Valentine’s day is often about buying gifts, treating people to dinner dates or movies or at least purchasing a box of chocolates. But we all know that gifts made with your own two hands are way better than anything you can get at the store. So this year we thought we’d give you some cute Valentine’s Day cookie ideas that you could look at, get inspired and perhaps bake a few for your sweet Valentine.

1. M&M Cookies

There’s just something special about using red and pink M&M’s instead of chocolate chips and you know it. It’s sweeter and way cuter than regular chocolate chip cookies.

2. Be Mine Cookies

Sometimes you just want to be extra cute and spell out be mine on an edible treat, ok? It’s fine, no one is judging you.

3. Red Velvet Nutella Cookies

These are red, they’re chocolate chip and they’re stuffed with Nutella, so when you break it there’s all that gooey goodness and you’re already buying the ingredients aren’t you?

4. Brownie Cookies

A brownie but make it thin and crispy and shapes like a heart and tasting like a cookie. Listen it sounds crazy but it works.

5. Valentine Macarons

Macarons take a lot of work but they’re definitely worth it for the right occasion and most importantly the right person.

6. Literal Valentine

When you want to make your love known, but also make the person feel super special, just bake them an edible valentine card.

7. Tic-Tac-Love

You don’t want to play games with people’s hearts, but you can totally do that with cookies though.

8. Love Letter Cookie

If you feel like you’re not great at writing but perhaps you’re good at making cookies. This love letter cookie idea might be the best choice of gift ever.

9. Letter of Love

Another cute love letter idea, just a different interpretation and decoration. Probably still tastes amazing though. We all wish these were the kind of letters we got in the mail.

10. Waffle Hearts

Who said cookies can’t be decorated with waffles. Break the rules if your heart is into it, that’s what love is all about.

11. Valentine’s Choice

A throwback to school days when kids would actually pass notes like these. We bet generation Z is very confused right now.

12. Chocolate Box

A box of chocolates is such a classic Valentine’s gift, but why not put a twist on it and make it a cookie shaped like a box of chocolates? Sweet inception.