This Valentine’s Heart Brownie is a fun way to decorate a brownie with frosting, fruit, heart macaroons, chocolate, mint, and edible glitter.
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I had so much fun decorating this Valentine’s Heart Brownie!
When I first started planning this little Valentine’s sweet treat, I picked up some regular French macarons from the grocery store.
But then I found heart-shaped French macarons at two different grocery stores!
I ended up getting a package from both because I wasn’t sure how many I would need.
Both sets were delicious and very similar in taste to each other.
This Valentine’s Heart Brownie would be so fun at a Galentine’s party with all your girlfriends, for dessert on Valentine’s Day to enjoy with your family, or even as a special dessert for a date night at home.
This heart-shaped dessert was so fun and easy to create, you could even have your kids help you make it this Valentine’s!
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Valentine’s Heart Brownie
This Valentine’s Heart Brownie is a fun way to decorate a brownie with frosting, fruit, heart macaroons, chocolate, mint, and edible glitter.
Ingredients
- 2 Boxes of Brownie Mix, or a double batch of homemade brownies *(1)
- White Frosting
- Heart-Shaped French Macarons
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Cherries
- Dark Chocolate Hearts
- White Chocolate Hearts
- Mint
- Pink Edible Glitter
- Heart-shaped Cake Pan
- Heart Cookie Cutters
- 2A Piping Tip
- 32 Piping Tip
Instructions
- First, preheat the oven according to your brownie box instructions, then spray a heart-shaped cake pan*2 with spray oil.
- Mix both (1) brownie mixes and pour them into the heart-shaped cake pan.
- Bake according to the package instructions, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. *(3)
- Once the brownie has baked and cooled, remove it from the heart pan*(4) and place it on a piece of parchment paper.*(5)
- With the brownie upside down on the parchment paper, place a large heart cookie cutter in the center and press down to cut out a second, smaller heart, leaving a hole in the center.
- Fill a frosting bag with the white frosting with a 2A piping tip and frost the top of the 2 heart brownies.’I started by outlining the outside of the heart, then the inside, and then filling it in.
- Place any remaining frosting (I had quite a bit left) into a second piping bag with a 32 piping tip and fill in any holes.
- Then, top the frosted brownie with the heart-shaped French Macarons, strawberries (I cut a couple in half), raspberries, cherries, dark chocolate hearts, white chocolate hearts, and mint.
- Finally, sprinkle edible glitter in a few areas on the frosted Valentine’s Heart Brownie.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- You can do just one box/batch; I just wanted them to be extra-thick brownies, so I used 2 boxes.
- I used a heart cake pan that I’ve had since we got married over a decade ago, but this one (click here) is similar and comes with heart parchment inserts to make it easy to remove!
- I found it took longer to bake because it was a double batch of brownies, but if you do only 1 box/batch, it should bake according to the packaging instructions. I cooked it at 325 for much longer than the box recomended as it was twice as big as a normal brownie. The lowered temperature helps it bake better since it’s so big.
- Since I didn’t have the heart-shaped parchment paper inserts (mentioned in #2, although I could have made some…) I used a spatula to loosen it along the edges, then hit it a few times upside down to further loosen it.
- To make it easier to cut in step 5, I placed it in the fridge to chill. But then I forgot about it and didn’t cut into it until the next day. You can chill it overnight or for a couple of hours to make it easier to cut smoothly.
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