Disney-themed treats always seem to bring out the kid in us, and these Mickey Mouse Valentine’s Day cookies are such a sweet way to add a little extra magic to February baking. Whether you’re making them for a classroom party, a Disney movie night, a Valentine’s dessert table, or just because someone in your house still gets excited about anything shaped like Mickey ears, these cookies are a fun and cheerful edible craft idea.
What makes these cookies especially lovely is that they combine two very reliable crowd-pleasers: Valentine’s Day cookies and Mickey Mouse. Add pink, red, and white icing, a few heart sprinkles, and those classic round ears, and suddenly a simple cookie becomes something that feels party-ready without needing professional decorating skills. And let’s be honest, anything that lets us play with sprinkles and call it “planning ahead” is a win.
These are a great option for easy Disney Valentine treats, handmade classroom goodies, birthday party favours, or a cute baking project to make with kids. You can use homemade sugar cookies, ready-made cookie dough, or even store-bought cookies if you’re short on time and energy. No judgement here — we are all friends in the land of shortcuts.
For more sweet seasonal ideas, you might also like our Valentine’s Day edible crafts and these easy cookie decorating ideas for more party-friendly treats to make and share.
Mickey and Minnie Heart Cookies
Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
1 1/2 C powder sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 large egg
2 1/2 C flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1 large heart cookie cutter
1 cookie sheet fitted with parchment paper
Royal icing ingredients
4 egg whites
1 tsp cream of tartar
3 C powder sugar plus more
2 tsp almond extract
pink, black and red gel food coloring
4 disposable piping bags fitted with a number 2 tip
3 squeeze bottles
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Using a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar
Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla, and egg. Mix until combined and creamy
Gradually mix in the flour mixture until combined
Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the dough just a few times until all the flour is combined
Lightly flour the cutting board again and roll out the dough to 2 inch thickness
Cut out heart cookies and place onto the cookie sheet
Bake cookies for 7-9 minutes or until lightly golden brown
Let cookies cool for a few minutes before placing them onto another cookie sheet. Leave about 2 inch space between cookies
Royal icing directions
Using a standing mixer, mix together the egg whites, powder sugar, almond extract and cream of tartar until combined
If your royal icing mixture looks like a yellow soup, add in another cup of powder sugar (max 2 cups) until your icing starts to thicken
Continue to mix until white and stiff with peaks. About 5-7 minutes
Split the icing into 4 bowls
Add pink gel coloring into one bowl, red gel into a second bowl, black gel into the third bowl and leave the fourth bowl white
Mix all the colors in their own bowls until combined
Add in a few more drops of coloring to get the shades you want
Scoop a little bit of each color into their own piping bag
Add 1-2 tsp of water into the pink, red and black mixing bowls to thin the icing
Pour icing into the squeeze bottles and set aside
Decorating directions
Using the black piping bag, pipe an outline around the top half of the cookie, this will be the ears on the cookies.
Using either the pink or red piping bag and pipe the bottom half outline on the cookie. Split cookie up in half so that you have some with hearts for Minnie and some for Mickey
Fill in the black outline with the thinned black icing
Repeat the step with the thinned pink and red icing
Using the white piping bag, pipe polka dots in the pink icing
Let cookie dry for 2 hours
Using the white piping bag, pipe on Mickey’s buttons on his pants
Let cookies dry again for another hour before eating.
If you plan on individually bagging these cookies for Valentine’s day, let cookies completely dry overnight.
