If you’re in need of a luscious, crowd-pleasing Valentine’s Day dessert, this one is perfect and tastes like a million bucks but uses plenty of baking shortcuts so it’s super easy to make.
How To Make The Valentine’s Day Vanilla Sugar Cookie Bars
First make the sugar cookie crust by combining a packet of sugar cookie mix with butter, an egg, pressing it into a pan, and baking it off. A big tip here is not to overbake the sugar cookie layer or the finished bars will be overly chewy and hard. Err on the side of underbaking is my recommendation. Top the baked sugar cookie crust with a mixture of cream cheese, milk, and instant vanilla pudding mix. I used regular pudding mix rather than sugar-free and cannot comment on how these will turn out if you use sugar-free pudding mix. If you don’t have pudding mix in your area or don’t want to order it, I’m sorry to say this is probably not the recipe for you, but check out all these other fun and festive Valentine’s Day recipes. After a stint in the fridge that enables the pudding mixture to set up, top the bars with whipped topping and sprinkles. I used these Sweetapolita sprinkles because all of her stuff is just so cute.
How Do The Bars Taste
My 12 year-old daughter gave these a 10 out of 10 and I would have to agree. The sugar cookie crust is soft but plenty chewy which is a great contrast to the cream cheese and pudding layer. That layer has rich vanilla flavor that complements the sugar cookie crust and it’s squishy, light, and airy. If you like lush-style desserts, you will love these bars. I don’t get much cream cheese flavor nor did my daughter, but it’s there to help give the pudding some body and oomph rather than just being pudding. Since I could eat whipped topping by the spoonful, it’s perfect and not to be missed, along with the color and festiveness that the sprinkles add.
Great For Valentine’s Day Parties
If you’re in charge of bringing a dessert to your office or school Valentine’s Day party, or are the mom on duty making a Valentine’s Day dessert for your child’s school party, this is such an easy dessert to make. It makes a 9×13-inch pan and you can slice the bars smaller than I did and really get some mileage out of one pan. And of course, if you’re trying to impress that special someone, the bars will do the Valentine’s Day trick. Favorite Valentine’s Day recipes:
Valentine’s Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars – Sugar cookie bars are so much FASTER AND EASIER than making sugar cookies! The sprinkles and tangy cream cheese frosting help to make the bars a PERFECT Valentine’s Day treat! Soft M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies – The softest, thickest, best M&M cookies ever! People love these big cookies loaded with M&Ms & chocolate! Valentine Peanut Butter M&M Blondies – Soft and chewy with rich peanut butter flavor and studded with M&Ms!! Perfect for Valentine’s Day events or parties! EASY, one bowl, no mixer recipe that everyone loves! Soft Frosted Valentine Heart Cookies – The easiest cutout cookies you’ll ever make! No rolling pin, no mixer, no chilling the dough! Soft and chewy with plenty of frosting and sprinkles! Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Valentine’s Blondies – Fast, EASY blondies loaded with peanut butter, chocolate chips, and topped with peanut butter HEARTS!! Bring them to a Valentine’s Day party or surprise someone special! Loaded Soft and Chewy M&M Cookie Pie – If you like M&M cookies, you’ll love this biggie version! Super easy and always a big hit!
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Valentine’s Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars – Sugar cookie bars are so much FASTER AND EASIER than making sugar cookies! The sprinkles and tangy cream cheese frosting help to make the bars a PERFECT Valentine’s Day treat! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes!
Valentine Peanut Butter M&M Blondies – Soft and chewy with rich peanut butter flavor and studded with M&Ms!! Perfect for Valentine’s Day events or parties! EASY, one bowl, no mixer recipe that everyone loves!!
Soft M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies – The softest, thickest, best M&M cookies ever! People love these big cookies loaded with M&Ms & chocolate!
Soft Frosted Valentine Heart Cookies – The easiest cutout cookies you’ll ever make! No rolling pin, no mixer, no chilling the dough! Soft and chewy with plenty of frosting and sprinkles!
Loaded Soft and Chewy M&M Cookie Pie – If you like M&M cookies, you’ll love this biggie version! Super easy and always a big hit!
Valentine Chocolate Almond Clusters – You don’t need a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day when you can have these!! Easy, no-bake, ready in 15 minutes, and homemade always tastes better!!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Valentine’s Blondies – Fast, EASY blondies loaded with peanut butter, chocolate chips, and topped with peanut butter HEARTS!! Bring them to a Valentine’s Day party or surprise someone special!
Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars with Pink Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting – Fast, easy cookie bars that are sure to put everyone in the Valentine’s Day spirit!
