Valentine’s Day means tiny cards traded among schoolchildren and romantic dinners. It also means heart-shaped food.
Of course, it’s perfectly reasonable to eat food in its normal shapes, even if you’re in love. But if you do want to celebrate the theme, here’s which chains have altered popular foods in celebration.
Where can I get heart-shaped pizza for Valentine’s Day?
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California Pizza Kitchen: A Sweet Deal for Two (starts at $55, for dine-in and takeout) available from Feb. 10 to 16 includes one starter, two entrées – including heart-shaped pizzas – and a dessert.
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Papa John’s: Get a heart-shaped pizza from until Feb. 16 for $11.99.
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Pizza Hut: Get heart-shaped pizzas starting at $11.99 nationwide until Feb. 17.
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DiGiorno: Get DiGiorno’s “Heartichoke Pizza” online for $2.14. A limited number of heart-shaped pies will be available for purchase at noon ET on Feb. 13, while supplies last.
Where can I get heart-shaped pasta for Valentine’s Day?
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Bellita Pasta: Get Bellita’s “Valentino,” a festive and gluten free pasta made from red beets online for $10.95.
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Barilla: Barilla Love, another heart-shaped pasta, is available for purchase online, or in-person at a select Barilla retailer near you. Barilla’s Love will also be served at Nordstrom Restaurant Group locations throughout February.
Where can I get heart-shaped sandwiches for Valentine’s Day?
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Chick-fil-A: Get heart-shaped trays through Feb. 22, while supplies last. Customers interested in purchasing a Heart-Shaped Tray can choose from a variety of sweet and savory menu options, including 30-count nuggets, 10-count Chick-n-Minis, 12 fudge brownie halves, or six chocolate chunk cookies.
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Hardee’s: All biscuits are heart-shaped through Feb. 16. Members of the My Rewards loyalty program can get a BOGO biscuit deal through Feb. 16, too.
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Panera Bread: The bakery chain has a special BOGO deal on Asiago Bagel Stack sandwiches on Feb. 13-14 with code BAEGEL. Select cafes in the New York City area will also free heart-shaped Cinnamon Crunch BAEgels, while supplies last.
Where can I get heart-shaped desserts for Valentine’s Day?
Krispy Kreme’s Hearts in Bloom Collection includes four brand new heart-shaped doughnuts in a customized flower bouquet box. All of the decorated doughnuts come unglazed but have either a white, cookies and creme, chocolate, or caramel filling.
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Baskin-Robbins: Get a heart-shaped “Crazy for You Cake” made with your favorite ice cream and cake flavors and topped with fudge accents, chocolate drips and Oreo and buttercream rosettes for $21.99, or try Love Potion #31, a limited-edition ice cream flavor made with white chocolate and raspberry ice creams, raspberry-filled chocolate hearts, raspberry swirls and chocolate-flavored chips.
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Dairy Queen: Limited-time Valentine’s Day treats include the Red Velvet Cake Blizzard Treat, made with red velvet cake pieces and cream cheese icing, and the Red Velvet Blizzard Cupid Cake, which has red velvet cake pieces and cream cheese icing in layers of vanilla soft serve, topped with Red Velvet Cake Blizzard Treat.
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Dunkin‘: In honor of the “sweetest day over,” Dunkin’ is offering customers the chance to purchase “Cupid’s Choice Specialty Donut” a strawberry sprinkled doughnut filled with Bavarian Kreme and the “Brownie Batter Specialty Donut,” a chocolate sprinkled doughnut filled with brownie batter-flavored butter creme. Other classic doughnuts are also available in heart shapes with pink, red and white sprinkles, as will the seasonal Pink Velvet Macchiato and Frosty Red Velvet doughnuts.
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Insomnia Cookies: Limited-time cookie specials available through Feb. 23 include Red Velvet, Red Velvet Cheesecake Filled Classic and Cupid’s Cookies ‘N Cream – and Heart Cookie Cakes (available through Feb. 16, require a 2-hour lead time).
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Krispy Kreme: Choose from four new heart-shaped doughnuts, which includes the “You Make My Daisy Doughnut,” “Blooming Heart Doughnut,” “Love You Bunches Doughnut,” and the “You Are My Sunshine Doughnut” from Krispy Kreme’s “Hearts In Bloom” collection through Valentine’s Day. Doughnuts from the Valentine’s Day drop can be found at Krispy Kreme, or in select grocery stores.
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Portillo’s: Get Valentine’s Day-themed goodies, including a heart-shaped version of Portillo’s famous chocolate cake and a chocolate strawberry shake. Portillo’s heart-shaped items will be available in-house until Feb. 16, while the shake will stick around through Feb. 28.
Contributing: Mike Snider, USA TODAY and Carly Sauvageau, Reno Gazette Journal, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Chains have heart-shaped food Valentine’s Day. Where you can find it
