Bake heart shaped sugar cookies on a stick to make Valentine cookie pops. This is the perfect recipe to make and decorate with kids on Valentine’s Day! It’s fun and easy too!
With February just around the corner, I’ve been seeing Valentine treats galore on Pinterest. These Valentines cookie pops were more of an experiment for me, but I was determined to make them.
The end result with these sugar cookie pops was most definitely worth it. It was a lot of fun decorating them too. Who knew a cookie on a stick could be so much fun?
How to Make Valentine Cookie Pops
For these frosted sugar cookie pops, I made my mom’s cutout sugar cookie recipe; I’ve been making this recipe for as long as I can remember.
Make the Dough
First mix up the dough following these steps…
- Sift or whisk together the flour with the baking soda, salt, and sugar.
- Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the dry ingredients.
- Work the butter in until the mixture is as fine as corn meal.
- Give the eggs a slight beating with a whisk.
- Then in a separate mixing bowl, combine the buttermilk and vanilla extract with the slightly beaten eggs.
- Add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients.
- Mix ’til you have a smooth cookie dough.
Chill the Dough
At this point, you’ll need to cover the dough closely with wax paper or plastic wrap, and chill it in the refrigerator overnight or at least 3-4 hours.
Cut out Heart Shapes and More
- Now it’s time to roll out the dough.
- Then cut out the heart shaped cookies. I have a simple heart cookie cutter that I used, along with a mitten and a double heart cookie cutter.
How to Put Cookies on a Stick
- After cutting out the cookies, place them, one at a time, onto an un-greased baking sheet. Then place the cookie pop sticks on each cookie, gently pressing down into the dough just a bit.
- Bake the heart cookie pops at 425° for about 8-10 minutes. They’ll puff up somewhat. Lay cookies out on a paper towel, and let cool.
Frost and Decorate Heart Shaped Cookie Pops
When the cookies have cooled well, the fun begins. You can make a simple sugar cookie icing out of powdered sugar, butter, cream, vanilla, and almond extract.
We like to use different colors. I normally shy away from coloring as much as possible, because I don’t like to feed it to my kids; but it’s an occasional special treat.
You can use whatever your heart desires to decorate, things like sprinkles, colored sugar, candy hearts, etc. Once you’ve decorated your cookies to the hilt, they’re ready to eat or gift.
Though my mitten and heart cookie pops are definitely far from perfect, they’re really fun to make, especially once I halfway figured out what I was doing. They’re definitely a fun project to work on with kids (especially the decorating part). Enjoy!
More Valentine’s Day Recipes, Including Cookies
Valentine’s Day recipes are fun to make, and these are a few of our favorites…
- Heart shaped chocolate whoopie pies
- Valentine snack cakes
- Valentine cake pops
- Heart shaped Valentine Rice Krispie treats
- Valentine marshmallow pops
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Valentine Cookie Pops
Bake heart shaped sugar cookies on a stick to make Valentine cookie pops. Perfect recipe to make and decorate with kids on Valentine's Day!
Cookie Dough:
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (or sour milk)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting:
- 4 tablespoons salted butter (softened)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 6 cups powdered sugar
Cookie Decorating:
- 1/2 cup sprinkles (optional)
- 5 drops food coloring (optional)
Cookies:
Sift or whisk together the flour with the baking soda, salt, and sugar.
Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the dry ingredients.
Work the butter in until the mixture is as fine as corn meal.
Give the eggs a slight beating with a whisk.
Then in a separate mixing bowl, combine the buttermilk and vanilla extract with the slightly beaten eggs.
Add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients.
Mix 'til you have a smooth cookie dough.
At this point, you'll need to cover the dough closely with wax paper or plastic wrap, and chill it in the refrigerator overnight or at least 3-4 hours.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface.
Then cut out the heart shaped cookies. I have a simple heart cookie cutter that I used, along with a mitten and a double heart cookie cutter.
After cutting out the cookies, place them, one at a time, onto an un-greased baking sheet. Then place the cookie pop sticks on each cookie, gently pressing down into the dough just a bit.
Bake the heart cookie pops at 425° for about 8-10 minutes. They'll puff up somewhat. Lay the cookies out on a paper towel, and let cool.
Frosting and Decorating:
Mix together the softened butter, vanilla extract, almond extract, whipping cream, and powdered sugar, 'til you have a smooth frosting that's spreadable.
Decorate each Valentines cookie pop with frosting and sprinkles, as desired. Enjoy!
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