20+ Easy & Festive Valentine’s Day Treats

Whether you’re making something sweet for your kids, your sweetheart, or just yourself, this collection has you covered. I’ve gathered more than 20 Valentine’s Day desserts and treats that are festive, easy to make, and guaranteed to spread a little love.

Baked Sugar Cookies

The Best Sugar Cookies

Perfect buttery sugar cookies that can be baked either thick and soft or thin and crisp.  They hold their shape well and are perfect for decorating! 

Giant Chocolate Sugar Cookie from Our Best Bites

Giant Chocolate Sugar Cookie

This is a soft buttery sugar cookie made with melted chocolate both in the cookie and the silky smooth icing. Heart template included to make the cutest Valentine’s Day gift!

Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberries

Rich chocolate cake with fluffy chocolate frosting and fresh raspberries. It’s as gorgeous as it is decadent!

strawberry chocolate chip cookies

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Classic chocolate chip cookies are great on their own, but little bits of berries with melty chocolate is Valentine perfection! 

strawberry chocolate nachos

Strawberry & Chocolate Nachos

Strawberry Chocolate Dessert Nachos are the perfect easy, throw-together, family style dessert or special snack for two. 

chocolate drizzled strawberry rice krispie treats on a plate

Berry-Chocolate Krispie Treats

Perfect for Valentine’s Day, these simple Rice Krispie squares blend together this classic combo of berries and chocolate beautifully.

frosted sugar cookie bars on a rack with sprinkles

Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars

Soft chewy sugar cookies, in an easy-to-make bar form! Great for feeding a crowd. Your new family favorite!

Frosted chocolate brownies from our best bites

Chewy Fudge Brownies with Crackly Tops

Perfect go-to brownies. Soft, chewy, fudgy with crackly tops! Chocolate is always a good choice for Valentines Day!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cream Puffs

A scrumptious pastry bite filled with fresh strawberry cream and topped with rich chocolate. Indulgent, but not difficult to make!

Homemade Oreo Cookies

Homemade Oreos

Color the frosting pink, or add a few cute sprinkles to these cookies and they’re extra festive!

strawberry topped cream pie

Chocolate-Drizzled Strawberries and Cream Pie

A delicious no-bake pie with a creamy filling and chocolate covered strawberries on top!

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake by Our Best Bites

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Decadent creamy cheesecake with a chocolate cookie crust and fresh raspberry sauce.

chocolate cookie topped with frosting cut in half with marshmallow center

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

Filled with a puff of sweet marshmallow, these cookies are simple to make and oh-so-good.

Pavlova

Light and pillowy shells filled with sweet cream and fresh berries for a sophisticated, yet casual dessert.

Tutorial: Cookie Decorating with Glace Icing

Glace icing is similar to royal icing, but much less fussy. It’s a fun way to make beautiful sugar cookies, perfect for sharing.

Cinnamon Cookie Crunch Popcorn

Sweet and salty popcorn mix with bursts of cinnamon candy and cookie crunch. 

Russian Cream with Berries

Quick and easy (but elegant) dessert that’s a sweet end to a romantic dinner.

fruit topped mini cheesecakes on a platter

Mini Cheesecakes

A single cookie makes up the crust for each of these single-serve cheesecake tarts. You can top them with whatever you like, pick all the red and pinks for Valentines Day!

Overnight Cream Cheese-Stuffed Lemon French Toast with Strawberries

A delicious overnight French toast utilizing stale croissants, cream cheese filling, and bursting with fresh strawberry and lemon.

How to make a crepe cake

How to Make a Crepe Cake

This unique and beautiful cake is made with layered crepes and a sweetly indulgent Nutella mousse.

cinnamon red hot cookie

Giant Red Hot Sugar Cookie

This recipe makes one giant cookie, about 8-9″ in diameter.  It has fluffy buttercream icing and crushed red hots for a fun cinnamon-y twist!

Custom Valentine Cookies

Hand-Painted Sugar Cookies

These cookies are easy to decorate using edible pens! Put a personal touch on store bought or homemade sugar cookies.

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Meet The Author

Sara Wells

Sara Wells co-founded Our Best Bites in 2008. She is the author of three Bestselling Cook Books, Best Bites: 150 Family Favorite RecipesSavoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites, and 400 Calories or Less from Our Best Bites. Sara’s work has been featured in many local and national news outlets and publications such as Parenting MagazineBetter Homes & GardensFine CookingThe Rachel Ray Show and the New York Times.

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