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. A recent survey conducted by the National Confectioners Association shows that 91% of Americans will mark Valentine’s Day with chocolate and candy,

Money can’t buy you love — or as much cocoa as it used to, with adverse weather denting West African crops and chocolatiers adding more fillers like nuts.

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.