Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies

Treat your loved ones to a fun and delicious treat this Valentine’s Day! My heart-shaped chocolate chip cookies are adorable, chewy, and filled with chocolate-y goodness.

Welcome back to Merry About Town! My name is Merry and I love sharing fuss-free, family-friendly recipes. Today, I’m all about Valentine’s Day, and I’m thrilled to share my recipe for Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies with you!

What Are Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies?

These super cute treats are essentially cookie bars that have been cut into hearts using a cookie cutter. Because they bake as cookie bars, they’re thicker and softer than your traditional chocolate chip cookie.

What Ingredients Do I Need to Make These Valentine Cookies?

To whip-up these cookies, you will need the follow ingredients:

• All-purpose flour (not self-rising!)
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Unsalted butter
• Granulated sugar
• Brown sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Eggs
• Chocolate chips

What size cookie cutter did you use?

I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter that was about 3 inches at its widest point.

I Love Cookies! Got Any More Recipes?

I am so glad that you asked! Here are some of my favorite cookie recipes of all time:

Southern Tea Cookies

Copycat Crumbl Sugar Cookies

No-Bake Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies

Wookie Cookies (Yes! These are Star Wars-inspired cookies)

Be Sure To Cool Before Cutting

As mentioned in the recipe card below, it’s vital that you allow the cookies to cool down completely before cutting them into hearts. This way, they’ll keep their shape.

Are There Any Ingredient Alternatives to Make these Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies?

When cooking you can often switch out things with no issues whatsoever. Unfortunately, baking is not the same! Please stick to the recipe as closely as possible so that you have a steady base/texture to work with. Even changing the measurements for either sugars could make such a difference (ie.: More brown sugar will make the cookies even more gooey!).

However, when it comes to the chocolate chips, feel free to change it up! You can use white chocolate chips, caramel chips, or even add nuts to make the flavor of these Valentine cookies your very own.

How to Make Valentine-Themed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Step 1: The Prep Work

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F and line a 15×10 pan with parchment paper. Set aside.

Step 2: Sift the Dry Ingredients

In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt.

Step 3: Mix Together the Wet Ingredients

In another bowl, mix together butter, both sugars, vanilla extract and eggs. Mix until smooth.

Step 4: Combine All Ingredients

Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and fold in chocolate chips and mix until a thick cookie batter forms.

Step 5: Prepare The Cookie Batter for Baking

Add the batter into your lined pan, and use an offset spatula to even it out and smooth it out on top.

Step 6: Turn The Cookies Into Hearts!

Bake for 20-22 minutes and allow to cool before cutting. Use your heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out heart shapes and serve! (Be sure to save any scraps! They’re still good to eat!)