Know how to make heart shaped desserts for Valentine’s Day or any other occasion. With these 58 heart-shaped dessert recipes, you can make fun treats for your loved ones.
Everyone will love these adorable heart-shaped dessert recipes you can make at home. These recipes are perfect for Valentine’s Day Desserts, holidays, or just because. Explore this list of heart-shaped desserts and find the perfect gift for your loved ones.
Table of contents
- Why we love these recipes
- 1. Chocolate Heart Cupcakes
- 2. Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies
- 3. How to Make a Heart-Shaped Cake
- 4. Heart Shaped Cream Puffs with Strawberries
- 5. Valentine Heart Thumbprint Cookies
- 6. Valentine’s Day White Chocolate Pretzel Kisses
- 7. Heart Shaped Cinnamon Rolls
- 8. Hot Chocolate with Marshmallow Hearts
- 9. Heart-Shaped S’more Cookies
- 10. Reindeer Brownies
- 11. Lavender-Lemon Pudding Cakes
- 12. Heart S’mores Bars
- 13. Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Hearts
- 14. Valentine’s Day Rolo Pretzels
- 15. Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 16. Meringue Heart Cookies
- 17. Heart Cookies
- 18. Valentine’s Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Hearts
- 19. Valentine Heart Brownies
- 20. Dark and White Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
- 21. Heart’s Delight Eclair
- 22. Red Velvet Heart Cookies
- 23. Valentine Cutouts
- 24. Heart Shaped Almond Sugar Cookies
- 25. Lemon Shortbread Cookies
- 26. Red Velvet Heart Cake Mix Cookies
- 27. Heart Shaped Chocolate Eclairs
- 28. Candy Cane Hearts
- 29. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- 30. Chocolate Peppermint Hearts
- 31. Almond-Rye Heart Cookies
- 32. Meringue Lollipop Hearts
- 33. Lox of Love
- 34. Peanut Butter and Jelly Heart Thumbprints
- 35. Heart-Shaped Chocolate Valentine Lollipop Treats
- 36. Heart Sandwich Cookies
- 37. Homemade Heart Lollipops
- 38. Heart Shaped Chocolate Whoopie Pies
- 39. Raspberry Jelly Heart-Shaped Donuts
- 40. Candy Pizza Heart
- 41. Heart Shaped Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
- 42. Chocolate Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies
- 43. Grapefruit and White Chocolate Cookies
- 44. Caramel Tartlet
- 45. Heart Brownie Cupcakes
- 46. Jam Hand Pies
- 47. Heart Glazed Cornmeal Cookies
- 48. Chocolate Ganache Heart Tartlets
- 49. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- 50. Heart Shaped Oat and Banana Cookies
- 51. Couscous Crunch Bar
- 52. Chocolate and Vanilla Sweetheart Cookies
- 53. Pistachio and Chocolate Heart Cookies
- 54. Valentine’s Day Raspberry Hand Pies
- 55. Sweetheart Coconut Cookies
- 56. Heart Shaped Raspberry Linzer Cookies
- 57. Heart Shaped Pavlova
- 58. Layered Heart Shaped Brownies
- 59. Sweetheart Coffee Cake
Why we love these recipes
This lovely assortment of desserts makes it easy to enjoy a festive and tasty treat any day of the week. There are so many wonderful heart shaped desserts to choose from.
1. Chocolate Heart Cupcakes
These chocolate heart cupcakes can be made without any heart-shaped pan needed. All you need are some easy ingredients and a few marbles. It looks so festive with its pink frosting and colorful sprinkles.
2. Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies
Decorate these heart-shaped cookies with adorable Valentine’s Day sayings and give them to your loved one. These Valentine’s Day sugar cookies are so sweet, festive, and fun to make. They make the perfect gift you can give to your Valentine.
3. How to Make a Heart-Shaped Cake
Learn how to make a heart shaped cake using this easy recipe. You won’t be needing any special pans or supplies to make this tasty dessert. The result looks amazing and the process is so fun.
4. Heart Shaped Cream Puffs with Strawberries
This recipe is made with pate a choux dough filled with sweetened whipped cream and strawberries. It is so easy to make and looks so gorgeous. Impress your family and loved ones with a box of these heart shaped cream puffs with strawberries.
5. Valentine Heart Thumbprint Cookies
These cookies have cute heart-shaped thumbprints that are covered with delicious jam. These Valentine heart thumbprint cookies are so easy to make with only 6 basic ingredients.
6. Valentine’s Day White Chocolate Pretzel Kisses
These Valentine’s Day white chocolate pretzel kisses have the perfect combination of sweet and salty. They are made with pretzels, Hershey Kiss hugs, and candied hearts. They also have adorable conversation heart candy toppings.
7. Heart Shaped Cinnamon Rolls
Make cinnamon rolls even more fun with this heart shaped cinnamon rolls recipe. They are so easy to make in under 30 minutes using canned cinnamon rolls and other easy ingredients.
8. Hot Chocolate with Marshmallow Hearts
Show your love by serving a warm mug of hot chocolate with marshmallow hearts. The marshmallows make a simple, yet alluring addition to your hot chocolate that will make your heart race.
9. Heart-Shaped S’more Cookies
This heart shaped s’more cookie recipe is a super easy-to-make, last-minute dessert idea. It only needs 3 easy ingredients and less than 10 minutes of prep time. Give your special people special desserts with this recipe.
10. Reindeer Brownies
Make adorable heart-shaped reindeer brownies for Christmas with this recipe. Cut your favorite brownie recipe into hearts and turn them into fun reindeer treats using edible decorations.
11. Lavender-Lemon Pudding Cakes
The dried lavender makes this lavender-lemon pudding cake recipe special. It gives so the cakes so much flavor and blends so well with the lemon and other ingredients. Put the cake in a heart-shaped mold for an easy tasty heart-shaped dessert.
12. Heart S’mores Bars
You won’t need campfires or special equipment to make this delicious s’mores dessert. All you need are puffed rice cereals, mini marshmallows, and other simple ingredients. Combine them into bars, cut them with a cookie cutter, and you got yourself heart s’mores bars.
13. Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Hearts
These chocolate covered peanut butter hearts have the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. They are delicious heart-shaped peanut butter cookies that are covered with sweet melted chocolate. Decorate them with candies and sprinkles to make them more festive.
14. Valentine’s Day Rolo Pretzels
Add a fun twist to traditional rolo pretzels by adding candied hearts instead of M&M’s. It is a simple dessert idea you can serve on Valentine’s Day or enjoy with the family. Valentine’s Day rolo pretzels are so easy to make but will impress the crowd nonetheless.
15. Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies
Turning classic chocolate chip cookies into a heart shape will never disappoint you. This recipe makes cookies that have crispy edges, soft and gooey middles, and the best texture. Everyone will love these heart shaped chocolate chip cookies.
16. Meringue Heart Cookies
These meringue heart cookies are the perfect treats to pack and send as gifts. They have a cute pink color and a beautiful heart shape that your recipient will love. They are so sweet and easy to make.
17. Heart Cookies
These heart cookies are made with heart-shaped sugar cookies that are dipped in melted dark chocolate. They are then decorated with colorful candies and sprinkles which make the cookies look gorgeous.
18. Valentine’s Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Hearts
Valentine’s Day chocolate chip cookie hearts are so easy to make using a few simple ingredients. Just bake your cookie dough in a heart-shaped mold, dip it in chocolate, and decorate it with sprinkles.
19. Valentine Heart Brownies
Valentine heart brownies are delicious brownie bars that have adorable heart frosting in the center. Just add a few more decorations, like heart sprinkles, and you have a cute treat you can give to your Valentine.
20. Dark and White Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
This recipe uses multiple-sized cookie cutters to create a beautiful black-and-white pattern on the cookie. It fits the smaller cookies into the bigger cookies like puzzle pieces. It results in creative dark and white chocolate shortbread hearts that are so delicious and fun to make.
21. Heart’s Delight Eclair
This gorgeous dessert is made with layers of puff pastry and vanilla pudding mixture. It is baked to perfection and topped with melted chocolate and shortening. Impress everyone with this light, fluffy, creamy, and sweet Heart’s Delight Eclair dessert.
22. Red Velvet Heart Cookies
These red velvet heart cookies are so sweet are so easy to make and have a delicious red velvet flavor. You can use a heart-shaped stencil and sprinkle powdered sugar over the cookies. To add even more hearts and sweetness to this already tasty dessert.
23. Valentine Cutouts
Valentine Cutouts are made with red gelatin shaped into hearts. But this recipe uses ingredients that make the gelatin cool, fruity, creamy, and richer than plain gelatin. It is an easy and fun heart shaped dessert idea you can make for events or at home.
24. Heart Shaped Almond Sugar Cookies
These heart shaped almond sugar cookies are so easy to make and full of sweet flavors. The cookies are full of almond flavor and topped with royal icing. Plus, since it is so simple, you can decorate the cookies any way you want.
25. Lemon Shortbread Cookies
These lemon shortbread cookies are so cute and they taste amazing. It is a buttery and crumbly cookie topped with tangy lemon icing and fresh lemon zest. This recipe only uses 5 ingredients, but results in delicious yellow heart shaped cookies.
26. Red Velvet Heart Cake Mix Cookies
This no fail red velvet heart cake mix cookies recipe is so easy to make. You only need 3 easy ingredients to make the cookies. Then, you just add red sanding sugar and white chocolate hearts to decorate the treat.
27. Heart Shaped Chocolate Eclairs
Enjoy these heart shaped chocolate eclairs that have crisp pate choux pastry and full of sweet cream. This dessert is filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped with a decadent ganache and fresh raspberries.
28. Candy Cane Hearts
Make this festive heart shaped treat that is perfect for holidays using only 3 ingredients. This recipe is made with chocolate melts that are framed with candy canes, forming a heart. Candy cane hearts have the perfect blend of peppermint and chocolate and only take 15 minutes to prepare.
29. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
These heart shaped red velvet crinkle cookies are so chewy and sweet. They are made with red velvet cake mix rolled in powdered sugar and cut into heart shapes.
30. Chocolate Peppermint Hearts
With 5 ingredients, you can make this sweet and minty heart shaped dessert. It is made with faux-tempered or tempered chocolate, peppermint extract, and more. Chocolate peppermint hearts look so fancy but are super easy to make.
31. Almond-Rye Heart Cookies
The light rye flour makes the cookies in this recipe so chewy, yet tender. It is also full of cinnamon flavors and topped with powdered sugar. Almond-rye heart cookies are so simple, but will definitely be a favorite.
32. Meringue Lollipop Hearts
Meringue lollipop hearts are not only sweet for the tongue but also the eyes. The heart shaped meringue and the candy decorations look so gorgeous. They make for the perfect gift to give to your loved ones.
33. Lox of Love
Try this unique treat that is made with smoked salmon and cream cheese. Using a cookie cutter, the salmon gets shaped into hearts and then outlined with cream cheese. Lox of love is perfect if you want something other than sweets on Valentine’s Day.
34. Peanut Butter and Jelly Heart Thumbprints
If you love P and J’s, then you will love this amazing 4 ingredient dessert recipe. Peanut butter and jelly heart thumbprints have the perfect combination of peanut butter cookies and heart-shaped jelly thumbprints. This recipe keeps things simple without sacrificing cuteness and flavor.
35. Heart-Shaped Chocolate Valentine Lollipop Treats
Making heart shaped chocolate Valentine lollipop treats is so fun and satisfying to make. You can make all sorts of designs for the chocolate lollipop using different chocolates and candies.
36. Heart Sandwich Cookies
These heart sandwich cookies with vanilla buttercream are so delicious and made with natural ingredients. It uses all-natural beet juice instead of artificial food coloring, giving the cookies a pinkish hue.
37. Homemade Heart Lollipops
Make simple, but adorable homemade heart lollipops with this easy recipe. The lollipops are made with granulated sugar, corn syrup, water, and more.
38. Heart Shaped Chocolate Whoopie Pies
With this recipe, turn your classic whoopie pie into hearts and serve it on Valentine’s Day. They are filled with chocolate flavors from the cookie and creamy vanilla from the filling. Your loved ones will find these heart shaped chocolate whoopie pies so delicious.
39. Raspberry Jelly Heart-Shaped Donuts
Start your day right by serving these raspberry jelly heart shaped donuts for Valentine’s breakfast. They are perfectly fried, resulting in soft and tender, but chewy donuts. Plus, the raspberry jelly filling adds so much tartness and sweetness to the dessert.
40. Candy Pizza Heart
Candy pizza heart is perfect for celebrations and parties. It is made with lots of different sweets which gives this treat so much flavor and texture. The kids will definitely love this dessert and devour it within minutes.
41. Heart Shaped Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
Heart shaped red velvet whoopie pies are so soft and chewy and have a delicious creamy filling. They are also super easy to make with ingredients you will likely find in your kitchen.
42. Chocolate Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies
These chocolate marshmallow sandwich cookies are like a mug of hot chocolate turned into yummy cookies. The chocolate cookies are filled with gooey marshmallow fluff which makes adding marshmallow so easy. Chocolate and marshmallow just make the perfect combination that no one can resist.
43. Grapefruit and White Chocolate Cookies
This dessert is made with heart-shaped cookies full of grapefruit flavor dipped in melted white chocolate. The white chocolate balances the grapefruit, creating the perfect blend of flavors. This grapefruit and white chocolate cookie recipe is great for parties and large crowds.
44. Caramel Tartlet
Enjoy layers of sweetness and flavor with this caramel tartlet recipe. It has a buttery tartlet case filled with sweet caramel and rich dark chocolate ganache. It is a combination of textures that will impress everyone.
45. Heart Brownie Cupcakes
Your loved ones will love these simple heart brownie cupcakes. They are made with your favorite brownie recipe covered with powdered sugar. Everyone will assume you made these treats for hours because of how delicious they are.
46. Jam Hand Pies
Create pretty heart-shaped jam hand pies with just 3 simple ingredients. They are so easy to make that you can bond with the kids while making them. Plus, you can use gluten-free pastry to make these treats healthier.
47. Heart Glazed Cornmeal Cookies
Level up your regular cornmeal cookies for Valentine’s and make heart glazed cornmeal cookies. Decorating the cookies with pink heart glaze is so fun and easy. The cookies are gorgeous, yummy, and perfect to give as gifts.
These cookies are the perfect homemade gift.
48. Chocolate Ganache Heart Tartlets
These chocolate ganache heart tartlets have the perfect texture. They have crumbly shells and a creamy ganache. To make the dessert even more perfect, they also have meringue hearts on top.
49. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These soft and chewy cookies are loaded with cinnamon flavors, raisins, and oats. Make oatmeal raisin cookies for a delicious and healthy treat for your loved ones.
50. Heart Shaped Oat and Banana Cookies
These heart shaped oat and banana cookies are so delicious and are full of natural ingredients.
51. Couscous Crunch Bar
This recipe turns couscous into a delicious heart-shaped dessert that will impress the crowd. It is so easy to make, just toast the couscous and mix them into melted chocolate. This couscous crunch bar is so sweet and has a satisfying crunchy texture with each bite.
52. Chocolate and Vanilla Sweetheart Cookies
These chocolate and vanilla sweetheart cookies will surely make your loved ones smile. This recipe uses nested cookie cutters to create these impressive “black and white” heart cookies.
Homemade Valentine’s Day treat.
53. Pistachio and Chocolate Heart Cookies
Nutty pistachio and bittersweet chocolate make an amazing duo. This pistachio and chocolate heart cookie recipe is proof of that. The results are cookies that are crispy on the outside but tender on the inside.
54. Valentine’s Day Raspberry Hand Pies
Valentine’s Day raspberry hand pies have flaky sweet shortcrust pastry filled with sweet raspberry jam. They are also topped with white chocolate and fresh raspberries, giving them tart and sweet flavors.
55. Sweetheart Coconut Cookies
These sweetheart coconut cookies are so tasty and look so festive. They are made with coconut-flavored heart-shaped cookies filled with raspberry jam, sprinkled with sugar.
Make these with heart shaped cookie cutters for a cute idea.
56. Heart Shaped Raspberry Linzer Cookies
Try these heart shaped raspberry linzer cookies and you won’t regret it. They are made with almond flour which gives them a light and crumbly texture. The raspberry filling also adds so much tart and sweet flavors to the dessert.
57. Heart Shaped Pavlova
This heart shaped pavlova is crisp on the outside, but soft and pillowy on the inside. It has a meringue base that is topped with whipped cream and fresh fruits.
58. Layered Heart Shaped Brownies
These super adorable layered heart shaped brownies are perfect for spreading love. They are made with layers of brownies and buttercream frosting. They also have heart-shaped holes in the middle that is also filled with frosting.
Easy and delicious Valentine’s Day Treat.
59. Sweetheart Coffee Cake
Surprise your family by serving this sweetheart coffee cake for breakfast. It has all the classic coffee flavors, but is shaped into a cute heart. It is also filled with cherry or raspberry which makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day.
The perfect heart shaped valentine’s day dessert.