5 Easy Valentine’s Day Recipes for Galentine’s Brunch

Red and Pink Hearts, oh my! Valentine-themed recipes to add to your Galentine’s Brunch food menu.

Planning on hosting a Valentine’s Day Brunch or Galentine’s Day party? Then I’ve got a list of easy valentine’s day recipes for you! These recipes are easy and festive. These fun and lovely breakfast and brunch treats take between 5-15 minutes to make and are such a fun way to bring Valentine’s Day to the brunch table. 

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List of Valentine’s Day Recipes:


Pancake Skewers

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Everyone loves pancakes and fruit! One of our first valentine’s day recipes is mini pancake skewers. Well with this 3-step recipe you can serve adorable and party-ready pancake skewers in 5 minutes. Skewer with a festive heart-shaped toothpick.

valentine's day recipes Valentine's Themed Pancake Skewers with berries and heart toothpicks

Ingredients

  • 1 Box of Frozen Mini Pancakes
  • 1 Carton of Strawberries
  • 1-2 Bananas
  • 3 tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • Nutella
    optional, for extra flavor
  • Peanut Butter
    optional, for extra flavor
  • Honey
    optional, for extra flavor

Extras
Heart Toothpicks*

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valentine's day recipes Pancake Skewers Ingredients

Recipe Steps

Step 1: Prepare Pancakes

Follow the cooking instructions for the pancakes (you may also make your own mini pancakes). On a tray or cookie sheet stack 2-3 pancakes on top of one another.  For extra flavor, you can also spread Nutella or Peanut Butter between each pancake. For even more flavor add a drizzle of honey between the stacks.

valentine's day recipes Mini Pancakes stacked on tray
valentine's day recipes Peanut Butter being spread on mini Pancake with a knife

Step 2:  Skewer fruit onto Pancakes

Place sliced bananas and/or strawberries on the top of the mini stack of pancakes.

valentine's day recipes Fruit Slices placed on Pancake Stacks
valentine's day recipes Skewering Toothpick through mini pancake stack to assemble pancake skewer

Once you’re happy with your fruit-to-pancake ratio grab a lollipop stick and skewer through the stack.

Step 3: Sift with Powder Sugar

Finish your skewers by sifting with powdered sugar for a touch of sweetness and a pretty finish. Serve and enjoy!

valentine's day recipes Sifting powdered sugar onto pancake skewers
valentine's day recipes Mini Pancake Skewers
Valentine's Themed Pancake Skewers with berries and heart toothpicks

Pancake Skewers

Everyone loves pancakes and fruit! Well with this 3-step recipe you can serve adorable and party-ready pancake skewers in 5 minutes.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Box Frozen Mini Pancakes
  • 1 Carton Strawberries
  • 1-2 Bananas
  • Berries (for garnish)
  • 3 tbsp Powdered Sugar (for sifting)
  • Nutella (optional, for extra flavor)
  • Peanut Butter (optional, for extra flavor)
  • Honey (optional, for extra flavor)

Extras

  • 1 set Toothpicks or Candy Lollipop Sticks

Instructions
 

Prepare Pancakes

  • Follow the cooking instructions for the pancakes (you may also make your own mini pancakes). On a tray or cookie sheet stack 2-3 pancakes on top of one another.
  • For extra flavor, you can also spread Nutella or Peanut Butter between each pancake.  For even more flavor add a drizzle of honey between the stacks.

Step 2:  Skewer fruit onto Pancakes

  • Place sliced bananas and/or strawberries on the top of the mini stack of pancakes.
  • Once you’re happy with your fruit-to-pancake ratio grab a lollipop stick and skewer through the stack.

Step 3: Sift with Powder Sugar

  • Finish your skewers by sifting with powdered sugar for a touch of sweetness and a pretty finish.
  • Serve and enjoy!

Red Velvet Heart-Shaped Waffles

Prep Time: 15 minutes

The second recipe of our valentine’s day recipes is my personal favorite – Red Velvet Heart-Shaped waffles! These red-velvet waffles are not only festive and adorable, they’re also deliciously decadent. Add a touch of color AND flavor to your Valentine’s Brunch with these gorgeous red waffles. “And in the morning I’m making waffles!”

valentine's day recipes Red Velvet Heart-Shaped Waffles on a plate

Ingredients

Ingredients for Waffles:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 ½ cup red velvet cake mix
  • 1 cup milk
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 2 eggs

Ingredients for Cream Cheese Glaze:

  • 2 Ounces Cream Cheese
  • ½ cup Powdered Sugar
  • ⅓ cup Heavy Cream

Tools
Heart-Shaped Waffle Iron

valentine's day recipes Red Velvet Heart-Shaped Waffle Ingredients

This is the waffle iron I used and own!

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Recipe Steps

Step 1: Mix All Ingredients

Preheat the waffle iron. While it heats up, add all ingredients for the waffles to a bowl and mix. Starting with the wet ingredients will make blending easier.

valentine's day recipes  Bowl of unmixed Red Velvet Waffles Batter
valentine's day recipes Bowl of Mixed Red Velvet Waffles Batter

Step 2: Cook Waffles

Once the mix is well-blended and of batter-consistency pour portions of the mix into your waffle iron and close. Follow your waffle iron’s cooking indicator or instructions for bake time.

valentine's day recipes Red Velvet Waffles Batter in bowl near Waffle Iron

Lift waffle iron and remove the waffle once ready. Place on a baking rack to cool.

Step 3: Make Glaze & Drizzle

Pour all ingredients for glaze in a bowl. Use whisk or mixer to blend ingredients until it’s a smooth consistency.

valentine's day recipes Photo of Ingredients Heavy Cream, Cream Cheese and Powdered Sugar
valentine's day recipes Mixed Bowl of ingredients for cream cheese glaze

Scoop glaze into a pastry bag (or ziplock bag with a tiny corner cut) and drizzle in a zigzag pattern over waffles.

Note: If your waffles are still too hot they may absorb your glaze so be patient.

valentine's day recipes Valentine's Day Recipes Waffles with bowl of glaze
valentine's day recipes Red Velvet Waffles with cream cheese glaze and berries on plate
valentine's day recipes Red Velvet Waffles on Plate

That’s it – they are ready to serve and enjoy!

TIP: You can make this recipe ahead of time and freeze the waffles and bag of glaze. When ready to serve, remove waffles from the freezer and thaw until room temperature. Bake in the oven or toaster. To defrost the glaze, place the bag in a glass of hot water until drizzle-able.

valentine's day recipes Red Velvet Waffles in Bag and Glaze Bag
Valentine's Day Recipes Red Velvet Waffles on Plate

Heart-Shaped Waffles

These red-velvet waffles are not only festive and adorable, they're also deliciously decadent. Add a touch of color AND flavor to your Valentine’s Brunch with these gorgeous red waffles.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Heart-Shaped Waffle Iron

Ingredients
  

Red-Velvet Waffles

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 cup red velvet cake mix
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 2 eggs

Cream Cheese Glaze

  • 2 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream

Instructions
 

  • Step 1: Mix All Ingredients
  • Preheat the waffle iron. While it heats up, add all ingredients for the waffles to a bowl and mix. Starting with the wet ingredients will make blending easier.

Step 2: Cook Waffles

  • Once the mix is well-blended and of batter consistency pour portions of the mix into your waffle iron and close. Follow your waffle iron’s cooking indicator or instructions for bake time.
  • Lift waffle iron and remove the waffle once ready. Place on a baking rack to cool.

Step 3: Make Glaze & Drizzle

  • Pour all ingredients for glaze in a bowl. Use a whisk or mixer to blend ingredients until it’s a smooth consistency.
  • Scoop glaze into a pastry bag (or ziplock bag with a tiny corner cut) and drizzle in a zigzag pattern over waffles.
  • Note: If your waffles are still too hot they may absorb your glaze so be patient.
  • That’s it – they are ready to serve and enjoy!

Notes

TIP: You can make this recipe ahead of time and freeze the waffles and bag of glaze. When ready to serve, remove waffles from the freezer and thaw until room temperature. Bake in the oven or toaster. To defrost the glaze, place the bag in a glass of hot water until drizzle-able.

Heart-Shaped Pink French Toast

Prep Time: 10 minutes

These pink heart-shaped french toasts are super easy to make and the perfect size portion. They are a staple for my valentine’s day recipes since they are a recipe everyone is already familiar with just with a fun and romantic twist. They are simple as normal french toast with just two extra steps for their fun size and bright color!

valentine's day recipes Pink French Toast Plated with fruit

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of milk
  • 4-6 Slices Bread
  • ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • Red Food or Pink Coloring
  • Syrup (for serving)
  • Butter (for serving)

Tools

  • Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutter
  • Frying Pan
valentine's day recipes Pink Heart-Shaped French Toast Ingredients

Recipe Steps

Step 1: Prepare Bread 

Lay out slices of bread and use your cookie cutter to press out heart shapes. It’s actually best to do this with slightly older bread as staler bread will hold its shape better.

valentine's day recipes French Toast Bread with Heart Cookie Cutter
valentine's day recipes Valentine's Day Recipes French Toast Bread with Heart Cookie Cutter
valentine's day recipes French Toast Cut into Heart Shaped Breads

Step 2: Mix

Beat eggs and mix with milk, extract, and cinnamon. Add drops of red food color until desired color is reached – keep in mind you may want to add a little more as the color fades during frying.

valentine's day recipes French Toast Ingredients in Bowl
valentine's day recipes French Toast Ingredients in Bowl Mixed

Step 3: Dip & Fry

Set the frying pan to medium heat. When the frying pan is ready, dip your bread slice into the egg batter on both sides before placing it on the frying pan.

Let cook on each side for 1-2 minutes. When both sides are golden, remove from the pan with a spatula.

valentine's day recipes Bread with Pink French Toast Batter near pan
valentine's day recipes Bread being dipped in Pink French Toast Batter near pan
valentine's day recipes French Toast in banner Pink French Toast Batter near pan
valentine's day recipes French Toast Heart in frying pan
valentine's day recipes French Toast cooking in pan

Step 4: Serve

Serve your french toast slices with sliced fruit, whipped cream, powdered sugar maybe even cut out a small heart-shaped piece of butter … however you desire …bon appétit!

valentine's day recipes Pink French Toast Plated with fruit
valentine's day recipes Pink French Toast Plated with fruit
Valentine's Day Recipes Pink French Toast Plated with fruit

Heart-Shaped Pink French Toast

These pink heart-shaped french toasts are super easy to make and perfect portion-sized. They are simple as normal french toast with just two extra steps for their fun size and bright color!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutter
  • Frying Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 4-6 Slices bread (white is best to hold color)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • syrup (for serving)
  • butter (for serving)

Instructions
 

Step 1: Prepare Bread

  • Lay out slices of bread and use your cookie cutter to press out heart shapes. It’s actually best to do this with slightly older bread as staler bread will hold its shape better.

Step 2: Mix

  • Beat eggs and mix with milk, extract, and cinnamon. Add drops of red food color until desired color is reached – keep in mind you may want to add a little more as the color fades during frying.

Step 3: Dip & Fry

  • Set the frying pan to medium heat. When the frying pan is ready, dip your bread slice into the egg batter on both sides before placing it on the frying pan. Let cook on each side for 1-2 minutes. When both sides are golden, remove from the pan with spatula.

Step 4: Serve

  • Serve your french toast slices with sliced fruit, whipped cream, powdered sugar or however you desire …bon appétit!

Dipped Doughnut Holes

Prep Time: 5 minutes

These doughnut holes are a cute, easy and SUPER quick addition to any brunch! They are prepared in three steps within five minutes and are an irresistible breakfast snack – bet you can’t have just one. This is the easiest of the valentine’s day recipes I’ll share – you don’t need any special tools (unless you count the microwave) and it doesn’t involve any baking. Sounds good, right?

valentine's day recipes Doughnut Holes Dipped Arranged

Ingredients

  • Doughnut Holes
  • White Chocolate
  • Milk Chocolate
  • Sprinkles
  • Red or Pink Food Coloring
valentine's day recipes Photo of Dipped Doughnut Ingredients

Recipe Steps

Step 1: Melt Chocolate

Gather three separate microwave-safe small bowls – this will make it easiest to dip your doughnut holes evenly. Fill two bowls with white chocolate and one bowl with milk chocolate. Melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals to prevent burning the chocolate.

valentine's day recipes Doughnuts Chocolate Melted

Step 2: Dip

Add sprinkles to a small shallow bowl. Dip a doughnut hole in one of your bowls of melted chocolate then dip into the bowl of sprinkles. Place down on a rack or wax paper and place chocolate-dipped side up to harden.

valentine's day recipes Doughnut Dipped in chocolate held by hand
valentine's day recipes Doughnut Dipped in Sprinkles
valentine's day recipes Doughnut Dipped in Pink Chocolate
valentine's day recipes Animation of Dipped Doughnut Holes
valentine's day recipes Doughnuts Dipped on tray

Repeat this step until all your doughnut holes are dipped – you can also forgo the sprinkles as well if you want a mix.

Step 3: Serve

Once the chocolate has hardened your doughnut holes are ready to serve. Enjoy!

valentine's day recipes Doughnut Holes Dipped Arranged in bowl
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Dipped Doughnut Holes

These doughnut holes are a cute, easy and SUPER quick addition to any brunch! They are prepared in three steps within five minutes and are an irresistible breakfast snack – bet you can’t have just one.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • Doughnut Holes
  • White Chocolate
  • Milk Chocolate
  • Sprinkles
  • Red or Pink Food Coloring

Instructions
 

Step 1: Melt Chocolate

  • Gather three separate microwave-safe small bowls – this will make it easiest to dip your doughnut holes evenly. Fill two bowls with white chocolate and one bowl with milk chocolate. Melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals to prevent burning the chocolate.

Step 2: Dip

  • Add sprinkles to a small shallow bowl. Dip a doughnut hole in one of your bowls of melted chocolate then dip into the bowl of sprinkles.
  • Place down on a rack or wax paper and place chocolate-dipped side up to harden. To quicken the hardening you may set in the fridge a few minutes.
  • Repeat this step until all your doughnut holes are dipped – you can also forgo the sprinkles as well if you want a mix of undipped and dipped.

Step 3: Serve

  • Once the chocolate has hardened your doughnut holes are ready to serve. Enjoy!

Yogurt Parfait Shooters

Prep Time: 5 minutes

The final and fifth of my valentine’s day recipes are these sweet and tasty yogurt parfait shooters. These yogurt parfait shooters are a refreshing option for any brunch party. The flavors can be flexible or various based on your preference of fruit and toppings. “Everybody loves parfait!” (A second Donkey from Shrek referenced in the same post, I know… ridiculous).

valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters topped with fruit and granola

Ingredients

  • Yogurt (flavor of choice)
  • Fruit
  • Granola

Tools

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valentine's day recipes Ingredients for Yogurt Shooters

Recipe Steps

Step 1: Add Yogurt

Set out your shooter cups. Scoop 2-3 spoonfuls of yogurt into the bottom of the shooter. 

valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with empty glasses
valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with first layer
valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with second layer

TIP: Don’t have shooter glasses? You can make bigger portions and use champagne glasses.

Step 2: Add Granola

Add spoonfuls of granola until you have a layer of granola. Add some fruit. 

valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with third layer
valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with fourth layer
valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with fifth layer

Step 3: Repeat

Repeat step 1 by adding another layer of yogurt. Top with more granola and fruit. Serve and enjoy!

valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters with seventh layer
valentine's day recipes animated yogurt parfaits being assembled
valentine's day recipes Yogurt Parfaits
valentine's day recipes Yogurt Shooters on Tray for brunch
Yogurt Shooters topped with fruit and granola

Yogurt Parfait Shooters

These yogurt parfait shooters are a refreshing option for any brunch party. The flavors can be flexible or various based on your preference of fruit and toppings.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups yogurt
  • fruit and berries
  • 1 bag granola

Instructions
 

Step 1: Add Yogurt

  • Set out your shooter cups. Scoop 2-3 spoonfuls of yogurt into the bottom of the shooter.
  • Don’t have shooter glasses or cups? You can make bigger portions and use champagne glasses.

Step 2: Add Granola

  • Add spoonfuls of granola until you have a layer of granola. Add some fruit.

Step 3: Repeat

  • Repeat step 1 by adding another layer of yogurt. Top with more granola and fruit. Serve and enjoy!

I hope you find some inspiration for your Valentine-themed or Galentine’s Brunch with these recipes. If you have any recipes or you enjoy making these please leave comments below!

 

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