Valentine's Day Recipes: From School Parties to Valentines Day Dinner Recipes

Start the day on a lovely note with these special Valentine's Day breakfast recipes:

• Chocolate Cherry Smoothies -- Sweet, refreshing with just a hint of chocolate, these smoothies are surprisingly healthy.
• Chocolate Chip Pancakes -- These pancakes have a secret ingredient that makes them light and fluffy.
• Chocolate French Toast -- If you can't have it on Valentine's Day, when can you have it?
• Cinnamon Rolls -- The perfect sweets for your sweeties!
• Cranberry Mini Muffins -- A wonderful make-ahead recipe for breakfast or a snack.

Send the kids to school with something extra special on Valentine's Day this year. Try:

• Chocolate Cherry Peanut Butter and Raspberry Jelly Sandwiches -- Make this gourmet peanut butter in advance (it's really quite easy), then surprise the kids on Valentine's Day with this extraordinary peanut butter sandwich. Cut the sandwich into a heart shape with a cookie cutter to make it even more festive.
• Apple Cheese Sandwiches with Honey and Walnuts -- This is a gourmet recipe that will satisfy kids and adults alike.
• Pizza Cookies -- Buttery and cheesy, these pizza cookies make a great treat any time of day.

Volunteering for the school Valentine's Day party? These recipes are sure to win the kids' hearts:

• Valentine Cookies -- These buttery chocolate heart cookies are perfect for school parties.
• Valentine Rice Crispy Treats -- Bring these heart-shaped rice crispy treats, and the kids will adore you!
• Peppermint Hershey Kiss Cookies -- Peppermint sugar cookies are topped with Hershey kisses.
• Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies -- Everyone loves 'em. Just be sure there are no peanut allergies in the class.
• Chocolate Mint Brownies -- They look great, yet they're amazingly easy to make.

Whether you're looking for something casual or something fancy, these Valentine's Day dinner recipes will put everyone in a festive mood.

• Heart Shaped Pizza -- Frozen bread dough makes this pizza a cinch to make.
• Heart Shaped Pasta with tomato cream sauce makes a divine Valentine's Day dinner they won't soon forget!
Cocktail Meatballs with Jelly -- A kid-pleasing dish that will satisfy the whole family, too.
• Raspberry Cool Whip Jello Recipe -- A sweet and refreshing side dish or dessert.

These drinks are sweet, soothing and creamy. Enjoy!

• Frozen Hot Chocolate -- The original recipe from Serendipity -- with a few tweaks to make it easier for kids to make by themselves.
• Hot Chocolate with Homemade Chocolate Chip Marshmallows -- So delicious, so worth it! Plan ahead for the marshmallows. You have to make them a day in advance.
• Hot Buttered Cider -- A non-alcoholic version of hot buttered rum for the kids. Soothing and sensational!

Naturally, you'll want to have something chocolate for dessert. But what to make? These desserts are among my favorites:

• Raspberry S'mores -- Bursting with raspberry flavor, these smores are outrageously good!
• Rocky Road Brownies -- The flavor of s'mores in a homemade brownie. What could be better?
• Chocolate Tres Leches Cake -- If you want something really special, make this cake. They will LOVE you for it. Shhh -- don't tell them how easy it was.