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    Home » Blog » Valentine's Day

    2-Color Valentine Sugar Cookies

    Published: Jan 3, 2022 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Easy Valentine's Day cookie designs can be absolutely gorgeous, even when you only use just two colors of icing. Learn how to mix and match cookie shapes and different icing colors to make a simple but sweet Valentine cookie platter for your friends and family.

    A photo collage shows examples of the easiest 2-color icing Valentine's Day cookie designs.

    Sweetly decorated sugar cookies make a perfect Valentine's Day treat for your kids or special sweetheart.

    To keep the cookie decorating process simple, I love to stick to a "Two Color" rule when it comes to the icing.

    That may sound limiting, but there are countless ways you can mix and match a different sugar cookie shape with certain colors of icing to have absolutely stunning cookie trays when you're done.

    Whether I'm baking on my own or with my kids, I always take a little time to plan our cookie designs working with the just two colors plan.

    Then sometimes I add a third or fourth color by adding sprinkles for accents.

    To help inspire you to create your own easy Valentine cookies, I wanted to share some simple design ideas to get you started.

    These adorable designs would be good to keep ready if you want to plan a fun Valentine's day cookie decorating party, too!

    Royal Icing Sugar Cookie Tips

    Are you new to decorating with royal icing?

    You won't want to miss these helpful tips before you get started:

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    Easy Valentine's Day Cookie Designs

    The key to planning an easy Valentine cookie platter is to choose cookie shapes that are easy to decorate and plan for a simple iced design on top.

    (HINT: We absolutely adore these cookie cutters with simple shapes.)

    Working with just two colors of icing and a variety of sprinkles to add more color and depth, you'll quickly have a gorgeous cookie tray to share with your sweeties.

    How to Plan a Cookie Decorating Party

    Whether you want to set up a Valentine's Day cookie party for your kids or just want to grab a few of your besties for some fun baking time, all the easy tips and supply lists you need can be found here:

    Photo Credit: Sweet Sugarbelle

    Decorated Rose Cookies

    Bake up a dozen roses, they'll last longer than the real deal!

    Just pair green along with your favorite color flower for these simple but stunning buds.

    Want to send a certain message?
    Here are the meanings behind some classic rose colors:

    • Red = Love
    • Pink = Sweetness
    • Yellow = Happiness
    • Orange = Desire
    • White = Unity
    • Reference the full rose meaning chart here.
    Photo Credit: Lilaloa

    Tiled Heart Cookies

    Just a simple red and white cookie and you can have this stunning tiled heart cookie tray.

    Photo Credit: Handmade Farmhouse

    Love Letter Cookies

    These adorable heart-sealed envelope cookies are made with just a rectangle cookie cutter and white with pink icing. Sealed with a kiss!

    Photo Credit: Mom Loves Baking

    Red Hearts with White Polka Dots

    Mix and match and make white hearts with red polka dots or solid red hearts and solid white hearts with the opposite color message written on top.

    Photo Credit: Bake at 350

    Stripey Valentine Cookies

    This is technically a 3-color cookie, but you could pare down the design to just two colors and use sprinkles for the third color accent. Imagine a sparkly sprinkle border around the base cookie with a sparkly heart cookie on top!

    Photo Credit: thecafesucrefarine.com

    Sprinkle Swirl Cookies

    These festive sprinkle swirl cookies make the easiest 1-color cookie platter. The sprinkles bring in all the depth you need for interest.

    Pink Doily Cookies

    This is the perfect example for how pretty a 2-color cookie can be! Use the accent color for delicate doily accents on the border and top.

    Photo Credit: Life Love and Sugar

    Solid Pink Hearts

    Sometimes a solid-color cookie is the prettiest. In this instance, use red or white to draw the cute borders and add gold or silver edible candy balls for accents.

    Photo Credit: Little Sister Cookie

    Raining Hearts

    With white clouds and a pale pink background just below, you could attach red candy hearts and use a black edible pen to add the accents to make these adorable heart clouds.

    Photo Credit: gluesticksblog.com

    Sweet Pink Pigs

    These sweet pink piggies are the Valentine's Day cookie I didn't know I needed until I saw them. Another adorable example of a 1-color cookie that uses sprinkles for accent.

    Photo Credit: www.lilaloa.com

    Dino-Mite Valentine Cookies

    Just add heart sprinkles and you could make almost any shape a fun Valentine cookie! These dinosaurs will march right into your heart.

    Photo Credit: goboldwithbutter.com

    Love Bug Sugar Cookies

    Pick just 2 colors -- Red and Pink or Purple and White -- to make these adorable love bugs. Candy google eyes and hearts could form the face.

    Tic Tac Toe Cookies

    Ice the cookies in white with black borders for the game and simply use candies for the x's and o's if you don't want to mix up small batches of piping icing.

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