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 (make in 5 minutes)
- Red Velvet Heart-Shaped Waffles
- Heart-Shaped Pink French Toast
- Dipped Doughnut Holes (make in 5 minutes)
- Yogurt Parfait Shooters
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.
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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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.
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!
Pancake Skewers
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!”
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
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.
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 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!
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 Waffles
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
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!
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
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.
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 a spatula.
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!
Heart-Shaped Pink French Toast
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?
Ingredients
- Doughnut Holes
- White Chocolate
- Milk Chocolate
- Sprinkles
- Red or Pink Food Coloring
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.
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.
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!
Dipped Doughnut Holes
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).
Ingredients
- Yogurt (flavor of choice)
- Fruit
- Granola
Tools
- Shooter glasses*
- Mini Spoons
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Recipe Steps
Step 1: Add Yogurt
Set out your shooter cups. Scoop 2-3 spoonfuls of yogurt into the bottom of the shooter.
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.
Step 3: Repeat
Repeat step 1 by adding another layer of yogurt. Top with more granola and fruit. Serve and enjoy!
Yogurt Parfait Shooters
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!
