There is something about sweets and Valentine's Day that goes hand in hand. But with a traditional gift, such as chocolates, it's easy to be considered out-dated and uninventive. So this year, use one of the creative ideas below to give a standard romantic favorite a new feel!

1. Make a candy love letter.
Write a love letter out of candy bar titles. Get a piece of brightly colored poster board and a bunch of your favorite candy bars. Write your love letter on the board in a contrasting colored pen. Replace key words with candy bars taped onto the poster board.

2. Chocolate bouquet.
Get your love's favorite chocolates and thick wood skewers. You'll also need a box or basket and a piece of styrofoam cut to fit inside the box or basket. Cut the skewers in half with a small saw and lightly sand down the blunt ends. Stick a chocolate on the top of each blunt end. Then stick the pointed end into the stryofoam piece. Cover the stryofoam with moss or ribbon.

3. Neverending chocolate box.
Get a set of boxes that fit inside of each other. The more you can get to fit inside of each other the better. Buy your love's favorite chocolates or sweets and some tissue paper. Line each box with tissue paper and place one chocolate or sweet inside of it. Then cover it with another piece of tissue paper. Keep doing this until you've filled all your boxes. If you have more chocolates than boxes, start with one chocolate in the first and more in each box following.

4. Trail of chocolates.
Get quite a few bags of chocolates, some tissue paper and curling ribbon. Layer two pieces of tissue paper and place one handful of candy in the middle of it. Pull up the sides and tie a piece of curling ribbon around it. Repeat this until all the candy but one bag is left. Put your bags of candy in a stategic location with a love letter in front of them. Then make a trail from wherever your love will be to the candy pile. This is a great "wake-up" surprise!

5. Chocolate roses.
Combine the classic favorites together and give your love a bouquet of chocolate roses. Attach a note saying, "I decided to give you these chocolate roses instead of real ones because our love is something that should be sweet and savored."

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