Food52: 9 Edible Valentines

Valentine's Day is a wonderful mid-February excuse to celebrate, indulge, and nostalgically recall the grade school days of exchanging paper cards and carnations. We hope you haven't outgrown the spirit of giving and receiving Valentines, but we also hope that you'll forgo the drugstore boxes of assorted chocolates this year in favor of our hand-picked assortment of indulgent sweets.

Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

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Friends, this is a most exquisite dessert, especially given the minimal effort here. The orange zest, a real boon ingredient to any baking, I think, and the liquor, which is more than subtle but not at all a hammer, make an elegant match with the melted chocolate you've tossed into the batter. Dusted with a bit of powdered sugar, these are sophisticated, pretty little additions to the table of inevitable brownies and chocolate chip cookies you are bound to find at the buffet. - Jenny

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Photo: Sarah Shatz