If it seems like Valentine's Day chocolate boxes are more expensive this year, it's not your imagination. Chocolate inflation is hitting hard in 2025.

If you’re about to head to the store to buy chocolates for your valentine, be prepared to shell out more than you did last year as candy makers continue to deal with the high cost of cocoa.

Nothing says special like the name of a local chocolatier on a box on handmade Valentine's candy. Here are four great stores near Brockton.