No bake cookies are one of the easiest desserts to make, and these fun heart shaped cookies are so festive.
Another great thing about these cookies is that you can change up the color to suit your needs.
How to make them heart shaped cookies
The secret is to let the mixture cool down until it's just warm and then scoop it into a 1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter.
This gives you a nice clean edge.
What do you need to make these cookies
- creamy peanut butter
- butter
- vanilla extract
- cocoa powder
- sugar
- milk
- oatmeal
- powdered sugar
- cream cheese
- butter (softened)
- vanilla extract
- food coloring (pink and red)
How to decorate these cookies
The great thing about no bake cookies is that you can decorate them with icing, white chocolate, or candy melts.
My personal favorite is cream cheese icing and then you can add food coloring to change the colors for pink or red cookie hearts!
FAQ about making these Valentines Day No Bake Cookies
My personal favorite is cream cheese icing! You can also use white chocolate or candy melts.
You can actually form these cookies into lots of different shapes, so long as you have the cookie cutter! Check out my Christmas Tree no bake cookies here for another fun twist on this classic.
No bake cookies freeze easily, but it's best to leave the decorating until you are ready to eat. Place the cookies in a freezer bag laying them flat.
Let them thaw at room temperature before decorating and eating.
More Valentines Day Desserts
- Raspberry mousse recipe
- No bake raspberry cream pie
- No bake peanut butter pie
- Raspberry Creamsicle recipe
No bake cookies for Valentines Day
These heart shaped no bake cookies are not only easy to make, but are so fun with the brightly colored white chocolate.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups quick cooking oats
Cream Cheese Icing
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 6 tablespoon butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar spooned and leveled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- food coloring pink and red
Instructions
Directions:
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Melt the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and vanilla together in a medium sauce pan. Then, add in the peanut butter.
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Let this boil for about 3 minutes and then remove it from the heat. Pour the quick cooking oats into your peanut butter and chocolate sauce. Stir well and then let sit for about another 5 minutes, until mixture is warm.
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Lay wax paper on a cookie sheet and place a heart cookie cutter on it. Then, scoop the chocolate no bake cookies mixture into the cookie cutter.
Cream Cheese Icing
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Add softened butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract to a large bowl.
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Whisk on medium speed for 5 minutes until icing is light and creamy.
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Divide the icing into two bowls and add pink food coloring to one bowl and red to the other.
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Transfer icing to ziplock bag or piping bag and decorate each cookie.
Rebekah
These turned out great! Thank you!!
Kristen
How do you store these if you’re not eating right away or freezing them. Is room temperature ok? Or do the need to be put in the fridge?
Joanna Stephens
Great question Kristen! You can store these no bake cookies at room temperature in a sealed container for about a week. They will last about 2 weeks if you store them in the refrigerator. Hope this helps!
Josiah - DIY Thrill
These cookie hearts are such a great idea!