Valentine's Day Recipes

Hosting a sweet Valentine’s party or a romantic evening for two? Bring the love on February 14th with our best Valentine’s Day dinner recipes, heart-shaped desserts and other treats you’ll adore.

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    Vanilla Butter Sugar Cookies

    These soft vanilla butter sugar cookies are versatile and easy to cut into shapes. They're delicious when topped with buttercream...


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    Chocolate Buttermilk Squares

    Every time I take these squares to a potluck, my pan comes back clean. At home, they vanish as fast...


    White Chocolate Fudge

    This recipe is similar to one of my favorite dark fudge recipes. I'll frequently make my white fudge to give...


    Bing Cherry Salad

    For a sweet, fruity salad at your next get-together, this recipe will surely delight. The cherries makes this irresistible.—Cindy Mahn,...


    Cherry Sauce

    Served warm, this cherry sauce makes a wonderful topping for sponge cake, pound cake or ice cream. You could also...


    Crab-Stuffed Potatoes

    Crabmeat is a favorite in this part of the country. It gives twice-baked potatoes great flavor, and the onions add...


    Strawberry Cream Puffs

    Strawberry cream puffs, filled with berries and sweetened whipped cream, are an elegant dessert that you can learn to make...


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    Chocolate Meringue Pie

    Serve a slice of pure decadence with our chocolate meringue pie. A rich chocolate custard filling, flaky pie crust and...

    Chocolate Pudding Cake

    Whether you come to this chocolate pudding cake as a lava cake lover or a brownie fan, you’ll discover a...


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    Strawberry Cheesecake

    Our strawberry cheesecake is a dressed-up classic cheesecake with a glossy strawberry glaze and fresh berries.


    Seafood in Tomato Sauce

    We live near the Chesapeake Bay and reap its bountiful seafood harvest. I serve this to company often to rave...


    Heavenly Cherry Angel Food Trifle

    Cherries are a major crop in New York. Each year, a cherry recipe contest is held to celebrate George Washington's...


    Chocolate Pound Cake

    A light and airy pound cake infused with rich cocoa powder makes this chocolate pound cake a delightful rendition of...


    Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie

    This chocolate cream cheese pie uses just seven ingredients and takes less than 25 minutes to prep, so it's a...


    Classic Red Velvet Heart Cakes

    For a perfect dessert recipe for any romance dinner, try these cakes. It will be very impressive to your guests...


    Sweetheart Jell-O Salad

    My cousin served this tasty salad to my family at a memorable Sunday dinner many years ago. I've added this...


    Chocolate Cherry Pie

    Assures Maxine Smith of Owanka, South Dakota. "This rich and creamy pie is sure to please any dyed-in-the-wool chocoholic!"

    Steak with Creamy Peppercorn Sauce

    My wife and I both love spicy foods. This steak with peppercorn sauce is one of her favorite dishes. I...


    Cherry Berries on a Cloud

    "Serve this elegant dessert, and you're sure to get requests for the recipe," says field editor Darlene Alexander of Nekoosa,...


    Chocolate-Covered White Cheesecake

    The inside scoop on this tasty treat is the white chocolate center, which makes for an especially rich dessert appropriate...


    Raspberry Butter

    This sweet butter tastes great with a variety of fresh-from-the-oven goodies. I think it's a nice change from plain butter.—Helen...


    Chocolate Nut Cookies

    Folks are quick to grab one of these cookies when they see they're chocolate. Once they discover the nuts and...


    Pecan Puffs

    I just had to share my mom's recipe for these drop cookies. The light-as-a-cloud taste is simply heavenly. —Leslie Link-Terry,...

    Cream Cheese Cookies

    These cream cheese cookies are delicate and delightful for any tea tray or dessert platter.


    Split-Second Cookies

    Split-second cookies are effortless with a big payoff. Just shape the dough into logs, fill with jam, bake and slice...


    Cheesecake Dip

    When you're in the mood for something sweet but you want to keep it light, this simple dip really hits...


    Neapolitan Cheesecake

    This rich, creamy cheesecake is a crowd-pleasing standout. It has won first-place ribbons at numerous fairs and is my family’s...


    Forgotten Cookies

    Forgotten cookies, aka "surprise cookies," are fluffy meringues filled with specks of chocolate and nuts. Learn what makes this vintage...


    Pavlova

    This beautiful torte was named after the Russian ballerina Pavlova because it's light and airy—and gets rave reviews! I adapted...