30 Romantic Desserts For Two (Best Dessert Recipes!)
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Please read my disclosure.Valentine’s Day is the holiday for romantic desserts for two! This collection of candy, chocolates, cakes, cupcakes, and more are the perfect way to end the evening with your Valentine. You can also enjoy these sweet treats any time of the year – they’re great for date nights or any dessert for two!
Valentine’s Day has always been a special day for my husband and I.
We went on our second date ever on Valentine’s Day in 2004 (our first date was the week before, on February 7th, 2004 – when I was still in college).
Now that we are parents we don’t get as many date nights. Instead we try to create romantic date like moments at home, when we can.
Obviously, Valentine’s Day has a special meaning for us, like it probably does for many people. And for us, celebrating often has a grand finale of amazing desserts since we both have a huge sweet tooth.
These 30 romantic desserts are perfect for two! Enjoy them during Valentine’s Day or for any special occasion. Feel free to also make a few, try a bit of everything, and really indulge!
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What Are Romantic Desserts?
When it comes to Valentine’s Day often romantic desserts are associated with decadent sweet treats. Lots of warm melty chocolate, like fondue, or molten cakes.
Add a splash of red to your desserts to bring in that color of romance. Adding fresh berries like raspberries, or strawberries can turn an ordinary dessert into something truly special.
Any dessert can be romantic when you’re sharing it with someone you love.
Some of my favorite romantic desserts include:
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Red Velvet Cake or Red Velvet Cheesecake Bites
- Chocolate Lava Cake
- Heart shaped sugar cookies or buttery shortbread cookies
- Creamy mousse
- White chocolate mousse paired with fresh berries
How Do You Make Romantic Desserts For Two?
There could be many reasons why you want a dessert that is suitable to share with two. Maybe you don’t want a lot of extra dessert in the house. Maybe you live with just one other person, or possibly it’s Valentine’s Day, and you want a romantic dessert for just the two of you.
Here are a few helpful tips.
- Small batch cookies. They are just enough to enjoy with the one you love.
- Small batch brownies
- Mug cakes or mug brownies.
- Crème Brûlée, is a great treat you can make in a small batch to enjoy with someone else.
- Cupcakes, make a small batch of cupcakes, instead of a big cake
- Fondue is a great way to enjoy a dessert with the one you love.
Why You’ll Love These Recipes
- Lots of variety, something for everyone!
- Super easy recipe collection, perfect for home cooks
- Decadent desserts that taste amazing
- Great for Valentine’s day, for a special occasion, or for your next date night
- Most recipes are made with simple ingredients easily found at your local grocery store or in your pantry
- Best romantic desserts ever!
30 Easy Romantic Desserts For Two
Cream Puffs
Cream Puffs may seem like a hard-to make recipe, but this one from Sense and Edibility is luxurious, freezer-friendly, and a hit for those who prefer lighter sweets. Impress your Valentine with a batch of these – it’s the perfect end to a romantic meal.
Chocolate Avocado Filled Strawberries
These No Bake Chocolate Avocado & Strawberry Mousse Mini Desserts by Food Meanderings are a fun, elegant, yet easy valentine’s day dessert! They take about 15 minutes to put together, and are the perfect dessert for two.
White Chocolate Souffle
A delicate, airy white chocolate souffle with a fresh floral hint from a splash of rosewater. The perfect light dessert when topped with fresh berries and mint! By Cali Girl Cooking.
No Bake Sugar Cookie Bites
These No Bake Sugar Cookies Bites by Meals with Maggie have a soft doughy center and are coated in a sweet chocolatey shell. This delectable dessert is perfect for valentines day or for a fun healthier treat.
Chocolate Chia Mousse
A rich vegan chocolate mousse from The Picky Eater, made with silken tofu, bananas, tahini, cocoa powder, and maple syrup. This delicious recipe is rich and creamy!
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Fudge
This melt-in-your-mouth, creamy fudge from Two Healthy Kitchens is one of my favorite chocolate desserts for two! This recipe is incredibly simple with 4-ingredients and just 5 minutes of prep! It’s the perfect ending to a romantic dinner.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
This light and fluffy red velvet cupcake by The Picky Eater is topped with a sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse
With only four ingredients and ten minutes, you can make the most decadent creamy chocolate mousse that rivals any fancy restaurant dessert. Great for any chocolate lover in your life! By Krazy Kitchen Mom.
Sweetheart Brownies
Surprise your loved one with these sweet brownies by Kathryn’s Kitchen Blog! They are perfect for any occasion and you can use any cookie cutter that you prefer. They are the sweetest treat!
Macerated Strawberries
Macerated strawberries with cashew cream make a beautiful no-bake vegan, gluten-free dessert. These sweetened sliced strawberries are also delicious with whipped cream or lightly sweetened yogurt. By Flavour and Savour.
Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Brownie Tarts
These rich, dense fudgy brownies from Sidewalk Shoes are topped with tart sweet raspberries and baked into cute little tarts. They are bursting with decadent chocolate flavor.
Baked Red Velvet Donuts
Baked Red Velvet Donuts by Bake and Bacon – These Red Velvet Donuts topped with cream cheese frosting are baked, not fried, and so easy to make!
Bananas Foster
New Orleans-inspired Bananas Foster made with bananas and a rum caramel sauce, ignited, and topped with vanilla ice cream. This 10-minute bananas foster recipe is the secret weapon date night dessert! By The Kitchen Girl.
Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Cake
This chocolate zucchini cake by Veggies Don’t Bite is hands down incredible. So rich and moist, you’d have no idea its vegan, gluten-free and filled with veggies!
No Bake Raspberry Dairy Free Cheesecake Tarts
The perfect little tart to share with your sweetheart. These Raspberry Dairy Free No Bake Cheesecake Tarts from Veggie Inspired are gluten free and sugar free. Tart, yet sweet. Super easy.
Superfood Strawberry Chocolate Brownies
Nothing says romance quite like chocolate! These Superfood Strawberry Chocolate Brownies by Jar of Lemons are a healthy, delicious, indulgent dessert!
Vegan Nutella
A chocolate hazelnut spread, this vegan nutella recipe from The Picky Eater is creamy and decadent. Use it for your valentine’s day celebration to dip your favorite fruit like fresh strawberries, pineapple, and banana slices! Or pair it with peanut butter and spread on toast for a chocolate peanut butter toast!
Japanese Strawberry Shortcake
This Japanese strawberry shortcake by Drive Me Hungry is a gorgeous dessert to make for your Valentines. Made with soft, fluffy sponge cake and fresh whipped cream!
Cheesecake Bites
These bite sized cheesecakes from The Picky Eater are the perfect size to share with your Valentine. Top these mini cheesecakes with fresh fruit (like fresh berries) or shaved chocolate!
Chocolate Ganache Tart
This chocolate ganache tart from The Picky Eater is a romantic dessert to share with your Valentine. Dark chocolate, hints of coffee flavors, cocoa, and fresh whipping cream create an almost sinfully delicious ganache inside the incredible buttery crust, topped with fresh cherries.
Raspberry Sorbet
This raspberry sorbet by Salt and Baker is bright red, creamy, and delicious! Its a great dessert option for your loved one this Valentine’s Day.
Chocolate Berry Cups
Easy to make, pretty and delicious, these sweet little chocolate berry cups by The Food Blog are the perfect ending to a romantic Valentines dinner with your sweetie.
Mini Pavlovas
Mini pavlovas filled with chantilly cream and topped with strawberries are the perfect way to celebrate any occasion. By Sweet Tea and Thyme.
Vegan Chocolate Covered Strawberries
These easy vegan chocolate covered strawberries from Keeping the Peas covered in sprinkles are a simple treat to share with the one you love! Make it with dark or milk chocolate! This is also a great recipe to make with kids to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Molten Lava Cake
This small rich chocolate cake by Garnish and Glaze has a warm gooey center that makes you go weak at the the knees. It’s one of my favorite romantic dessert ideas and is so easy to make — it comes together in less than 20 minutes!
Strawberry Flan
This Strawberry Flan by Greedy Gourmet is easy to prepare and loved by all. It comprises a vanilla sponge, drowned in vanilla custard, topped with strawberries and drizzled white chocolate.
Apple Rose Puffs
Easy to make fancy dessert. Apple slices and puff pastry are rolled into a rose-shaped dessert. Presentation perfect. Pretty and elegant. By Homemade and Yummy.
White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
These strawberry cheesecake cupcakes by Blue Sky Eating are the ultimate sweet treat! Fluffy vanilla & strawberry sponge with a white chocolate cream cheese icing, these are truly a decadent dessert recipe.
Easy Chocolate Raspberry Mousse
This easy chocolate raspberry mousse by Love In My Oven is light and fluffy, dairy-free and refined-sugar free! Your new favorite chocolate and raspberry dessert!
Strawberry Panna Cotta
This strawberry panna cotta by The Gay Globetrotter is the one of the most romantic dessert recipes. A simple vanilla bean panna cotta is topped with a sweet strawberry coulis and chilled to perfection, perfect for an after dinner treat!
I hope you were able to find some inspiration to create a memorable and romantic evening for you and your Valentine!
How To Make Healthy Romantic Desserts
With a few healthy swaps, you can turn any dessert into a healthier version of the original that still tastes just as good! Here are my recommended healthy swaps for most classic desserts:
- Replace half the butter with unsweetened applesauce
- Reduce the sugar by half, or replace the sugar with monk fruit or stevia.
- In some baked goods, you can use whole wheat flour or almond flour instead of all purpose for a higher fiber, lower glycemic option. Check each recipe card to determine what would work.
- Additionally, you can substitute a flax egg for regular eggs in most cookies, brownies, and other baked goods. Flax eggs are lower in calories and fat compared to regular eggs.
How To Store Valentine Dessert Recipes For Two
Most baked goods: cookies, brownies, etc. can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, and in the fridge for up to 7-14 days!
However, other sweet desserts that have dairy in them – cakes, cheesecakes, vanilla or chocolate pudding, flan, creme brulee, etc must be stored in the fridge in an airtight container. They should all last up to 4-5 days in the fridge. Confirm proper storage instructions by checking the notes in each recipe card above.
If you’d like to serve any of these easy desserts warm, just heat them in the oven for about 5 minutes at 300-350 degrees F or until warmed through.
More Of The Best Date Night Desserts To Enjoy All Year Round!
- Lemon Bars With Graham Cracker Crust
- No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake
- Hot Chocolate
- Low Calorie Desserts
- Healthy Pumpkin Desserts
- Vegan Cookie Recipes
- Vegan Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
- Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookies Without Brown Sugar
- Vegan Carrot Cake
- Egg Free Lemon Tart
- Low Sugar Healthy Desserts
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These look so delicious and tasty! I can’t wait to try these! My family is going to love these!
Thanks so much Beth!! I can’t wait for you to try them all! 🙂
These all looks delicious! What a great selection of ideas. I particularly like the idea of the chocolate almond date balls yum yum yum!
Thanks Georgia!! I hope these desserts help make your Valentine’s Day great! 🙂
Congratulations on ten years and one month of being a Mom. You are indeed very lucky- how wonderful. Love this round up. Any way to eat chocolate in a healthier way is right up my alley!
Awww thank you so much Gail!! We feel very fortunate indeed 🙂 I can’t wait for you to try some of these recipes – I’m sure you will love them!
Yummy treats. Chocolate is always my fave, and just a little marshmallow on top versus tons of buttercream frosting, definitely makes it less of a guilty pleasure. Thanks.
Thanks Shari!! I’m a huge chocolate fan too 🙂 These cupcakes are absolutely amazing — you will love them!
Lentil flour! I’m floored! I love lentils, but never knew about lentil flour. Do you buy it or can you grind it in a Nutrimill?
Yes!! Lentil flour is amazing — such a great substitute and it doesn’t change the flavor of the cookies too much! You can buy it or grind it yourself — whatever you prefer 🙂 Enjoy!
Those brownies look awesome! I am really excited to make this but was wondering if you could substitute the espresso powder with something else? We don’t drink coffee and I wouldn’t want to add espresso powder to the recipe. Any suggestions? 🙂
Thanks Debbie! Actually I think you can probably omit the espresso powder and maybe just add a bit more cocoa powder (like 1-2 tsp). The espresso powder just brings out the chocolate flavor a bit more, but leaving it out won’t change the recipe * too * drastically. Let me know how it turns out!!
Oh glory – these are just too amazing. Loving those healthy brownies too… Perfect V-Day treats!
Thanks Kammie!! I’m sure you will love them if you try them!
Hi Anjali ,
Am all set to make the brownie with black beans but if I try to substitute agave nectar for honey, should I be using the same quantity of honey ? Also, should I increase the cooking time to 25 minutes ?
As always , I appreciate all your effort in posting these wonderful recipes.
Thanks
Megha
Hi Megha! So yes – you should be using the same quantity of agave as you would honey (it’s a 1:1 replacement ratio). For the cooking time — it’s already 25 minutes total (20 min at 350, 5 min at 300). But you should also calibrate depending on how hot your oven gets, etc. Test it after 20 minutes and depending on how cooked through they are, you can stick to the recipe, add less time or add more time. Hope that helps, let me know how they turn out!!
This information is great. Has made me realise that I don’t need to eat bad on Valentine ’s Day. I can still enjoy the desserts but they can still be good for me. I absolutely love the recipes you have posted and can’t wait to try them out. If you have any more healthy dessert recipes I would love to look at them as I am a “sweet tooth.”
Thanks so much Meika! I’m so happy you enjoyed this post – and yes! You absolutely can still enjoy sweet treats on Valentine’s Day without eating totally unhealthily. All of my dessert recipes are healthy/healthier than the original version – and you can find them all here: https://74.220.215.66/~pickyeat/recipes-and-health-archive/#dessert
Enjoy!
Hi Anjali ,
I love your blog. Amazing. I am a picky eater too 🙂 I loved your Healthy Chocolate Brownies recipe. But I have a question for you. Instead of the black beans , would it make a difference if I use black eyed pea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_pea
Awaiting your reply,
Thanks
Megha
Hi Megha! Thank you so much – it’s always fun to meet fellow Picky Eaters 🙂 So, for the brownies, I wouldn’t recommend using black eyed peas instead of black beans. Black beans are starchier and they are also black so they blend in well to the brownie batter. The black eyed peas are more watery and I’m worried that they might make the batter too runny. So stick to black beans if you can! Let me know how they turn out for you!
The Brownie recipe with the beans in it is very unusual to me
This is an absolutely amazing idea
Ill try it very soon
Thanks Aya! Enjoy! 🙂
I am definitely making the brownies! They sound delicious. I use the black bean trick too but only with boxed mixes.
Yay! I’ve never used the black bean trick with boxed brownies, but I have used canned pumpkin with boxed brownies and it tastes delicious!
i love adding black beans to brownies! though i must say i’m uber lazy and use a box mix…
Haha – sometimes I use a box mix too! But you can actually make a box mix super healthy by using 1 box of Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake Mix, and 1 15oz can of pure pumpkin. All you need is those two ingredients, combine them in a bowl, and evenly distribute into a 12 cup muffin pan lined with foil baking cups or sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 min, until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. Each brownie/muffin will only have 180 calories and 3.5g fat!
All of these recipes look amazing especially those almond date balls. Yum!
Thanks!! And omg yes – the almond date balls are one of my favorite snacks (as well as desserts!)
Brownies made with black beans and a little agave? I’m saved! If I use rice flour instead of wheat, do you think that will work? Cutting down on sugar and staying relatively gluten-free (I’m not a perfectionist!)
Hehe yeah! And they taste amazing – you won’t believe black beans are the base of this recipe! As for using rice flour, I would think it would work, but I’ve never tried it myself. If you do end up using rice flour and it works well, definitely let me know!
Baked these brownies yesterday for my sons and their friends and used rice flour instead of wheat and 2 real eggs instead of an egg substitute (I keep chickens, so love the eggs).
It took almost no time to throw them together in a food processor and get them baked. They were incredibly delicious and didn’t last long. More like a velvety chocolate treat than a traditional brownie – none of the kids turned them down. Yum. We’ll definitely bake these again.
Not vegan, but dairy and gluten free, which is what our family needs. Thanks again for the recipe.
That’s awesome!! I’m so glad it turned out well using the rice flour and that your kids loved it! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Hi
to these black bean brownies: I will try them only because of the ‘reviewers’ responses. I have tried them before from a friend and they were horrible. Had to throw all away. But maybe one more try because they sound rediciulously good. Thanks.
Sorry to hear your first try with black bean brownies wasn’t good! Let me know if you like this version!
The mini pies win. Hands down! No one says no to apple pie. Nice, well rounded list of desserts.
Haha! That is totally true – I mean how can you turn it down? So glad you like the list! 🙂