Article: Artisan-made chocolates the big buy of the Valentine season.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

PHILADELPHIA _ There was something not quite right about the straight rows of Valentine's Day confections on display in the cases of the Ann Hemyng Chocolate Factory.

Close examination revealed that the L's swirled across the tops of the lemon truffles were not identical. Some of chocolates did not fit snugly into their paper baking cups.

In a candy universe where a Hershey's Kiss is always a Kiss, the world of Ann Hemyng Candy Inc. is sometimes irregular.

And that is exactly what brings customers back to the 17-year-old factory in Trumbauersville, Bucks County, Pa., looking for one-of-a-kind, old-fashioned gifts for sweethearts.

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