These 31 Pretty and Delicious Valentine Cupcake Recipes feature strawberry, cherry, red velvet, chocolate and more – each perfect for Valentine’s Day.
What is your favorite part of Valentine’s Day? While the hearts, flowers, candy – oh and of course love – is all great, I want the baked goods!!
There isn’t much that I like better than a pretty and delicious Valentine cupcake!
Give me a yummy cupcake topped with a delicious frosting and I’m a happy girl. I can hardly even type that sentence without my mouth watering a bit.
To help you get ready for Valentine’s Day and bake some goodies for your loved ones, a classroom, or a Valentine’s Day party, we’ ha’ve rounded up these 31 Pretty and Delicious Valentine Cupcake Recipes.
Since red and pink reign supreme on Valentine’s Day, several of the recipes utilize red fruits like strawberries and cherries and we also have the reddish color of red velvet.
And of course chocolate is a perennial favorite for Valentine’s Day, so we had to add a couple of chocolatey recipes to the list.
If you’re following a special diet, we even have a gluten-free vegan cupcake on the list, as well as a low-carb keto option. While those two recipes do look DELICIOUS, I think I’ll take my cupcake full of gluten and carbs. It IS a holiday after all!
To make the most of these delicious recipes, you’ll want to decorate and display your cupcakes in the cutest way possible, right? To help, we found lots of options for Valentine’s Day cupcake papers, toppers, sprinkles and display stands. Check them all out:
Valentine’s Day Cupcake Boxes
Wilton Micro Hearts Sprinkle Mix BottlePlastic Conversation Heart Cupcake Rings ToppersMeri Meri Assorted Pink Cupcake CasesEdible Valentine SprinklesValentine Heart Whimsy Picks CaketoppersSweet Creations Valentine’s Day Cupcake PapersHeart Shaped Mini Cake PansMulti Colored Glittery Heart Cupcake ToppersValentine Red, White & Pink Heart Shapes Edible SprinklesValentine Cupcake KitWilton Valentine Combo PackWilton Heartfelt Valentine Mini Baking CupsScroll Heart Valentine’s Day Cupcake PicksCupcake Holder Stand
These 31 Pretty and Delicious Valentine Cupcake Recipes feature strawberry, cherry, red velvet, chocolate and more - each perfect for Valentine's Day. These cute Valentine cupcakes in white, pink and red have a fun topsy-turvy look! This Maraschino Cherry Cupcakes Recipe is perfect not only for Valentine's Day, but also for National Cherry Month - which is also February! These delicious cherry Coke flavored cupcakes have a whole maraschino cherry hidden away in the middle for a sweet surprise center. These rich chocolate cupcakes are topped with a creamy dreamy Nutella buttercream. These valentine cupcakes are shaped like hearts and covered in white, pink, and red frosting. The best part about these Valentine’s Day Cupcakes is that you literally don’t even have to bake them if you don’t want to. Head to the store and buy pre-made cupcakes and bring them home to decorate. Talk about one of the best cupcake ideas, ever! These sweet, fluffy and moist cupcakes are incredibly easy to make with the help of a box of cake mix. Topped with a luscious and creamy strawberry buttercream frosting to send this dessert over the edge. Delicately flavored with rose water and fresh lychee, these dreamy cupcakes are topped with a lightly sweetened rose and raspberry buttercream with a natural pink color. These from scratch strawberry crunch cupcakes are strawberry shortcake in cupcake form with a fun strawberry crumble topping! Made with an extra soft and moist vanilla cupcake, filled with strawberry jam, and topped with a slightly tangy whipped cream cheese frosting. Finish with the strawberry crunch topping and a fresh strawberry! A hidden truffle within these cupcakes makes them the perfect choice for a decadent Valentine's day treat! This crazy moist Pink cupcakes recipe with marble cream cheese frosting is the prettiest, easiest, most delicious cupcake you will ever make for Valentine´s Day . These Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes are easy to make from scratch using fresh lemon and strawberries! These light, fluffy strawberry lemon cupcakes are topped with a delicious strawberry buttercream for a treat everyone will love! These beautiful cupcakes are rich, moist and full of champagne flavor. They are topped with a luscious champagne buttercream, and some gold sprinkles to make them extra special! These black forest cupcakes have a moist chocolate base, homemade cherry filling with Kirsch, and a light whipped cream topping for a decadent Valentine’s treat! Soft and fluffy pink velvet cupcakes topped with a delicious and creamy cream cheese frosting. Perfect for Valentine's Day and red velvet lovers. These wonderful strawberry cupcakes with chocolate frosting are moist and delicious! They are also sugar-free, low-carb and easy to make These tasty and adorable Heart Stencil Cupcakes feature a red frosting middle and a confectionery sugar shaped heart top. A velvety cupcake topped with a rich and creamy buttercream frosting is always a treat. These Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Red Wine Buttercream are the perfect something sweet for sharing with someone special in your life. These Brownie Fudge Valentines Cupcakes are perfect for chocolate lovers! They’re a double layer of deliciousness. These tasty cupcakes get their unique flavor from pomegranate juice concentrate and lemon curd. Small Batch Red Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are moist and delicious homemade cupcakes from scratch without a cake mix. Recipe makes 6 cupcakes. These Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes are perfectly moist and fluffy with a subtle note of chocolate flavor. They are easy to make and downright delicious! This sugar-free keto vanilla cupcakes recipe is moist and sweet with a fresh raspberry buttercream frosting that takes them over the top. Red wine and chocolate is a match made in heaven and these Red Wine Cupcakes are topped with cream cheese frosting and make for the perfect Valentine's Day treats! These dark chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting are decorated with cute X’s and O’s These ultimate sweetheart red velvet cupcakes are an extra special dessert perfect for Valentine’s Day or another special occasion. With rich red velvet cupcakes as the base and sweet, fluffy cream cheese frosting, these cupcakes are sure to delight. Homemade candy decorations make them even more special. This easy to make cupcake recipe delivers tons of great cinnamon sugar churro flavor topped with a sweet frosting given a fruity twist by mixing in strawberry jam. These drool-worthy red velvet cupcakes are topped with a smooth and delicious cream cheese frosting. These cute pink cupcakes are perfect for Valentine's Day with their natural pink swirl of raspberry frosting. They're easy to make and decorate too!31 Pretty and Delicious Valentine Cupcake Recipes
Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes with Mocha Buttercream Frosting for Valentine's Day
Sarah L says
Oh, sure. Show me more sugary things that I won’t be eating. Pretty, though.
Rosie says
So many cute ideas! I never thought of making cupcakes for Valentines, now I’m on a mission!
Becky says
These cupcakes are SO pretty! I could definitely go for a strawberry or red velvet cupcake right now!
Cathi Crismon says
Oooooo….. now I want a cupcake. Seriously! I NEED a raspberry cupcake. I’m going to get baking right now.
Alicia says
These all look so good! Those heart shaped ones are really cute. I’m going to make them for my boys!
Mel says
These really are adorable cupcake ideas for Valentine’s Day. I appreciate the roundup for some ideas 🙂
Scott says
My favorite is chocolate with a red frosting. Hide a Hershey’s kiss inside of it and I’ll eat them all!
Cynthia R says
My favorite is the Heart Stencil Cupcakes. I love all the different cupcake decorations you found.
shelly peterson says
We love baking cupcakes. These are so cute and would be fun to make.
Jerry Marquardt says
Thank you for being right on time! I know that I will be making these a few times beofre the 14th. Thank you for sharing an awesome baking idea.
Hannah C says
Thanks for sharing! I love cupcakes and it would be fun to make some for Valentine’s Day.