Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day, and my collection of 32 Romantic Desserts and fun treat recipes will give you the perfect opportunity to show the special people in your life how much you care!
Whether you are looking for easy romantic dessert ideas for two, holiday-themed desserts, cute baking ideas for Valentine’s Day, desserts for a family dinner, a potluck, or simple treats for kids, you will find them here.
This collection showcases 32 best Valentine’s Day dessert and treats recipes, including luscious and decadent romantic desserts. Believe it or not, some healthy Valentine’s Day dessert options, such as gluten-free, paleo, low-carb, keto, and vegan recipes, are also included that won’t destroy your diet!
So pull up an easy chair and plan to spend some time perusing these luscious Valentine’s desserts and then the hard part, trying to decide which of these fantastic desserts you will make.
Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherries – Grits and Pinecones
MyHeart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherriesis the perfect cake, in the ideal shape, to say “I love you” this Valentine’s Day! This romantic dessert features three layers of rich, decadent heart-shaped chocolate cake, with sweetened whipped cream and luscious cherry pie filling between the layers.
Meringues Chantilly – Pudge Factor
Meringues Chantilly is one of the most elegant and romantic desserts that you can imagine. A perfect Valentine’s Day dessert is also one of the easiest desserts you can make. Imagine light and crispy meringue shells filled with whipped cream and topped with fruit and a decadent raspberry sauce.
Strawberry Shortcake and Lemon Curd Parfait – The Rising Spoon
Want an easy Valentine’s Day dessert that’ll leave you fighting over the leftovers? Look no further than these strawberry shortcake and lemon curd parfaits, a.k.a. blissful bursts ofsunshine and sweetness in a glass.
Vanilla Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce – Grits and Pinecones
Easy to make, silky smooth, creamy Vanilla Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce is the ultimate decadent Valentine’s Day dessert. A classic Italian dish, this recipe is made with fresh strawberries, sweetened heavy cream, a bit of sour cream, and thickened with unflavored gelatin.
Giant Filled Valentine Kiss – Pudge Factor
This Giant-Filled Valentine’s Kiss is the perfect way to make a big impression on someone special. No baking or cooking is required. This fun Valentine’s Day treat is visually appealing and easy and economical to make. Made with a plastic funnel and filled with your choice of chocolate treats, it’s so simple your kids can make it.
No Bake Chocolate Raspberry Tart – Grits and Pinecones
My easy, no-bakeChocolate Raspberry Tart is the ultimate dessert for the chocolate lovers in your life. The decadently rich chocolate ganache filling, made with semi-sweet chocolate, is truffle-like in its consistency and delivers intense chocolate flavor with each bite.
Coeur à la Crème with Grand Marnier Raspberry Sauce – Pudge Factor
Coeur à la Crème with Grand Marnier Raspberry Sauce is an elegant dessert to serve for Valentine’s Day. This classic dessert (French for heart of cream) is easy to prepare but impressive in its presentation and taste.
Chocolate Mousse Cake – Grits and Pinecones
This easy, no-bake, velvety Chocolate Mousse Cake is for you if you love all things chocolate like me and baking isn’t your thing! This simple, decadent cake is full of dreamy, whipped chocolate mousse made with heavy cream, semisweet, and dark chocolate chips, with a crunchy Oreo crust.
Low-Carb Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake – Simply So Healthy
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with our Low-Carb Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake. This cheesecake is a refrigerator cheesecake that is simple to whip up. It makes a perfect dessert for people on low-carb, gluten-free, grain-free, ketogenic, diabetic, LC/HF, and Banting diets.
Flourless Chocolate Cake – Pudge Factor
Surprise your Valentine with this dense, rich, decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake. Every bite is packed with intense bittersweet chocolate flavor. While this cake looks amazingly impressive, it is pretty simple to make.
No-Bake Raspberry White Chocolate Tart – The Unlikely Baker
Chocolate cookie crust, white chocolate mascarpone filling, fresh raspberry topping. This no-bake raspberry white chocolate tart is a fantastic Valentine’s Day dessert and a perfect romantic treat!
Homemade Chocolate Pudding – Grits and Pinecones
Homemade Chocolate Pudding is creamy decadence, and it’s the ultimate chocolate fix! But the best part, this easy chocolate dessert is ridiculously simple to make and takes less than 15 minutes to prepare! Don’t let the humble name fool you; this luscious pots-de-creme confection is the perfect romantic Valentine’s dessert.
Chocolate Blancmange – Pudge Factor
Chocolate Blancmange, pronounced “blah-mahnj,” is an old English dessert that is light and velvety smooth. Even though it contains no eggs, the texture of Chocolate Blancmange reminds me of a chocolate mousse. A good Blancmange has a slight wobble to it and is amazingly delicious and easy to make.
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Dump Cake for Two – The Seasoned Mom
Make dessert quick, easy, and incredibly delicious with a 3-Ingredient Chocolate Covered Strawberry Dump Cakeready for the oven in 5 minutes! Whether you need a single-serving treat to satisfy a sweet tooth or a special dessert for a romantic date night for two, this rich and fudgy dump cake is a perfect solution
Chocolate Cherry Brownie Parfaits – Grits and Pinecones
You have come to the right place if you want an easy but elegant Valentine’s Day dessert! Chocolate Cherry Brownie Parfaits are full of fudgy goodness, sweet, luscious cherries, and light-air whipped cream! And this rich and decadent dessert is the perfect way to say “I love you” on Valentine’s Day.
Double Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry Sauce – Dani’s Cooking
This delicious Double Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry sauce is the best dessert you can prepare in less than one hour! It is decadent and full of flavor: a fantastic treat for every chocolate lover on Valentines’s Day!
Vanilla Rose White Chocolate Cocktail – The Flavor Bender
Love White Chocolate? Alcohol? Vanilla? Then this is the kind of cocktail that’ll turn your life upside down! Vanilla Rose and White Chocolate Cocktail (AKA Falooda Cocktail) is a delicious, sweet, creamy, floral cocktail that’s pure decadence and gorgeous to look at!
Red Velvet Madeleines – Pudge Factor
Heart-shaped Red Velvet Madeleines with a lemon glaze are easy to make and a perfect confection for Valentine’s Day.
Raw Vegan Blackberry Cheesecake – One Clever Chef
These Raw Vegan Blackberry Cheesecake bars are super creamy and perfectly sweet. This easy, no-bake dessert is also extremely healthy! You would never believe it’s a dessert by simply looking at the nutritional values. This recipe is also Paleo, Gluten-free, and Dairy-Free!
Sweetheart Brownie Bliss – Buy This Cook That
You will love Sweetheart Brownie Bliss. And your sweethearts will love YOU! The bottom layer? Thick, fudgy brownies. Then, we loaded it with a smooth, creamy, no-bake cheesecake and a luscious cherry topping.
Strawberry Trifle with Angel Food Cake – Grits and Pinecones
My easy, no-bake Strawberry Trifle with Angel Food Cake is made with fresh, luscious strawberries, heavenly whipped cream, and layers of light-as-a-cloud angel food cake. I guarantee this make-ahead wonder will be one of the easiest and most delicious Valentine’s Day desserts you will ever prepare!
Cupid’s Crunch – Pudge Factor
Wow, your sweetheart with some Cupid’s Crunch. It’s a no-bake Valentine’s Day treat that combines sweet and salty to produce a perfect surprise. It just takes minutes to make and is sure to put a smile on the face of your special Valentine!
Three Ingredients Strawberry Mousse (Vegan and Gluten-Free) – Easy Cooking with Molly
Creamy, light, and absolutely divine mousse that’s perfect for a quick Valentine’s dessert. It’s made using three simple ingredients and ready in 12 minutes.
No-Churn Red Wine Strawberry and Salted Dark Chocolate Ice Cream – Pass Me Some Tasty
Leave your ice cream maker in the cupboard because when it comes to crazy-good ice cream, we don’t want to wait around for it. This ice cream is happening now, friends, and just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Vegan Vanilla and Berry Cake – Lauren Caris Cooks
Who said going vegan meant kissing delicious, light, fluffy layer cakes goodbye? Well, not me… I would probably never know if no one had told me this cake was vegan—a perfect dessert for your vegan sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.
Paleo Flourless Chocolate Cake – Delicious Meets Healthy
A chocolate lover’s dream comes true, and an easy romantic dessert is perfect if you love chocolate. It’s an incredible paleo, gluten-free, flourless chocolate cake with a raspberry apricot glaze
Strawberry Lemon Cream Crepe Cake – Taste and See
This Strawberry Lemon Creme Crepe Cake is light and creamy and perfectly sweet! With mascarpone cheese, lemon juice, fresh strawberries, and buttermilk crepes – it’s the perfect romantic recipe for celebrating a Happy Valentine’s Day and sharing the love this holiday.
Sous Vide Crème Caramel – Pudge Factor
A perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day, Crème Caramel is silky smooth with a velvety texture. Sous vide is the way to achieve this perfection. It allows for precise temperature control, which is the key to producing the perfect crème caramel.
Raspberry Dusted Chocolate Fudge Brownie Truffles – Spabettie
Raspberry Dusted Chocolate Fudge Brownie Truffles – rich and chewy chocolate brownie-filled truffles get a bright tart topping of raspberry dust! So fudgy good. The filling is divine even on its own – super chocolatey rich, like a chewy brownie.
Baked Alaska – The Missing Lokness
Baked Alaska is a stunning showstopper dessert for Valentine’s Day. Ice cream, cake, and toasted meringue all in one. Easier to make than you think!
Creme Brulee – From a Chef’s Kitchen
Classic Vanilla Creme Brulee for Two is the perfect sweet ending to any special meal you prepare at home. This sinfully decadent, heavenly dessert is easy to make and can be prepared well in advance.
Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies – Jersey Girl Cooks
Chocolate-dipped Peanut Butter Cookies are a fun Valentine’s Day treat! They can be made with Valentine’s Day sprinkles or dipped in white chocolate. These cookies are also a cute dessert for your kids, and they are so easy that they could even make them themselves.
Frequently asked questions:
Pastel, multi-color candy hearts, sometimes called conversation hearts, with cute sayings, such as “be mine” and “true love,” have been around for over a hundred years and are still a popular Valentine’s Day treat, especially with kids.
For adults, a heart-shaped box of assorted chocolates continues to be the most popular treat!
This varies depending on where you live. In the South, desserts with chocolate and cherries or strawberries reign supreme, with chocolate-covered strawberries, chocolate cakes in the shape of a heart, chocolate mousse, chocolate flourless cake, chocolate parfaits, and chocolate tarts.
The best dessert is one that is easy to pack up, travels well, and doesn’t need to be refrigerated. Examples include brownies, cupid’s crunch, red velvet madeleines, and chocolate truffles.
Baked Alaska is a good example of a dessert that would not travel well.
Bananas foster, sous vide crème caramel, strawberry mousse, and creme brulee are popular romantic desserts that can easily be made for two.
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Molly Kumar
What a delicious and pretty looking roundup !! All the recipes look perfect for Valentines and I’m going to have such a tough time choosing which one to try first 🙂
Gritsandpinecones
Thanks Molly, and thanks to you too for sharing your Strawberry Mousse recipe! I can’t wait to try it!
Sharon