Show your Valentine a little extra love with these Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies! This is one Valentines day heart you can eat!

Pink Heart Valentine Cookies

Show your Valentine a little extra love with these Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies!

These Valentine’s Day cookies are a pretty pink with chocolate drizzle and sprinkles, but no one is saying that they only have to be for lovebirds! Serve these to your kids, your friends or anyone else with whom you might want to share the love!

I know that chocolates and flowers are the staple, but sometimes the best Valentine’s Day gifts are the ones that come from the heart – and the kitchen. Plus, the sprinkles add a fun little crunch!

Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:
3/4 cup softened salted butter
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

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!

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 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. 

Are You Looking For More Fun Valentine’s Day Recipes? Here Are Some Of My Favorites:

• Heart-Shaped Cookie Wreath
• Chocolate Valentine’s Day Cookies
• Valentine’s Day Fortune Cookies
• Pink Heart Chocolate Pretzels

Americolor Soft Gel Paste Food Color, 3/4-Ounce, Soft PinkWilton Dark Cocoa Candy Melts Candy, 12 oz.Wilton Valentine Sprinkles Dessert Decorating Set, 8-CountGoodcook 05717000817 Good Cook Classic Wood Rolling Pin, 1,23830Heart Cookie Cutter Set – 6 Piece – 3 4/5Goodcook 08929002199 Nonstick Bakeware, Set Of 3 Non-Stick Cookie Sheet, Multicolor

Yield: Approximately 24 (depending on the cookie cutter)

Heart-Shaped Valentine's Day Cookies

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This is one Valentines day cookie heart that you can eat! These delicious pink heart cookies are perfect for Valentine's Day or any time of year that you are looking for edible gifts.

Prep Time 35 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Additional Time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 13 minutes

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup softened salted butter
• 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

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
2. 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.
3. Mix in your flour and food coloring and continue to mix until you have a thick pink dough.
4. Flour a flat surface and roll your dough out with a rolling pin.
5. Use heart-shaped cookie cutters to cut out your heart shapes and place them onto your lined baking sheet.
6. Bake for 8 minutes, remove them from the oven, and let your cookies cool completely.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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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  Wilton Valentine Sprinkles Dessert Decorating Set, 8-Count
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  Heart Cookie Cutter Set - 6 Piece - 3 4/5", 3 1/5", 2 4/5", 2 3/5", 2 1/5", 1 4/5" - Heart Shaped Cookie Cutters, Stainless Steel Biscuit Pastry Cutters
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  Americolor Soft Gel Paste Food Color, 3/4-Ounce, Soft Pink

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 118Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 49mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 0gSugar: 6gProtein: 1g

This calculation is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a doctor or dietician. This calculator is a guide, but makes no guarantee of being exact or fully accurate.