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Vosges Haut-Chocolat
Left: The Crush Tower, including thirteen heart-shaped aphrodisiac truffles and six pink
fleur de sel caramel heart bonbons, $65.
Right: The Noir Truffle Heart, including sixteen assorted dark-chocolate truffles (filling flavors include absinthe, ancho chili, balsamic vinegar, Champagne, and more), $48.
132 Spring St., nr. Greene St.; 212-625-2929.
Also available online.
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L.A. Burdick
Cigars and Hearts box, including rum-flavored chocolate cigars paired with milk-and-dark-chocolate bonbons, $32.
5 E. 20th St., nr. Broadway; 212-796-0143.
Also available online.
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Neuhaus Chocolatier
Valentine Assorted Chocolate Heart, including fourteen pieces of praline and gianduja chocolates, $30.
500 Madison Ave., nr. E. 52nd St.; 212-644-4490. Additional sizes and flavors available
online.
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John & Kira’s
Valentine’s Hearts and Lovebugs set, including nine pieces of dark-chocolate ganache with vanilla and pistachio ganache with cinnamon, $29.
Available at Smorgasburg and online.
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Baking Soda Shop
An Eight-ounce box of chocolate butter crunch, $18.
Available at Gasoline Alley Coffee,
the Hester Street Fair, and online.
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Tumbador
7 Deadly Sins box, including an assortment of pomegranate, cajeta, passion-fruit, black-currant, and almond-praline chocolates, $36.
34 34th St., nr. Second Ave., Brooklyn; 718-788-0200. Also available online.
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Black Hound New York
Left: Five-ounce chocolate truffles rolled in bittersweet chocolate shavings, $24.
Right: Five-ounce chocolate truffles infused with Grand Marnier, Kahlua, or bourbon, and dusted with cocoa powder, $23.
170 Second Ave., nr. E. 11th St.; 212-979-9505. Also available online.
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La Maison du Chocolat
Floral Chocolates Gift Box, including 24 pieces of chocolate with hints of woody jasmine, caramelized sunflower, acidulous violet, vanilla fleur de sel, and fleur de cacao, $78.
1018 Madison Ave., nr. E. 78th St.; 212-744-7117. Additional sizes available online.
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Sugar & Plumm
Left: Fourteen-Piece All Hearts Box, including milk-chocolate hearts with caramel and white-chocolate hearts with blueberry ganache, $25.
Right: I Love You Gift Box, including a salted caramel milk-chocolate bar, a red heart filled with caramel, and a French cookie paired with a dark-chocolate bar, $25.
377 Amsterdam Ave., nr. W. 78th St.; 212-787-8778
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Eli Zabar
Eli’s Chocolate Gift Box, with 24 pieces of chocolate filled with rum raisin, passion fruit, espresso ganache, and praline.
1411 Third Ave., nr. E. 80th St.; 212-717-8100.
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François Payard Bakery
Left: Chocolate Lips set, including an edible lipstick, $55.
Right: Valentine’s Day truffles, including eighteen pieces of dark chocolate with Champagne ganache, $36.
116 W. Houston St., nr. Sullivan St.; 212-995-0888. Also available online.
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Nunu Chocolates
Valentine’s Hearts, from left, six-piece set of salt caramels,$14; Twelve-piece set of salt caramels, $24; and a six-piece set of raspberry and Prosecco ganache, $14.
529 Atlantic Ave., nr. Third Ave.; 917-776-7102. Also available online.
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Tache Artisan Chocolate
Left: Five-piece French Caramel Kiss Valentine’s truffle box, $16.50.
Right: Tache Valentine’s Day assorted heart box, $42.
254 Broome St., nr. Orchard St.; 212-473-3200.
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Christopher Norman
Clockwise from top left, Signature Valentine’s Day Ballotin, $21; assorted Twelve-Piece Box, $30; Valentine’s Day Twelve-Heart Box, $36; Valentine Dark Chocolate Mints, $25.
Available at Whole Foods Market and online.
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Roni-Sue
Clockwise from top left, the Aphrodisiac Collection (dark-chocolate ganache with absinthe), $22; the Chile Lover’s Collection (diablo truffles and mango-and-red-chile truffles), $13.50; the Valentine’s Day Collection (a sixteen-piece truffle assortment), $35.
148 Forsyth St., nr. Rivington St; 212-677-1216. Additional sizes available in-store and at Essex Street Market location.
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Jacques Torres
Champagne Truffles, with milk chocolate and Taittinger Champagne, $20.
350 Hudson St., nr. King St.; 212-414-2462. Also available online.
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Li-Lac Chocolates
Left: Lover’s Antique Heart, featuring a cast-iron-molded chocolate box, $48
Right: Boyfriend’s Heart, including chocolate-almond bark, pecan chews, butter crunch, and more, $55.
40 Eighth Ave., nr. Jane St.; 212-924-2280. Additional sizes available online.
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