Valentine's Day

This method for reverse sear steak promises a beautiful, evenly cooked steak with a gorgeously browned crust that’s beyond your wildest dreams.

These chewy Valentine's day Oreo M&m's cookies are one of the best cookies you'll ever make! They are soft and chewy and packed with just the right amount of Oreos and M&m's!

Chocolate lava cakes gained popularity in the late 1990s thanks to the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and they have stuck around on dessert menus for good reason: They are rich chocolate cake and velvety sauce all in one, and they are surprisingly easy to make in under an hour. If you like to plan ahead, you can prepare the batter a day in advance, refrigerate it, then pop the cake into the oven when you are ready for dessert. This recipe, made in a 10-ounce baking dish, is meant for sharing, but you can also make it in two 6-ounce ramekins. Just cut the baking time to 7 to 9 minutes. Also, be sure to use chopped chocolate bars or chocolate fèves rather than chocolate chips here. Chips are made with stabilizers that inhibit melting and will negatively affect the texture of your dessert.

Jessica Hulett’s tender, cakey ricotta cookies taste like the white part of the best black and white cookie you've ever had. The recipe comes from Ms. Hulett’s grandmother Dorie, who used to flavor the cookies with anise, if she used flavoring at all. Adding lemon zest gives the cookies a fragrant brightness. We approve. Melissa Clark

If you’re the kind of person who chooses cookies over cake every time, this Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake is your dream dessert. It’s everything you love about classic chocolate chip cookies — soft, chewy, and packed with chips — but baked in one impressive round that’s perfect for decorating or adding candles. (We found a 12" round to be the perfect size for feeding a crowd and creating slices of an ideal thickness, though a 9" x 13" pan also works.) For an extra-polished look, finish the cookie cake with a piped border of swirled chocolate and vanilla frosting; it’s a simple touch that makes this cookie cake feel just as impressive as any sheet cake.  

This Chocolate Cake Recipe truly is the BEST EVER! You HAVE TO try it! It’s a 3-layer, super moist chocolate cake with a rich, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate buttercream frosting. And to top it all off, this cake is covered with a chocolate ganache drip. It's chocolate overload and you won't regret it.

What's the secret to making the perfect pancakes? Trust Delia Smith to show you and enjoy Pancake Day without any flops. Delia's method uses milk and water for really thin, lacy edges. With added melted butter for flavour, these thin crêpe-style pancakes taste best with drizzled with lemon juice and sprinkled with crunchy, granulated sugar, but if you want to take things up a notch try our pancake topping ideas. If you're looking for fluffy American-style pancakes, try our classic American pancake recipe. Each pancake (without topping) provides 88kcal, 7.5g carbohydrates (of which 0.9g sugars), 5g fat (of which 2g saturates), 0.4g fibre and 0.2g salt.

Crispy outside, spicy inside and shaped like a heart. This Heart Samosa is the cutest way to say I love food. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, tea time, parties or just to impress your loved ones. Easy to make, super crunchy and guaranteed to steal hearts.

Juicy bourbon butter ribeye bites, silky mashed potatoes, and fresh broccolini. This comfort food with a little luxury is absolutely perfect! Give it a try for Valentine’s Day or just a special night in.

This is a fancy restaurant dessert that's easy to make at home: mix up the little cakes, stash them in a fridge for a day and then take them out as you sit down to your meal, popping them in the oven just 10 minutes or so before serving them with a dollop of vanilla or pistachio ice cream. As each oven varies, it's worth having a practice run of these to see exactly how long the babycakes need to give them this glorious texture.

These adorable heart-shaped thumbprint cookies are packed with tart raspberry flavor, both in the cookie dough as well as the raspberry jam filling! They're easy to make, super buttery, packed with flavor and genuinely one of my favorite cookie recipes we've ever shared. Give them a try for Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Caramel Pretzel Bites are the perfect festive treat with pretzels, Rolo candy, pink and red m&m's, and heart shaped pretzels.

Our delicious chocolate-covered strawberries recipe shows you just how easy it is to make decadent white or chocolate-dipped strawberries at home.

In this beautiful Persian Love Cake, a buttery almond crust is filled with a creamy yogurt filling full of Middle Eastern flavors! This gluten free cake has the most amazing taste and is super simple to make.

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Banana Bread 🍓🍌✨ Ingredients: 3 overripe bananas, mashed (330 g) 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted (56 g) ¼ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream (60 g) ½ cup brown sugar, packed (100 g) ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 g) 1 large egg (≈50 g) 1 tsp vanilla extract (5 g) 1¼ cups all-purpose flour (150 g) 1 tsp baking soda (5 g) Dash of salt (≈0.5 g) ½ cup chocolate chips, plus more for topping (85 g) ⅓ cup chopped strawberries (≈50 g), plus extra for topping ⸻ Instructions: Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease or line a loaf pan with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Add the melted butter and Greek yogurt (or sour cream). Mix until combined. Stir in the egg and vanilla extract. Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar; mix well until smooth. Gently fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined—do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped strawberries. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle extra chocolate chips and chopped strawberries on top. Bake for 35–40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean (a few moist crumbs are okay). Let cool in the pan for 10–15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. #bananabread #chocolatestrawberries #valentine #baking #recipe

No-bake Valentine Teddy Graham Treats use only 3 ingredients and come together in minutes — perfect for kids, classrooms, and parties.

These Valentine Macarons are light, chewy, and filled with a smooth vanilla buttercream that is perfect for sharing with someone you love.

The traditional British classic made mini – Individual Beef Wellington! This showstopping dish is the epitome of elegance and indulgence: seared filet mignon is encased in herbed mushrooms and prosciutto then wrapped into individual pockets of flaky, golden-brown puff pastry. Make-ahead and freezing instructions provided.

This flavorful Prime Rib Rub is packed with garlic, herbs, and rich seasoning for the perfect standing rib roast crust every time. This 5-star dry rub has been a favorite for over 13 years! Whether you're preparing a classic prime rib roast or delicious prime rib sliders, this easy seasoning blend delivers incredible flavor in every bite. Perfect for your Christmas dinner.

These simple, yet fancy cast iron steaks are the perfect way to make a steak in the comfort of your own home.

For an elegant dessert, try this scrumptious traditional cheesecake. It won't disappoint you!

Steak au poivre may sound fancy, but with a few simple ingredients, you can make this French bistro favorite in under 30 minutes.

This marry me gnocchi is our newest take on the Delish original viral recipe, ready in 30 minutes with minimal ingredients.

The original recipe for these wonderfully decadent cakes, a great idea for making them for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion. I included the neat bit of trivia for how these wonderful cakes came to be. Sometimes that best creations come from accidents :) TRIVIA: These cakes were supposedly created when Vongerichten was creating a new dessert recipe and pulled them out of the oven precipitately. When he cut into it one, instead of the dense crumb he expected, a center of molten chocolate oozed out, and a classic was born. — Linda Avery