These heart sugar cookies taste as good as they look! They’re great for packaging up and giving as gifts and they can even be made in advance. Serve these cookies with a heart cake to celebrate all the sweethearts in your life!
Valentine’s Day will be here before we know it, and at my house we’re celebrating with these adorable yet easy to make heart cookies! I’ve taken homemade heart shaped sugar cookies and given them a dunk in dark chocolate before adding a variety of colorful sprinkles. These cookies are great for classroom favors or to give to friends and family who deserve something a little sweet. For more festive dessert inspiration, be sure to check out my list of 25 Valentine’s Day dessert recipes.
How to make heart cookies
This recipe starts with a basic sugar cookie dough, which is designed to hold its shape in the oven. The dough does need to chill before you roll it out, so plan accordingly. You can store the pre-made dough in the fridge for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to a month before you plan to bake your cookies.
The dough gets rolled into a sheet before the heart shapes are cut out. I used a 4 inch heart shaped cookie cutter. You can make your cookies bigger or smaller if you prefer, just adjust the bake time accordingly.
After the cookies come out of the oven, they’ll need to cool before you give them their final decorations. Sometimes if I need to plan ahead, I bake the cookies then freeze them. I simply thaw the cookies on the counter, then proceed with the chocolate dip and sprinkles from there. You can use chocolate chips thinned out with a little shortening or dark chocolate candy melts for dipping. I often get asked why I include the shortening, the reasoning is that it helps to keep the chocolate coating thinner so that you don’t end up with a super thick layer of chocolate on your cookies. When I make these cookies I typically use Ghirardelli Dark Melting Wafers for the chocolate dip, they’re available in the baking section of most grocery stores. The wafers melt perfectly and they taste just like real dark chocolate! The final step is to add your Valentine’s sprinkles while the chocolate is still wet – this is a great job for the kids! I bought a few packages of sprinkles at the craft store and mixed them together to make this Valentine’s blend, but you can use whatever you like.
I typically package these heart cookies in little clear bags and tie them with a ribbon; my girls love to pass out these fun cookies to their friends at school! This Valentine’s Day, make something sweet for your loved ones like these festive treats, they’re sure to be appreciated by all!
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