Caring Gifts on North Main Street has all the Valentine’s Day staple candies, such as red and pink jelly beans and heart-shaped chocolate, but they also have some more grown-up treats such as chocolate body paint. JON BODELL / Insider staff

At Granite State Candy Shoppe on Warren Street, you can get pretty much any Valentine’s Day-related sweet you can think of — and then some. The chocolate roses tend to be a big hit, and they’re a lot tastier than real roses, too. JON BODELL / Insider staff