Heart-Shaped Food

A simple roll in powdered sugar gives these cookies the crinkle effect. They're cut into a heart shape as the last step (while still warm from the oven), so just omit that and the cookies are perfect for any time of year!

To make: Two Peas & Their Pod

Start off Valentine's Day right with some heart-shaped doughnuts for breakfast. Red velvet … red frosting … heart shape … these are basically the epitome of V-Day.

To make: Katie's Cucina

This red velvet cake is seriously red—not that dark red you see in so many red velvet desserts. It's also especially moist, thanks to butter instead of oil or shortening, as well as buttermilk in the batter.

To make: Sprinkle Bakes

Pick your favorite pie crust recipe, cut it into heart shapes, sandwich some raspberry jam between two cut-outs and stick 'em in the oven, and you've got yourself some some sweet little tarts.

To make: The Farm Chicks

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Crumbled funfetti cake mixed with frosting and covered in melted chocolate make little cake pops—a perfect treat to make and enjoy with your kids.

To make: Itsy Bitsy Foodies

Your kids will love helping make these fun hearts. All you need is bread, a few paint brushes and milk dyed with all different shades of food coloring. Decorate the pieces of bread before you put them in the toaster.

To make: Hungry Happenings

Cheesecake topped with red velvet brownie? Yum! Dragging the tip of a knife through both layers of the treat gives the pretty, marbled look.

To make: The Novice Chef

With a crisp, nutty shell and a creamy butterscotch filling, these tarts are the perfect alternative to chocolate. If you don't want the crust, try the filling on its own in a pretty glass.

To make: Delicious Inspiration

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Use any chocolate cupcake recipe or box mix you like, and then fill with pink cherry frosting. If you want to make this extra easy, just pick up some canned frosting and tint it pink with food coloring.

To make: Glorious Treats

For a heart-shaped treat that won't stuff your brain with sugary sweetness, try these cute monster treats. Royal icing is the key to the finer details.

To make: Alanabread

Coconut milk helps make the bottom layer of these hearts white, and cherry Jello combines with cherry vodka for the red top layer.

To make: That's So Michelle

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Put two heart-shaped cookies together, slap some raspberry jam in between and you've got yourself a super-yummy Valentine's dessert.

To make: Authentic Suburban Gourmet

Cinnamon buttercream fills these yummy little treats. While this recipe is a little more complex than some of the other heart-shaped desserts, the result is definitely worth the required work.

To make: Delectable Deliciousness

If you can cook a pancake, you can make this simple heart breakfast. Just make two batches of batter, color one pink with food coloring, and proceed with your normal pancake routine. A heart cookie cutter or some careful knife skills will help you finish off the fun design.

To make: One Perfect Day

Pretzels naturally lend themselves to Valentine's deliciousness: Just pinch the bottom, and you have a natural heart shape. These go the sweet 'n salty route, with whole-grain batter and pink sprinkles on top.

To make: Chef Tess Bakeresse

With lettuce and bacon hearts, this one's a double winner. It's also a great way to get Valentine's Day into every course of your meal—savory heart appetizers are hard to come by!

To make: Prudent Baby

This one's pretty simple—even if you don't have a a heart-shaped thumb. As long as you know how to purchase and use a cookie cutter, you're set.

To make: Oh Party

Whether you use them to decorate a cake or other treats, or simply as a quick sugar fix, these ombre hearts will make your day a little more beautiful … and a whole lot sweeter!

To make: Wedding Chicks

Believe it or not, all you need to make a heart-shaped egg is a milk carton, a round chopstick and rubber bands. Oh, and an egg, of course.

To make: Anna The Red

Sugar, Jell-O and—surprise!—apple juice are the main ingredients in these gummy delights. They're easy to make, too, requiring only about 15 minutes of hands-on time and three hours to refrigerate.

To make: Melissa's Cuisine

Icing is all you need to make two cookies—one heart-shaped, one square—into one beautiful, enormous treat. You'll also find lots of great direction on using royal icing in this recipe.

To make: Bake at 350

A simple (but delicious) cheesecake gets a nice makeover with just a little bit of food coloring and a paintbrush. These are pretty small, which serves the concept well—more colors and more phrases make more fun!

To make: Hungry Happenings

We've all seen the spectacular hidden rainbow cakes, with lots of layers of different color cake hidden under white frosting, but this hidden heart dessert is something new. It's not the easiest project, but if you have a bit of time the results are definitely worth it.

To make: I Am Baker

Once you know how to "flood" with icing, these intricate-looking cookies will be a cinch to make. We like the idea of using colors other than the traditional red and pink—after all, the heart shape gets the Valentine's message across pretty effectively.

To make: The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle

A white sweetened condensed mixture poured over red Jell-O hearts makes these how'd-you-do-it treats.

To make: The Hungry Housewives

Conversation hearts get most of the attention on Valentine's Day, but these little mints might just be cute enough to steal the show. They're really easy to make, and can be flavored and shaped to your liking. This recipe is definitely one you'll be using for more occasions in the future.

To make: Busy Mommy

The "Mexican" part of these chocolates comes from a pulverized mixture of blanched almonds, fresh vanilla beans, ground canela and cacao nibs. Both the texture and taste will definitely please your sense.

To make: Scarletta Bakes

These frozen milk hearts (like ice cubes, but made of milk and shaped like hearts) will be all your kids can talk about—especially after cups of milk turn pink from the melting hearts. Fun and functional.

To make: A Subtle Revelry

Get everyone in on the breakfast action with pancake doodles. Just fill a little squeezable bottle with batter, and let your kids make all sorts of doodle shapes in the pan—including, of course, one or two hearts.

To make: More Design Please

Add some easy Valentine's spirit to dinner by simple cutting pepperoni into hearts and adding it to the top of a cheese pie. Minimal extra effort required for this one!

To make: One Charming Party

Just cut an oval-shaped cherry tomato at a 45 degree angle, flip one of the ends over to make a heart, and stick a toothpick through the quick masterpiece.

To make: Recipe By Photo

You know that annoying slit down the sides of some carrots? We finally found a use for it: making these cute carrot hearts even easier to create.

To make: Recipe By Photo

Strawberries are a great base for any heart treats, since they basically take on the shape all by themselves when cut down the middle. These fun little tarts—filled with jam and Nutella—look much more difficult to make than they actually are.

To make: Recipe By Photo

You probably can figure out how to make this one by looking at the picture. Just a little shaping and frosting transform a normal Rice Krispie treat into a delightful Valentine's Dad pop.

To make: Food Family & Finds

Why settle for cake or cookies when, with this recipe, you can have both? Oh, and some melted candy and sprinkles, too.

To make: Bakingdom

Forget the heart shape—this four-cheese ravioli recipe is just good. Factor in the hearts, though, and it's the perfect romantic Valentine's Day dinner for you and your honey.

To make: Annie's Eats

These look impressive, but are surprisingly easy to make—as long as you have a heart-shaped muffin tray. Kids always like combining breakfast foods into one single piece of food, and the heart shape only makes it better.

To make: E Is For Eat

Underneath those heart-shaped eggs is something just as amazing: heart-shaped bacon. This is definitely that way to your man's heart, and it only requires carefully shaping the uncooked bacon before heating it up.

To make: Made in Pretoria

Pretzels are perfect for Valentine's Day treats—they come in a relative heart shape, and retain it without any help on your end at all. Dip them in chocolate for the perfect salty-sweet combo.

To make: Make and Takes

What's not to love about a homemade marshmallow? One of the best foods on earth, created in your very own kitchen … Shaped like a heart and dunked in a warm mug of cocoa, they're they perfect Valentine's Day treat.

To make: Celebrations at Home

A frozen berry salsa combines with water, juice, berry Crystal Light or any other red liquid to make these fun ice hearts. Even when the hearts start to melt, the berries inside will still add texture and flavor to whatever you're drinking.

To make: The Thinking Closet

Even if you don't have time to cut all your potatoes into hearts, just a few will still add a nice touch to a Valentine's dinner. Kids always love eating food in different shapes.

To make: Haniela's

Just divide a regular batch of pizza dough into four parts, and form each one into a heart shape. They don't have to be perfectly shaped—the general idea will do just fine. Add to the fun by cutting toppings into hearts as well.

To make: Once Upon A Cutting Board

If you've never made scones before, know that they're really easy—it's just a matter of mixing and baking. Whatever sweet flavors you have in your fridge or pantry, from dried cranberries to tangerine zest to frozen raspberries, will make a batch of perfectly delicious scones.

To make: Pretty Prudent

Called Vaflers in Norwegian, these iconic heart-shaped waffles are one of the country's favorite recipes. Serve them with butter, jam, sour cream or whatever else suits your fancy.

To make: Five and Spice

If you like York Peppermint Patties, you'll definitely be excited for this homemade version. The only major difference between these and the "real" thing? The awesome heart shape!

To make: Erin Cooks

From the heart shape to the frozen cranberries inside, these pancakes are sweet in all ways. They're the perfect way to start off a romantic Valentine's Day.

To make: Camille Styles

This treat is incredibly easy to make into a heart shape: Just roll each end inwards like a scroll, the pinch one edge to make the side of a heart. Come on, they're practically begging to be made on Valentine's Day.

To make: 365 Days of Dining

All you need to make these little treats are jelly crystals and some boiling water. Use less water than the packet tells you so that the hearts hold their shape. They're the perfect little presents for your kids on Valentine's Day morning.

To make: Twirling Better

If you're not into Valentine's Day sweets, this apple project is perfect for you. All you need is a heart-shaped cookie cutter to create what will look to your kid like magic.

To make: El Hada De Papel