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Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to celebrate all the people you love and enjoy something sweet. You’ll find a collection of easy Valentine’s Day desserts, sweet breakfast, romantic dinner ideas, and kid-friendly recipes that are simple to make. From rich chocolate cake, to homemade creme brûlée to romantic creamy sausage pasta, you’ll find it all here.
A chocolate cake is the way to my heart and it’s the sure way to make someone feel extra loved, I mean who doesn’t love chocolate? I have a rich chocolate cake, chocolate raspberry cake, flourless chocolate cake, and chocolate molten lava cake.
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays because of the traditions we had growing up that I use with my kids today. Our morning always started with a special homemade breakfast filled with festive breakfast items! We also always frosted homemade sugar cookies shaped into hearts.
Valentine’s Day Desserts:
Perfect desserts for sharing with a loved one, gifting, or making with your kids.
Jacque’s Buttery Sugar Cookies
Jacque's Buttery Sugar Cookies. Homemade buttery sugar cookies with sweet buttercream frosting. The perfect frosted sugar cookie recipe!
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Easy Chocolate Mousse
This is an easy chocolate mousse recipe made with only 4 ingredients. No eggs. No double boiler. The best chocolate mousse recipe!
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Homemade Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate Truffles. Rich, creamy, decadent homemade chocolate truffles made with high-quality chocolate, heavy cream, and a touch of butter rolled into your favorite toppings.
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Best Chocolate Cupcakes
This is the Ultimate Chocolate Cupcake Recipe, with a rich, moist chocolate cake with a tender crumb and a velvet chocolate frosting. These are the best chocolate cupcakes you'll ever taste, with a deep cocoa flavor that melts in your mouth. Not only are they delicious, but this easy chocolate cupcake recipe takes just minutes to prepare. If you are looking for moist chocolate cupcakes that are 5-star rated, this is the recipe for you!
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Better than a Boyfriend Brownies
This rich and fudgy brownie will satisfy all your chocolate cravings.
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Berry Chantilly Cream Cake
This Berry Chantilly Cake is the perfect homemade yellow cake, layered with sweetened chantilly cream frosting, jam, and fresh berries. A dupe of the famous Whole Foods Berry Chantilly cake. A lovely Spring and Summer dessert!
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Valentine’s M&M Cookies
Soft and chewy cookies filled with Valentine's M&M's perfect for celebrating Valentine's Day.
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Chocolate Raspberry Cake
This is the Best Chocolate Raspberry Cake Recipe. Rich layered chocolate cake with whipped cream cheese raspberry filling, topped with creamy chocolate buttercream frosting and fresh raspberries.
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Sugar Cookie Bars
Sugar Cookie Bars. Soft and chewy sugar cookie bars with a sweet cream cheese frosting. The perfect sugar cookie bar recipe!
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Creamy Cheesecake Bars
Creamy luscious cheesecake bars with a buttery graham cracker crust and topped with fresh berries is a crowd-pleasing popular dessert! They feature a creamy, tangy cheesecake filling atop a buttery graham cracker crust, baked to perfection in a bar form. Whether you're looking for a treat for a party, a family dessert, or simply craving cheesecake, these cheesecake bars are a hit.
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Valentine’s Day Heart Skillet Cookie
A heart shaped skillet cookie made with soft and chewy cookie filled with white chocolate chips and pink sprinkles (can add M&M's)/
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No Bake Cheesecake (with sweetened condensed milk)
This easy No-Bake Cheesecake is made with a luscious filling made with cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, in a homemade graham cracker crust.
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Chocolate Dessert Board
Chocolate Dessert Board A decadent chocolate board with an assortment of chocolate truffles, milk chocolate, dark chocolate hearts, chocolate covered pretzels, Nutella, berries, and more!
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Flourless Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
A popular decadent chocolate dessert made with only 5 ingredients — chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, and sea salt. Topped with homemade whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Rich decadent flourless chocolate cake recipe with chocolate ganache. This chocolate cake is a chocolate lover's dream! This naturally gluten-free chocolate cake is flour free and is so decadent!
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Valentine’s White Chocolate M & M Popcorn
Sweet Valentine’s Popcorn drizzled with melted White Chocolate and studded with M & M’s.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Truffle Balls Cake Pops
Strawberry Cheesecake Truffle Balls Cake Pops are made with a homemade yellow butter cake and fresh strawberry cream cheese frosting, all rolled into white melting wafers.
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Oreo Balls
Rich and creamy Oreo cake pops with a smooth chocolate coating. An easy homemade Oreo chocolate truffle with only 4 ingredients! The BEST Oreo balls recipe.
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Chocolate Pot de Creme
Chocolate Pot de Creme. Rich velvety smooth chocolate custard topped with fresh whipped cream. A pot of cream made with melted chocolate, heavy cream, sugar, and egg yolks. A decadent chocolate dessert!
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Chocolate Nutella Cheesecake Mousse
Chocolate Nutella Cheesecake Mousse. No-Bake 5-Minute Chocolate Nutella Mousse made with only four ingredients — Nutella, cream cheese, heavy cream, and powdered sugar.
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Valentine’s Day Dinner Recipes:
Romantic, comforting meals that feel special without being complicated.
Love at First Bite Pasta
This Penne alla Vodka is the best tomato cream sauce pasta and will be love at first bite.
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Marry Me Chicken
Marry Me Chicken. Famous skillet chicken in a sundried tomato parmesan cream sauce with fresh basil. It will definitely inspire marriage proposals!
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Marry Me Chicken Pasta
This Marry Me Chicken Pasta recipe features chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, heavy cream, parmesan cheese, and pasta in a rich, flavorful sauce. It’s a simple one-pan creamy chicken pasta that’s an easy dinner recipe!
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“Date Me” Creamy Sausage Rigatoni Pasta
"Date Me" Creamy Sausage Rigatoni Pasta Homemade rich and creamy tomato cream and sausage sauce tossed with rigatoni and topped with parmesan cheese. The best creamy sausage rigatoni pasta!
Garlic Butter Steak Bites
Quick, easy, tender, and flavorful Steak Bites with Garlic Butter. These Garlic Butter Steak Bites are made in less than 10 minutes and are a perfect protein source for any meal.
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Marry Me Gnocchi
This Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi is made with a sundried tomato cream sauce tossed in with pillowy gnocchi and topped with fresh parmesan cheese and basil. You will love this Marry Me Gnocchi!
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Valentine’s Day Breakfast Ideas:
Simple breakfast ideas to make kids feel loved and celebrated.
Goldie’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes
Fluffy, soft, and tender buttermilk pancakes. A family favorite!
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Overnight Creme Brûlée French Toast
Overnight Creme Brûlée French Toast. An easy overnight french toast with thick bread in a buttery sugar glaze and soaked with a sweet custard.
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Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes (in a muffin tin)
These mini, bite-size Dutch Baby pancakes are made the same way as traditional German pancakes but these are baked in muffin tins. These easy, golden and buttery mini puffed pancakes are perfect to serve to family and friends.
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Chocolate Chip Ricotta Pancakes
Chocolate Chip Ricotta Pancakes Creamy homemade one-bowl ricotta pancakes with chocolate chips. How to make easy 5-minute chocolate chip ricotta pancakes from scratch!
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Strawberries and Cream Stuffed French Toast
A breakfast favorite! Sweetened fresh strawberry cream cheese stuffed between thick slices of bread and dipped into a rich custard batter and cooked in a buttery skillet until golden brown. Topped with fresh berries and homemade whipped cream. A showstopping breakfast dish!
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Strawberry Banana Smoothie
This easy, creamy, refreshing 4-ingredient Strawberry Banana Smoothie is made with strawberries, banana, milk, and a touch of honey and is such a healthy breakfast to start your day.
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Perfect Crepes Recipe with Strawberries and Nutella
Buttery French Crepes topped with your favorite toppings!
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Are you looking for way to make your kids feel loved on Valentine’s Day? I’m sharing 5 Ways to Make Kids Feel Special on Valentine’s Day that includes all of my favorite traditions that my kids look forward to every year.
