Valentine's Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Hearts, dipped in white chocolate and dressed up in festive Valentine's Day sprinkles!
Nothing says Valentine's Day quite like an overload of chocolate. At least that's how I like to celebrate my Valentine's Day. Elbow deep in chocolate truffles and so sick by the end of the night that I don't want chocolate again for another week. Just me? ...oh.
I'm pretty low maintenance when it comes to Valentine's Day. Chocolate, pizza, staying in. Seriously, the lowest of the low maintenance.
These cookies are a fun way to say you celebrated Valentine's Day without having to say you spent a ton on chocolates from the store for Valentine's Day. And, bonus, they are delicious.
But back to these Valentine's Day chocolate chip cookie hearts! I had high hopes for these. I painstakingly pressed 1.5 cookie dough balls into heart shaped cookie cutters (from the Wilton set that has about a bazillion in it) and even used plastic wrap to keep my fingers from getting all messy while I was shooting the photos.
Long story short, these cute little cookie dough hearts morphed into sad little cookie heart blobs in the oven. Before I was able to troubleshoot this cookie catastrophe, this post could have been alternatively titled "Mighty Morphin' Cookie Heart Blobs". Yep, I went there.
Heart cookie cutters to the rescue! I pushed them into a fresh-out-of-the-oven cookie (blob) into a presentable heart shape.
I made the mistake of thinking a cookie that usually spreads out wouldn't spread because I asked it nicely not to. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend this silly method. I'd recommend cook these as individual circle cookies and then cut into individual heart shapes. Or, cook the dough as one giant cookie and then cut from there. I'm all for a giant cookie - all the extra scraps would be perfect for a milkshake. Or directly into your mouth for the chef tax.
Dip these lovely little cookies into white chocolate (I used Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers) and top them off with festive Valentine's Day sprinkles.
As always, make sure not to overheat the melting chocolate in the microwave, as the chocolate will seize and turn into an unusable chocolate lump...not that I would know. Leave a few minutes for the chocolate to set and then pass these off to your special valentine! I'm sure they'll be quite pleased with this treat.
What will you be baking up this Valentine's Day?
Valentine's Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Hearts
Valentine's Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Hearts, dipped in white chocolate and dressed up in festive Valentine's Day sprinkles!
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, softened, 1 stick
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, 12-oz. pkg.
- ¾ cup white chocolate melting wafers
- holiday sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, Greek yogurt and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels.
- Chill dough for at least 30 minutes, or longer if possible.
- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Using heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out individual heart shapes. Larger hearts will yield fewer cookies, smaller hearts will yield more cookies.
- Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- In 30 second intervals, microwave white chocolate melting wafers in a tall microwavable dish. (Be sure to not overheat, as chocolate will seize and become unusable.)
- Dip half of heart cookie into white chocolate, cover with sprinkles if desired.
- Allow chocolate on cookies to set before serving.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 36 Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 161Unsaturated Fat: 0g
This cookie recipe was adapted from my healthier greek yogurt chocolate chip cookies recipe.
April
I'm such a sucker for cute food and chocolate chip cookies! I love how you only decorated half to show off the chocolate chips. They look so good! I'm craving choc chip cookies now 🙂
Jessica
Thanks, April! I mostly dunked only half because I don't like dirtying another fork to dip the whole thing 🙂 but I liked how it turned out with only half dunked anyway.
Serena @ Serena's Kitchen
Beautiful pics! And i'm totally with you on the truffle overload 😉
... And LMAO @ Mighty Morphin' Cookie Heart Blobs 🙂
Sam @ SugarSpunRun
These are cute! Love how you took the slight fail with the cookies spreading and improvised -- good thinking! 🙂
Jessica
Thanks, Sam!! Life is all about taking your mini fails and making them work out in your favor anyway 🙂
Megan - The Emotional Baker
I love chocolate too! & I've had issues with cookies not behaving 😉 But these turned out perfectly anyway!
Jessica
Thanks, Megan! There's no shame in my game - nobody is perfect, but there was no way those tasty cookies were going to waste!
Tamara Coleman
Im with you! Chocolate & Valentines Day go hand in hand. I'm a true chocoholic 🙂 Your cookies look fantastic!
Jessica
Thanks, Tamara! Valentine's Day is definitely about love...mostly about the crazy/weird love I have for chocolate 🙂
Kennedy Cole@ KCole's Creative Corner
These are so adorable, Jessica! Such a great idea for Valentine's Day! Thanks for sharing! 😀
Jessica
Thanks, Kennedy! I had to stop myself from eating them all!
Mir
Nothing is more perfect than pizza and chocolate with someone you love! And these cookies are GORGEOUS. Love the white chocolate dipped part with the bling!
Jessica
Thanks, Mir! Pizza is definitely one of my top 5 favorite foods...maybe even top 3!
Erin @ Miss Scrambled Egg
These are so cute. What a clever idea to cut the cookies into hearts after they bake. I'm definitely a low-maintenance Valentine as well. Usually, we'll go on an adventure later in the month. This year, we're going to see a comedy show. .
Jessica
Oooh, that sounds like fun! We just came back from an extended weekend trip to Boston for the first time ever and had such a nice time...maybe that was our Valentine's Day trip?