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Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes

To share with the ones you love. Or not. Discover more recipes for Valentine's Day here.

An overhead image of several pretty pink buttercream-frosted cookie bars with colored sprinkles. The interior of the bars is a pale, buttery yellow. — David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Recipes

Sugar Cookie Bars
Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”
6462 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,462
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6815 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,815
25 minutes
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Easy
Red Velvet Cake
Florence Fabricant, Elisa Strauss
1462 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,462
1 hour 30 minutes
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Brownies
Lidey Heuck
3658 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,658
45 minutes
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
109 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
109
3 hours
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Chocolate Cheesecake With Raspberry Swirl
Yossy Arefi
177 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
177
About 6 hours 40 minutes
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Fairy Bread
Ali Slagle
197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
197
10 minutes
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Easy
Flan de Coco (Coconut Flan)
David Tanis
39 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
39
1½ hours, plus overnight chilling
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1051 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,051
5 minutes
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Easy
Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ali Slagle
651 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
651
25 minutes
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Easy
Stovetop Berry Crisp
Ali Slagle
279 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
279
25 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
107 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
107
40 minutes
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Raspberry Macarons
Claire Saffitz
131 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
131
About 2 ½ hours, plus at least 24 hours chilling
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Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ali Slagle
1193 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,193
10 minutes
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Easy
Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
397 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
397
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Persian Love Cake
Naz Deravian
456 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
456
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Yossy Arefi
134 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
134
1 hour 10 minutes
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
173 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
173
About 6 hours
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
19509 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
19,509
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
970 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
970
About 2 hours
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Red Velvet Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks
Erin Jeanne McDowell
937 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
937
40 minutes
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Panna Cotta
Lidey Heuck
568 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
568
15 minutes, plus 4 hours' cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
814 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
814
5 minutes
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Easy
Strawberry Baby Cakes
Dorie Greenspan
1204 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,204
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Strawberry Layer Cake
Lisa Donovan
189 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
189
2 hours 40 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding Cups
Lisa Donovan
100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
100
5 ½ hours
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Strawberry Poke Cake
Priya Krishna, April Anderson
399 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
399
1 hour 45 minutes, plus chilling
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Vanilla Citrus Soufflés
Lisa Donovan
211 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
211
1½ hours
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Chocolate Torte (Torta Caprese)
Samantha Seneviratne
167 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
167
1 hour 55 minutes
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
670 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
670
1 hour
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Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
Melissa Clark
503 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
503
1 hour, plus chilling and cooling
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Strawberry Almond Cakes
Melissa Clark
313 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
313
1 hour 20 minutes
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Dubai Chocolate
Caroline Schiff
489 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
489
1 hour 45 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
147 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
147
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Easy
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4350 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,350
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sundaes
Yossy Arefi
477 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
477
10 minutes
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Easy
Rocky Road Ice Cream
Scott Loitsch
74 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
74
About 10 hours
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
2503 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,503
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Cherries Jubilee
Melissa Clark
272 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
272
15 minutes
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Chocolate Soufflé Cake
Yossy Arefi
1039 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,039
1 hour, plus cooling
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Eric Kim
775 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
775
1½ hours
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
389
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Classic Tiramisù
Alison Roman
8044 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,044
25 minutes, plus 4 to 24 hours' chilling
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Easy
Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Mark Bittman
7165 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,165
1 hour
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Toffee
Naz Deravian
176 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
176
4 hours 35 minutes
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S’mores Crispy Treats
Ali Slagle
533 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
533
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Soufflés
Claire Saffitz
353 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
353
45 minutes
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Tender Almond Cake
David Tanis, Salvatore Messina
833 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
833
1 hour, plus cooling
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