Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies

Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies

These Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies are the perfect recipe to involve the kids! The cookies are just 3 ingredients, add frosting and decorate!

It is always helpful to have quick and simple recipes for holiday baking. These Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies are just the ticket! The kids will love helping to make these fun and pretty cookies.

By using a cake mix, packaged frosting, and candies and sprinkles to decorate, you will quickly have a fun dessert ready to enjoy.

Also try my Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cookies!

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The Cake Mix:

I used Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix. Use any brand you like. You could also use a white cake mix and add red food coloring if you prefer.

The vanilla extract is optional but it is recommended. It does give the cookies good flavor. Without it, they are very plain.

The Frosting:

I used Betty Crocker cream cheese frosting so that is what I listed in the ingredients. Any white frosting would work just fine. You could even color it pink with red food coloring if you like but I thought the red candy and sprinkles showed up best with white frosting.

The M&M’s:

Usually when I make trail mix or bark, I just buy a big bag of M&M’s and pick out what colors I want. It worked out fine until this time when I found only about a quarter cup of red ones. BUT! My son found on Amazon a great 62oz container of reds and greens and knowing that I would want to make St. Patrick Day treats and more Valentine’s treats so would need more reds, I ordered one. It was perfect! If you like that idea, I linked it below.

The Sprinkles:

I found these sprinkles at Walmart. If you can’t find specifically themed sprinkles, red colored sugar is easy to find and that would work too.  

Valentine's Day sprinkles

Amazon has them too, if that is easier.

Tip when you are decorating: don’t wait long to apply the sprinkles! The frosting dries quicker than you may think—quicker than I thought anyway, and those little balls in the sprinkles were rolling off fast! Get those right on there!

Can Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies Be Made Ahead of Time?

These could be made a day or so ahead. Store them in an airtight container and do not pile them on top of each other. If the main event is over and a little imperfection is OK, store them carefully in a couple of layers with parchment or wax paper between layers. As long as the frosting has had time to dry, you are very gentle and there is a layer of parchment or wax paper between, they will be OK in a few layers.

Can Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies Be Frozen?

Yes! They can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Don’t pack them too tightly and put a sheet of parchment paper or wax paper between layers to protect them from each other. See picture above.

Ingredients:

Ingredients for Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies

Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix

eggs

vegetable oil

vanilla extract, optional

Betty Crocker cream cheese frosting

red M&M’s

Valentine’s Day sprinkles

Instructions:

Add cake mix, eggs, oil and vanilla (if using) to a bowl.

Ingredients for Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies in bowl

Mix well with mixer, wooden spoon or whisk.

mixing pink cookie dough

Refrigerate dough for about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350* or 325* if you are using dark, nonstick pans.

Place 2 Tbsp of dough rolled into balls and flattened with palms of your hand on ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheets. They will spread some. Eight on each cookie sheet fit well.

scooping out pink cookie dough
pink cookie dough in palm of hand showing size of ball to make
pink cookie dough in palm of hand showing how to flatten
pink cookies on cookie sheet unbaked

Bake at 350* (or 325* for dark, non-stick pans) for 8-10 minutes. Ovens vary so check after 8 and add another minute or two if needed.

pink cookies on cookie sheet baked

Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes for soft, chewy cookies.

Remove to cool completely on wire racks.

pink cookies on wire cooling rack

When cooled, frost with frosting and decorate with M&M’s and sprinkles.

Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies with white icing no decorations

Yield: 20 cookies

Notes: Decorate when frosting is freshly applied. If it is dry, the M&M’s and sprinkles won’t stick well. Frost a few cookies at a time and apply decorations quickly. The sprinkles especially won’t stick well if you wait very long.

Store in airtight container.

Cookies can be frozen in airtight container for up to 3 months.

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Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies

Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies

Yield: 20 Cookies
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Additional Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 53 minutes

These Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies are the perfect recipe to involve the kids! The cookies are just 3 ingredients, add frosting and decorate!

Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract, optional
  • 1 ½ 16 oz tubs Betty Crocker cream cheese frosting
  • ¾ cup red M&M’s
  • 3 Tbsp Valentine’s Day sprinkles

Instructions

Add cake mix, eggs, oil and vanilla (if using) to a bowl.

Mix well with mixer, wooden spoon or whisk.

Refrigerate dough for about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350* or 325* if you are using dark, nonstick pans.

Place 2 Tbsp. of dough rolled into balls and flattened with palms of your hand on ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheets. They will spread some. Eight on each cookie sheet fit well.

Bake at 350* (or 325* for dark, non-stick pans) for 8-10 minutes. Ovens vary so check after 8 and add another minute or two if needed.

Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes for soft, chewy cookies.

Remove to cool completely on wire racks.

When cooled, frost with frosting and decorate with M&M’s and sprinkles.

Yield: 20 cookies



Notes

Notes: Decorate when frosting is freshly applied. If it is dry, the M&M’s and sprinkles won’t stick well. Frost a few cookies at a time and apply decorations quickly. The sprinkles especially won’t stick well if you wait very long.

Store in airtight container.

Cookies can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months.



Nutrition Information
Yield 20 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 272Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 25mgSodium 93mgCarbohydrates 34gFiber 0gSugar 31gProtein 1g

This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix using unknown brands unless named in the recipe. If nutrition is important to you, I highly encourage you to verify any data you see here with your favorite nutrition calculator. Also, you can put in exactly what you used so it is the most accurate. This is just to give you an idea, as any nutrition calculation is not exactly accurate unless every single product brand used is entered. Please note also that I am not a certified nutritionist or health professional of any kind. Please consult a doctor or trained professional for medical advice.

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