Love and Chocolate

Seven sweet treats for your Valentine

orget about the box of stale candy you remembered to bring home at the last minute from CVS, the cheesy Hallmark card, or the wilted flowers from the supermarket. Give her a chocolate-covered Twinkie. A hot chocolate like he’s never tasted. Viennese truffles. Or classic candy that’s sold by the pound. A Mississippi mud pie. Is chocolate an aphrodisiac? Well, we buy $1 billion worth of it for Valentine’s Day alone. Here are some great ways to find out.

Chocolate-covered Twinkies. Chocolate-covered Oreos. Need we go on? All in a place you’d never expect.
 

A decadent hot chocolate made with only milk and shaved chocolate, at a shop that also sells sweet treats to take home.
 

Viennese truffles, dried fruits dipped in chocolate, creamy truffles, fresh marshmallows, thick fudge. Once again: Need we go on?
 

Indulge yourself in 250 kinds of sweet treats, by the pound.
 

A pie shop that’s a chocolate-lover’s dream.
 

Take a chocolate walking tour.
 

A tour of a chocolate factory you never knew existed.