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Sweet emotion: The best of Twitter’s candy-heart rejects

Chances are you won't see these notes printed on any Sweethearts this Valentine's Day. 

 

Fernando Alfonso III

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Posted on Feb 14, 2012   Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 9:25 pm CDT

Over the last 146 years, Sweethearts’ candies have been a cornerstone of Valentine’s Day. The heart-shaped sweets offer little notes of affection that are readily shared by children and adults alike.

Today these sweets have taken on a new life on Twitter, where more than 5,000 people have come up with racier messages using the hashtag #candyheartrejects.

Here are some of the tweets that grabbed the Daily Dot’s attention.

Photo from @paintsnature

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*First Published: Feb 14, 2012, 3:16 pm CST