From heart-shaped pizzas to candy, 16+ places to get Valentine's Day treats in Louisville
What's the best way to someone's heart? Some say it's through the stomach. For Valentine's Day, that might mean you could treat your special someone to locally-made chocolates, a decadent cupcake or even a heart-shaped pizza.
There are tons of area bakeries offering up sweet treats for Valentine's Day, including Heitzman Bakery, 3333 Bardstown Road, Heitzman Traditional Bakery and Deli, 9426 Shelbyville Road and Nord's Bakery, 2118 S. Presto St., but here are a handful of other restaurants and shops that also have everything covered for whatever suits you this holiday. Here are 16-plus places to find sweet and savory treats for Valentine's Day around Louisville.
Where to find heart-shaped pizza in Louisville for Valentine's Day
Bearno’s Pizza (multiple locations): is serving heart-shaped pizzas for Valentine’s Day. Find a list of all Bearno’s locations at bearnos.com.
Papa John's (multiple locations); is serving thin-crust, heart-shaped pizza for Valentine's Day. It arrives uncut "because we don’t want to break your heart," the company says. papajohns.com.
California Pizza Kitchen (7900 Shelbyville Road): Heart-shaped pizzas are available in any crispy-thin-crust pizza flavor for dine-in only. California Pizza Kitchen is also offeringa Valentine’s Day Sweet Deal for Two that includes one appetizer, two entrees and one dessert. For dine-in or online orders. 502-425-5125; cpk.com.
Papa Murphy’s (multiple locations): Papa Murphy’s (home of the “take ’n’ bake pizza”) will be offering its HeartBaker pizza. The HeartBaker pizza will be available in either cheese or pepperoni. The chain will also offer a “Sweetheart of a Deal." Available in stores and online, and includes a HeartBaker Pizza (cheese or pepperoni) and chocolate chip cookie dough. papamurphys.com
Pizza Hut (multiple locations): Pizza Hut is offering heart-shaped pizzas for Valentine's Day. You can upgrade the deal to include an Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie or Triple Chocolate Brownie. Pizza Hut’s heart-shaped pizzas will be available to order online, through the Pizza Hut app or in-stores, and via delivery, carryout or contactless pick-up. pizzahut.com.
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Chick-fil-A (multiple locations): is offering a 30-count nugget, 10-count Chick-n-Minis, six-count of chocolate chunk cookies, and 12 chocolate brownie halves with each of the menu items is placed in heart-shaped trays. chick-fil-a.com
White Castle (multiple locations): White Castle is offering the Love Cube Meal for two (eight cheese sliders, two soft drinks, and two shareable sides for $14.69.) whitecastle.com
Where to find Valentine's Day treats in Louisville
From doughnuts to cookies, cupcakes and fruit, here's where to find some sweet treats in Louisville for Valentine's Day:
Edible Arrangements (multiple locations): Love-themed fruit arrangements, chocolate-covered strawberries, flowers and more. Including the Valentine's Day Berry Bouquet, Valentine's Day Sweetheart Platter, Valentine's Day Bouquet, Valentine's Cookies & Chocolate-Covered Strawberries Bouquet, Valentine's Cupcakes & Treats Platter, chocolate-dipped strawberries and more. ediblearrangements.com.
Krispy Kreme (multiple locations): Heart-shaped decorated Kreme-filled doughnuts that are decorated with the saying, Bee Mine, My Batter Half, Cookies to My Kreme and Beary Best. For those who order a dozen, they will be placed in a special gift box with a pop-out Valentines to share. krispykreme.com
Bee Mine: A heart-shaped doughnut filled with Strawberries and Kreme, dipped in red icing, and decorated with a pink icing drizzle and a bee fondant piece.
Cookies to My Kreme: A heart-shaped doughnut filled with Cookies & Kreme, dipped in white icing, then decorated with a chocolate icing drizzle and confetti heart sprinkles.
My Batter Half: A heart-shaped doughnut filled with Cake Batter, dipped in pink icing, then topped with heart sprinkles.
Beary Best Valentine: A heart-shaped doughnut with chocolate icing and chocolate sprinkles, decorated like a teddy bear with Chocolate Kreme and icing.
Dairy Queen (multiple locations): The return of two ice cream treats, the Dipped Strawberry Blizzard and the Dipped Strawberry Cupid Cake are back. Both are topped with real strawberry and chunks of Ghirardelli chocolate.
Dunkin’ Donuts (multiple locations): Two classic donuts will return this year at Dunkin', including Brownie Batter and Cupid’s Choice doughnuts, both are heart-shaped. The Brownie Batter Donut is filled with rich, chocolatey brownie batter-flavored butter-creme filling and frosted with vanilla icing and chocolate sprinkles. The Cupid’s Choice Donut is filled with Bavarian Kreme and frosted with strawberry-flavored icing and pink sprinkles. For Dunkin’ coffee drinkers, they have a seasonal coffee blend known as Dunkin’ Winter blend coffee. dunkindonuts.com.
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Gigi’s Cupcakes (1977 S. Hurstbourne Parkway): Valentine-themed treats including a Sweetheart Box of minis, Kandy Kiss, cupcakes, cookies, cakes and more. 502-499-4998; gigiscupcakesusa.com.
Nothing Bundt Cakes (12949 Shelbyville Road, Suite 101, 502-874-5848, and 4505 Shelbyville Road, Suite 100, 502-835-2001): This bakery offers love-themed treats, including their "Love You to Pieces" cake and heart-shape "Bundtini" toppers. For details: nothingbundtcakes.com.
Plehn's Bakery (3940 Shelbyville Road): Since 1924, Plehn's has been serving up sweet treats for Louisville. This Valentine's Day, you can snag heart-shaped cakes, ice cookies, butter heart cookies, meringue kisses, heart-shaped cookies and more. Call 502-896-4438 or visit plehns.com/valentines-day for more details.
Sweets by Morgan (533 Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana): Heart-shaped cookies, cake pops, brownies, cakes, cupcakes and more. It also offers gluten-free options (cupcakes, cakes and cookies). Custom orders must be placed online. 812-725-0080; sweetsbymorgan.com.
Please and Thank You (Multiple locations): Get a sugar cookie cake, crunch sugar grab bag, Be My Valentine Chocolate Chip Cook Cookie Dough Dozen Tube, Squeeze & Spank You sweatshirt and the 10 annual mixtapes. For details, visit pleaseandthankyoulouisville.com.
Where to find candy for Valentine's Day in Louisville
Looking for a more traditional sweet treat? Check out one of these Louisville-area candy shops for the perfect holiday-themed gift:
Art Eatables (9816 Lynn Station Road; 819 W. Main St.): This bourbon-focused chocolate store specializes in bourbon chocolates and truffles. For more details, visit arteatables.com.
Muth's Candies (630 E. Market St.): This candy shop in Louisville's NuLu neighborhood features artisan goods, including bourbon balls, Modjeska's, hearts, red-and-white sanded gummy hearts, sour pucker lips and more. For more details, visit muthscandy.com or call 502-585-2952.
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Rawnaissance Desserts (1759 Bardstown Road): This confection shop in the Highlands specializes in raw, organic desserts including chocolates, cakes and more. They also offer Keto options. For more details, visit facebook.com/rawnaissancedesserts; rawD2go.com or call 502-424-3639.
Schimpff's Confectionery (347 Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana): This historic soda shop has been around since 1891 and features old-fashioned sweets and ice cream plus a small candy museum that includes the popular cinnamon red hots. And special just for Valentine’s Day, it offers the Cinnamon Red Hots in the shape of a heart. It will also offer heart-shaped chocolate candies for Valentine’s Day. Reservations for candy demos take place Monday through Friday. Or, you can check out a demo on a Saturday, which takes place at 11 a.m., noon, 1, 2:45, and 3:45 p.m. For more details, visit schimpffs.com or call 812-283-8367.
Reach Features News Gege Reed at greed@courier-journal.com.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Valentine's Day 2022 in Louisville: Candy, deals, heart-shaped pizzas
