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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”
6221 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,221
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6487 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,487
25 minutes
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Easy
Red Velvet Cake
Florence Fabricant, Elisa Strauss
1415 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,415
1 hour 30 minutes
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Brownies
Lidey Heuck
3152 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,152
45 minutes
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
101
3 hours
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Chocolate Cheesecake With Raspberry Swirl
Yossy Arefi
153 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
153
About 6 hours 40 minutes
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Fairy Bread
Ali Slagle
188 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
188
10 minutes
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Easy
Flan de Coco (Coconut Flan)
David Tanis
11 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
11
1½ hours, plus overnight chilling
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
734 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
734
5 minutes
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Easy
Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ali Slagle
523 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
523
25 minutes
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Easy
Stovetop Berry Crisp
Ali Slagle
250 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
250
25 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
100 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
100
40 minutes
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Raspberry Macarons
Claire Saffitz
121 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
121
About 2 ½ hours, plus at least 24 hours chilling
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Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ali Slagle
932 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
932
10 minutes
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Easy
Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
333 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
333
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Persian Love Cake
Naz Deravian
392 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
392
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Yossy Arefi
95 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
95
1 hour 10 minutes
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
150 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
150
About 6 hours
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
18646 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18,646
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
772 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
772
About 2 hours
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Red Velvet Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks
Erin Jeanne McDowell
917 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
917
40 minutes
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Panna Cotta
Lidey Heuck
519 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
519
15 minutes, plus 4 hours' cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
775 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
775
5 minutes
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Easy
Strawberry Baby Cakes
Dorie Greenspan
1198 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,198
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Strawberry Layer Cake
Lisa Donovan
180 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
180
2 hours 40 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding Cups
Lisa Donovan
92 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
92
5 ½ hours
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Strawberry Poke Cake
Priya Krishna, April Anderson
395 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
395
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
141 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
141
1 hour 55 minutes
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
627 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
627
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
311 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
311
1 hour 20 minutes
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Dubai Chocolate
Caroline Schiff
377 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
377
1 hour 45 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
118 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
118
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Easy
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,195
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sundaes
Yossy Arefi
473 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
473
10 minutes
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Easy
Rocky Road Ice Cream
Scott Loitsch
71 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
71
About 10 hours
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
1944 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,944
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Cherries Jubilee
Melissa Clark
264 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
264
15 minutes
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Chocolate Soufflé Cake
Yossy Arefi
1021 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,021
1 hour, plus cooling
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Eric Kim
727 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
727
1½ hours
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
383 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
383
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Classic Tiramisù
Alison Roman
7545 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,545
25 minutes, plus 4 to 24 hours' chilling
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Easy
Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Mark Bittman
6924 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,924
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
524 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
524
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
823 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
823
1 hour, plus cooling
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