14 Valentine’s Cookie Recipes to Show Your Favorite People Love

February 10, 2020
Credit: Caitlin Bensel

This February 14, show you care in the best way we know how: dessert (mostly with chocolate). We have pulled together some of our favorite cookies for whatever your Valentine’s Day style is, whether it is a romantic night with someone special or just treating yourself. Our Conversation Heart Cookies will surely break the ice, while others like the Chocolate Coconut Macaroons let you show off some serious skill. Try these decadent recipes to make your Valentine’s Day extra special this year.

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Conversation Heart Cookies

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Celebrate Valentine's Day with these heart-shaped sugar cookies! This recipe uses whole-wheat pastry flour, cream cheese and lemon extract to make a healthier (and delicious!) cookie perfect for decorating. Bring them to school or work to get the conversation started. Source: EatingWell.com, February 2020

 

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Chocolate Polvorones (Mexican Wedding Cookies)

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These melt-in-your-mouth polvorones (Mexican wedding cookies) get a chocolate makeover by replacing all the nuts in the traditional version with ground chocolate. Addictive just as they are, you can also grate a little cinnamon stick over them before serving. Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2018

 

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Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

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These airy coconut cookies get an upgrade with a simple dark chocolate drizzle in this healthy dessert recipe.

 

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Flourless Chocolate Cookies

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These flourless cookies get their volume from whipped egg whites (like a meringue) instead of grains, making them gluten-free and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. A chocolate chip in each bite adds to the rich chocolate flavor. Source: EatingWell.com, February 2018

 

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Double-Chocolate Biscotti

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Dense and crunchy, these are the classic Italian dunking cookies. Although they are traditionally dipped in Vin Santo, a sweet Italian dessert wine, these chocolaty biscotti are ultra-satisfying with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk. Source: EatingWell Magazine, February/March 2005

 

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Almond Cherry Bites

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Dried cherries, ground almonds and a drizzle of chocolate make these cookies festive for the holidays. Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2009

 

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Lava Rocks

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Strategy and operations director Josh Gitlin gave this low-fat cookie three layers of chocolate flavor with cocoa powder, grated bittersweet chocolate and cocoa nibs. Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2008

 

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Chocolate-Mint Crinkle Cookies

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No need to avoid the dessert table when you bring these lightened-up cookies to the party. These chocolate goodies are rolled in powdered sugar before baking and the end result is as tasty as it is beautiful. Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

 

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Cinnamon-Chocolate Meringues

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Perfect meringues depend on totally yolk-free whites. The seemingly fussy step of separating each egg into a small bowl before combining them guarantees yolk-free whites for bakeshop-quality meringues every time. These crispy little morsels travel well and make great gifts too. Source: EatingWell Magazine, March/April 2007

 

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Chocolate, Almond & Jam Thumbprint Cookies

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This healthy chocolate thumbprint cookie recipe incorporates dried cranberries and toasted hazelnuts into the chocolate cookie dough before it's rolled into jam-filled cookies. Here the cookies are rolled in chopped almonds and filled with cherry jam, but you can use any type of jam or nuts.

 

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Chocolate Cookie Thins

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This healthy chocolate cookie recipe makes thin, sugar-kissed cookies flavored with dried cranberries and hazelnuts. The cookies are drizzled with homemade natural red icing, but if you prefer white icing, omit the natural red dye.

 

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Clementine & Cocoa Nib Meringues

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These flourless orange-and-chocolate-flavored meringues are an easy and healthy dessert cookie recipe perfect for after dinner or alongside a cup of afternoon tea. If you don't have a star-tip and pastry bag, improvise with a gallon-size plastic bag (snip 1/2 inch off one corner). Look for orange flower water and cocoa nibs in the baking section of natural-food markets and well-stocked supermarkets, or substitute dark chocolate shavings. Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2015

 

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Double Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chewies

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These soft chocolate cookies have a big peanut flavor since they use peanut butter and peanut butter chips. Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2009

 

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Chocolate & Pecan Macaroons

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We love the rich chocolate flavor in these chewy cookies that are like a cross between higher-fat coconut macaroons and low-fat, low-calorie, egg-white-based meringues. Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2010

 

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