Valentine’s Day Puff Pastry Hearts

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Surprise your loved ones with these puff pastry hearts filled with chocolate cream and fresh raspberries. Easy and quick recipe for a sweet Valentine’s treat!

Looking for a quick last-minute Valentine’s Day dessert that also looks impressive? Why not try these puff pastry hearts?

The whole prep takes about 15 minutes, including filling and assembling the hearts. Baking takes about 7 minutes!

If you want to surprise someone special with a vegan dessert, I suggest trying chocolate-covered dates. They are perfect for any occasion – birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Mother’s Day ….

Or, if you are looking for savory Valentine’s Day recipes, I have a heart-shaped pizza pocket on the blog. We love it!

How to make puff pastry hearts for Valentine’s Day

First, preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit (180° Celsius). While waiting for the oven to get hot, you can cut hearts out of the puff pastry sheet. I would get about 9 hearts out of my pastry (but I only made 4 of them). This can vary depending on the size of your pastry and the cookie cutter you use. My advice is to use the largest cutter you have.

You don’t need to use all the pastry if you know that you are going to make this for 2 people. I recommend cutting out as many hearts as needed and using the rest of the pastry to make something else (i.e. mango chicken puffs or parmesan asparagus pastry twists)

Place the hearts onto a baking tray/cookie sheet lined with baking parchment and transfer into the oven (if already pre-heated).

The next thing to do is wash and pat dry the raspberries + make the chocolate filling. The filling is very easy to make: Mix chocolate hazelnut spread (Nutella can be used) and cream cheese in a bowl and you are done! No need for a mixer – a spoon will do.

As the baked pastries are fragile, I recommend piping the chocolate hazelnut filling to prevent any breaking. Use any piping tip you have on hand.

Before assembling these puff pastry hearts, you need to let the baked pastries cool down completely. This only takes a few minutes (10-15, depending on the temperature of your room). Then, carefully cut each heart in half (like in the photos).

Before you start:

Puff pastry – my local store only sells pre-rolled fresh puff pastry sheets that I simply unroll and use. The size can vary slightly from brand to brand (in this case: 9 x 12 inch/24 x 32 centimeter). Now, I suggest you buy puff pastry that you have experience with. Feel free to buy a frozen one and thaw it before using, if that is what you normally do.

If you would like to make it from scratch, then I recommend this easy homemade puff pastry recipe made by Allie from Baking a Moment. It looks amazing.

Chocolate filling – I used about 5 heaped tablespoons of chocolate hazelnut spread and the same amount of cream cheese. I suggest you do a 1:1 ratio and taste and add more (either chocolate hazelnut spread or cream cheese) if needed.

Baking plain puff pastry – These hearts were ready in 10 minutes, but yours may need more/less time to bake. The baking time depends on the oven and puff pastry. I recommend watching them as they can easily turn golden brown to burnt.

Toppings – I generously sprinkled all puff pastry hearts with powdered sugar and heart-shaped sprinkles. After, I top them with chocolate sauce. You can just use the sugar and omit the rest, if you like. Instead of chocolate sauce, raspberry/strawberry sauce can also be used.

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