Editors’ Collection

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”
6316 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,316
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6650 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,650
25 minutes
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Easy
Red Velvet Cake
Florence Fabricant, Elisa Strauss
1438 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,438
1 hour 30 minutes
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Brownies
Lidey Heuck
3425 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,425
45 minutes
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
105
3 hours
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Chocolate Cheesecake With Raspberry Swirl
Yossy Arefi
163 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
163
About 6 hours 40 minutes
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Fairy Bread
Ali Slagle
195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
195
10 minutes
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Easy
Flan de Coco (Coconut Flan)
David Tanis
22 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22
1½ hours, plus overnight chilling
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
910 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
910
5 minutes
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Easy
Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ali Slagle
588 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
588
25 minutes
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Easy
Stovetop Berry Crisp
Ali Slagle
268 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
268
25 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
104 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
104
40 minutes
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Raspberry Macarons
Claire Saffitz
126 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
126
About 2 ½ hours, plus at least 24 hours chilling
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Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ali Slagle
1028 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,028
10 minutes
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Easy
Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
369 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
369
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Persian Love Cake
Naz Deravian
429 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
429
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Yossy Arefi
105 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
105
1 hour 10 minutes
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
162 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
162
About 6 hours
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
19058 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
19,058
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
888 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
888
About 2 hours
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Red Velvet Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks
Erin Jeanne McDowell
920 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
920
40 minutes
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Panna Cotta
Lidey Heuck
542 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
542
15 minutes, plus 4 hours' cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
797 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
797
5 minutes
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Easy
Strawberry Baby Cakes
Dorie Greenspan
1202 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,202
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Strawberry Layer Cake
Lisa Donovan
185 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
185
2 hours 40 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding Cups
Lisa Donovan
96 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
96
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
204 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
204
1½ hours
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Chocolate Torte (Torta Caprese)
Samantha Seneviratne
157 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
157
1 hour 55 minutes
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
634 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
634
1 hour
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Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
Melissa Clark
501 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
501
1 hour, plus chilling and cooling
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Strawberry Almond Cakes
Melissa Clark
312 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
312
1 hour 20 minutes
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Dubai Chocolate
Caroline Schiff
396 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
396
1 hour 45 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
134 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
134
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Easy
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4265 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,265
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sundaes
Yossy Arefi
475 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
475
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
2265 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,265
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Cherries Jubilee
Melissa Clark
267 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
267
15 minutes
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Chocolate Soufflé Cake
Yossy Arefi
1028 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,028
1 hour, plus cooling
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Eric Kim
765 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
765
1½ hours
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
384 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
384
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Classic Tiramisù
Alison Roman
7726 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,726
25 minutes, plus 4 to 24 hours' chilling
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Easy
Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Mark Bittman
7017 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,017
1 hour
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Toffee
Naz Deravian
156 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
156
4 hours 35 minutes
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S’mores Crispy Treats
Ali Slagle
529 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
529
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Soufflés
Claire Saffitz
345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
345
45 minutes
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Tender Almond Cake
David Tanis, Salvatore Messina
825 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
825
1 hour, plus cooling
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