Heart-Shaped Chocolate for Valentine's: The Perfect or the Most Thoughtless Gift?

Whoever came up with the idea of making heart-shaped chocolate had struck a goldmine. Women love chocolate and women love hearts; put the two together, and you've got a perfect gift, especially for Valentine's Day. Stores flooded with heart-shaped candy before Valentine's seem to prove it. But is it really a good gift idea? What about those who say that it is way too commonplace, unoriginal, and even thoughtless?

I love chocolate, plus I was raised to respect the "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" saying, so I personally would not be upset or offended if my man gave me a heart-shaped box of chocolate candy for Valentine's. However, women who consider it a thoughtless, unromantic, last-minute gift do have a point. If you want to make your Valentine's gift special, it has to be a little more personal. Your lady needs to see that you have put some thought in it.

If you know that she loves chocolate, a heart-shaped box of chocolate candy can be made special and personal, too. Stuff they flood store shelves with specifically for Valentine's is usually not the best chocolate, so instead of getting one of those boxes I would advice making an extra effort of buying her favorite brand. Does she like Lindt Chocolate Truffles? (I am yet to meet a woman who doesn't.) Lindt makes special Valentine's packaging, so why not go find some online and make her smile when she sees that it's not any heart-shaped box of chocolate but a box of Lindt - or whatever her favorite brand is.