{"id":156463,"date":"2010-01-08T22:50:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=138499"},"modified":"2010-01-08T22:50:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:50:19","slug":"distinctive-valentine-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/156463","title":{"rendered":"Distinctive Valentine Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re giving candy for Valentine&#8217;s, plan ahead to order something extra special online. I&#8217;ve highlighted choices from a couple of my favorite chocolatiers below. You don&#8217;t have to live near them to enjoy. They&#8217;re available online for sweet lovers.<\/p>\n<p>No marshmallow comes close to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recchiuti.com\/217.html\">Recchiuti<\/a><\/strong> in San Francisco. Handmade using traditional French techniques, these delicate treats are graced with real Madagascar vanilla beans. Yes, I&#8217;ve tried them, and they make a great Valentine&#8217;s Day surprise. If your sweetheart isn&#8217;t into <strong>famous marshmallows<\/strong>, Recchiuti also has plenty of other yummy chocolate delights like truffles, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recchiuti.com\/119.html?area=03\">candied orange peel<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recchiuti.com\/117.html?area=03\">peanut butter pucks<\/a> made with organic peanut butter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"itpgallery_embed\">\n<ul id=\"itpgallery_list\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/distinctive-valentine-gifts\/gallery-page\/1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/love-bugs-72x66.jpg\" alt=\"Moonstruck Love Bug Truffles\" title=\"Moonstruck Love Bug Truffles\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/distinctive-valentine-gifts\/gallery-page\/2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/candied-orange-peel-72x72.jpg\" alt=\"Recchiuti Candied Orange Peels\" title=\"Recchiuti Candied Orange Peels\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/distinctive-valentine-gifts\/gallery-page\/3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/handmade-marshmallows-72x72.jpg\" alt=\"Recchiuti Marshmallows\" title=\"Recchiuti Marshmallows\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/distinctive-valentine-gifts\/gallery-page\/4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/love-choc-72x44.jpg\" alt=\"LOVE Truffles\" title=\"LOVE Truffles\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/distinctive-valentine-gifts\/gallery-page\/5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/be-mayan-teddy-bear-truffles1-72x51.jpg\" alt=\"Mayan Teddy Bear Truffles\" title=\"Mayan Teddy Bear Truffles\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/b5-galleries\/css\/embed.css?t=1263094420\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.sociable {\n\t        float: left;\n\t\t        clear: both;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p>Another delicious choice for beautiful Valentine gifts is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonstruckchocolate.com\/\">Moonstruck Chocolatier<\/a><\/strong> in Portland, Oregon. Their cute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonstruckchocolate.com\/p-186-love-bug-truffles.aspx\">Love Bug Truffles<\/a> will get a big smile! If your own love bug likes raspberry or strawberry, these truffles are a great choice. Or, for the teddy bear fan, go with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonstruckchocolate.com\/p-183-be-mayan-teddy-bear-truffles.aspx\">&#8220;Be Mayan&#8221; Teddy Bear Truffles<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-138510\" src=\"http:\/\/images1.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/be-mayan-teddy-bear-truffles-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"be-mayan-teddy-bear-truffles\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to give a less cutesy Moonstruck Valentine, try the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonstruckchocolate.com\/p-189-4pc-love-letter-truffles.aspx\">LOVE Letter Truffles<\/a> for a more classic choice. It&#8217;s hard to go wrong giving anything from Moonstruck where each piece is made by hand. Yip, I&#8217;ve tasted Moonstruck too. It&#8217;s probably a good thing I don&#8217;t live too close to them though.<\/p>\n<p>You can also handcraft your own Valentine gift featuring candy. Make Martha Stewart&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/article\/from-the-garden-sweetheart-arrangement?backto=true\">Candy and Tulip Bouquet<\/a><\/strong> for someone special. You can use red cinnamon candies with red tulips or conversation hearts with creamy-colored tulips.<\/p>\n<p>(Images via Recchiuti and Moonstruck)<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/distinctive-valentine-gifts\/\">Distinctive Valentine Gifts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re giving candy for Valentine&#8217;s, plan ahead to order something extra special online. I&#8217;ve highlighted choices from a couple of my favorite chocolatiers below. You don&#8217;t have to live near them to enjoy. They&#8217;re available online for sweet lovers. No marshmallow comes close to Recchiuti in San Francisco. Handmade using traditional French techniques, these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}