5 Chocolatey Valentine's Day Cookies

Valentine's Day calls for aphrodisiac foods — especially chocolate. Set the mood with these five über-rich chocolate cookie recipes.

1. Candy Cookies

These cookie-bonbon hybrids have candy in their centers.

2. Frosted Brownie Cookies

These fudgy, chocolatey and huge cookies are for those who like decadent, over-the-top desserts.

3. Cherry-Nut Mudslides

These deeply rich, moist cookies are speckled with hazelnuts, pistachios, and dried cherries.

4. Peanut Butter Cookie Moon Pies

This take on the classic uses gluten-free peanut butter cookies that are sandwiched with marshmallow cream and dipped in melted chocolate.

5. Chocolate-Espresso Snowballs

Cocoa, coffee and pecans are rolled together to make these semisweet, sugar-dusted nuggets.

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