25 Valentine’s Day Cookie Recipes

Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to bake all the heart-shaped, pink, and chocolatey cookies you can fit on a tray.

Whether you’re baking for a date night in, classroom parties, Galentine’s, or just yourself, these Valentine’s Day cookie recipes are fun, festive, and easy to decorate.

1. Classic Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies with Pink Icing

These soft sugar cookies are cut into hearts and topped with glossy pink icing and sprinkles. They’re the ultimate classic Valentine’s cookie and fun to decorate with kids.

Ingredients

• Sugar cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Eggs
• Powdered sugar
• Milk
• Pink gel food coloring
• Valentine sprinkles
• Heart cookie cutters

Directions

1. Prepare the dough according to the sugar cookie mix package using butter and eggs.
2. Chill the dough, then roll it out with a lightly floured rolling pin and cut hearts using heart cookie cutters.
3. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake as directed. Cool completely on a cooling rack.
4. Whisk powdered sugar with a little milk and tint with pink food coloring.
5. Spoon or pipe icing onto each cookie and add Valentine sprinkles before it sets.

2. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

These soft, cakey red velvet cookies are rolled in powdered sugar so they bake up with pretty crackled tops that scream Valentine’s Day.

Ingredients

• Red velvet cake mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Powdered sugar
• Small cookie scoop

Directions

1. Stir together red velvet cake mix, eggs, and oil until a thick dough forms.
2. Use a cookie scoop to portion dough and roll each ball in powdered sugar.
3. Arrange on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake until cracked and set around the edges.
4. Cool on a cooling rack before serving.

3. Chocolate-Dipped Heart Shortbread Cookies

Buttery shortbread hearts get dipped in dark chocolate and decorated with pink and red sprinkles for a simple, elegant Valentine’s cookie.

Ingredients

• Shortbread cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Heart cookie cutters
• Dark chocolate melting wafers
• Valentine sprinkles
• Microwave-safe bowl

Directions

1. Prepare the dough according to the shortbread mix package with butter, then chill.
2. Roll out and cut hearts with heart cookie cutters. Bake until lightly golden and cool completely.
3. Melt dark chocolate wafers in a microwave-safe bowl.
4. Dip one side of each cookie into chocolate, place on parchment, and add sprinkles.

4. Strawberry Jam Thumbprint Hearts

Soft sugar cookie dough is shaped into little hearts and filled with bright red strawberry jam for a sweet, jewel-like Valentine’s cookie.

Ingredients

• Sugar cookie dough mix
• Unsalted butter
• Strawberry jam
• Small spoon

Directions

1. Mix the sugar cookie mix with butter as directed and chill.
2. Roll small balls of dough and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
3. Use your thumb and index finger to create a heart-shaped indentation, then fill with a little strawberry jam using a small spoon.
4. Bake until edges are just set and cool on a cooling rack.

5. Pink Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars

Instead of cutting out shapes, bake pink sugar cookie dough in a pan and top with fluffy frosting and Valentine sprinkles, then slice into cute bar cookies.

Ingredients

• Sugar cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Eggs
• Pink gel food coloring
• Tub of vanilla frosting
• Valentine sprinkles
• 9x13 baking pan

Directions

1. Prepare the sugar cookie mix with butter and eggs, then tint the dough with pink food coloring.
2. Press the dough into a greased or parchment-lined 9x13 pan and bake until set.
3. Cool completely, then spread with vanilla frosting and top with sprinkles.
4. Slice into squares or rectangles.

6. Conversation Heart Sugar Cookies

Decorate pastel iced heart cookies with fun sayings using edible markers or piping so they look like oversized conversation heart candies.

Ingredients

• Sugar cookie dough
• Heart cookie cutters
• Royal icing mix
• Pastel gel food coloring set
• Edible food markers
• Piping bags

Directions

1. Roll out sugar cookie dough and cut with heart cookie cutters. Bake and cool.
2. Prepare royal icing and divide into bowls, tinting each with a different color from your pastel food coloring set.
3. Flood each cookie with pastel icing using piping bags and let dry completely.
4. Write short Valentine phrases on each cookie with edible food markers.

7. Strawberry Milkshake Cookies

These soft pink cookies get their flavor from strawberry pudding mix and are loaded with white chocolate chips for a sweet treat that tastes like a milkshake in cookie form.

Ingredients

• Strawberry cake mix
• Vanilla pudding mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• White chocolate chips
• Cookie scoop

Directions

1. Mix strawberry cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, and oil until combined.
2. Fold in white chocolate chips.
3. Drop dough onto a parchment-lined sheet with a cookie scoop and bake until edges are set.

8. Chocolate Valentine M&M Cookies

Soft, chewy chocolate cookies studded with red, pink, and white candies are a simple but crowd-pleasing Valentine’s dessert for parties and cookie plates.

Ingredients

• Chocolate cookie mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Valentine chocolate candies
• Baking sheet

Directions

1. Prepare the dough according to the chocolate cookie mix instructions using eggs and oil.
2. Stir in a generous handful of Valentine chocolate candies.
3. Drop dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment, pressing a few extra candies on top of each ball.
4. Bake until soft in the center and set at the edges.

9. Raspberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

These pink-flecked cookies use freeze-dried raspberries and creamy white chocolate chips for a sweet-tart Valentine’s flavor combo.

Ingredients

• Refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• Freeze-dried raspberries
• White chocolate chips
• Mixing bowl

Directions

1. Crumble freeze-dried raspberries into a bowl and add sugar cookie dough.
2. Stir in white chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
3. Scoop onto a parchment-lined sheet and bake until lightly golden at the edges.

10. Heart-Shaped Linzer Cookies with Raspberry Filling

Buttery sandwich cookies with a heart-shaped cutout show off bright red raspberry jam in the center, making them perfect for Valentine’s tea or dessert platters.

Ingredients

• Linzer cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Linzer heart cookie cutters
• Raspberry jam
• Powdered sugar shaker

Directions

1. Prepare dough with the linzer mix and butter, then chill.
2. Roll out and cut solid hearts for the bottoms and hearts with cutouts using a linzer cutter set for the tops.
3. Bake and cool completely. Spread raspberry jam on bottom cookies and top with cutout cookies.
4. Dust with powdered sugar.

11. Chocolate Kiss Heart Cookies

These heart-shaped cookies are finished with a chocolate kiss in the center, combining the look of classic blossom cookies with a Valentine twist.

Ingredients

• Peanut butter or sugar cookie mix
• Butter
• Egg
• Chocolate kiss candies

Directions

1. Prepare the dough from cookie mix, butter, and egg.
2. Roll into balls, then pinch the bottoms and press the tops to shape into hearts on a parchment-lined sheet.
3. Bake until set, then immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each heart.

12. White Chocolate Dipped Pink Sugar Cookies

Soft pink sugar cookies are dipped halfway in white chocolate and decorated with sprinkles for a pretty, two-tone Valentine’s look.

Ingredients

• Pink sugar cookie mix
• Butter
• Egg
• White chocolate wafers
• Valentine sprinkles

Directions

1. Prepare dough from pink sugar cookie mix, butter, and egg.
2. Roll dough into balls and flatten slightly on a baking sheet. Bake until set, then cool.
3. Melt white chocolate and dip half of each cookie, laying them on parchment.
4. Sprinkle dipped half with Valentine sprinkles.

13. Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookie Cakes

Press chocolate chip cookie dough into heart-shaped pans for mini cookie cakes you can decorate with pink frosting and messages on top.

Ingredients

• Chocolate chip cookie dough
• Heart-shaped pans
• Vanilla frosting
• Pink gel food coloring
• Piping bags and tips

Directions

1. Press cookie dough into greased heart pans.
2. Bake until golden and set in the center, then cool completely in the pans before removing.
3. Tint frosting with pink food coloring and pipe borders and messages using piping bags.

14. Red & Pink Swirled Sugar Cookies

Roll red and pink doughs together into a log and slice for pretty swirl cookies that look like they came from a bakery window.

Ingredients

• Sugar cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Eggs
• Red gel food coloring
• Pink gel food coloring
• Plastic wrap

Directions

1. Prepare dough from sugar cookie mix, butter, and eggs, then divide into two bowls.
2. Tint one bowl with red food coloring and the other with pink food coloring.
3. Roll each color into rectangles, stack, and roll into a log. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill.
4. Slice and bake on a parchment-lined sheet.

15. Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Rich chocolate cookies studded with chocolate chips and bits of red cherries feel extra decadent and perfectly on theme for Valentine’s Day.

Ingredients

• Chocolate cookie mix
• Chocolate chips
• Maraschino cherries
• Paper towels
• Mixing bowl

Directions

1. Prepare dough according to the chocolate cookie mix directions.
2. Stir in chocolate chips and chopped maraschino cherries that have been patted dry with paper towels.
3. Drop dough onto a baking sheet and bake until just set.

16. Strawberry Glazed Shortbread Hearts

Crumbly shortbread hearts are finished with a pretty pink strawberry glaze for a delicate, bite-size Valentine treat.

Ingredients

• Shortbread cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Freeze-dried strawberries
• Powdered sugar
• Milk
• Mini heart cookie cutters

Directions

1. Prepare dough with the shortbread mix and butter, then roll out and cut mini hearts using heart cutters.
2. Bake and cool completely.
3. Pulse freeze-dried strawberries into powder and whisk with powdered sugar and a splash of milk for glaze.
4. Dip or drizzle over the shortbread hearts and let set on parchment.

17. Pink Funfetti Cookie Sandwiches

Soft sprinkle cookies are sandwiched with pink frosting in the middle, making these look like little Valentine whoopie pies.

Ingredients

• Funfetti cake mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Vanilla frosting
• Pink gel food coloring

Directions

1. Mix Funfetti cake mix, eggs, and oil into a thick dough.
2. Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and bake until just set.
3. Tint frosting with pink coloring and spread between two cooled cookies to make sandwiches.

18. Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Heart Pops

Put heart-shaped shortbread cookies on sticks and dip them in chocolate for cute cookie pops you can wrap up as Valentine gifts.

Ingredients

• Shortbread cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Heart cookie cutters
• Cookie sticks or lollipop sticks
• Milk chocolate melting wafers
• Valentine sprinkles

Directions

1. Prepare shortbread dough with butter, roll out, and cut hearts using heart cutters.
2. Insert cookie sticks into the bottoms before baking, then bake and cool.
3. Melt milk chocolate and dip cookies, adding sprinkles before the chocolate sets.

19. Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Soft red velvet cookies are sandwiched around tangy cream cheese frosting, making them look and taste like mini whoopie pies for Valentine’s Day.

Ingredients

• Red velvet cake mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Cream cheese
• Powdered sugar
• Vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix red velvet cake mix, eggs, and oil into a dough.
2. Drop small rounds onto a baking sheet and bake until set. Cool completely.
3. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla into frosting.
4. Sandwich frosting between two cookies.

20. Chocolate Chunk Heart Skillet Cookie

A giant gooey chocolate chip cookie baked in a heart-shaped skillet makes a fun Valentine dessert to share, especially when topped with ice cream.

Ingredients

• Chocolate chip cookie mix
• Chocolate chunks
• Heart-shaped skillet or pan
• Nonstick spray
• Vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. Spray a heart-shaped skillet with nonstick spray.
2. Prepare cookie mix according to package directions and stir in extra chocolate chunks.
3. Press into the skillet and bake until the edges are golden and the center is still slightly soft.
4. Serve warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

21. Pink Marbled Royal Iced Cookies

Simple vanilla cookies become stunning when you dip them in marbled pink and white royal icing and let the swirls set shiny and smooth.

Ingredients

• Sugar cookie mix
• Royal icing mix
• Pink gel food coloring
• Shallow bowl
• Toothpicks

Directions

1. Bake cookies from your favorite sugar cookie mix and let cool.
2. Prepare royal icing and pour into a shallow bowl.
3. Add drops of pink food coloring on top and swirl with a toothpick.
4. Dip each cookie face-down into the marbled icing and let dry on a rack.

22. Strawberry Chocolate Chip Heart Cookies

Strawberry cake mix makes these cookies super soft and pink, and mini chocolate chips scattered throughout add the perfect hint of chocolate.

Ingredients

• Strawberry cake mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Mini chocolate chips
• Heart-shaped cookie cutter or mold

Directions

1. Stir together strawberry cake mix, eggs, and oil.
2. Fold in mini chocolate chips.
3. Press dough into a heart-shaped cutter or mold on a parchment-lined sheet and bake until set.

23. White Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

These thumbprint cookies are filled with raspberry jam and drizzled with white chocolate, making them taste like a fancy bakery treat in cute Valentine colors.

Ingredients

• Shortbread or sugar cookie mix
• Unsalted butter
• Raspberry jam
• White chocolate wafers
• Piping bag

Directions

1. Prepare dough from shortbread or sugar cookie mix and butter.
2. Roll into balls, place on a baking sheet, and press an indentation into each with your thumb.
3. Fill each center with a little raspberry jam and bake until lightly golden.
4. Drizzle cooled cookies with melted white chocolate using a piping bag.

24. Pink Frosted Sugar Cookie Hearts with Sprinkles

Super soft sugar cookie hearts with thick, fluffy pink frosting and lots of sprinkles taste just like those bakery-style cookies everyone loves.

Ingredients

• Soft sugar cookie mix
• Butter
• Eggs
• Buttercream frosting
• Pink food coloring
• Valentine sprinkles

Directions

1. Follow the package to mix the soft sugar cookie mix with butter and eggs.
2. Roll and cut hearts with heart cutters, then bake and cool.
3. Tint buttercream frosting with pink food coloring and spread thickly on each cookie.
4. Finish with plenty of Valentine sprinkles.

25. Valentine Cookie Platter Mix

Create a big Valentine’s cookie platter by baking a mix of your favorite heart-shaped, pink, and chocolatey cookies from this list and arranging them together with candy accents.

Ingredients

• Assorted sugar cookie mixes
• Chocolate cookie mix
• Heart cookie cutters
• Assorted Valentine sprinkles
• Valentine candy mix
• Large serving platter

Directions

1. Bake several different cookie recipes using sugar cookie mixes, chocolate cookie mix, and heart cutters.
2. Decorate with Valentine sprinkles, pink icing, and chocolate dips.
3. Arrange everything on a big serving platter and fill gaps with Valentine candies.

FAQ

Do I have to chill the dough for Valentine’s Day sugar cookies?

For most cut-out Valentine’s Day cookie recipes, chilling the dough helps the shapes stay clean and sharp in the oven. After mixing your dough in a stand mixer, press it into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill at least 30–60 minutes before rolling with a rolling pin.

What tools make Valentine’s cookie decorating easier?

A few basics really help: heart-shaped cookie cutters, disposable piping bags, small piping tips, and parchment-lined baking sheets for easy cleanup. A couple of cooling racks also make it easier to let icing set without smudging.

How do I get bright pink and red colors in my Valentine’s Day cookies?

Gel food coloring is the best way to get vibrant Valentine shades without thinning your dough or icing. Look for a gel color set and add a little at a time to your batter, frosting, or royal icing using a small toothpick so you can control the intensity.

What’s the best way to store Valentine cookies so they stay fresh?

Most Valentine’s Day cookie recipes keep well at room temperature in airtight containers. Layer cookies with sheets of parchment between them, especially if they have soft frosting, and keep them on a cool counter away from direct sunlight.

Can I freeze any of these Valentine’s Day cookie recipes?

Yes, many of these Valentine cookie recipes freeze well either as dough or finished cookies. Shape dough into logs or discs, wrap in plastic wrap, then place in a freezer bag. Baked cookies can also be frozen in airtight containers, ideally before decorating with very soft frosting.

Conclusion

With a few basic doughs, some heart-shaped cutters, and plenty of pink and red decorations, you can put together a whole lineup of Valentine’s Day cookie recipes without a lot of stress. Using simple shortcuts like cookie mixes, royal icing mixes, and ready-made sprinkles keeps everything fun and doable.

Pick a couple of ideas—maybe classic heart sugar cookies, red velvet crinkles, and a chocolate-dipped shortbread cookie—and arrange them together on a pretty serving platter. With the right tools, like heart cutters, piping bags, and lined baking sheets, it’s easy to turn your kitchen into a little Valentine’s bakery.

Whether you’re baking for a partner, friends, kids, or just your own sweet tooth, these 25 Valentine’s Day cookie recipes make it simple to share something homemade, heartfelt, and covered in sprinkles.