45 Best Valentine's Day Desserts to Treat Your Sweetheart

Lava cakes are a decadent treat. Slice into the sweet cake with a spoon, and a delicious, gooey-warm center of chocolate bursts out like ... well, like lava!

Get the recipe for Chocolate Lava Cakes.

This light creamy, oh-so-chocolatey dessert is a tasty and easy way to let your loved one know that you think they're just as classic. If you want to take it up a notch, don't skip the orange liqueur (such as Dry Curacao). It won't make the dessert boozy, but it'll add a ton of grown-up flavor.

Get the recipe for Classic Creamy Chocolate Mousse.

This red-wine infused cake is an adult treat that we love to break out on special occasions—Valentine's Day, a birthday, or perhaps an anniversary. Give it a try, and you'll see what we mean.

Get the recipe for Chocolate Red Wine Cake.

This cloud-like meringue dessert is a gorgeous way to say "I love you!" This naturally gluten-free dessert is topped with plenty of whipped cream and macerated berries.

Get the recipe for Heart-Shaped Pavlova.

Bake up a Valentine's treat that's totally over-the-top this year: Put some cupcakes under your chocolate covered strawberries! These cupcakes are a great option if you're looking for something to take to school or a Valentine's party.

Get the recipe for Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cupcakes.

Red velvet cake is the perfect filling for a heart-shaped Valentine's cake! Make this simple but delicious treat for your Valentine's party!

Get the recipe for Red Velvet Heart Cake.

Valentine's Day is the perfect time for making a homemade treat, like cupcakes. But you don't always want to deal with the rest of the dozen that a recipe can yield. That's a lot of excess cupcakes!To help you make a more intimate dessert for two, we boiled down our favorite cupcake recipe so you can make it just for two.

Get the recipe for Chocolate Cupcakes for Two.

These gorgeous red-and-white brownies are about as tasty as it gets. Make them to celebrate Valentine's Day with everyone you love, whether that means a special someone, your family, or your favorite friends!

Get the recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies.

This decadent pudding-like chocolate pie is spiked with espresso powder and topped with dollops of whipped cream.There is no wrong time to serve this pie, but it's a perfect Valentine's Day treat.

Get the recipe for Chocolate Mocha Pie.

If you're looking for a good, classic cheesecake recipe, look no further. It's the perfect luxurious dessert for Valentine's Day, and we love the idea of serving it to a group of friends, a double date, or even sharing with the whole family.

Get the recipe for Classic New York-Style Cheesecake.

If you're looking for some gluten-free dessert options this Valentine's Day, you need this cake! You can even add your own flavorings to make it just right for that special someone.

Get the recipe for Gluten-Free Cake with Vanilla Buttercream.

What could be more intimate than making your loved one their own personal galettes, filled with fresh strawberries and rhubarb on Valentine's Day? Nothing. That's what.

Get the recipe for Mini Strawberry-Rhubarb Galettes.

This gorgeous flourless chocolate cake is made to puff up, and then collapse like a cloud. This flourless cake is a great gluten-free option for Valentine's Day, and you can flavor it with a shot of the booze of your choice.

Get the recipe for Amaro-Chocolate Cloud Cake.

German chocolate cake lovers deserve this pie on Valentine's Day. It's rich, indulgent, and a chocolate-lover's dream.

Get the recipe for German Chocolate Pie.

The secret to the pie's amazing flavor? A mountain of jam-coated berries. If you can find some good strawberries in February, this is definitely the pie you need to make for Valentine's Day!

Get the recipe for Double-Strawberry Pie.

Take this classic strawberry dessert and make it even more amazing by soaking the berries in brandy and adding malted milk powder to the whipped cream!

Get the recipe for Brandied Strawberry Shortcakes with Malted Whipped Cream.

Full of coconut flavor and a surprise ribbon of dark chocolate in the center, this pink-glazed cake is a delicious option for Valentine's Day! Party guests, classmates, and coworkers will all be scrambling for a slice!

Get the recipe for Dolly's Donut Coconut Bundt Cake.

Crème Brûlée is a classic and intimate dessert that's perfect for Valentine's Day. This version is flavored with earl grey tea, and obviously there's no better way to dole out these tea-infused treats than in individual tea cups themselves!

Get the recipe for Earl Grey Crème Brûlée.