This Mini Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Monkey Bread Recipe is a special treat for breakfast or dessert on Valentine’s Day, for anniversaries, or anytime you want to say “I Love You”.
Valentine’s Day has never been a big holiday for David and I. We usually go out for a dinner, and maybe a movie, but only because we like any excuse to get away for the night. Most of the time we’ll do it before or after February 14 because we don’t want to deal with the crowds.
We do have a few traditions with the kids though. Many years ago, we actually made Valentine’s Day more of a family celebration, rather than one just for us as a couple. We always buy the kids a box of chocolates and there is always a special Valentine’s Day dinner and dessert.
I’ve made lots of different treats over the years, but this year, I decided to try something new. I have several Wilton Springform Heart Shaped Pans (mini – 4″ size) that I had never used, so I thought it was the time to put them to use.
As I considered all the possibilities for using my heart shaped pans, I had almost settled on cheesecake (ha, I say settled, but seriously, is cheesecake ever settling??). But, monkey bread had been on my mind lately and I thought that how cute individual monkey breads in the shape of a heart would be. Who wouldn’t love to have their own monkey bread for Valentine’s Day?
To make Heart-Shaped Monkey Bread, you’ll need a heart shaped pan. I use the Wilton Exelle Elite 4″ Heart Shaped Springform Pan, but I suspect that you would be able to adapt these instructions to almost any heart-shaped pan. Besides the pan, you will need refrigerated biscuits (the kind that comes in a tube). I used a package that was 12oz and had 10 biscuits in it. Each 4″ heart pan needed 2 biscuits — and each biscuit was cut into 6 pieces.
The cut biscuit pieces are placed into a zipper-style bag that has a cinnamon-sugar mixture. I usually drop 6 biscuit pieces in, give it a few shakes and then add 6 more pieces, continuing to shake well after each addition.
The biscuits (12 small pieces) are pressed down into the greased springform pan.
Brown sugar and butter are melted together and then 2 tablespoons are drizzled on top of the cut biscuit pieces.
The monkey bread is baked in the oven for about 12-15 minutes. Now, I find that a bit of the brown sugar/butter mixture does escape from the bottom of the springform pan, so be sure to put your pans on top of a baking sheet.
When it’s done, the heart is inverted over a plate and removed from the baking pan.
To serve our Mini Heart-Shaped Monkey Bread, I added a drizzle of pink glaze on our plates and then some Valentine sprinkles. The heart was placed on top of the drizzle.
To eat, just pull off pieces of the dough balls from the heart. The drizzle on the plate is nice for “dipping” the biscuits too.
Here’s the recipe — and be sure to leave me a comment — I’d love to hear about what you do on Valentine’s Day!
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Mini Heart-Shaped Monkey Bread
Description
This Mini Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Day Monkey Bread Recipe is a special treat for breakfast or dessert on Valentine’s Day, for anniversaries, or anytime you want to say “I Love You”.
Ingredients
- 10 ounces refrigerated biscuits (12 tube – I used Pillsbury Grands Jr.)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
Optional glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon milk
- Pink food coloring
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 4″ diameter heart-shaped springform pans with cooking spray.
- In a zipper-style bag, combine cinnamon and granulated sugar. Cut each biscuit into 6 pieces. Place 6 biscuit pieces into cinnamon-sugar mixture bag, close, and shake to coat pieces. Add an additional 6 pieces of biscuit (no need to remove other pieces), close, and shake to coat. Repeat with remaining pieces.
- In a small saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar together over medium heat, stirring frequently. Heat until sugar is dissolved and remove from heat.
- Place 12 biscuit pieces into each heart-shaped pan. Press down gently to make sure they are covering the entire bottom of the pan. Drizzle 2 tablespoons or so of butter/brown sugar mixture evenly over biscuits in the heart-shaped pan. Repeat with remaining pans.
- Place heart pans on a baking sheet (baking sheet should be used because some of the butter/brown sugar mixture my release from the bottom of pans). Bake for 12-15 or until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes. Turn pans over onto a plate to allow them to be removed from the pan. If any dough ball falls off from heart shape, press them back onto heart – as they cool completely, the balls will keep their shape.
- Optional glaze: in a small bowl, mix together powdered sugar and milk. Add pink food color to achieve the desired color. If you wish, drizzle some of the glaze on a clean plate, add sprinkles to glaze, and top glaze with one of the monkey bread hearts.
Notes
–This recipe is made in 4″ diameter Wilton Springform Heart Pans. If you don’t have these you can substitute other pans, although the number of biscuits needed in each one, and the amount of butter/sugar mixture needed, may vary.
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Want more Valentine’s Day recipes?
Here are 11 more heart-shaped recipes for Valentine’s Day:
- Large Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Hearts from Real Mom Kitchen
- Sweetheart Popcorn from A Night Owl
- Queen of Hearts Chex Mix from Bless This Mess
- Valentine’s Jello Popcorn Balls from Mom Endeavors
- Valentine’s Chocolate Chip Cookies from Around My Family Table
- Heart Shaped Pretzels from Betsy Life
- Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Strawberry Maple Syrup from Eat Your Heart Out
- Heart Shaped Strawberry Shortcake from See Vanessa Craft
- Raspberry Cream Tart from A Little Claireification
- Rice Crispy Hearts from The Rebel Chick
- Nutella Filled Conversation Hearts from Julia’s Cuisine
Miz Helen says
What a fun Mini Hear Shaped Monkey Bread! Your post is awesome and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
J. Ivy Boyter says
This is adorable!! Stopping by from the Wonderful Wednesday linky
Jess says
This looks so cute and sounds yummy!!
Kristin says
What a fun and yummy breakfast idea for Valentine’s Day!!
Regan says
I love this Brandie! Featuring this week in Family Fun Friday.
Emily says
So adorable! I love having little individual hearts for each person. Thanks for sharing at the Monday Funday Party. – Emily
Miz Helen says
Happy Valentine Day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome talent with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Petra says
These are so cute! I have never heard of monkey breads and I wonder why! The heart shaped molds look like a perfect Valentines treat!
Thank you for bringing these to Fiesta Friday! 🙂
Hil says
Oh man those look so good!! I could demolish all those!
Thanks for linking up at #bloggerspotlight
Debra Needles says
What a great idea! We love monkey bread at our house! Thanks for sharing with us at Funtastic Friday!
Lori says
Adorable treat! Thanks for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It 🙂
Beverly says
I have never made monkey bread but these looks so cute. Great idea.
Thanks for sharing at Over The Moon Party,
Bev
Cate / Int'l Desserts Blog says
I’ve never made monkey bread before but it looks delicious. I love the mini portions – great idea anytime of year!
Rachel says
I do love me some monkey bread, why not start my Valentine’s Day off with it?! Thanks for the idea and great recipe!
Sara @ finditfixitorbuildit.com says
These look so good! I like that you used refrigerated biscuit dough…makes for an easy recipe. Thanks for sharing:)
Tasha @ Cookie Crumbs says
Yum! I love Monkey Bread and my daughter would be so excited about this! The hubs and I like to have a nice dinner together (this year we’re doing a quiet dinner and movie at home) and then the Sunday of Valentine’s Weekend is the daddy/daughter date that he and my daughter have started for Valentine’s Day. Nothing big. They get each other Valentine’s, get dressed up and then have Brunch together. It’s really quite adorable and something just for them.
I can’t wait to try this monkey bread!
Ruth McIver says
Not at all as complicated as I thought. It is rather easy. The fun part is finding the heart shaped pan which is probably in abundance now. Nice to have the sections already cut out. Finger food makes it fun.
Christine | Mid-Life Croissant says
cinnamon, sugar and butter. that’s all I need. oh, and a heart shaped springform pan! Thanks for linking up at #SaucySaturdays!
Frugal Hausfrau says
That looks good enough to eat 🙂 but seriously darling, too! I like your round up of ideas – that popcorn sounds like fun!! Thanks for sharing this with us on Throwback Thursday! Hope to see you next week!
Mollie
Heather @MySweetMission.net says
Thank you for linking up these delicious and adorable Mini Heart-Shaped Monkey Bread at the Creative Muster Party and hope you’ll stop by Tuesday night at 6 pm EST to party with us again! Shared on Facebook, I know my followers will LOVE them! 🙂
Heather
MySweetMission.net
Dina | Savvyinthekitchen says
This looks delicious! I just love Monkey Bread!
Emily@Oat&Sesame says
I love monkey bread! I just saw these springform pans! Cute idea!
creativejewishmom/sara says
Cute idea, you could even do it as bread for dinner, namely without all the sugar. Thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Meredith @ The Palette Muse says
What a fun treat! My kids love monkey bread, but I haven’t made it in a while. I’ll make this for them on V-day. Thanks for the inspiration!
Jeannie Eplion-Holley says
I can not wait to make this mini monkey bread for the hubby for Valentine’s Day. We are exchanging desserts as gifts this year so this is perfect. Thank you 🙂
Mindy Glazer says
These are SO cute! I LOVE monkey bread…and what a great idea to make individual ones! I also like the idea of individual ones because then you can’t over eat and “accidentally” eat the whole one!…LOL!
Allie | Baking a Moment says
These are so adorable! I think my kids would just love a treat like this for Valentines day! I love the pink glaze and sprinkles underneath. And I’m with you, going out for dinner on the day is totally overrated. Mr. Allie and I went out the following night and the food and service were so much better without all the crowds 😉
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I love this! I’ve actually got a heart shaped pan. I can’t wait to try this – before next Valentine’s Day! 🙂
cj says
So Cute – Would love to see these submitted at FoodFotoGallery.com (without watermarks) so I can share with all my foodie friends 🙂
Betsy says
I love, love, LOVE this idea!!! So cute, and can be made in so many shapes. My mind is already swirling. I’m sure your family loved them!
Wendy | Around My Family Table says
I have a serious weakness for monkey bread! I love this idea!!!!!
Claire @ A Little Claireification says
OMGosh that is so stinking adorable and looks delish. Pinned!
Vanessa @ See Vanessa Craft says
I’ve never made monkey bread, but it’s on my to-do list!
Jenn says
I’ve never made monkey bread before. Those are so cute!