If you think you have to finish your dinner before you can indulge in dessert, it’s worth eating your personal version of broccoli to savor these treats.

These specialty sweets are handcrafted by artisans -- who, to paraphrase Sandra Boynton -- are among “the select millions who like (sweets) in all (their) infinite variety, using 'like' as in 'I like to breathe.' “