Beard Papa has created a special line of cream puffs for Valentine's Day, available through tomorrow. These include Bavarian dark chocolate eclairs or pink chocolate ganache eclairs filled with various whipped cream custards, including vanilla, chocolate or flavors of the week strawberry or caramel. The Valentine's puffs are $2.25 each; buy half a dozen and get one free.

Beard Papa stores are at Ward Centre, Waikiki Beach Walk, Salt Lake Shopping Center, and inside or near Foodland Ala Moana, Hawai'i Kai, 'Ewa Beach, Pearl City, and in Food Pantry Kuhio in Waikiki.

TIME FOR A SWEET ESCAPE

MANGO'S THE SOUL OF THIS LIBATION

Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion for a Sweet Escape — the drink, that is. It's a new cocktail invented by celebrity mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim for the National Mango Board.

Sweet Escape: Combine 1 ounce pureed fresh mango, 1 ounce vodka, 1 ounce fresh lemon juice (about half a lemon, squeezed), 1 ounce simple syrup (1 to 1 ratio of sugar to water, briefly boiled, then chilled), 2 ounces chilled soda water and a handful of ice. Shake until blended and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Garnish with a fan of mango slices and a spiral of lemon. (If you like, skip the vodka and use an additional ounce of soda water.)