If you think flowers and candy are romantic, how about candied flowers? Or flowering candy? Homegrown confectioners Byrne & Carlson bedeck their chocolate bars with sugared petals and leaves, a move that is, according to the package, " inspired by Art Nouveau botanical motifs. " White chocolate is strewn with bright pansies, dark with dusky violets; mint supplies the greenery. Some bars incorporate fruit and nuts into their designs, while others toss the bouquet altogether and employ nature’s candy exclusively — as in the elaborate orange-chocolate bar topped with candied Spanish orange and dried cherries. Meanwhile, the chocolate itself is no slouch, imported as it is from esteemed French and Belgian producers. Of course, you pay for what you get — the bars range in price from $6.49 to nearly $11 — but, as with many a superior product, a little goes a long and luscious way.

Available at Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, 6 Brattle Street, in Cambridge. Call (617) 491-8888.