Valentine's Day Recipes with Red Hots

Bring the season's staple sweet -- cinnamon candies -- into your Valentine's Day treats. Paired with cookies, tossed in a trail mix, or melted down to make a cinnamon-flavor drink, you'll love our creative recipes.


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Red Hot Sugar Cookies

Cut cookies into heart shapes, add cinnamon candies, and voila! -- Valentine's Day is done.

Yield: 48 cookies
Prep: 15 mins
Bake: 8 mins 375°F
Flamin' Cinnamon Cider

Melt down a handful of cinnamon candies for a sweet sipper you can serve to your sweetie or a crowd.

Makes: 10 servings
Start to Finish: 15 mins
Cinnamon Sugar Sticks

Shortbreadlike sticks make great companions for cinnamon candies. Bake and cut the sticks, then dip in white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed cinnamon candies.

Yield: 56 sticks
Prep: 45 mins
Bake: 8 mins 350°F
Red Hot Chocolate Slices

What's not to love in these three sugar cookie layers? One layer is chocolate, one has crushed cinnamon candies, and one is tinted red for love. Sweet!

Yield: about 24
Prep: 25 mins
Bake: 8 mins to 10 mins 375°F per batch
Chill: 2 hrs
Bittersweet Chocolate Bark with Cinnamon Candies

Chocolate and cinnamon always go great together on Valentine's Day. Melt some bittersweet chocolate and mix in a sprinkling of cinnamon candies to make bark candy that's a sweet surprise for the holiday.

Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 10 mins
Freeze: 10 mins
Cook: 8 mins
Valentine Cookies

Cut a revealing message in your Valentine's Day cookies -- our "Be Mine" sentiment stands out thanks to cinnamon candies that melts as it bakes.

Makes: 18 servings
Yield: 2 large and 6 small cookies
Prep: 25 mins
Chill: 2 hrs
Bake: 10 mins 375°F
Chocolate Squares

Top chocolate treats with cinnamon candies for a sweet Valentine's Day look. This recipe takes just 15 minutes of prep.

Makes: 48 servings
Yield: 48 to 60 pieces
Prep: 15 mins
Chill: 2 hrs
Favorite Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread isn't just for Christmas -- make these heart-shape gingerbread cookies for your loved one on February 14. Topped with cream cheese frosting and cinnamon candies, these cookies finish the day on a sweet note.

Yield: 48 (2-1/2-inch) cookies
Prep: 40 mins
Chill: 3 hrs to 4 hrs
Bake: 5 mins to 6 mins 375°F per batch
"Beary" Good Snack Mix

Make a trail mix that brings together cute bear cookies, raisins, dried fruits, and, of course, the season's cinnamon candies. This is a great mix if you're hosting a party or your kids need a Valentine's treat for school.

Makes: 4 servings
Yield: Makes 3-1/4 cups
Start to Finish: 5 mins
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