A great way to show your love during Valentine’s Day is to make something from the heart. Celebrated on the 14th of February each year, Valentine’s Day is a holiday designed to express love, friendship, and admiration for one another. A lot of times people buy a box of chocolates or some candy to express their affection, but here are a few ideas for sweet treats that you can make from the heart!
A cookie is a wonderful way to show how much you care for someone and if it’s homemade… even better! This iced heart cookie recipe by Renee Green is sure to impress your loved ones.
Linzer cookies are delicious sandwich cookies. The top cookie has a “window” showing the filling. The cookies are typically dusted with powdered sugar making them extra sweet! Enjoy this tasty heart shaped Linzer cookie recipe by Bridget Edwards.
A fun, easy, and traditional dessert for Valentine’s Day are sugar cookies, not that these are any ordinary cookies. These chocolate sugar cookies by Maria Lichty of Two Peas and Their Pod are cut into heart shapes and topped with pretty pink frosting and sprinkles!
Lemon Rose Shortbread Cookies.
The definition of a rose is a prickly bush or shrub that typically bears red, pink, yellow, or white fragrant flowers, native to northern temperate regions. However, a rose symbolizes love, appreciation and adoration. These Lemon Rose Shortbread Cookies are lightly sweetened, buttery shortbread cookies with a hint of lemon and vanilla, and finished with a sweet lemony glaze. This shortbread cookie recipe by Tieghan Gerard is easy, fun, and beautiful.
Heart Shaped Strawberry Hand Pies
What is better than a sweet, flaky pie to split with the people you love? A sweet, flaky pie that you don’t have to split with the people you love. This hand pie recipe by Erin Clarke is easy and delicious.
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Bark
Chocolate bark is a dessert made with a thin base of melted and hardened chocolate, filled with tons of mix-ins. Those mix-ins can include anything from candy, coconut, dried fruit, nuts, to crushed cookies and more! This recipe by Sally McKenny combines semi-sweet chocolate with white chocolate, and adds some pink candy melts to the white chocolate to create that cotton candy pink shade.
Forget a generic box of brownies, try these easy Valentine’s Day brownies for your nearest and dearest. This recipe by Susan Westmoreland and Catherine Lo allows you to personalize them by writing heartfelt messages with sweet frosting.
Desserts are a delicious way to add sweetness to our chaotic lives. Whether you like chocolate or fruit, this article includes recipes for everyone. Valentine’s day is a great time to express your love through sweets, so try out one of these recipes and enjoy it with your friends or family!
