Conversation hearts — the tiny pastel candies stamped with messages like "Be Mine" and "XOXO" — have been quietly documenting and adapting to the ways Americans talk about love for more than a century ...

The sweet messages on those valentine hearts require careful planning and editing from year to year. And they speak volumes about the state of our lives and loves. The messages on Sweethearts, ...

Alongside heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, Sweethearts are enjoying their moment under the spotlight during Valentine’s Day week. The confectionery hearts are both sweet in taste and nature, flaunting ...

I regard Valentine’s Day as a holiday almost solely devoted to eating candy, from those questionable chocolates in the heart-shaped boxes to V-day-themed Ferrero Rocher hazelnut treats. But there is ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...