would be something different. Thanks for sharing all of these recipes.
Terri Steffes says
January 25, 2018 at 8:51 amWOW!
I am star struck. Fifty great ideas for desserts for Valentines Day. I am very interested in making the red velvet truffles. I think my family would be very impressed by them!
Amber Myers says
January 25, 2018 at 5:12 amOooo yum! I’d be happy with any of these desserts. I need to see if I can get my husband to make some of these 😉 Those truffles would be fabulous!
Dannyboy says
February 14, 2018 at 11:31 amHahaha. I’m about to do that for my wifey
candy says
January 25, 2018 at 4:34 amThese are all really pretty and would make any valentines day special. After that just make them because you want too and your family, friends or that special someone deserves something special.
robin rue says
January 25, 2018 at 2:28 amYou have so many great ideas here. I like making Valentine’s Day cookies for my boys as an after school snack leading up to the holiday.