10 Swoon-Worthy Sweets for Your Sweet (or Your Sweet Tooth) This Valentine's

(SPOT.ph) We know, we know; your teeth are aching and breaking from all the Valentine’s content popping up everywhere you look in the past weeks. (A whole dang holiday dedicated to ~luuurve~? Preposterous.) However you feel about the occasion, though, there’s one thing you can be thankful for this time of year—and it’s that you have every excuse to load up on allll the sweet treats, especially with the special V-Day themed versions you can get from local food shops and purveyors. They make for great gifts, should you be looking to impress friends, family, or that special someone—but there's also no reason you can't practice some self-love and order for you. Who needs a significant other when you can have sugar?

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Make February sweeter with these Valentine's day desserts:

Strawberry Garden Cake from Half Saints

Here’s one dreamy dessert that might just evoke the joy of frolicking in Baguio’s strawberry farms with your S.O.—or at least sate the craving for the fruit. Half Saints’ Strawberry Garden Cake (P2,900/eight inches) resembles a bag full of freshly picked strawberries with its chocolate exterior and topping of fresh Benguet strawberries. Take your pick from the Devil's Food Cake version with a dark chocolate “wrapper,” dark chocolate cake, chocolate cream-cheese frosting, and choco-caramel fudge; or the Strawberry Garden Cake version with a Ruby chocolate “wrapper,” Japanese sponge cake, strawberry slices, strawberry purée, and whipped cream.

For orders, visit Half Saints’ website.

Strawberry Pastillas White Chocolate from Dekada Chocolates

The tartness of strawberries is a fantastic match with the creaminess of white chocolate—especially if it’s the real-deal stuff made with local cacao beans we’re talking about. You’ll see what we mean with Dekada Chocolates’ Strawberry Pastillas White Chocolate Valentines Set (P1,500), which stars the bean-to-bar chocolate purveyor’s own Strawberry Pastillas White Chocolate made with real freeze-dried strawberries. You get a 150-gram tub of that plus another 150-gram tub of Dekada's dark chocolate (choose between 50%, 60%, or 70%) or Tableya. The set also includes dried flowers and a card.

For orders, send a message to Dekada Chocolates on Facebook or Instagram.

Very Berry Cookies from Mo’ Cookies

Whoever said the nostalgic bake that is cookies can’t be taken out for a romantic spin? Mo’ Cookies is bringing back their Very Berry Cookie—their limited-edition treat originally launched for Mother’s Day in 2022, with ruby and white chocolate coins, dried strawberries, and dried cranberries—for the season of hearts. This fruity-buttery treat goes for P170 a palm-sized pop, but you can also get it in boxes of four and eight.

For orders, visit the Mo’ Cookies section on Moment Food’s website.

Cakes, Macarons + More from Bizu

Bizu’s V-Day lineup covers almost all the essentials of the dessert-gift spectrum—cakes, macarons, chocolate, the works. Go for the Romance cake (starts at P675/personal) hugged by chocolate ganache and topped with strawberries if you or your beau like it dark and brooding, or the La Vie en Rose (P1,375/six by three inches) with the flavors of strawberries, white chocolate, and rose for a lighter, daintier treat. Don’t miss their Love Boxes, or all-in-one boxes with an assortment of sweets and picturesque blooms; the Darling Love Box with Forever Flowers (P4,900), for example, includes a box of four Valrhona Chocolate with Mixed Berries Macaron de Paris, a box of three Strawberry Truffles Box, two Sugar-Free Chocolate Bars, and flower decor in a large gift box.

For orders, visit Bizu’s website.

Red Velvet Mini Roll from Scout’s Honor

For a simpler treat that delivers optimum impact, consider Scout’s Honor’s Mini Roll line—essentially small, reasonably priced swiss-roll cakes in flavors like Dulce de Leche and Pandan Kaya. They recently added a Red Velvet variation (P295) to the lineup that’s just as drool-worthy, combining a soft, cocoa-tinged cake base with a cream-cheese custard filling.

For orders, visit the Scout’s Honor section on the Tasteless Food Group’s website.

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Valentine Box from Patisserie Le Choux-Colat

This homegrown patisserie tempts with their line of desserts—many with chocolate, as their moniker suggests—all year round, but you’ll definitely want to check them out this Valentine’s. Their Valentine Box (P2,200) is bound to sweep your beloved off their feet—or have them at a chocolatey high at least—as it comes with two of their Petit Gâteaux (Chocolate topped with a dark chocolate heart, and Coffee Crème Brûlée) plus handmade chocolate roses.

For orders, fill out Patisserie Le Choux-Colat’s order form or check out their Facebook page.

Cream Puffs, Cakes + More from Leonisa’s Kitchen

Don’t underestimate this small business known for their cream puffs; their desserts satisfy as much in the visuals department as they do in taste and quality. And oh, you bet they’re pulling the stops for Valentine’s season, beginning with their Special Valentine Cream Puffs (P530/box of six, P720/box of nine) with Almond Caramel and Ruby Chocolate Strawberry fillings. Don’t miss their bigger confections, which include the stunning multitextural Ruby Chocolate Strawberry Tart (P1,850); the Heart Cream Puffs (P1,800) with strawberry cream puffs and chocolate-dipped strawberries; and heart-shaped versions of their fruit shortcakes.

For orders, send a message to Leonisa’s Kitchen on Facebook or Instagram.

Heart-Shaped Cakes from Butternut Bakery

‘Tis the season of hearts over at Butternut Bakery with their heart-shaped cakes worth swooning over. It's all about classic flavors here—take your pick from the Mocha Bouquet Cake (P1,200) with mocha chiffon cake, a yema filling, and French buttercream piped as roses; or the lemon-cream cheese filled pink Velvet Heart Cake (P1,500) that that you can get in blush or red colorways. Prefer a smaller treat? Their Mocha Bouquet Baby Cake (P345) and Pink Velvet Heart Baby Cake (P380) are equally excellent.

See a list of Butternut Bakery branches. For delivery orders, visit their website.

Valentine’s Ice Creams from Sebastian’s

There’s a frozen dessert for every kind of relationship, situationship, or complicationship over at Sebastian’s. As they do every Valentine’s, they’ve come out with four lovelife status-themed scoops. This year’s line has the Mationong Boyfriend (P435/pint) with orange peel and orange almond cake; Matinong Girlfriend (P435/pint) with the flavors of dark beer, caramel, and peanut brittle; Closure (P405/pint) with chrysanthemum tea; and the infamous Unresolved Issues (P305/pint) ampalaya sorbet that's decidedly bittersweet. New to the lineup, too, are the Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream Cake (P155/slice, P1,650/whole) with layers of chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream; and the bite-sized Strawberry Poppits (P260).

For orders, visit Sebastian’s Ice Cream’s website.

White Chocolate Bark, Valentine Bombs + More from Tigre y Oliva

No need to choose between flowers and chocolate with Tigre y Oliva’s White Chocolate Bark (P200). This ravishing bar begins with the brand’s white chocolate, which they then top with a visually stunning mix of rose tea, dried blue ternate flowers, dried cranberries, yellow raisins, mixed nuts, and dragees—oh, she’s a beaut alright. There’s also the Valentine Bombs (P350), a box of bonbons filled with strawberry cremeux and dulce gatas. Don’t miss their other V-Day treats: the Biscoff-topped Blondies (P580), cream cheese-stuffed Red Velvet Cookies (P450), Small Valentine Gift Box (P2,700), and more.

For orders, visit Tigre y Oliva’s website.

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