Vosges’ flaming “rock ’n roll” heart comes in three flavors: Red Fire (shown here), with chiles, cinnamon and dark chocolate; Barcelona, with almonds, sea salt and milk chocolate; and Amalfi, with pink peppercorns, lemon zest and white chocolate.
February 2006
Updated February 2009
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Connoisseur Chocolate
For Valentines Who Demand The Best
If your valentine knows the difference between 58% and 75% cacao and has a preference for Venezuelan beans over those from Cote d’Ivoire, you can’t buy him or her just any chocolate. How can you dazzle such a valentine? With our hand-picked selection of chocolates from some of the finest chocolatiers:
This article is updated each year for Valentine’s Day. Prices are confirmed at publication but are subject to change.
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| L.A. Burdick : Best Chocolate In A Heart Box
Two heart-shaped keepsake wooden boxes, stacked and tied with a red mesh ribbon. The top heart holds hand-cut, heart-shaped bonbons and the bottom heart (shown at the right) holds a half-pound assortment, plus two white chocolate mice (you can see their red tails forming a heart shape). Read our full review of Burdick Chocolate.
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| Chocolat Céleste
Chocolat Céleste’s bonbons are a treat to the eye and the palate. Each bittersweet Valentine bonbon is beautifully designed and artfully crafted with fresh, local cream and butter and chocolate sourced from the finest cacao growers. Read our full review of Chocolat Céleste.
- 4-Piece Box (shown)
$13.00
- 9-Piece Box (shown)
$26.00
- 16-Piece Box
$43.00
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Coco’s Chocolate Dreams: Best Chocolate Bars
Give chocolate bars as a Valentine’s Day gift? Yes, if they’re the best gourmet bars in America, creatively layered with nuts, caramel and fruits and packaged in a gift bag with other goodies from Coco (a.k.a. chocolatier Jeanne Marie Miller). Read our full review of Coco’s Chocolate Dreams chocolate bars.
- Small Heart of Roses Box (shown)
$25.00
- Large Heart of Roses Box
$65.00
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Marie Belle: Best Artistic Valentine
For Valentine’s Day 2007, special romantic images are nestled among the regular line of images. Special edition chocolate ganaches, in Wild Berry and Champagne flavors, display “In Love” images, and there’s a white chocolate heart filled with apple liqueur, painted a fiery red. Read our full review of Marie Belle chocolates.
- 9-Piece Box
$29.00
- 16-Piece Box
$46.00
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Pierre Marcolini: Most Sophisticated Hearts
If you want your hearts in cutting-edge chic, look no further than Pierre Marcolini. These gorgeous, glossy red “Coeur Framboise” hearts are white chocolate filled with raspberry chocolate ganache. The white chocolate is glazed in a brilliant raspberry red and presented in a round gift box, befitting such jewels. Read our full review of Pierre Marcolini chocolates.
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| Recchiuti Confections: Most Romantic Champagne Truffles This year be different: celebrate the concurrent truffle season with chocolate truffles. Michael Recchiuti’s creamy dark chocolate truffles are flavored with 2001 Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs from Napa Valley, and dusted in confectioner’s sugar. Nestled in a red box, tied with a satin ribbon, they’re as dear as their namesake wild truffle. And they’re shaped like chocolate kisses. Read our full review of Recchiuti Confections.
- 24 Truffles (6 Ounces)
$25.00
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Vosges Haut Chocolat: Flaming Heart
Vosges’ flaming hearts won’t break the calorie bank, at just 1.8 ounces. In white, milk or dark chocolate, greatly enhanced with Vosges creative flavors, each is bound with a red satin cord, symbolizing your love. We admit our passion for the Barcelona, a 41% milk chocolate with hickory smoked almonds and grey sea salt; but have had quite a few dates with Amalfi (36% cocoa butter white chocolate, pink peppercorns and lemon zest—shown at right) and Red Fire (55% cacao semisweet chocolate with cinnamon, ancho and chipotle chiles). Read our full review of Vosges Chocolates.
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