45 Mexican Desserts Perfect for Valentine’s Day Dessert

Give your Valentine’s Day a special touch with these Mexican desserts. From delicious flan, Mexican chocolate cake, stuffed conchas to tres leches cake, I’ve got you covered with these vegetarian vegan Mexican dessert recipes for your Valentine’s Day celebration.

A collage showing authentic Mexican desserts that can be served on Valentine's Day.
Mexican Desserts for Valentine’s Day

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Quick and Easy Mexican Desserts for Valentine’s Day

The following recipes are all incredibly easy and so quick to put together. These are perfect for those that either don’t have a lot of time or are cooking rookies.

Stuffed Conchas

These can be made either with chocolate conchas and whipped cream and strawberries or you could also use a vanilla concha and stuffed it with Nutella and strawberries – both are super delicious options!

Stuffed conchas can be made with Nutella or whipped cream and strawberries.

Mexican Chocolate Desserts

We all know that Mexico gave chocolate to the World, and a Valentine’s Day without chocolate is simply unfathomable. Check out these delicious recipes!

Mexican Chocolate Cake
Mexican Chocolate Cake
Vegan chocolate pudding with whipped cream served inside a small glass.
Vegan Chocolate Pudding by Healthy Simple Yum

Mexican Cheesecake

Pay de queso or Mexican cheese pie is a delectable treat that’s quite similar to the regular American cheesecake – with a few Mexican touches.

My Mexican cheesecake recipe is made with a decadent chocolate crust using Maria cookies. Additionally it has crushed pecans, vanilla and cinnamon for that extra special touch.

A slice of Mexican cheesecake made with a chocolate crust and some blueberries, strawberries and raspberries on top.
Mexican Cheesecake

Vegan Churro Cheescake

Everyone loves churros and cheesecake, Anna of Healthy Simple Yum put the two together for a magical dessert, Churro Cheesecake.

Three slices of vegan Churro Cheesecake stacked on top of each other.
Churro Cheesecake by Healthy Simple Yum

Mexican Strawberry Desserts

Just like chocolate, strawberries are and international symbol associated with Valentine’s Day. You’re going to love these strawberry recipes with a Mexican touch.

How to Make Fresas con Crema
Fresas con Crema
Strawberry arroz con leche topped with fresh strawberries.
Strawberry Arroz con Leche by Nibbles and Feasts
Crepes with Strawberries and cajeta or Mexican goat milk caramel sauce
Strawberry and Cajeta Filled Crepes
Dessert glass full of strawberries and sweet almond cream.
Vegan Fresas con Crema

Arroz Con Leche

Mexican rice pudding makes a perfect Valentine’s Day dessert because it’s so easy to make. I have both a dairy and vegan version. Serve topped with strawberries or your favorite fruit.

Easy Mexican vegan arroz con leche recipe

Amazing Mexican Flan Recipes

These recipes are both traditional and some with special twists. They’d all be perfect for that special dinner for your and your partner.

Vegan flan topped with cinnamon.
Vegan Flan by Healthy Simple Yum
Creamy chocolate flan served on a white plate.
Chocolate Flan by Nibbles and Feasts
Vegan chocoflan cake served on a white plate.
Vegan Chocoflan by Dora’s Table

Carlotas, Tres Leches & Mexican Pound Cake

Carlotas are the easiest Mexican desserts and you can have them ready in no time — perfect for that last minute treat. Tres leches cakes are a bit more involved but so very worth the effort!

Mexican Lime Cake or Carlota de Limon
Carlota de Limon or Mexican Lime Cake
Mexican nata pound cake sliced and dusted with icing sugar placed on top of a wood plater.
Panque de Nata

Jericalla The Dessert from Guadalajara

Jericalla is like a thicker flan recipe that has a dark golden color surface. It’s so easy to make and it’s definitely a must try.

Made in individual cups, it’s the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert to feed a party.

Close up view of glass flan cup filled with a Mexican custard called jericalla that has a golden brown top.
Jericalla

Bionicos

Bionicos are similar to a yogurt parfait. They are made with fresh seasonal fruits, granola and drizzled with a creamy yogurt sauce.

They can be served as a dessert and are so easy to put together. Add that extra touch of love by using homemade Mexican granola.

Drizzling a cream sweet sauce over chopped fruit to make Mexican bionicos.
Bionicos

Mexican Ice Cream, Empanadas, Cakes & More Desserts

Also check out these other delicious recipes that would also be the perfect Mexican Valentine’s Day dessert.

Heart shaped cinnamon rolls served on a heart plate.
Cinnamon Roll Hearts by Presley’s Pantry

Mexican Desserts Cookbook

If you want a gorgeous cookbook filled with Mexican desserts then do check out ¡Viva Desserts!: Traditional and Reinvented Sweets from a Mexican-American Kitchen. The book is authored by uber talented Nicole Presley of Presley’s Pantry.

45 Mexican desserts perfect for Valentine's Day.
Mexican Desserts Perfect for Valentine’s Day Dessert

Don’t forget to also check out my recipe roundup for Mother’s Day Recipes and Authentic Mexican Recipes with Potatoes.

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