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28 Best Valentine’s Day Desserts

January 17, 2018 By Gritsandpinecones 2 Comments

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Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day and it’s the perfect opportunity to show the special people in your life how much you care for them!

28 Best Valentine's Day Desserts College featuring parfaits, chocolate cake and chocolate cheesecake

This showcase of 28 of the Best Valentine’s Day Dessert recipes from some of the top bloggers around the globe includes all types of luscious and decadent romantic desserts. Believe it or not, there are even some healthy dessert options like gluten-free, paleo, low-carb and vegan that won’t destroy your diet!  As you might imagine, there are also lots of options for chocolate lovers, and if you like strawberries and raspberries you are in luck! There are also several really easy dessert options for those of you that are just beginning to cook and some that don’t require any cooking at all. 

So pull up an easy chair and plan to spend some time perusing the gorgeous photos and enjoying these awesome desserts.  Your only problem will be choosing just one of them! 

1  Chocolate Cherry Valentine Torte – Grits and Pinecones

Chocolate Cherry Valentine Torte is the perfect cake, in the perfect shape, to say “I love you”! Three layers of heart-shaped chocolate cake, filled with sweet whipped cream and cherries and iced with chocolate whipped cream, this Valentine’s Day dessert is the ultimate decadent and romantic dessert for that special someone for Valentines Day.

Chocolate Cherry Valentine Torte baked in the shape of a heart with cherries in the middle

2  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 quite easy to prepare but amazing in its presentation and taste.

Coeur A La Creme Valentine's Day Dessert

3  Easy Valentine’s Day Heart Shaped Fudge Brownies – Lemon Baby

Deep, dark, and fudgy, this is not a brownie for cake lovers. It’s a brownie for brownie lovers, and it won’t disappoint, I promise!

Heart Shaped Brownies

4  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. Dip them into melty chocolate and sprinkle with a vibrant tart raspberry dust and you have an impressive Valentine’s Day dessert.

Raspberry Dusted Chocolate Fudge Brownie Truffles

5  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 an awesome summer treat!

No Bake Raspberry White Chocolate Tart

6  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 Cake that’s ready for the oven in just 5 minutes! Whether you need a single-serving treat to satisfy a sweet tooth, a special dessert for a romantic date night for two, or a full-size cake to feed a crowd, this rich and fudgy dump cake is a perfect solution — no baking skills required!

7  Easy Raspberries and Cream Dessert – Grits and Pinecones

Sweeten your Valentine’s Day this year with a creamy and decadent Raspberry Cream dessert. This sweetly romantic dessert of pure deliciousness would be the perfect ending to a romantic Valentines Day dinner or any dinner for that matter.

Raspberries and Cream Dessert

8  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 is gorgeous to look at!

Rose and White Chocolate Cocktail

9  Valentine’s Day Raspberry Brownie Parfait – Crayons and Cravings

This delicious Raspberry Brownie Parfait is sure to score some major brownie points and spark some romance this Valentine’s Day!

Valewntines Raspberry Brownie Parfait

10  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 & lemon curd parfaits a.k.a. blissful bursts of sunshine and sweetness in a glass.

Strawberry Shortcake and Lemon Curd Parfait Dessert

11  Double Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry Sauce – Dani’s Cooking

This delicious Double Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry sauce is the best dessert that 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!

Double Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry Sauce

12  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 dessert by simply looking at the nutritional values.  This recipe is also Paleo, Gluten-free, and Dairy-Free!

Raw Vegan Blackberry Cheesecake

13  Baked Alaska – The Missing Lokness

Baked Alaska is a stunning showstopper for Valentine’s Day. Ice cream, cake, and toasted meringue all in one. Easier to make than you think!

Baked Alaska

14  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 and creamy layer of no-bake cheesecake. The wow factor? Bright and cheerful cherry topping. This sweet treat hits all the dessert must-haves in my book. Chocolate. Cheesecake. Cherries. What a perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day.

Sweetheart Brownie Bliss

15  Butterscotch Bourbon Budino with Salted Caramel – Platings and Pairings

This Butterscotch Bourbon Budino with Salted Caramel is like a pudding cup for grown-ups. It’s a rich and creamy indulgent treat that’s not overly sweet and it’s perfect for Valentines’s Day!

Butterscotch Bourbon Budino with Salted Caramel Topping

16  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 3 simple ingredients and ready in 12 minutes.

3 Ingredient Strawberry Mousse

17  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 have to wait around for it. No pre-freezing your ice cream container, no cooking heavy cream and milk and then whisking in egg yolks hoping to create a no-clump custard, and definitely no waiting for your ice cream maker to finish churning before you can even get to the freezing process. This ice cream is happening now friends and just in time for Valentine’s Day!

No Churn Red Wine Strawberry and Salted Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

18  Meringue Hearts with Whipped Cream and Raspberries – What a Girl Eats

These Meringue Hearts with Whipped Cream and Raspberries are perfect for your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.  Light, airy and crisp, filled with lightly sweetened whipped cream and some fresh raspberries, they are an extra special dessert.

Meringue Hearts with Whipped Cream and Raspberries

19  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.

Low Carb Raspberry Cheesecake

20  Red Wine Chocolate Raspberry Cake – Happy Foods Tube

Chocolate cake with red wine, raspberry mascarpone filling, and chocolate buttercream is perfect for Valentine’s Day and so delicious you won’t be able to resist another slice! There is no going back to the “ordinary” cakes once you’ve tried this one!

Red Wine Chocolate Raspberry Cake

21  Red Velvet Madeleines – Pudge Factor

Heart-shaped Red Velvet Madeleines with a lemon glaze are a perfect confection for Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s day was first associated with romantic love in Chaucer’s 14th-century poetry about “Valentines.”

Red Velvet Madeleines

22  Vegan Vanilla and Berry Cake – Lauren Caris Cooks

Who said going vegan meant kissing delicious, light, fluffy layer cakes goodbye? Well, not me… In fact, if no one told me this cake was vegan, I would probably never know. A perfect dessert for your vegan sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.

Vegan Vanilla and Berry Layer Cake

23  Red Wine Chocolate Fudge Strawberry Cake – Food Meanderings

Believe me, you will want to find any excuse to celebrate with this decadent and delectable Red Wine Strawberry Chocolate Fudge Cake cake! A whipped creamy mascarpone strawberry kirsch filling is sandwiched between luscious red wine fudgy chocolate cake, all encased in a rich red wine dark chocolate ganache with ganache dipped strawberries on top. And best yet, there is no fancy decorating required! If you are looking for a Valentine’s day cake for your sweetheart, this cake is the ultimate!

Red Wine Chocolate Fudge Strawberry Cake

24  Paleo Flourless Chocolate Cake – Delicious Meets Healthy

If you love chocolate, or you have a chocolate lover in your life, this recipe is for you. It’s a wonderful Paleo flourless chocolate cake and the texture is AMAZING, dense, rich and creamy. And the raspberry apricot glaze is oh-so-good, it pairs wonderfully with the dark creamy custardy cake and adds nice sweet fruity flavor. Yum! This flourless chocolate cake is also gluten-free and paleo (if you use ghee). It’s a chocolate lover’s dream come true.

Paleo Flourless Chocolate Cake

25  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 recipe for celebrating a Happy Valentine’s Day and sharing the love this holiday.

Strawberry Lemon Creme Crepe Cake

26  Bananas Foster Mini Skillet Flambe – The Kitchen Girl

One of my favorite things about this recipe, besides caramelized bananas smothered in ice cream, is that it’s a delicious Valentine’s Day dessert for two!

Bananas Foster for Two

27  Sous Vide Crème Caramel – Pudge Factor

A perfect dessert for Valentines’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.

Sous Vide Creme Caramel Dessert

28  Chocolate Raspberry Tart – Grits and Pinecones

Chocolate Raspberry Tart is the ultimate dessert for Valentine’s Day and the chocolate lovers in your life. The rich and decadent filling with two kinds of chocolate is almost truffle-like in its consistency and you won’t believe how utterly delicious the biscotti crust is!

A slice of Chocolate Raspberry Tart

Oh my goodness! What a roundup of delicious and decadent looking Valentine’s Day desserts! How can you choose? Please leave me a comment letting me know which of these luscious desserts is your favorite and which one(s) you will be making for your loved ones!

Need even more dessert recipes? Check out these dessert roundup posts full of the most delicious desserts ever: 31 Best Thanksgiving Recipes, 33 Dazzling and Delicious Easter Desserts, 27 Best Desserts for Thanksgiving, and 29 Best Christmas Dessert Recipes. 

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28 of the Best Valentine's Day Dessert recipes features easy decadent romantic desserts plus some healthy options like gluten-free, paleo, low-carb and vegan!
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  1. Molly Kumar says

    January 17, 2018 at 10:33 pm

    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 🙂

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    • Gritsandpinecones says

      January 18, 2018 at 7:09 am

      Thanks Molly, and thanks to you too for sharing your Strawberry Mousse recipe! I can’t wait to try it!
      Sharon

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