The Best Sweets (That Aren’t Chocolate)

One of the sweetest days of the year is just around the corner. This year Valentine’s Day falls on a Monday and what’s a better way to start off your week than with a treat from your loved one? While chocolate is a typical go-to gift on this love-filled holiday, there are tons of delicious presents that aren’t your average box of chocolates.

Here are 17 Valentine’s Day sweets available for nationally shipping that you can send to your sweetheart that aren’t chocolate.

D Ō, Cookie Dough Confections

The delicious safe-to-eat cookie dough has created a limited-edition Van Gogh Vodka inspired Galentine’s Day Taster Pack. Each package is available nationwide and includes two taster packs. Each package has three, 2oz. jars of edible cookie dough for a total of six. The flavors include: Espresso Crunch – signature base + espresso powder + mini chocolate chips; Chocolate Kiss – cocoa base + milk chocolate chips + dark chocolate chips; and Salted Caramel – sugar cookie base + salted caramel sauce + sea salt + chocolate shavings. Then head over to Reserve Bar for the perfect Van Gogh Vodka flavor that pairs with each cookie dough flavor. Get the pack here.

The Cookie Cups Baking Kits

During the pandemic, The Cookie Cups, a bakery located in the Twin Cities, created by Nicole Pomije, had to adapt to new protocols, offer delivery services and close their doors to the public until it was safe to open. When her husband shared a link to a virtual cooking class, that’s when a lightbulb went off. Six months later they launched their first line of real baking kits. Options include the new Caramel Making Kit and Pretzel Making Kit, as well as the popular Unicorn Cookie Cup Kit, Pizza Making Kit, Homemade Bread Making Kit and Ravioli Making Kit. Order them here.

Cindy Lou’s Cookies

Miami-based Cindy Lou’s Cookies are the perfect gift for your sweetie and fortunately, you don’t have to be based in Miami (or New York where her second location recently opened at Citizens food hall) to enjoy the oversized baked with love cookies — as they are also available for nationwide shipping via Goldbelly. Available in packs of 6 or 12, you can choose from some of the most raved about flavors in Cindy Lou’s impressive line-up including Nutella swirl, red velvet with cream cheese, Captain Crunch, Lemon Cloud, peanut butter with marshmallow and toffee, and RockyRoad. Find them here.

Andie’s Eats Cake Scraps Jars

This savvy baker has carved out her niche in the bakery industry with her Cake Scraps line that complements her custom cake business. Made from scratch using all-natural ingredients, the layered cake in a jar comes with a choice of filling and a variety of toppings. They are a unique offering for everyday desserts, special occasions, and holidays. With custom label options, it’s easy to tell your Valentine how special they are. Check them out here.

Belgian Boys’ Frozen Desserts Bundle

Have your own gourmet dessert tasting menu right at home this Valentine’s Day with Belgian Boys’ Frozen Desserts Bundle. This indulgent bundle features creamy, tasty individually packed cakes in upcycled ramekin dishes – from Raspberry Cheesecake to Dark Chocolate Lava Cake and Chocolate Brookie (that’s a brownie-cookie). Better yet, all of Belgian Boys’ desserts are NON-GMO, Non-artificial, suitable for vegetarians and Kosher certified. Get them here.

Last Crumb Cookie Drop

Last Crumb is the online-only cookie brand serving up the most exclusive and luxurious dessert experience on the market. The LA-based brand utilizes an exclusive “drop” model inspired by luxury streetwear, or like Nike, but make it cookies. Exclusively for Valentine’s Day, Last Crumb will be releasing a box of 12 cookies, with four chocolate-based flavors (Better than Sex, Floor is Lava, S’mores Sans Campfire, What the F*ck Velvet) in a limited edition white box with metallic red accents and individually wrapped flavors in a signature red bag. The limited-edition Valentine’s Day box drop will take place on Tuesday, February 1, and Monday, February 7, where consumers will have to sign up for Last Crumb’s waiting list to be notified of the drop. Get on the list here.

Dylan’s Candy Bar Assorted Candy Boxes

Head to Dylan’s Candy Bar in-store or online to find fun boxes filled with sweet treats for your Valentines. Exciting options include the S’more Time Together Takeout Box with chocolate covered marshmallows, French vanilla malt balls, chocolate covered graham crackers, and more in this totally delicious mix; the Valentine Variety Tackle Box filled with sour gummy triple hearts, cherry taffy, Valentine marshmallows, milk chocolate hearts and more; and the Love Story Gift Box with three glitter notebooks, a glitter pen & collectable Stickerbeans heart sticker, plus plenty of candy to get the ideas flowing. Check them out here.

Serendipity Brands Ice Creams

For the ice cream lover this Valentine’s Day, let them indulge in delicious flavors inspired by famous NYC restaurant Serendipity3, including Cookies & Cream Remix, a perfectly pink pint for Valentine’s Day created by co-owner Selena Gomez featuring thick fudge swirls, cream filled cookie pieces, and pink vanilla ice cream! Additional Serendipity Brands’ flavors include Forbidden Broadway Sundae, Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, Birthday Cake, and more and are available online, through Amazon Fresh, and on GoPuff for quick delivery in participating areas – making it the perfect treat & last minute gift for Valentine’s Day .

Olive & Cocoa Gummy Love Crate

A yummy collection of Valentine’s gummies is sure to please your sweetheart. Petite includes red and white gummy hearts, pink and white gummy puffs, red and white gummy bears, red gummy pretzels, red and white gummy rings, and red and white heart-shaped nonpareils. Large also includes red and pink gummy disks, jelly beans, and gumdrops. Each size gift arrives wrapped in a hand crafted wood crate with ribbon. Get it here.

SmartSweets Build-A-Box

Surprise the ones you love this Valentine’s Day with SmartSweets Build-A-Box. SmartSweets features childhood fan-favorite candies made with real ingredients and less sugar and each box can be customized to your loved one’s taste. Candies include Cola Gummies, Sweet Fish, Gummy Worms, Peach Rings, Sourmelon Bites, and Red Twists. Build your box here.

McConnell’s Ice Cream Bundle

This Valentine’s Day, artisanal ice cream brand, McConnell’s Ice Cream is shipping a special festive bundle: Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Sea Salt Cream and Cookies, Sweet Cream Caramel Brownie and Salted Caramel Chip for $55. Order yours here.

Drew’s Cookies

royal chocolate. actual gluten. Really good for the environment. Drew’s Cookies are a sweet to bring about more sustainability in the world while functioning as a vehicle to give back. With fully sustainable packaging, including a patent on the world’s first paper cookie tray, as well as: 100% plastic-free, plant-based fiber replacement of legacy plastic packaging, avoids typical market plastic packaging, earth-friendly, no harm to earth packaging, CO2 reduction, and recyclable, by purchasing a box of cookies, Drew’s pledges to give back to the world by planting thousands of trees in Africa through his network there and repurposing land through the Alma Farms urban farming project based in Compton, California which exists to reclaim lives of formerly incarcerated people, repurpose land into productive urban farms, and reimagine the urban community as a place for people and plants to thrive. Get them here.

DAVIDsTEA Read My Lips

For those who want to keep it light, but still have a bit of a sweet tooth, this chocolate black tea is the way to go. A totally decadent blend of Chinese black tea, peppermint, chocolate bits and spicy pink peppercorns. DAVIDsTEA even added red candy lips for a kiss of sweetness. Pair it with their color changing mug where you can watch in awe as the hearts change from black to red. This ceramic Nordic Mug is clean, modern and sturdy. With a lid that doubles as a saucer, it’s the cup you’ve always dreamed of. Get them here.

Tipsy Scoops Boozy Bundle

For your cocktail loving love, Tipsy Scoop is featuring a Valentine’s Day four-pack complete with a custom message for your sor-bae. The boozy ice cream flavors include Dark Chocolate Whiskey Salted Caramel, Red Velvet Martini, Raspberry Limoncello Sorbet, and Strawberry White Sangria Sorbet. Place your order here.

Little Red Kitchen Bake Shop

The Little Red Kitchen Bake Shop has been a Brooklyn staple since 2014 when Susan Palmer brought her love of baking to a hungry public throughout New York City, creating handcrafted, small-batch cookies, cookie pies, and blondies and brownies using mostly organic ingredients and never any artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives for a taste that is wholesome and delicious. Her cookies range from classic flavors like her Signature Chocolate Chip, Molasses Spice, and Peanut Butter with each bite evoking a memory from childhood (or creating a new one if you are a child!) to creative spins on flavors you know and love. Little Red Kitchen’s assorted baked goods nationwide through her online shop, which rushes treats across the country in as little as one day. Try them out here.

Heart Box of Macarons from Dana’s Bakery

Send a box of love in the form of a Heart Box of Macarons available from online gluten-free Dana’s Bakery. It’s a fun take on the box of chocolates featuring limited edition macaron flavors like chocolate-covered strawberry, chocolate molten and hand-dipped chocolate caramel, plus crowd favorites like classic red velvet, cookie dough and strawberry shortcake. Order yours here.

Citarella Fresh Baked Brownie Flight

Citarella has a great selection of gourmet treats and gift baskets that make for perfect gifts for any loved one this Valentine’s Day. Brownie lovers rejoice over our freshly baked collection of the New York marketplace’s most popular brownies. Inside this delicious box you’ll find a fudgy brownie, a coconut chocolate chip brownie, a macadamia nut brownie, and a blondie brownie. Order this box here.