Valentine cupcakes: 25 easy recipes
Whip up any of these 25 tasty Valentine cupcakes for a sweet treat that’s almost too good to eat.
To me, love and food go hand in hand. Making food for my family is a tangible expression of how much I care for them.
That’s why I love combining food with special occasions, and enjoy thinking of unique ways to celebrate events with food.
When it comes to Valentine’s Day, cupcakes are a fabulous idea. You can have spend some quality time baking them together, or simply give them as a gift to your loved ones as a cute way to say I love you.
They’re also a wonderful way to end your Valentine’s date night if you don’t want a Valentine’s dessert.
In our house we call cupcakes cup cups after a rather drunk person as a party we were attending kept talking about the delicious “cup cups” that were being served (okay, the drunk person was my Dad).
These cupcakes (or cup cups), are sure to get people talking too – whether it’s for their flavor (we’ve got chocolate, red velvet and even exotic guava) or their super cute Valentine’s decorating ideas.
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Valentine's Day cupcakes
Whipping up one of these 25 Valentine's Day cupcake recipes is the perfect way to show your love this Valentines.
These delicious cupcakes contain beetroot and raspberries. Would you believe they're gluten-free too?
Remember asking, "Pretty please with a chocolate cherry on top?"
If your loved one loves cupcakes but not icing so much, then these choc cherry topped cupcakes will definitely have them saying, "Yes please!"
These chocolate cupcakes are moist and light, dome wonderfully, and have an amazing, strong chocolate taste.
These rich and moist chocolate cupcakes are topped with an easy to make vanilla frosting.
These chocolate raspberry cupcakes are a mouthful of deliciousness.
Rich, moist decadent chocolate cupcakes are topped with a luscious raspberry buttercream frosting.
These delicious Valentine cupcakes have a secret ingredient - a truffle baked inside.
The addition of beetroot makes your indulgence a little less on the bad side.
Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Heart Cut-Out Valentine Cupcakes – a long title for a simple chocolate cupcake with a ganache filled heart topped with sprinkles.
These pink champagne cupcakes have a bubbly sweet champagne flavor, perfect for special occasions like Valentine's Day.
How could Valentine cupcakes be even cuter?
By making them heart shaped of course.
These chocolate peppermint bark cupcakes start with a chocolate peppermint cupcake base, then are topped with homemade red and white swirled buttercream frosting.
These jumbo sized red velvet cupcakes are topped with a fluffy cream cheese frosting.
Is there anything more Valentines than red velvet?
With a gorgeously decadent cream cheese frosting, these are the perfect indulgence for you and your loved one.
You'll be in for something different with these Romeo and Juliet cupcakes.
They're decadent, moist chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and guava paste swirl.
Ben and I love a cup of Earl Grey tea in the afternoon and also after dinner, so these Earl Grey cupcakes are a winner.
They're infused with Earl Grey tea, sweetened with dates and feature a rich chocolate ganache on top - a perfect grown up cupcake for your Valentine.
These cupcakes are a winning combination of cake, fruit, jam and cream.
Your loved one will love you even more after enjoying these.
These strawberry cream cupcakes are moist, fluffy and absolutely delicious.
These strawberry crunch cupcakes capture all the flavors of a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar.
Their pretty pink color makes them the perfect Valentine Day cupcake.
These soft and delicate white cupcakes feature freshly made strawberry filling and are topped with whipped buttercream frosting.
Because nothing says I love you more than a poop emoji cupcake.
Valentine's Day cupcake decorating ideas don't come more fun than this one.
Sharpen your cupcake decorating ideas with these teddy bear cupcakes.
These adorable Valentine cupcakes are not only beary cute, they're beary tasty.
These XOXO Valentine cupcakes are super cute and require much less decorating skills than you might imagine.
They’re perfect for kids or grown ups.
Valentine cupcake decorating ideas
As well as the above Valentine cupcakes recipes, you can take your favorite cupcake recipe and use any of these Valentine cupcake decorating ideas to make it the perfect Valentine's day edible treat.
These chocolate heart cupcake toppers only take a few minutes to make - as easy Valentine cupcake decorations they can't be beat.
These cute Valentine cupcakes are big on looks and short on effort - perfect for your very own love bug.
These cute Valentine cupcakes look so good your love won't want to eat them.
Show someone how much you love them on Valentine’s Day with these personalized conversation heart cupcakes: fondant hearts, decorated with colorful sugars and personalized with names on top of cupcakes make for a thoughtful treat.
Enjoy a Valentine’s Day cupcake or two (or three or four!) this February 14 with any of these tasty recipes.
Want to do some more Valentine’s Day baking? Try these Valentine’s cookies and Valentine’s cakes.