Sweets for the sweet.

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For us, Valentine's Day represents the crescendo of a delicious fourmonth candy-eating odyssey that began back in October with Halloween, graduated to the wonderful sweets of Thanksgiving, picked up steam with a potpourri of treats during Christmas and New Year's, before wrapping up with the calendar's annual salute to lovers. Valentine's Day is a fitting final chapter; after all, if you can't get passionate about chocolate, what can you get excited about? And as long as passions are running high, you might as well fuel the fire with Neuhaus Createur Chocolatier, Port Washington, N.Y., the supplier of the most luxurious imported Belgian chocolate in the world.

For the adventurous, there are a pair of delicious spreads--Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut--that offer a sexy twist on an old standby. Just be sure to have a great (body) paint brush. A 14.11 oz. jar runs $11.50. That's money well spent.

A more conventional choice may be a 5.3 oz. box of Champagne Truffles ($19), which combine fresh butter, cream, dark chocolate...