Chocolate Shortbread Hearts for Valentine’s Day
These Chocolate Shortbread Hearts are perfect for a Valentine’s Day treat to share with your favorite valentine!
When I was in college, I was very much into celebrating anti-Valentine’s Day with students in my dorm. There were always cookies and movies with the girls and I had the best time. (Even the year I had a boyfriend, I celebrated with my friends. As an RA and later the Resident Director of the dorm, this was one of the best times we had together.) Basically, I love cookies. And I love an excuse to make them.
Now that I have a husband and kids, I still like to make Valentine’s Day special for them. My kids love treats and I’m all about making things special during a pandemic. These Chocolate Shortbread Heart cookies are really cute and such a fun treat!
What you need for Chocolate Shortbread Hearts:
- 1 ¾ C flour
- ⅔ C cocoa powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ C sugar
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 C Ghirardelli melting chocolate wafers
- Red sanding sugar
- Valentines day confetti heart sprinkles
- Heart shaped cookie cutter
- Disposable piping bag
How to make chocolate shortbread hearts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with silicone mats (I have similar mats!)
- Using a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa and salt.
- Using another large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the vanilla until combined.
- Gradually beat in the dry ingredients.
- On wax paper, roll the cookie dough to about a quarter inch thick.
- Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out heart cookies.
- Place cookies onto the cookie sheets and bake for 14 minutes.
- Allow to cool
Decorate:
- Using a microwave bowl, melt the chocolate wafers – I like to melt them in 30 second increments, stirring each time (and not overcooking them.)
- Scoop into the piping bag and cut the very edge of the tip of the bag so you don’t have too much coming out at once.
- Drizzle the melted chocolate over the heart cookies and sprinkle red sanding sugar and heart confetti sprinkles over the chocolate.
- Allow the chocolate to harden.
- Enjoy!
Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
These chocolate shortbread hearts cookies are a fun and tasty treat for your favorite valentine!
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ C flour
- ⅔ C cocoa powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ C sugar
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 C Ghirardelli melting chocolate wafers
- Red sanding sugar
- Valentines day confetti heart sprinkles
- Heart shaped cookie cutter
- Disposable piping bag
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with silicone mats (I have similar mats!)
Using a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa and salt.
Using another large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in the vanilla until combined.
Gradually beat in the dry ingredients.
On wax paper, roll the cookie dough to about a quarter inch thick.
Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out heart cookies.
Place cookies onto the cookie sheets and bake for 14 minutes.
Allow to cool
Using a microwave bowl, melt the chocolate wafers - I like to melt them in 30 second increments, stirring each time (and not overcooking them.)
Scoop into the piping bag and cut the very edge of the tip of the bag so you don't have too much coming out at once.
Drizzle the melted chocolate over the heart cookies and sprinkle red sanding sugar and heart confetti sprinkles over the chocolate.
Allow the chocolate to harden.
