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Most L.A.—Compartes Chocolatiers

Chocolates painted with skulls? Wasabi-ginger truffles topped with modish circles? Compartes' confections are so very L.A.: rich, trendy and so chillaxed-cool, it makes our teeth hurt. The Brentwood chocolatier unironically offers to stick them in a red velvet heart for the holiday. That's 1.5 pounds of chocolates, customized to your cardiac desire with limited-edition passion fruit caramels, lavender violet marshmallows or crystallized rose toffee.

Buy me love: for $65.