Who Invented the Chocolate Heart?

I don't know. Someone please tell me if they do know. However, numerous heart shaped objects and Valentine's Day card ideas have been patented. In honor of Valentine's Day here are a few articles of interest:

• The History of Valentine's Day
• Heart Shaped Patents
• Gallery of Valentine's Day Cards
• Patenting of an Aphrodisiac
• History of Chocolate

St Valentine Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages. One of the earliest popular symbols of the Valentine day is Cupid, the Roman god of love, who is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow. Valentine Factoid: In the 1840s, Esther Howland (1828-1904), a native of Massachusetts, began to sell the nation’s first mass-produced valentines. Patent Drawing: USPTO