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Show your Valentine a little bit of extra love with these Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies! With a chocolate zigzag and crunchy sprinkles, this is a sweet treat that the whole family will enjoy!
Valentine Heart Cookies
Show your Valentine a little extra love with these homemade Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies! Whether you’re having a special date on February 14th or celebrating an anniversary or birthday party, these are the perfect way to let someone know you love them.
These Valentines Day heart cookies have a cute heart shape in a pretty pink with chocolate drizzle and sprinkles, so they are fun cookies to make and eat. There is no need for anything like royal icing or a complicated addition and truly, anyone can make them.
I know that a box of chocolates and flowers are the staple with some conversation hearts thrown into the mix, but sometimes the best Valentine’s Day gifts are the ones that come from the heart – and the kitchen. These delicious hearts will add something extra special to your day.
This festive treat will make as many or as few cookies as you want depending on the size of your heart cookie cutter. Make a bunch of smaller hearts or 12 larger Valentine hearts if you don’t need as many.
Always vegetarian, this easy recipe has a short prep time, a short bake time, and ends up with a gorgeous cookie in a fun shape. These are Valentine cookies that everyone will enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
These cookies were made with a medium/large heart-shaped cookie cutter. If you choose to use a small cookie cutter, you will want to reduce your bake time in order to not overbake your heart-shaped cookies.
One batch of these heart cookies will likely use more than one cookie sheet, so plan to have an additional one ready or reuse the one you have.
You should be able to purchase all of the simple ingredients at your local grocery store, but you may need to look online for the pink gel food coloring.
How To Make This Valentine’s Day Cookie Recipe
Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, salted, softened 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon almond extract 1 large egg Pink gel food coloring Chocolate melting candy Pink and white sprinkles
Supplies Needed:
Baking sheet Parchment paper, wax paper, or nonstick spray Large mixing bowl Rubber spatula and/or wooden spoon Hand mixer or stand mixer Wire cooling rack Medium microwave-safe bowl Pastry bag or resealable bag
Directions:
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and line an ungreased cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper or wax paper. You may need two cookie sheets if you are baking them all at once.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat together your softened butter and white sugar at low speed. Next, quickly mix in your almond extract and egg.
Step 3: Mix your flour and food coloring into the large bowl. Continue to mix (being sure to scrape the sides of the bowl) until you have a thick pink dough and none of the flour mixture is visible.
Continue to add food color until you are pleased with the color, but I usually start with 6 drops.
Step 4: Flour a flat, clean work surface and roll your cookie dough ball out with a rolling pin. You will have to do this a few times with the extra dough pieces as you cut out your hearts.
Step 5: Use heart-shaped cookie cutters to cut out your heart shapes and place them onto your prepared baking sheets in a single layer.
Reroll scraps of dough on a lightly floured surface until you can’t cut out any more. Discard any remaining dough when you are done.
Step 6: Bake your cutout cookies for 8 minutes until you see crispy edges.
Step 7: Once done, remove them from the oven and let your cookies cool completely on the sheet pan or a wire rack for the best results.
Step 8: For the topping, place one cup of chocolate candy melts into a microwave-safe dish and microwave for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Step 9: Pour the melted chocolate into a piping bag or Ziploc and cut a small tip off of the end. Drizzle your melted chocolate onto each of the heart cookies in a zigzag pattern.
Step 10: Top each cookie with some festive sprinkles and let them set on a piece of parchment paper (with the undecorated flat side down) for 15 minutes until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!
How To Store Leftover Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies
Store any leftovers in an airtight container or on a plate tightly wrapped in plastic wrap at room temperature for up to 5 days.
I Can’t Find Valentine’s Day Sprinkles – What Should I Use?
These cookies will work with lots of different varieties of sprinkles. If you have leftover clear crystal sprinkles, white sprinkles, pink jimmies – any of them will work. If you try to stick with Valentine’s Day colors, they’ll turn out great.
Can I Use Chocolate Chips Instead Of Chocolate Candy Melts?
You can use dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, or milk chocolate chips instead of candy melts, but chocolate chips will dry with a different texture than you may be looking for.
Candy melts maintain a smoother texture than chocolate chips, but they will still taste delicious.
Yield: Approximately 24 (depending on the cookie cutter)
Heart-Shaped Valentine's Day Cookies
Show your Valentine a little bit of extra love with these Heart-Shaped Valentine's Day Cookies! With a chocolate zigzag and crunchy sprinkles, this is a sweet treat that the whole family will enjoy!
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Additional Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour3 minutes
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, salted, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp almond extract
1 large egg
Pink gel food coloring
Chocolate melting candy
Pink and white sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, beat together your softened butter and sugar. Next, quickly mix in your almond extract and egg.
Mix in your flour and food coloring and continue to mix until you have a thick pink dough.
Flour a flat surface and roll your dough out with a rolling pin.
Use heart-shaped cookie cutters to cut out your heart shapes and place them onto your lined baking sheet.
Bake for 8 minutes, remove them from the oven, and let your cookies cool completely.
For the topping, place one cup of chocolate melts into a microwave safe dish and microwave for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Pour the melted chocolate into a decorating bag or Ziploc and cut a small tip off of the end. Drizzle your melted chocolate onto each cookie in a zigzag pattern.
Top each cookie with sprinkles and let them set on a piece of parchment paper for 15 minutes until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
This recipe makes between 12-24 cookies depending on the size of your cookie cutter.
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Step 2: In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat together your softened butter and white sugar at low speed. Next, quickly mix in your almond extract and egg.
Step 4: Flour a flat, clean work surface and roll your cookie dough ball out with a rolling pin. You will have to do this a few times with the extra dough pieces as you cut out your hearts. 
Step 5: Use heart-shaped cookie cutters to cut out your heart shapes and place them onto your prepared baking sheets in a single layer.
Step 6: Bake your cutout cookies for 8 minutes until you see crispy edges.
Step 8: For the topping, place one cup of chocolate candy melts into a microwave-safe dish and microwave for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Step 9: Pour the melted chocolate into a piping bag or Ziploc and cut a small tip off of the end. Drizzle your melted chocolate onto each of the heart cookies in a zigzag pattern.
Step 10: Top each cookie with some festive sprinkles and let them set on a piece of parchment paper (with the undecorated flat side down) for 15 minutes until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!
Wilton Dark Cocoa Candy Melts Candy, 12 oz.
