Chocomize is excited to introduce a new way to customize your chocolate bar!

For those of you who don’t already know, the idea of Chocomize is that you can custom design your own  custom chocolate bar. Originally, that meant you could choose from three different types of chocolates, white, milk , or dark, and around 75 different ingredients. As we have grown and progressed, however, we’ve increased our ability for you to customize your chocolate bar.

The most obvious way we’ve improved the ability to customize your chocolate bar is by adding ingredients that YOU have requested. We started with around 75 different ingredients, right now we have close to a hundred! We could not have done that without input from people who just wanted to have what they thought was the perfect ingredient for their chocolate bar. We are ashamed that we never put some ingredients on our website from the beginning (graham crackers and caramel come to mind), others weren’t so obvious (think bacon, sea salt, cayenne pepper), but have proved to be extremely popular. We want, and we are glad to have, ingredients that people think are high quality and delicious, so keep on suggesting!

Pretty soon after we launched, we started letting people customize the packaging for their chocolate bar. This option was really popular for bigger orders such as weddings, corporate gifts, or any other kind of special occasion. Customers can send us what they want on their packaging, such as pictures, messages, etc., and we create a label to cover the packaging. This really makes Chocomize a great option for any occasion.

We are proud to offer our newest way for people to customize their chocolate bar: being able to print images and messages on the chocolate itself! This might be the coolest way to create that perfect custom chocolate bar. Whether it is a picture, slogan, company logo, or really anything you can think of, we’ll put it on the chocolate bar. And don’t worry, it’s completely edible (we would never put anything in chocolate that wasn’t.) Check out this sweet image (yeah pun intended) of a chocolate bar we made.

So if you want to know how to add an image to your chocolate bar, or design labels for your packaging, or if you have a great new ingredient, make sure that you let us know at info@chocomize.com. Remember, the possibilities are literally endless!

It’s that time of the week again. We’ve had a lot of great recommendations recently, but our favorite has been the request for graham crackers. We tried them in our chocolate and we added both regular graham crackers and teddy graham crackers!

We aren’t sure why we didn’t think of this before. It seems so obvious, especially when we’ve been eating snacks like smores all our life.And that brings me to some more additions we’ve made to the website.

We’ve added a smores bar to the favorites section. Milk chocolate, marshmallows, and teddy graham crackers, it might be the best bar we’ve ever made.

Although the chocolate doesn’t come pre-melted (at least we hope it doesn’t) it will definitely remind you of all those times you sat by the campfire melting marshmallows. The good thing about this bar is that it isn’t as messy as eating a real smore (we saw Eric eating a smore once, we’re pretty sure most of it ended up on his face instead of his mouth.)

Thanks for all the weeks suggestions! If you have anymore, don’t hesitate to let us know at info@chocomize.com.

We recently had a photo shoot at our office. Chocomize is going to be featured prominently in one of the biggest magazines in the country (in terms of circulation.) While we are keeping the publication secret until it hits stands, we are interested to see if anyone can guess which magazine it is. The person who correctly guesses which magazine we will be featured in will win two FREE custom chocolate bars of their choice. Below is a photo of one of the photographers setting up his equipment. Good luck guessing!

instance, is chocolate high in caffeine? Do they cause cavities? Are they bad for your health? With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we know everyone will be eating lots of chocolate (whether it is out of happiness or depression we’re not sure.) This blog post is going to address some of the myths about chocolate.

1. Chocolate causes cavities: There is a popular belief that chocolate causes cavities in your teeth. This is not exactly true. Cavities are formed in a somewhat complicated manner. All food is broken down and formed into acid. Some of the acid that remains in your mouth eats away at the enamel on your teeth, forming cavities. Studies have shown that there are elements in chocolate that actually strengthen the enamel on your teeth and thus help prevent against cavities. In fact, a lot of toothpaste companies have come out with chocolate tooth paste to appeal to a broader range of consumers (chocolate toothpaste sounds great to me.) So although we still recommend you keep brushing your teeth, you’ll be doing your teeth a favor by eating a custom chocolate bar from Chocomize!

2. Chocolate contains a lot of caffeine: Another popular myth about chocolate is that it contains high levels of caffeine. Actually, a normal 1.5 oz chocolate bar contains the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaf coffee! To give you an idea of how much caffeine that is, a cup of decaf usually contains around 5 mg of coffee while a cup of coffee can contain anywhere from 60-140mg of caffeine. Nick still swears that he can’t have chocolate past 5 without staying up all night while Eric sometimes falls asleep with half a bar still in his mouth.

3. Chocolate is an aphrodisiac: This is probably one of the most well known myths about chocolate. A lot of people swear that chocolate is a powerful aphrodisiac. While we here at Chocomize don’t want to dispel this legend right before Valentine’s Day, there are in fact no studies that back up this popular legend. We’re not going to nitpick this one though; we think giving a custom chocolate bar for Valentine’s Day is the perfect gift for your special someone on Valentine’s Day.

4. Chocolate Causes Acne: We’re pretty sure everyone’s parent has told them some point in their life that eating too much chocolate is going to give them acne. Numerous studies have shown, however, that chocolate has no effect on acne. In fact, most researchers are pretty sure that diet in general has no effect. Either way we’re pretty sure you’re mom just wanted to get you to eat your vegetables (or you could eat a healthy ingredient like flax seeds ON your custom chocolate bar itself.)

5. Chocolate contains high levels of saturated fat: Chocolate actually contains a special kind of saturated fat called stearic acid. Studies have shown that stearic acid does not actual increase fat the same way other typical saturated fat does, and in fact can actually be beneficial! We aren’t doctors and we haven’t done the research ourselves, but Nick, one of our founding members, is a lightweight rower and he still manages to make weight even though he is constantly eating chocolate all day (we’re giving everyone a hard time in this blog entry if you haven’t noticed.)

6. Chocolate is poisonous to dogs: Whoever told you not to feed chocolate to your dog was actually not kidding! Chocolate can be toxic to many animals including dogs, cats, parrots, and horses. These animals can’t process the chemical theobromine and too much chocolate can cause them to die. How much chocolate does a dog have to eat in order for it to be lethal? It only has to be around a pound of regular chocolate for it to be lethal to a dog, but even a small amount can cause a dog to be sick. So make sure that you save the custom chocolate bars for yourself and don’t leave them lying around!

We hope this blog post has answered some of your questions regarding chocolate. Our custom chocolate bars make a great gift for Valentine’s Day and we hope that by dispelling some of the more discomforting myths about chocolate you’ll be more likely to buy for that special someone!

There are numerous myths and legends about chocolate, many of which have been around since the Mayans cultivated the first cocoa bean. For instance, is chocolate high in caffeine? Do they cause cavities? Are they bad for your health? With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we know everyone will be eating lots of chocolate (whether it is out of happiness or depression we’re not sure.) This blog post is going to address some of the myths about chocolate.

1. Chocolate causes cavities: There is a popular belief that chocolate causes cavities in your teeth. This is not exactly true. Cavities are formed in a somewhat complicated manner. All food is broken down and formed into acid. Some of the acid that remains in your mouth eats away at the enamel on your teeth, forming cavities. Studies have shown that there are elements in chocolate that actually strengthen the enamel on your teeth and thus help prevent against cavities. In fact, a lot of toothpaste companies have come out with chocolate tooth paste to appeal to a broader range of consumers (chocolate toothpaste sounds great to me.) So although we still recommend you keep brushing your teeth, you’ll be doing your teeth a favor by eating a custom chocolate bar from Chocomize!

2. Chocolate contains a lot of caffeine: Another popular myth about chocolate is that it contains high levels of caffeine. Actually, a normal 1.5 oz chocolate bar contains the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaf coffee! To give you an idea of how much caffeine that is, a cup of decaf usually contains around 5 mg of coffee while a cup of coffee can contain anywhere from 60-140mg of caffeine. Nick still swears that he can’t have chocolate past 5 without staying up all night while Eric sometimes falls asleep with half a bar still in his mouth.

3. Chocolate is an aphrodisiac: This is probably one of the most well known myths about chocolate. A lot of people swear that chocolate is a powerful aphrodisiac. While we here at Chocomize don’t want to dispel this legend right before Valentine’s Day, there are in fact no studies that back up this popular legend. We’re not going to nitpick this one though; we think giving a custom chocolate bar for Valentine’s Day is the perfect gift for your special someone on Valentine’s Day.

4. Chocolate Causes Acne: We’re pretty sure everyone’s parent has told them some point in their life that eating too much chocolate is going to give them acne. Numerous studies have shown, however, that chocolate has no effect on acne. In fact, most researchers are pretty sure that diet in general has no effect. Either way we’re pretty sure you’re mom just wanted to get you to eat your vegetables (or you could eat a healthy ingredient like flax seeds ON your custom chocolate bar itself.)

5. Chocolate contains high levels of saturated fat: Chocolate actually contains a special kind of saturated fat called stearic acid. Studies have shown that stearic acid does not actual increase fat the same way other typical saturated fat does, and in fact can actually be beneficial! We aren’t doctors and we haven’t done the research ourselves, but Nick, one of our founding members, is a lightweight rower and he still manages to make weight even though he is constantly eating chocolate all day (we’re giving everyone a hard time in this blog entry if you haven’t noticed.)

6. Chocolate is poisonous to dogs: Whoever told you not to feed chocolate to your dog was actually not kidding! Chocolate can be toxic to many animals including dogs, cats, parrots, and horses. These animals can’t process the chemical theobromine and too much chocolate can cause them to die. How much chocolate does a dog have to eat in order for it to be lethal? It only has to be around a pound of regular chocolate for it to be lethal to a dog, but even a small amount can cause a dog to be sick. So make sure that you save the custom chocolate bars for yourself and don’t leave them lying around!

We hope this blog post has answered some of your questions regarding chocolate. Our custom chocolate bars make a great gift for Valentine’s Day and we hope that by dispelling some of the more discomforting myths about chocolate you’ll be more likely to buy for that special someone!

It's time for the ingredient of the week! This blog post has been a little delayed. Things have been pretty busy over in Chocomize land. We've been getting a lot of orders (thanks to all our customers!) and had a lot of great responses to the customer survey we sent out last week. In addition, Chocomize has been getting a ton of press lately both on and off the internet. To find out more about this, check out our past blog posts or check out our press page.

So this week's featured ingredient is actually more of a topping. It is our happy birthday plaques! Our custom chocolate bars are extremely popular for gifts (we definitely have solved your Valentine’s Day problem) especially birthday gifts. We’ve featured other great birthday items in the ingredient of the week, like our candle holder, but we’re proud to say that the happy birthday plaques our definitely our favorite.

As you can see in the picture, our happy birthday plaques are written on a white background. They are completely edible (we don’t put anything on our bars that aren’t) and are made out of an always popular and tasty substance: sugar.

If you’re looking to make and give a custom chocolate bar to someone for their birthday we definitely recommend our happy birthday plaques. We think they go well with our candle holders, but if you’re looking to make a festive bar (a birthday is always a good time to celebrate no matter how old you are turning) we recommend you add sprinkles.

Thanks as always to people who keep sending in suggestions for us to add to our list of ingredients. Coming soon is going to be a Valentine’s Day tab where we feature new and special ingredients great Valentine’s Day bars (think I love you plaques, hearts, Happy Valentine’s Day plaques, etc.) Stay tuned for updates and as always if you have any questions or comments you can reach us at info@chocomize.com.

Just wanted to give everyone an update on all the great press we've been getting. We recently were visited by the Burlington County Times. Two reporters came to our facility to take pictures of us and our chocolate. They wrote a great article which you can read in our press section. Here's a picture of them at our facility with us:

In addition, we've been featured in a ton of new blogs, including brides.com. Our custom chocolate bars have been really popular as wedding favors. For those of you who don't know, we can custom design not only the ingredients in our chocolate, but the packaging on the boxes as well! Custom chocolate bars make a really classy and unique gift. If you are planning a wedding in the future, or know someone who is, I recommend checking out our special weddings page here.

Stay tuned for more updates on press, as well as the upcoming ingredient of the week! If you are interested in reading the brides.com blog, or any of the other new blogs, check out our press page.

Thanks to everyone who has filled out the survey so far! We’ve had a lot of great and helpful responses. Below is some of the feedback we’ve gotten from customers, as well as some changes we plan on making based on the responses so far…keep it coming!

Comments on overall experience:

-“ Unique packaging; I like the ingredients on one side and the scoring of the bar on the other; like the size/portion of the bar; website easy to use and directions are clear”

-“Great concept and great execution of it! Love your product, your website design & the ordering process (I'm a web designer and programmer, so can appreciate good design and user interface). Keep up the good work!”

-“ Not only did I love the idea of customizing my own chocolate, but I endorsed and told everyone about the site at my holiday parties this year. I am sure to buy many bars over this year and many for our Christmas party. Thank you so much!!!”

-“ I think you guys have a great product. I think it's especially nice that you are a local business. I've had a Birkenstock shoe store in Princeton for over 14 years. I like to see young entrepreneurship at it's best. Samples along with orders wouldn't be a bad idea either.”

-“ I was so impressed with your service. I ordered the Sat. or Sun. before Christmas and received my order on Christmas Eve. That just doesn't happen in Hawaii! Everyone with whom I have shared the chocolate has raved about it. You offer an amazing service and a superior product. I am grateful I found you!”

-“ Just to commend you on an awesome job. Keep adding and trying out new ingredients. Keep listening to your customers. Keep up the quality packaging and the reasonable costs. Nothing negative at all about you guys - loved my experience with your website.”

-“ Honestly one of the best chocolate bars I've ever tasted, mainly because the Customer designs it and knows what she/he likes in terms of ingredients. You added extra bacon at my request and even noted that in the handwritten note. That shows such dedication and care for Customers.”

Improvements:

- “nice work - site turned out very well. my only suggestion may be to get it so when you mouse over ingredients, the pic gets bigger. i think the ingredient pictures really sell the product. also would have been good to see more pics of what finished bars look like earlier in the ordering process, i think people like to see vaguely what the finished prod will look like.”

-Thanks for the suggestion. We like to think the pictures of our ingredients look good as well so we are definitely going to make them appear larger when you click on the question mark! We also plan on putting more pictures of the actual bar on our site so you can have a better idea of how great they look.

-“ I thought at Christmas time some crushed candy cane would have been a nice option.”

-Unfortunatly we didn’t think about this until a couple days before Christmas. We have crushed peppermint on the website now and it tastes absolutely delicious! We liked it so much it was the ingredient of the week, make sure you read all about it in our past blog.

-“ I was bummed there was no "sea salt" and no "caramel" as choices but I wrote to you and VOILA! Now you have those! AWESOME!! =) I think a creamy peanut butter would ROCK in a chocolate bar... =)”

-Thanks for the suggestion of sea salt and caramel. We’ve added both to the list of the ingredients and they taste amazing. As for peanut butter, we do have peanut butter drops which taste delicious and come highly recommended.

-“ More suggestions on combinations would be helpful. For example,"if you combine the sea salt with such and such chocolate you get a nice sweet and savory taste or cayenne pepper would give you this kind of taste etc."

-“ A list of suggested combos might be nice, there are a ton of things (that's good) but I'm not sure what goes with what.”

-We totally agree that it can hard sometimes to choose what ingredients to put in your bar with so many great choices. We have a section called favorites which has some of our favorite combinations (guess how we came up with the name?)  Some of our ingredients are featured in our blog as the ingredient of the week and we try to have some good suggestions for combinations that go well together. Check out our past ingredients of the week to get a good idea. If you still are stumped, shoot us an e-mail or give us a call, we’d love to tell you what we think about whatever ingredient you’re thinking of.

Thanks again to everyone who has filled out the survey so far. We’ll keep you updated on responses and let you know the final results. Shoot us an e-mail at info@chocomize.com if you have any more questions!

Our new ingredient of the week is pop rocks. Usually our ingredient of the week is a new ingredient that has been suggested during the week.

Today we sent two chocolate bars to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. President Obama is a fellow alumnus from Columbia University, and we thought that he might enjoy his very own Chocomize chocolate bar (honestly who wouldn’t enjoy one?)He’s been a pretty busy guy this past year, what with getting elected, trying to pass an extensive health care bill, and winning the Nobel peace prize. We decided, therefore, that he could use something to cheer him up. Nothing would be better for that then a custom chocolate bar.  It took a little research into his favorite foods, but eventually we decided on two bars that we think he’ll like.

Apparently Barack Obama loves pistachios and almonds. Lucky for him, we have both on our list of ingredients and so we made him a dark chocolate bar with almonds and pistachios.  This is a pretty standard chocolate bar that we’re sure most people would enjoy. The second chocolate bar is a little riskier. We read that Obama loves chili as well as hot and spicy foods.  In that spirit we made him a chocolate bar that’s sure to pack a punch. It’s milk chocolate with cayenne pepper and chipotles. Both of these ingredients have been extremely popular, but they definitely  are not for the faint of heart.

We also packed his very own gift certificate so he can order more chocolate bars (perhaps he wants to get Michelle a nice gift, Barack if you’re reading this we recommend dark chocolate, candied rose petals, chocolate butterfly, and gold flakes.) We also put in a hand written letter that says the following:

President Obama,

We hope you enjoy the chocolates. We heard what foods you like and tried to incorporate them in these handmade chocolate bars. Our three founders are graduates of Columbia College, your alma mater. We had a hard time finding jobs in the recession after graduation so we decided to take up the American spirit of entrepreneurship and start our own company, Chocomize.com, the first in the United States which allows customers to create their own flavored chocolate with the ingredients of their choice. We hope you enjoy!

Regards,

Chocomize,

P.S. Congratulations on the Nobel Prize!

Keep checking back on our blog to get updated on the response from the President.

Think that you know someone famous that should get sent a Chocomize bar? Send us a message at info@chocomize.com or tell us how you feel in the comment section of this blog.

The ingredient of the week is a sugar candle holder that comes with the respective candle. If you've read our blog before, you know how great custom chocolate bars are for gifts. We already have a lot of unique ingredients when it comes to birthday gifts. Take our 'happy birthday' plaques for instance. They really help make your custom chocolate bar stand out when you are giving it for someone's birthday gift. Now we have a decoration that’s going to set your custom chocolate bar apart from any chocolate bar you’ve ever tried: sugar candle holders.

Candle’s on someone’s birthday is a time honored tradition. Customarily the candles appear in some sort of cake, whether they are birthday cakes or mini cupcakes. Now, however, you can give someone a birthday cake in their own custom designed chocolate bar! The sugar candle holders are firmly placed in your chocolate bar so all you need to do is place the candle (which we give you) in the holder and light them! We guarantee you will surprise and delight whoever is lucky enough to get this awesome gift. The candle holders are made from sugar and completely edible (not to mention absolutely delicious.) So if you’re giving someone a custom chocolate bar for their birthday, remember that no birthday gift is complete without any sugar candle holders!

Thanks for everyone who sent in suggestions for ingredients this week. As always we love to hear what ingredients you’d like to have on our website. If you have any ideas be sure to shoot us an e-mail at info@chocomize.com.

The new ingredient of the week is hard peppermint candy! We use crushed candy canes and hard peppermints to give you that delicious and popular mint taste in your custom chocolate bar. This ingredient seems to be especially popular during the holiday season as we’ve been recently flooded with requests by people who were dying to have it in their Chocomize bar.

Ever wondered why restaurants always have mints for people to eat after a meal? Studies have shown that mints help with digesting large meals. A German study recently showed that mints can help alleviate cramps resulting from digestion problems. Studies have also shown that mint helps with memory and context related learning. Restaurants are hoping that the next time you chew a stick of mint gum, or suck on a piece of mint candy, you’ll remember the great (cramp free) meal you had. We were shocked to learn that so much thought went into those little mints we always grabbed when leaving a restaurant, we were always hoping that they would make our breath smell a little better.

We aren’t offering mint for your custom chocolate bar out of some crazy diabolical scheme to get you hooked on our chocolate bars (although that wouldn’t be a bad side effect) we just think it’s a great tasting ingredient. Our hard mint candy is not the first mint ingredient we’ve added to our website. We also have candied mint leaves which have been very popular. Personally, we recommend that you try dark chocolate with mint, blueberries, almonds, and marshmallows. Mint also goes extremely well with white chocolate and oreos.

So if you’re looking for a great tasting ingredient that may or may not (the only thing we guarantee at Chocomize is that it will taste great) help with digestion and cure your bad breath, try the hard mint candy in your next custom chocolate bar.

As always, thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions for ingredients this past week. If you think you know of a great tasting ingredient that you don’t see listed on our website, send us an e-mail at info@chocomize.com. We’ll be sure to add it to our list, and if you’re lucky it might just be the next ingredient of the week!

We had a great article published about us in the Westport, Connecticut newspaper. If you want to read the article, check out our press section, it's really fantastic!

Our friends at hangrypants.com are doing a 40 dollar giveaway on their website. To read about the contest check out their website.

Good luck to the winner!

This week’s ingredient is dried flower mix! This ingredient is a new addition to the list. We already offer other similar decorative toppings like rose and violet petals as well as candied mint leaves. Dried flower mix, however, is an amalgamation of four different types of flowers: mallow petals, sun flower petals, rose petals, and marigold petals.

So we had over 80 different ingredients to choose from for the I.O.T.W (that’s right we went and made ingredient of the week into an acronym) why did we choose dried flower mix? One of things we love besides the great taste of the dried flower mix is the colorful addition the four different flowers give to your custom chocolate bar. As winter approaches and the days get colder and drearier, it’s nice to have something that reminds you of springtime and warmer weather. So if you’re looking for something to cure those winter blues, be sure to add the flower mix to your next custom chocolate bar.

 What exactly are some of those flowers in the mix? Most people are familiar with sun flower and rose petals, marigold and mallow petals might be a little more foreign, however. The marigold flower is popular in its decorative use and is commonly used as a decorative device for weddings, religious events, and other festivals. It not only looks fantastic (one of the reasons we like to add it to our custom chocolate bar) but has a combined flavor of mint and citrus, and trust us, that’s a good thing. You probably know the mallow by another name, the hollyhock. This beautiful flower has been a popular addition to lots of gardens, and was even the symbol of the Shoguns in Japan, which makes it a true badass addition to your Chocomize bar.

We want to thank everyone who submitted ingredient ideas to us. Some of the ingredients that we are currently working on bringing to you guys are: poppy seeds, mint, rice crispy cereal, and others. If you think you have an ingredient that should be on our list, or you want to see as our IOTW (we love acronym’s) make sure you send us an e-mail at info@chocomize.com.

Chocomize is unique in that we are the first and only American company that truly allows you to customize your own chocolate bar. We believe that what makes us great is that we don't pick your chocolate bar for you, with over 80 ingredient choices, there’s something for everyone to like on our website. So what ingredients have been the most popular so far? Some we expected to be immensely popular, others have taken us by surprise. The following are the top five most popular ingredients at Chocomize.

5. Almonds: Almonds have been a popular choice in chocolate long before Chocomize ever came around with its delicious custom chocolate bars. In fact, nuts have been the most popular category here at Chocomize. Want to know a little known fact though? Almonds aren’t actually nuts. That’s right, almonds are actually seeds from the fruit of an almond tree. Either way, almonds have been a proven favorite in chocolate for years, so if you’re looking for a sure bet in your custom chocolate bar, you can’t go wrong with almonds!

4. Gummi Bears: While you can go to any grocery or candy store and probably find yourself a bar of chocolate with almonds, we bet you can’t find a chocolate bar with gummi bears. This delicious gummi candy is extremely popular in custom chocolate bars, especially in milk chocolate.

3. Sea Salt: People are used to the popular treat of chocolate covered pretzels. What makes them so good? We here at Chocomize believe it’s the juxtaposition of the bitter and sweet that makes this snack so delicious. It makes prefect sense, therefore, that sea salt and chocolate would taste so great together. In addition, sea salt gives a much better texture and flavor then normal table salt. So although it might seem a bit of a strange ingredient at first, when you combine chocolate and salt in your custom bar, you’re going to get a truly great combination, guaranteed.

2. 23 Karat Gold Flakes: One of the most common questions we get here at Chocomize is whether it’s actually safe to eat gold. Rest assured, we wouldn’t have any ingredients on our website that were not only delicious, but also completely safe as well. So why are gold flakes so popular on people’s custom chocolate bars? Chocomize is extremely popular when it comes to giving gifts. Although we offer a ton of ingredients that make your custom chocolate bar taste delicious, nothing makes your bar stand out more than 23 karat gold flakes. As a result, people can’t seem to get enough of our gold for their custom chocolate bar. So if you’re looking for something unique that’s really going to get everyone talking, try gold flakes in your next custom chocolate bar!

1. Bacon: We bet that a lot of people are going to be surprised to find out that bacon is our most popular ingredient here at Chocomize. What makes bacon so popular? Although we can’t read the minds of our customers, we came up with a couple possible explanations for why bacon is so popular in people’s custom chocolate bar. Again it goes back to the combination of the bitter and sweet taste. Bacon has a lot of salt, a taste that people love in their custom chocolate bars. In addition, although bacon and chocolate separately are easy to find, Chocomize is one of the few places on earth where people can find the two combined in a way that tastes great! Lastly, most people when combining bacon and chocolate use bacon flavored mystery meat, some sort of product that looks and tastes like bacon, but isn’t the real thing (we’re still trying to figure out what it is.) At Chocomize, however, we give you the real deal. When you order bacon for your custom chocolate bar, rest assured that you’ll actually be getting the real thing. So if you’re looking for a new and unusual ingredient to put in your custom chocolate bar, try our most popular ingredient, bacon!

Have any ingredients that you think can break into the top 5 and aren’t listed on our website? Send us a message and we’ll add them right away. We pride ourselves on the fact that a lot of our ingredients were your ideas (who would have thought chili peppers and chocolate tastes so great?) Get in touch with us at info@chocomize.com about ideas for ingredients or anything else you can think of. We love your input!

In addition to getting great cutomer reviews, we have also gotten a great amount of press recently. To read the article check out our press section where we are constantly updating reviews and articles about Chocomize. Hope you all enjoy it as much as you enjoy your custom chocolate bars!

Eric Heinbockel is one of the founders of Chocomize. Eric is a native of New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon and most recently New Jersey. Eric graduated from Columbia University in 2008 with a B.A. in Political Science. Eric's studies were focused on International Relations with special interest in the foreign and domestic politics of China and the Post Soviet States. In addition to his Political Science coursework Eric also has a background in Accounting and Economics. During his time at Columbia Eric was a member of the Varsity Lightweight Rowing Team. Eric's work experience prior to starting Chocomize has mostly focused on sales, with internships at a software company and structured finance firm. Eric enjoys Opera, Rainbow Six Las Vegas for xBox and most of all Chocomize Chocolate! If you have ordered from Chocomize you more than likely received a loving, hand written note from Eric! If you have any questions or comments about Chocomize you can reach Eric via email- eric@chocomize.com

Meet the founders- Many of you have gotten a chance in these last few weeks to know and love Chocomize.com. This week our blog will focus on telling you a little bit about each of our founders so you can learn to know and love them as well! These blogs will let you see the people behind the scenes. The guys who not only came up with this great concept but also work hard to make your delicious chocolate!