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    Heart Shaped Cookies

    Published: Feb 3, 2025 by Cara · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    collage of heart-shaped cookies for Valentine's Day.
    collage of heart-shaped cookies for Valentine's Day.
    collage of heart-shaped cookies for Valentine's Day.
    collage of heart-shaped cookies for Valentine's Day.

    Celebrate Valentine's Day with the sweetest heart-shaped cookies! From red velvet and lemon to chocolate chip, almond, macarons, and meringues—you're sure to find your new favorite. No heart-shaped cookie cutter or rolling pin? There's something for you, too!

    collage of heart-shaped cookies for Valentine's Day.

    Find the sweetest ways to express your love with this collection of heart-shaped Valentine's Day cookie recipes from top bloggers. Browse through delicious, festive cookies perfect for gift-giving, sharing with your loved ones, and making with your kids at home.

    And don't worry if the thought of rolling out cookie dough or decorating cookies is a little intimidating -- some of these recipes don't require a rolling pin, cookie cutter, or piping bag! 

    Round out your Valentine's Day goodie tray with Strawberry Rice Krispie Bars, Strawberry Popcorn, and Strawberry Brownies.

    Heart Shaped Cookies

    1

    Red Velvet Cut Out Cookies

    No-spread, no-chill Red Velvet Cut Out Cookies are soft, chewy cookies with subtle chocolate flavor and hold their shape perfectly when baked -- no chilling necessary. Delicious on their own or decorated with tangy cream cheese frosting, they're perfect for Christmas or Valentine's Day. Click the link, or find the recipe card at the bottom of the post. 

    2

    Chocolate Sugar Cookies

    Photo Credit: www.sugarsaltmagic.com

    No-spread Chocolate Sugar Cookies are thick, soft, and chocolatey -- like a brownie! -- and hold their shape when baked. Delicious just as they are, dipped in melted chocolate, or decorated with this beautiful marbled icing and flecked with gold for extra-special visual appeal. 

    3

    Valentine Sugar Cookie Recipe

    Photo Credit: lovelyindeed.com

    Valentine Sugar Cookies are cute, colorful heart-shaped cookies that look like conversation hearts! Stamp with your fun sayings, or skip the chatter and drizzle with vanilla glaze or dip in melted white chocolate, and decorate with sprinkles. Cute either way! 

    4

    Valentine's Sugar Cookies on Sticks

    Photo Credit: thecinnamonjar.com

    Heart Sugar Cookies on Sticks come together with a buttery, tender sugar cookie recipe sturdy enough for cutting into shapes and turning into cute cookie pops. Enjoy them plain or decorate with royal icing and sprinkles for a thoughtful Valentine's Day gift. 

    5

    Chocolate Chip Heart Cookies

    Photo Credit: onehotoven.com

    Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies are a sweet way to dress up a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. Mix in cute candy hearts and press one more into the top of the cookies for fun, festive, heart shaped chocolate chip cookies everyone will love. 

    6

    Heart Jam Cookies (Thumbprint Hearts)

    Photo Credit: thefeatherednester.com

    Heart Jam Thumbprint Cookies are buttery cookies with a heart-shaped thumbprint filled with your favorite flavor of red store-bought jam. Easy, delicious Valentine's Day heart cookies, no heart shaped cookie cutter required! Fun one for kids to help with, too! 

    7

    Heart Macarons with Vanilla Buttercream & Free Template!

    Photo Credit: littlesunnykitchen.com

    Heart Macarons with vanilla buttercream filling are drizzled with white chocolate and decorated with festive sprinkles for pretty pink Valentine's Day cookies that also make great gifts! The recipe includes a free printable template for perfectly shaped cookies every time!

    8

    No Spread Cut Out Cookies

    No Spread Cut Out Cookies are delicious, soft sugar cookies that hold their shape perfectly when baked and look beautiful when decorated with glossy sugar cookie icing or buttercream frosting. This cut-out cookie recipe is perfect for Valentine's Day cookies or any special occasion. 

    9

    3-Ingredient Brown Sugar Cut-Out Cookies

    These easy Brown Sugar Cut-Out Cookies with browned butter are tender, buttery brown sugar shortbread cookies with deep, rich flavor -- and made with just 3 ingredients! Delicious as is or glazed with easy maple icing. 

    10

    Stained Glass Valentine Heart Cookies

    Photo Credit: xoxobella.com

    Stained Glass Valentine Heart Cookies are beautiful heart-shaped sugar cookies with colorful candy windows made from melted hard candies. Impressive-looking and easy to make from simple ingredients. 

    11

    Chocolate Heart Strawberry Cookies

    Photo Credit: pamsdailydish.com

    Chocolate Heart Strawberry Cookies are a pretty, sweet way to show your love this Valentine's Day. Easy to make in different shapes for a thoughtful homemade gift for any occasion! 

    12

    Love Bug Cookies

    Photo Credit: mariasmixingbowl.com

    Love Bug Cookies are the most adorable cookies ever. Made from delicious sugar cookie dough cut in a cute heart shape and decorated with tinted frosting, mini chocolate chips, and candy eyes, they're a sweet and easy Valentine's Day treat.  

    13

    Valentine's Day Shortbread Cookies with Icing

    Photo Credit: heysnickerdoodle.com

    Valentine’s Day Shortbread Cookies with Icing are buttery, crispy cookies frosted with an easy powdered sugar icing recipe. Cut with heart cookie cutters and decorate with festive sprinkles for a sweet Valentine's Day treat. 

    14

    Heart Linzer Cookies with Jam

    Photo Credit: boulderlocavore.com

    Heart-Shaped Linzer Cookies are buttery cookies sandwiched with raspberry jam, a distinctive top peek-a-boo cut-out, and a dusting of sweet powdered sugar. They are as delicious as they are eye-catching and the perfect treat for special occasions. 

    15

    Honey Sugar Cookies (Dairy-Free)

    Photo Credit: cakedbykatie.com

    Honey Sugar Cookies are soft, tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookies naturally sweetened with honey and baked to golden brown perfection. and frosted with whipped honey buttercream. Delicious dairy-free cookies you can scoop and bake or roll out and cut into your favorite shapes for any occasion. 

    16

    Meringue Hearts

    Photo Credit: noshingwiththenolands.com

    Meringue Hearts are light and airy and so easy to make with just four ingredients. Tinted pink, piped into heart shapes onto a piece of parchment paper, then baked in a low oven, these cute heart meringues stay crispy for days stored in an airtight container.  

    17

    Heart Biscuits for Valentine's Day Recipe

    Photo Credit: www.amummytoo.co.uk

    Looking for an easy way to decorate sugar cookies without fussing with royal icing or a piping bag? These cute Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies are covered in store-bought sugar paste (rolled fondant) for beautiful sugar cookies that look like they were decorated by a pro! 

    18

    Buttery Spritz Cookies

    Photo Credit: www.chewoutloud.com

    Buttery Spritz Cookies are light and buttery and crispy or soft, depending on your preference and how long you bake them. The dough is super easy to work with -- you can use a cookie press or piping bag to form it into any shape you like, no cookie cutters needed!  

    19

    Almond Valentine Cookies Recipe

    Photo Credit: conservamome.com

    Almond Valentine Cookies are adorable open heart-shaped cookies that are flavored with almond extract, tinted with red and pink food coloring, and hand-shaped into hearts for an easy Valentine's cookie recipe you can make without cookie cutters! 

    20

    Heart Shaped Alfajores with Dulce de Leche Filling

    Photo Credit: alatinflair.com

    Heart-Shaped Dulce de Leche Cookies (alfajores) are delicious sandwich cookies with layers of soft, buttery cookies filled with luscious homemade Dulce de Leche and rolled in festive red and pink sprinkles. Simple, fun, unique Valentine's Day cookies. 

    21

    Marbled Valentine's Cookies - No Decorating Needed

    Photo Credit: www.indulgewithmimi.com

    Marbled Valentine's Cookies are soft, buttery cookies and so pretty they require no decorating! No frosting, no sprinkles, and they freeze well -- perfect cookies to make ahead or bake fresh when you're short on time. 

    22

    Valentine's Day Cookies (with Marbled Icing)

    Photo Credit: bakedcollective.com

    Ever wondered how to make cookies with marbled icing? Here you go -- and it's so easy! These Valentine's Day Cookies keep their shape when baked and look beautiful with swirled royal icing. 

    23

    Strawberry Shortbread Cookies

    Photo Credit: thetoastykitchen.com

    Strawberry Shortbread Cookies are simple buttery cookies with just 5 ingredients. Freeze-dried strawberries add natural sweet strawberry flavor and a pretty pink hue, perfect fruity cookies for Valentine's Day, Easter, or Mother's Day. 

    24

    Sugar Cookies in Air fryer

    Photo Credit: www.tipsnrecipesblog.com

    Did you know you can make Sugar Cookies in an air fryer? Check out this must-try recipe for buttery sugar cookies with slightly crisp edges baked in an air fryer. Fun, easy cookie recipe to make with kids!

    25

    Nutter Butter Cookie Hearts

    Photo Credit: www.drugstoredivas.net

    Nutter Butter Cookie Hearts are easy no bake cookies made from Nutter Butter cookies cut in half and pieced back together in the shape of a heart (how clever!). Decorated with melted chocolate and Valentine's Day sprinkles, they're fun to make, eat, and give to everyone you love. 

    FAQs

    How do you make a heart-shaped cookie without a cookie cutter?

    So many options! You can:
    • Form the dough with your hands into your desired shape
    • Cut the dough with a paring knife into a heart shape
    • Fashion your own cookie cutter out of things like layers of aluminum foil, soda cans, or plastic bottles. There are tons of DIY tutorials out there.

    OR try one of the heart-shaped cookies without a cookie cutter recipes above!
    • Heart Jam Thumbprints
    • Heart Macarons
    • Buttery Spritz Cookies
    • Chocolate Heart Strawberry Cookies
    • Almond Valentine Cookies
    • Meringue Hearts
    • Nutter Butter Cookie Hearts

    What type of frosting is best for Valentine's Day cookies?

    There are many frosting recipes that work well with Valentine's Day cookies. Here are a few options:
    Cream Cheese Frosting is perfect for red velvet cookies -- the combo tastes like a red velvet cake! Only catch is that it needs to stay refrigerated.
    Buttercream Frosting that Hardens is a great option for sugar cookies, especially if you will be transporting them. This frosting dries firm enough that you can stack the cookies.
    Sugar Cookie Icing is a smooth, glossy icing that takes just minutes to make and dries to a firm, stackable finish.
    Royal Icing is a classic cookie icing you can use for flooding and piping.
    Melted Chocolate is an easy topping for Valentine's Day cookies, see how it's done on these Raspberry White Chocolate Blondies.

    What is the best food coloring for cookie icing?

    Gel food coloring will give you the most vibrant colors without adding too much liquid. To add tint to white chocolate, be sure to use oil-based food coloring.

    heart shaped red velvet cut out cookies with cream cheese frosting on a white countertop.

    Heart-Shaped Red Velvet Cookies for Valentine's Day

    Cara Lanz
    Heart-Shaped Red Velvet Cut Out Cookies are soft and chewy with rich buttery flavor and a hint of cocoa. These no-spread cookies hold their shape perfectly when baked -- no chilling. Easy Valentine's Day cookie recipe with simple ingredients.  
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 6 minutes mins
    Total Time 16 minutes mins
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 40
    Calories 95 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 large egg, room temperature
    • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • 1 teaspoon red gel food coloring
    • 2 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
    • ¼ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
    • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • Cream Cheese Frosting for Cookies
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    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
    • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Mix in the egg. Add the vanilla and red food coloring and mix until well combined.
    • Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt (or whisk dry ingredients in a separate bowl). Mix until just combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as you go -- it will look clumpy. Gather the dough together with your hands and form it into two balls.
    • With a rolling pin, roll the dough between sheets of parchment paper to ¼" to ½" thickness. Cut with heart-shaped cookie cutters. Place cookie cut outs on prepared baking sheets.
    • Bake for about 6 minutes, or until the edges are set, and the center doesn't look wet. Internal temperature should be 190 degrees. Cool cookies on the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
    • Frost with cream cheese frosting or drizzle with melted white chocolate.

    Notes

    • Recipe yields about 40 2-inch cookies rolled to ¼" thickness. 
    • The internal temperature of baked cookies should be about 190 degrees. 
    • Use dowels or rolling pin guides to roll the dough to an even thickness.
    • If the dough is too soft to easily work with, chill it for 15 minutes. 
    Nutrition calculation does not include frosting. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 95kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 40mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 148IUCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg
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