Dworsky didn’t have evidence that brands are actually skimping on the chocolates compared to previous years. But CNN found one Russell Stover heart-shaped candy box – with a Best Before date ...

Two Valentine's chocolate boxes, on the left is one with a Best Buy date of June 1, 2019, containing 24 pieces. On the right is one dated June 1, 2022 with 16 larger pieces.

You can buy a heart-shaped box of Hershey’s chocolates at Target for $4.99, or one from Burdick for $52, or an embroidered heart-shaped box of chocolates from Godiva, which costs $99.95.

The principle is the same for movie theater candy. “Theater boxes take their name from being available in movie theaters or other retail establishments that might have shelving,” he said.

The last two giant slabs of chocolate are wheeled in on a cart to put inside a Russell Stover Chocolates box during the Kansas City-based chocolate company’s attempt to break the Guinness World ...

Dworsky didn’t have evidence that brands are actually skimping on the chocolates compared to previous years. But CNN found one Russell Stover heart-shaped candy box – with a Best Before date ...

But CNN found one Russell Stover heart-shaped candy box -- with a Best Before date of June 10, 2006 and kept as a memento by one of our staffers -- of the same size, 9 inches wide by 10 inches high.

The box, 9.3-inches wide and 10-inches high, had a net weight of 5.1 ounces. "That's a pretty decent size," said Dworsky. But when the box was opened, it had 11 pieces of chocolate inside.

But CNN found one Russell Stover heart-shaped candy box -- with a Best Before date of June 10, 2006 and kept as a memento by one of our staffers -- of the same size, 9 inches wide by 10 inches high.