Tammie Coe, Fairytale Brownies and Goody Twos Toffee for Valentine's Day

If there's anything good about Valentine's Day, it's that it gives us an excuse to stuff our faces with chocolates, candies and other heart-shaped confections. Whether you're looking for a sweet gift or plan on drowning your relationship sorrows in sugar, the following are some of our favorite local...

By Carrie Wheeler

February 8, 2011

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If there's anything good about Valentine's Day, it's that it gives us an excuse to stuff our faces with chocolates, candies and other heart-shaped confections.

Whether you're looking for a sweet gift or plan on drowning your relationship sorrows in sugar, the following are some of our favorite local spots for Valentine delicacies.

1) Chocolate dipped strawberries, lovers cake and more @ Tammie Coe Cakes

Tammie Coe has a special menu just for all you lovers out there including a "Sinsational" flourless cake ($22), chocolate-dipped strawberries (3 for $9 or 9 for $27), an itty bitty "Lovers Cake" ($20), and sets of mini cupcakes and cookies -- all of which are, in Tammie Coe fashion, as beautiful as they are delicious.

Visit Tammie Coe Cakes at 610 E. Roosevelt or order from the Valentine menu online at tammiecoecakes.com/shop.

Read more destinations for local sweets after the jump.

2. Signature Gift Boxes @ Goody Twos

This mother/daughter confection team has an array of signature boxes filled with toffees, brittles and peppermint bark. Buy a box, or build a tower of toffee goodness for $26.95 - 104.95.

10953 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, #105, Scottsdale, or shop their online store at goodytwos.com.

3. Brownies, truffles @ Fairytale Brownies

Loads of delicious flavors (espresso nib, caramel...mmmm) of truffles, brownies, cookies, and other decadent V-day treats are packaged in a festive heart-adorned box. Tip: If a dozen brownies seems like too much of a delicious thing, they can be frozen for later consumption.

Buy Fairytale Brownies online at brownies.com.

4. Vintage-style candies @ Smeeks

Our favorite local candy store is chalk full of vintage-inspired Valentines Day sweets. Build your own V-day box with swirly old-time-y lollipops, conversation hearts in English and Spanish, or a giant conversation heart lollipops ($3).

14 W. Camelback Rd., Phoenix

5. Dos Cabezas Wine & Tracy Dempsey treats

Dos Cabezas Winery and Tracy Dempsey Originals sweets are teaming up for one doozy of a gift box. For $45 choose one of two Dos Cabezas wines accompanied by 4 chocolate-dipped strawberry marshmallows, 2 chocolate fudge brownies, and dark cocoa shortbread for $45.

Order the gift box online at docabezaswinerystore.com by Friday.

Find more local Valentine's Day gifts on Jackalope Ranch.

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