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Conversation Heart Cookies – The Sweetest Valentine’s Day Cookies

January 13, 2022 by Lisa Favre

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If you’re intimidated by royal icing and you want to quickly make Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine’s Day, try this easy recipe.

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day


 

Hello, everyone! It’s me, Lisa – and I can’t wait to share with you my newest Valentine’s Day creation… and a little V-day adventure I went on.

When you can’t find the Valentine’s Day treat you want – you make it yourself… super cute Conversation Heart Cookies!

So, if you know me, you’ll know that I am in love with… well, love! February 14 has always been my kinda day: whether I was single or taken. I even talked about how one can treat themselves on Valentine’s Day: because we all deserve it, right?!

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

So here’s a little story for you:

I am from the land of poutine: Montreal, Quebec. Yep: up in cold, cold Canada, I get to speak both English and French, survive massive snowstorms, and go to the sugar shack every spring. It’s a wonderful place to be (eh?)!

The other day, I was on the hunt for conversation heart candies. I noticed that stores all had their full Valentine’s Day display up, right in front of shop. But, for the life of me, I just couldn’t find conversation heart candies… anywhere!

What was going on?!

Conversation hearts are the epitome of Valentine’s Day. Something must be up!

So, like any millennial, I Googled the possibilities and found this article.

Um, excuse me?!

According to the article, NECCO, the company that produced the classic Valentine’s Day treats went out of business early on in 2018.

What’s a gal to do?! I know in the U.S., companies like Brach’s Candy still produce the convo hearts. But here in Montreal? No where to be found. Any other person would give up – but not me. No way!

So I went ahead and made my own. Ladies and gents, I present to you my Conversation Heart Cookies – the sweetest Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies you’ll ever munch on.

How to make Conversation Heart Cookies

Ingredients & Tools

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

For the cookies:

  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups flour (and extra for rolling)
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 drop red gel food coloring
  • 1 drop green gel food coloring
  • 1 drop violet gel food coloring
  • Heart-shaped cookie cutter

For the buttercream:

  • 1/2 stick butter, softened
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp milk
  • 1 drop red gel food coloring
  • Piping bag

Yields: approx. 12 cookies

Beat the Wet Ingredients

In an electric stand mixer, beat together butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until creamy.

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Dry Ingredients

Once your wet ingredients are well-combined, add the remainder of your ingredients (ie.: all the dry ingredients). Mix until cookie dough forms.

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Color Time!

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Once your dough is formed, separate into 3 even parts. Tint each one with your gel food coloring. Cover individually with plastic wrap and let sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Keep Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’

Remove the cookie dough from the fridge. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Sprinkle your working surface with flour. Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll each cookie dough so that it’s about 1/4 of an inch thick. Cut into heart shapes with your cookie cutter.

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Place each cookie gently on your lined baking sheet and bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Sweet Buttercream

As the cookies cool, make your buttercream. Using an electric mixer, beat together butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk on medium and gradually increase to high. Tint with a drop of red gel food coloring and scoop into a piping bag.

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Write it Out

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Now, for the fun part: write out cute messages on each conversation heart cookie. We used phrases like “DM Me” and “TXT Me” as well as: “2 Cute” and “4 Ever.”

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Serve and enjoy!

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Conversation Heart Cookies

These conversation heart cookies are tasty and easy to make Valentine’s Day cookies. Instead of worrying about royal icing, these colorful cookies use a simple buttercream icing for writing "conversation heart" messages.
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Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Cooling Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 9 minutes
Servings: 12 Cookies
Calories: 237kcal

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Equipment

  • Heart-shaped cookie cutter
  • Piping bag

Ingredients

For the cookies:

  • 1 stick butter softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg large
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups flour and extra for rolling
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 drop red gel food coloring
  • 1 drop green gel food coloring
  • 1 drop violet gel food coloring

For the buttercream:

  • 1/2 stick butter softened
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp milk
  • 1 drop red gel food coloring

Instructions

Make Cookies

  • In an electric stand mixer, beat together butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until creamy.
  • Once your wet ingredients are well-combined, add the remainder of your ingredients (ie.: all the dry ingredients).
  • Mix until cookie dough forms.
  • Once your dough is formed, separate into 3 even parts.
  • Tint each part with a gel food coloring.
  • Cover individually with plastic wrap and let sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
  • Remove the cookie dough from the fridge.
  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • Sprinkle your working surface with flour. Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll each cookie dough so that it’s about 1/4 of an inch thick.
  • Cut into heart shapes with your cookie cutter.
  • Place each cookie gently on your lined baking sheet and bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Make Buttercream Icing

  • As the cookies cool, make your buttercream. Using an electric mixer, beat together butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk on medium and gradually increase to high.
  • Tint with a drop of red gel food coloring and scoop into a piping bag.
  • Use the icing in the piping bag to write cute messages on each cookie. We used phrases like “DM Me” and “TXT Me” as well as: “2 Cute” and “4 Ever.”

Nutrition

Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 377IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

Conversation Heart Cookies for Valentine's Day

So tell me: do you love those conversation heart candies? What do you think of my Conversation Heart Cookies?!

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  1. sbobet live chat says

    February 15, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    Thanks for finally writing about >Conversation Heart Cookies – The Sweetest Valentine’s Day Cookies – 5 Minutes for Mom <Liked it!

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  2. Erlene says

    February 3, 2019 at 4:45 pm

    The dough colors of these cookies is so pretty! Thanks for sharing your recipe on MM. Pinned.

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  3. Jenny says

    February 3, 2019 at 8:46 am

    Your sweet treat is perfect to treat your loved ones with on Valentine’s Day. I’ll be featuring it tonight at Merry Monday. Hope to see you at the party!

    Reply
  4. Shirley Wood says

    February 3, 2019 at 8:00 am

    This recipe will be Featured at Merry Monday this week in our post for Homemade Valentine’s Desserts. Pinning and sharing across our socials. Thanks for partying with us! See ya next week.

    Reply

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