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DEL.ICIO.USDoes Valentine’s Day mean chocolate to you?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With Valentine’s Day about a week away, I’m officially giving you the heads up. Pick up that phone and start dialing if you have any hope of getting a reservation at a favorite restaurant. With the holiday falling on a Saturday, spots will be tighter than ever.
Since many of us have probably missed that window of opportunity, we’ll be looking for ways to make up for it, probably with a special gift. There’s no doubt chocolate is the perennial favorite. Nielsen research shows during Valentine’s week, we buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate candy, ringing up $345 million in sales and accounting for over 5 percent of total annual sales. That’s a lot of bon bons.
Is chocolate the way to your or your significant other’s heart or are other sweets the tradition in your home? What is your favorite edible treat for Valentine’s Day?
• Check out our Chocolatey recipes for Valentine’s Day.
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By James
February 7, 2009 2:36 PM | Link to this
Chocolate beasts. Why else was it reserved for royalty?
By AtlGamecock
February 7, 2009 5:59 PM | Link to this
Dark chocolate raspberry jellies from Kilwin’s Chocolates in Charleston, S.C….A favorite for V.D. as well as the Mrs. b’day, our anniversary, etc…Delicious !!! Have an account with them; just p/u the phone and they’re on their way !!! Yum !!!
By FCM
February 7, 2009 9:43 PM | Link to this
Well, I still love the mix box of chocolates….I think I will get the kids each the 4 piece Whitman’s…
However, while Mom shared her BIG box of chocolate (and we got some little novelty box)….My mom is a baker. She loves to bake. Valentines was always cupcakes with buttercream frosting and red hots on top (3 red hots). So today I found myself getting a cake mix and red hots……
By janie Hopwood
February 8, 2009 10:09 AM | Link to this
no, don’t care for chocolate. There is no food that says valentine’s day to me.
By kalalu
February 9, 2009 10:29 AM | Link to this
i hope to receive some Godiva chocolates. or better yet a bacon chocolate bar from one of my favorite local chocolate stores, The Chocolaterie. I like to get my husband dark chocolate sea salt caramels from there. Yummm!