The Very Best Valentine is a Sweet Treat!

This Valentines Day, find the way to your love's heart through their stomach! Duncan Hines®, the iconic brand that creates life's most delicious moments, has created perfect romance recipes, sure to seduce taste buds everywhere!

Creamy Red Velvet Cupcakes

Absolutely tantalizing! Cream cheese, chocolate chips and coconut make these cupcakes rich with flavor.

INGREDIENTS:
1 Pkg Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe Red Velvet Cake Mix
1 8oz Pkg Cream Cheese
1/6 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Large Egg
1/2 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
1/2 Cup Flaked Coconut
1 Tub Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Cream Cheese Frosting

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease muffin pans or line with paper baking cups.

2. Prepare batter according to package directions.

3. Spoon batter into lined muffin cups. In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and egg; mix until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips and coconut.

4. Spoon about 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture onto batter of each cupcake.

5. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes following package directions. Spread cupcakes with frosting.

Cupid's Favorite Cherry Brownie Clouds

Indulge in our newest recipe idea: we've paired rich chocolate with fluffy frosting and sweet red cherries for a match that's made in heaven. Create your own today!

INGREDIENTS:
1 Pkg Duncan Hines® Double Fudge Brownie Mix
1 Can Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Vanilla Frosting
2-4 Drops of Red Food Coloring
8oz frozen non-dairy whipped topping, thawed
2 Tbsp Maraschino cherries
1 Tsp. Maraschino cherry juice

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare brownies according to package directions. Bake in a 13 x 9-inch baking pan for 22-25 minutes.

2. Cool completely. Using a 3-inch heart shaped cookie cutter, press 8 hearts out of baked brownies. Carefully remove brownies from pan.

3. Blend together frosting and food coloring to desired shade. Combine 2 tablespoons colored frosting, 1/2 cup whipped topping, cherries and cherry juice, to make fluff filling. Spread 2 tablespoons fluff filling on four brownie hearts. Top each with remaining brownie. Ice top of brownie sandwich with colored frosting. Garnish with remaining whipped topping, Maraschino cherries or candy decorations and sprinkles. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Makes 4 brownie clouds.

Conversation Heart Brownies

Spread the love with this delicious romantic treat. Heart-shaped Double Fudge Brownies with luscious chocolate and vanilla frosting are sure to create some passion.

INGREDIENTS:
1 Pkg Duncan Hines® Chocolate Lover's® Double Fudge Brownie Mix
1 Large Egg
1/3 Cup Water
1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Tub Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Vanilla Frosting
1 Tub Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Chocolate Frosting

Baking Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of 8x8-inch pan.

2. Prepare and bake brownies according to package directions. Cool completely.

3. Cut into hearts using a heart-shaped cookie cutter; carefully remove from pan.

4. Frost with Duncan Hines Creamy Home-Style Vanilla and Creamy Home-Style Classic Chocolate Frosting and decorate.

About the Author:
About Duncan Hines
In March 2004, Pinnacle Foods Corporation acquired the Duncan Hines brand from Aurora Foods who had purchased it from Procter & Gamble in January 1998. Today, the Duncan Hines product line includes over 80 different sweet baked-good mixes ranging from cakes and brownies to muffins and cookies as well as ready-to-spread frosting. All mixes and frostings are developed in memory of Duncan Hines' inventive spirit to inspire a love of baking. In 2007, Duncan Hines expanded into the frozen sweet goods aisle with the introduction of Oven Ready! Home-style Brownies. This year, Duncan Hines brings baking to a whole new level with Moist Deluxe Decadent Carrot Cake.