Whether you celebrate as a couple, with family or friends, these Valentines Day Desserts make a delicious treat or finale to a special meal. You do not have to spend hours in the kitchen to treat your loved ones – most of these desserts – including the delicious Red Wine Brownies shown above – can be made in not much time at all!
Valentines Day Desserts and Treats
Sugar Cookies are a treat any time of year. Use heart-shaped cookie cutters to make some for your Valentine’s Day celebrations and glaze them with a bit of pink icing. Or frost them and decorate with sprinkles if you have more time.
My Easy Fruit Brûlée is a delicious, healthier twist on Crème Brûlée. Crème fraîche or light sour cream is gently spooned over fruit and brandy soaked Amaretti biscuits, sprinkled with Demerara sugar and broiled. You can even make these desserts ahead of time. Just stash them in the fridge, and brûlée them at the last minute.
There’s a story behind the name of these light and delicious St Clement’s Custards. Gently spiked with citrus, they are the perfect end to a romantic meal.
For some, Valentines Day desserts have to involve chocolate – and that is no bad thing. One of my Chocolate Orange Brownies, topped with good vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a bit of chocolate sauce is a great way to anyone’s heart. They are delicious served with a scoop of this easy to make, no churn Blood Orange Ice Cream.
You could also just make the ice cream on its own and serve it with cookies. The cookies in the photograph are my light and tasty Orange Pecan Slice and Bake Cookies.
If you have a bit more time, try a classic Molton Chocolate Babycakes recipe for a special dessert. Tender cake gives way to a smooth, chocolatey middle – also delicious with the aforementioned ice cream!
Cakes and Puddings
My Chocolate Orange Marble Loaf Cake is much easier to put together than it looks. My step by step directions make marbling easy, and the blood orange and chocolate glaze is sure to impress. At the risk of repeating myself, it’s also delicious with Blood Orange Ice Cream!
And finally, if you love a deeply chocolate-y indulgent dessert, don’t miss this!
My Chocolate and Blueberry Pudding Cake just begs you to dive on in – and if there are leftovers they make a delightfully indulgent breakfast the next day!
Whatever Valentines Day dessert you decide to serve, I hope that you and your loved ones have a wonderful time. And no, that’s not a typo – for me it will always be about loved ones (plural) on Valentines Day. Because while I’m blessed with a wonderfully romantic husband, we love to share the celebrations – and the love – with our family and friends. Valentines Day doesn’t have to just be about romance after all – although I do hope you get to enjoy a bit of that too!
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Comments & Reviews
Everything is absolutely stunning April! But the Chocolate Orange Brownies I think are my favorite! Well done, my friend!
Thank you so much, Linda 🙂
April, how can I choose?!?! Everything looks delicious. Those molten chocolate babycakes looks soooo decadent though! YUM!
Thank you, Katie! And the molton chocolate babycakes are one of my favourites too 🙂
These all look amazing April!
Thank you so much, Nancy 🙂
Love all the recipe choices you have here. I have to try the Molten Chocolate Baby Cakes.
Thank you, Rini 🙂 They are one of my faves as well!
The Chocolate Orange Marble Cake looks wonderful! I love that flavor combination, and the marble effect is so pretty.
Thank you so much, Jean 🙂
You’ve got Valentine’s Day mastered, April! Your husband is one lucky guy…Still getting my courage up to do the fire atop creme brûlée. (Maybe I just need a new torch!)
Thank you so much, Kim 🙂
These dessert all look so good and perfect for VD April. Thanks for sharing at Cooking and Crafting with J&J. Enjoy the week.
Julie
Thank you so much, Julie. I hope your week is wonderful too!
Whoo these all look yummy April. I could just try any/all now! Thanks for linking up to Creative Mondays. Hope you can join me for The Wednesday blog hop today 🙂
Thank you so much, Claire!
You have made me extra hungry for desserts now! They look so yummy, and perfect for Valentine’s Day. I love how the marble loaf cake looks!
Thank you so much, Natalie 🙂
You got me at orange & chocolate…devine!
Thank you, Suzan!
I always say I missed being a sweetheart by one day. I was born the day after Valentine’s day at 6 AM during a blizzard, and I’ve been causing trouble ever since! I just call Valentine’s day candy day since I’m about as romantic as an old gas can, but I do like candy!
These desserts look wonderful!
Thank you so much, Cie! How lovely to be born near Valentine’s Day. I do love a bit of Valentine’s candy. Aside from chocolates, we don’t get much of it over here in the UK.
These sound amazing! I veered off and looked at your orange cheesecake too. YUM!!
Thank you so much, Pamela!
All of these look delicious! I’m going to have to try the molten chocolate babycakes. Yum!!
Thank you, Michelle!
April these are great Valentine’s Day desserts! I can virtually taste these.
Thank you, Paula. They are definitely among my favourites!