Good riddance to Sweethearts: Here are five better Valentine’s Day candies

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Necco, the candy maker and distributor of the heart-shaped antacids that bewilderingly entrenched themselves in Valentine’s Day culture, has gone out of business.

Sweethearts won’t be flying off the shelves this year, and — cover your ears, Grandma — good riddance. Now that we’re finally free from the pretense that anyone liked these candies, we can stick to the good stuff. To help, here’s a ranking of Valentine’s candies from worst to best.

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