Boxes of chocolate are so last year and, let’s be real, candy hearts kind of taste like chalk. This Valentine’s Day, show your loved ones how you really feel with a heart-shaped box of chicken.

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Gardners, which sold its first candies in 1897, is credited with creating the heart shaped candy box so popular today. Once only available to Pennsylvania chocolate lovers, Gardners hand-crafted ...