valentines day treats

What could be sweeter than baking the cutest heart shaped cookies for your special valentine? We choose to make a cream cheese frosting for the cookies to make them extra special. And feel free to dye the frosting any colors you wish or use any sprinkles your heart desires! Perfectly customizable making them the perfect gift-able treat. 

Heart Cookies

c. all-purpose flour,

baking powder

kosher salt

c. (2 sticks) butter, softened

c. sugar

pure vanilla extract

milk

(8-oz.) block cream cheese,

c. (1 stick) butter, softened

Pink and red food coloring

Sprinkles

Perfect combination of soft and crisp. These cookies are delicious and easy to make! 
I baked mine for 9 minutes. The hardest part was rolling out the cold dough--I left mine about two hours and it was pretty stiff. 
These cookies turned out to be a hit! I will be making this recipe again.

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Make These Healthy Treats For Your Valentine

This easy Valentine Chocolate Bark Recipe makes wonderful edible gifts for Valentines Day. Who wouldn&#x27;t love three layers of chocolate sprinkled with cashews, cherries and a little love?

Valentine Chocolate Bark Recipe

red candy melts

pink candy melts

strawberry extract (or cherry extract)

chocolate (chopped)

cashews

cherries

Valentine sprinkles

Lay out a large piece of parchment paper or foil. Place the red candy melts in a microwave safe bowl, reserving 1/3 cup of red candy melts for later.

Microwave the candy melts for 1 minute. Stir and repeat. Stir thoroughly, until the candy melts are smooth. If needed, microwave for another 30-60 seconds.

Pour the candy melts out onto the parchment paper and spread into an even layer approximately .2 inches thick. Cool completely to harden. (To speed up hardening, I put the parchment paper on a baking sheet and pop it in the fridge for 1-2 minutes while I'm preparing the next layer.)

Next mix the strawberry extract with the pink candy melts and repeat the microwave melting process. The extract will alter the consistency of the pink mixture—it will melt but not pour. Using a spatula, spread the thicker pink mixture evenly over the top of the hardened red layer. Cool to harden.

Repeat the melting process with the chocolate. Pour over the hardened pink layer and spread evenly. Before it dries, quickly sprinkle cashews, dried cherries and Valentine sprinkles over the top. Cool to harden.

Take the reserved red candy melts and melts them in the microwave. Pour them in a small zip bag and snip off a tiny portion of one corner. Squeeze the bag to drizzle the red over the top of the bark. Cool completely to harden. Once hard, cut into pieces.

These soft and sweet Red Velvet Cookies on a stick will make your Valentine&#x27;s heart pitter patter.

Red Velvet Cookie Pops

unsalted butter (softened)

sugar

vanilla extract

rice vinegar

salt

cocoa powder

all-purpose flour (+ extra for rolling)

red food coloring gel

cream cheese

sugar (+ extra for sprinkling)

lollipop sticks

Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until extremely light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Then add the vanilla, vinegar and egg and beat until well combined.

Then beat in the salt, cocoa powder and food coloring, scrape the bowl and beat again for even coloring. Add the flour slowly and beat until just combined. Press the dough flat on a piece of plastic wrap, and wrap well. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Flour a work surface, then roll the dough evenly to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2-inch heart cookie cutter, cut out the cookies close together. Use a small spatula to carefully move them to the cookie sheets. Gather the remaining dough and reroll and cut to get 32-34 cookies. (Cut the cookies close together and do not roll the dough more than twice, or the cookies will be tough.)

Bake for 6-8 minutes. They should come out of the oven soft, not crisp. Cool completely on the baking sheets.

Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, vanilla, and salt together. Slowly add the powdered sugar until smooth. Place the frosting in a piping bag.

Turn half of the cookies over and pipe a thick ribbon of frosting in a V shape on the flipped cookies. Press a lollipop stick into the frosting, then gently press another cookie on top to flatten out the frosting. Allow the red velvet cookie pops to dry a bit (30 minutes) for the frosting to set up and hold the cookie on the stick. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

Colorful and full of chocolaty goodness, this Valentine Cookie Bark is the perfect treat for potlucks, parties, kids, classrooms, or your special Valentine.

Valentine's Day Cookie Bark

chocolate sandwich cookies

oz chocolate (white, dark, milk, semi-sweet)

candy corn (Valentine colors)

M&Ms (Valentine colors)

sprinkles

candies,

Line a small baking pan or a 9x13...

Line a small baking pan or a 9x13 casserole pan with parchment paper.

Roughly break apart chocolate sandwich cookies and place...

Roughly break apart chocolate sandwich cookies and place in a single layer in pan. Add half of the candy corn to the cookies and spread evenly.

Place chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and...

Place chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and heat in 30 second intervals (stirring in between) until melted and smooth. Gently pour over cookies evenly and spread to cover cookies.

Immediately sprinkle with chocolate candies, candy corns, and...

Immediately sprinkle with chocolate candies, candy corns, and sprinkles.

Place pan in the freezer for 30 minutes...

Place pan in the freezer for 30 minutes to set up (or leave overnight like I did because I forgot). Pull the bark out of the pan using the parchment paper as a sling. Cut into large chunks for serving.

(Make a large batch at the beginning of...

(Make a large batch at the beginning of the holiday season and then store in a zip-top baggie in the freezer. Pull out what's needed for each holiday event and store the rest in the freezer.)

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