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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”
6128 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,128
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6395 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,395
25 minutes
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Easy
Red Velvet Cake
Florence Fabricant, Elisa Strauss
1405 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,405
1 hour 30 minutes
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Brownies
Lidey Heuck
2973 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,973
45 minutes
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
99 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
99
3 hours
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Chocolate Cheesecake With Raspberry Swirl
Yossy Arefi
152 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
152
About 6 hours 40 minutes
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Fairy Bread
Ali Slagle
181 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
181
10 minutes
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Easy
Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
605 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
605
5 minutes
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Easy
Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ali Slagle
478 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
478
25 minutes
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Easy
Stovetop Berry Crisp
Ali Slagle
218 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
218
25 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
94 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
94
40 minutes
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Raspberry Macarons
Claire Saffitz
118 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
118
About 2 ½ hours, plus at least 24 hours chilling
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Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ali Slagle
835 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
835
10 minutes
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Easy
Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
317 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
317
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Persian Love Cake
Naz Deravian
372 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
372
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Yossy Arefi
84 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
84
1 hour 10 minutes
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
139 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
139
About 6 hours
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
18415 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18,415
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
711 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
711
About 2 hours
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Red Velvet Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks
Erin Jeanne McDowell
915 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
915
40 minutes
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Panna Cotta
Lidey Heuck
506 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
506
15 minutes, plus 4 hours' cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
767 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
767
5 minutes
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Easy
Strawberry Baby Cakes
Dorie Greenspan
1193 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,193
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Strawberry Layer Cake
Lisa Donovan
177 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
177
2 hours 40 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding Cups
Lisa Donovan
91 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
91
5 ½ hours
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Strawberry Poke Cake
Priya Krishna, April Anderson
390 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
390
1 hour 45 minutes, plus chilling
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Vanilla Citrus Soufflés
Lisa Donovan
203 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
203
1½ hours
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Chocolate Torte (Torta Caprese)
Samantha Seneviratne
137 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
137
1 hour 55 minutes
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
623 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
623
1 hour
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Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
Melissa Clark
497 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
497
1 hour, plus chilling and cooling
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Strawberry Almond Cakes
Melissa Clark
309 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
309
1 hour 20 minutes
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Dubai Chocolate
Caroline Schiff
337 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
337
1 hour 45 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
108 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
108
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Easy
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4145 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,145
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sundaes
Yossy Arefi
472 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
472
10 minutes
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Easy
Rocky Road Ice Cream
Scott Loitsch
53 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
53
About 10 hours
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
1876 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,876
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Cherries Jubilee
Melissa Clark
261 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
261
15 minutes
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Chocolate Soufflé Cake
Yossy Arefi
1017 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,017
1 hour, plus cooling
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Eric Kim
718 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
718
1½ hours
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
382
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Classic Tiramisù
Alison Roman
7440 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,440
25 minutes, plus 4 to 24 hours' chilling
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Easy
Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Mark Bittman
6855 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,855
1 hour
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Toffee
Naz Deravian
149 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
149
4 hours 35 minutes
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S’mores Crispy Treats
Ali Slagle
516 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
516
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Soufflés
Claire Saffitz
341 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
341
45 minutes
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Tender Almond Cake
David Tanis, Salvatore Messina
816 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
816
1 hour, plus cooling
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Raspberry Swirl No-Bake Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
639 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
639
35 minutes, plus chilling
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