My favorite way to celebrate Valentine’s Day (and most any holiday) is by using it as an excuse to try new recipes and enjoy special food together!
Ryan and I aren’t very sentimental about Valentine’s Day. We’re big on birthdays and Christmas, but Valentine’s Day tends to sneak up on us. My birthday is only two weeks before Valentine’s Day, so that’s probably part of it.
Even if we aren’t going out or buying extravagant gifts for each other, though, I love to use any and every special occasion as a reason to cook up a big meal and make a special dessert!
There are so many Valentine’s Day desserts that are really unique and creative! I love the pink and red theme Valentine’s Day desserts follow, and that many of them include chocolate too. If you’re a paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegan eater, I’ve gone to the trouble of finding the best for you!
Here are 10 of the absolute best, prettiest, paleo and vegan Valentine’s Day desserts!
All these Valentine’s day desserts are paleo AND vegan, which means they’re also perfect for a lot of other food allergies – they’re gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and egg-free as well. Enjoy!
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Cherry Berry Almond Crumble
From Gourmande in the Kitchen
Bake sweet cherries and berries topped with an almond flour crumble to create this gorgeous deep pink paleo dessert that’s great for Valentine’s Day!
You can find almond flour and tapioca flour for this recipe on Amazon if you don’t already have them in your pantry. They’re used in a lot of grain-free baking recipes, so if you want to continue baking grain-free desserts, they won’t go to waste!
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Chocolate Raspberry Cream Candy
From Paleo Running Momma
These heart-shaped chocolate candies with raspberry cream filling were created for Valentine’s Day. They’re so cute, and they look heavenly!
The cream filling is made with raw cashews and coconut cream, raspberries, honey (or maple syrup), and lemon juice, blended in a food processor.
You can find a silicone sheet with heart-shaped molds on Amazon!
Pink Heart Sugar Cookies
From Jake’s Gluten Free Market
These pink heart sugar cookies are adorable and make a perfect paleo Valentine’s Day dessert! They’re made with an almond flour base and just a few other common ingredients. If you’re vegan or dairy-free, you can use palm oil shortening instead of butter.
No-Bake Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Macaroons
From Bakerita
These no-bake chocolate dipped strawberry macaroons are beautiful, look incredibly delicious, and will be perfect for Valentine’s Day! These macaroons are made with coconut products and freeze-dried strawberries, and then they’re dipped in melted dark chocolate.
If you’re not sure where to get freeze-dried strawberries (I wasn’t either), they’re available on Amazon! (click the image):
Chocolate Raspberry Candy Bars
From Eat Healthy Eat Happy
I want to make these paleo chocolate raspberry bars today and not wait for Valentine’s Day, they look so good. Plus, they’re really simple to make!
You make the chocolate topping with coconut oil, cocoa, and maple syrup. The filling only takes 4 simple ingredients, which you up blend in a food processor. These bars need to harden in the freezer for 10 minutes, then they’re ready to be eaten!
White Chocolate Raspberry Bark
From Primally Inspired
This paleo Valentine’s Day dessert is a much healthier version of white chocolate bark with raspberries, mini chocolate chips, and coconut!
The bark is made with cacao butter, a food that is really good for you and full of antioxidants! It’s available on Amazon if you haven’t baked with it before.
Easy Strawberry Cheesecake
From Paleo Gluten Free Eats
This strawberry cheesecake is entirely paleo, with a grain-free date and pecan crust. You actually make the “cheesecake” with raw cashews and coconut cream, with just a few other ingredients.
I love the pretty red and white marbling on top, and think it would make a perfect paleo Valentine’s Day dessert as well!
Raspberry Cream Pies
From Texanerin
Made with a coconut cashew crust and a creamy coconut raspberry filling, this recipe makes adorable paleo mini raspberry cream pies!
Cranberry Bliss Bars
From 40 Aprons
From my year working at Starbucks, I know their cranberry bliss bars are both delicious and extremely unhealthy. These paleo cranberry bliss bars are a grain-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free alternative, but no less tasty! Perfect for Valentine’s Day (or any other holiday).
Raspberry Matcha Bars
From Bakerita
These paleo raspberry matcha bars look so dreamy! This blogger says that the tartness of the raspberries pairs perfectly with the earthy matcha flavor.
If you’re unfamiliar with matcha powder, it’s a green tea powder with over 100x the antioxidants of regular green tea. It’s also a metabolism booster and helps your body detox. You can find it, as well as the freeze-dried raspberries this recipe calls for, on Amazon:
