Valentine’s Day is three days away. Saccharine profusions of hearts and flowers not your thing? There’s a sweet option for folks without significant others — or would rather not have them. Sarah’s Pastries and Candies offers heart-shaped vanilla bean sugar cookies decorated with choice phrases like “No thanks”, “Not a chance”, and “There’s someone else”.

Cookies are individually wrapped and tied up with a pretty little bow, and they’re $2 each, far less than what you’d spend on an overpriced, mass-produced prix fixe dinner this Thursday.

As they say, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

Sarah’s is located at 70 E. Oak and 111 N. State inside Macy’s on the first floor.