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June 03, 2010

Chocolate Bonds

bonds1Everyone knows that the economy is doing poorly right now. What should you do with your money? Stocks are risky and keeping your money in the bank isn’t going to make you rich. How about investing in chocolate!


Normally we wouldn’t promote any of our competitors (we’re just a lot classier than say Godiva who talks about us all the time on their blog) but a British chocolate company has grabbed our attention. The British chocolate company, Hotel Chocolat, is trying to raise money for their company. Typically a company will issue a bond that will pay a certain interest every year. This chocolate company, however, is trying to pay its investors back in chocolate. People who buy these ‘chocolate bonds’ will receive a lot of chocolate every year instead of plain old boring money.


We thought this was a pretty good idea, although we aren’t about to start offering chocolate bonds. If you do want to receive a bunch of custom chocolate bars every month, however, you can check out our chocolate of the month club. It’s a much cheaper way to receive delicious chocolate annually (the chocolate bonds run around $5000 dollars.)


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June 01, 2010

Father's Day Chocolate Bars

fathers bar 1Mom’s aren’t the only ones who love chocolate. Father’s Day is fast approaching (June 20th.) Make sure you show Dad a little love with fathers day bar no  2Chocomize. Design him his favorite chocolate bar and add a little message to it with our ‘Happy Father’s Day’ edible plaques. For those of you uncreative people out there, we’ve gotten together (with consultation of our own Dad’s) and designed two bars that we think Dad will love.  For those of you who want to give a sweeter bar, try the Father’s Day Bar No. 1: Milk chocolate with butter toasted peanuts, happy father’s day plaque, mini pretzels, and caramel pieces. If you’re looking for a something a little different, try our Father’s Day Bar No. 2: Dark chocolate with happy father’s day plaque, raisins, and hazelnuts.


If you’re worried about your personalized chocolate bars melting now that summer is coming, don’t! We pack all our boxes with ice and guarantee that your bars will arrive in perfect condition. The only thing you need to worry about is whether to choose pretzels or chocolate candy pieces…or both.


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May 28, 2010

New York Street Fair

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Chocomize is heading to the big city this weekend! The extremely handsome owners are going to be participating in a New York Street fair. We will be selling some of our favorite chocolate bars including our smores bar, summer bar, berry bar, and a bunch of other different combinations we thought would be pretty tasty. If you’re going to be in NY, come by and say hello. We will be located on Lexington Avenue between 23rd and 30th street. It will be pretty easy to spot us, we’ll be the guys with all the chocolate! Can’t wait to see and meet some of our friends.


 

 

-Nick


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May 27, 2010

Official Chocomize Ingredients Poll

Over the past couple of weeks we have gotten a lot of suggestions for new ingredients. As always, we don't want to keep these suggestions to ourselves but rather ask you what you would like to customize your chocolate bars with! So here it is... The official 'Chocomize Ingredient Addition Poll'. Have fun!

 

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May 20, 2010

Ingredient Contest

Over the past month we’ve been getting a lot of requests and suggestions for ingredients that we should add to our website. We wish that we could add all of them but unfortunately that would be almost impossible (there have just been too many.) Here are six of the most requested ingredients in the past month. We can’t decide on which ones too add, so we’re going to let you guys do it for us. Vote in the comments section for your favorite ingredient, and recommend some to add to the list. We’ll add four more to this list and then the top three most popular will be added to our website!

 


puffed rice

black liquoriceBlack Licorice: This delicious candy is made from the extract of the licorice root. It’s extremely delicious on its own, but tastes even better in a custom chocolate bar.

 


Puffed Rice: Puffed rice is exactly what it sounds like…puffed rice. It’s pretty popular in a lot cereals and adds a great texture to your personalized chocolate bar.


kit katKit Kat: This popular candy bar consists of a wafer covered in chocolate. We would break the bar up into parts and place it throughout your Chocomize bar.220px-swedishfish

 


Swedish Fish: Swedish fish were actually invented by a Finish company but have been marketed in the US by a Swedish company. It’s kind of confusing to us, but either way it would be awesome for you chocolate candy bar.


junior mints

 

Junior Mints: Junior mints are a popular candy that has a mint filling surrounded by dark chocolate. Here’s a fun fact: over 15 million are produced each day (a little more than the amount of Chocomize made each day…)

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Cookie Dough: This is a popular addition for ice cream and would be a great ingredient for your chocolate bar. We would use cookie dough bites, the popular candy usually sold in movie theatres.


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May 20, 2010

Top Five Bar Names

Here are the top five bar names of the week, they seem to be getting better and better, thanks for keeping us entertained!


1. 6 Year Old's Dreambar
White Chocolatedark_pretzels_blueberries
Candy: Gummi Bears
Candy: Nerds
Candy: Sour Patch Kids
Candy: Pop Rocks
Decorations: 23 Karat Gold Flakes
2. Fields of Gold
Dark Chocolate
Decorations: Crystallized Violet Petals
Decorations: 23 Karat Gold Flakes
Fruits: Dried Raspberries
3. David's At The Movies Bar
Dark Chocolate
Candy: Nerds
Candy: Runts
4. Maggie's 60th--From the Sea's Depths
Dark Chocolate
Herbs & Spices: Sea Salt
5. turkish coffee
Dark Chocolate
Herbs & Spices: Cardamom
Other: Coffee Beans
Fruits: Organic Date Pieces


-Nick


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May 18, 2010

Ingredient of the Week: Graduation Plaque

congrats_grad_plaqueIt’s graduation season! Summer is quickly approaching and nothing marks the transition in seasons like the end of the school year. Whether it’s someone in your family graduating from high school or a friend finishing up college, it’s a good bet you know someone graduating from school. This brings us to the ingredient of the week, our graduation plaques.


If you’re searching for the perfect graduation gift, look no more. Our personalized chocolate bars make the perfect gift. Send the right message with our ‘Congratulations Grad’ plaque. We actually had a lot of corny messages that we decided not to use such as ‘Congrats on your sweet success’… Our custom chocolate bars are really popular not just for graduation gifts, but also for graduations parties of which we offer great discounts and the ability to customize your own message.


My brother is graduating from college soon and is going to get a milk chocolate bar with a ‘Congratulations Grad’ plaque, sour patch kids, chocolate candy pieces, and gummi bears. I would say sorry for ruining the surprise, but my family is pretty used to getting Chocomize chocolate bars for gifts (I still haven’t heard anyone protesting.) What kind of chocolate bar would you want for your graduation?

Nick


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May 14, 2010

How small is the world?

what are the odds

 

Yesterday I had one of those moments that are just too unlikely to be true. My parents are currently on a trip through Asia and they told me a story last night that I thought you would like to hear about. They were taking a train tour through North Vietnam and happened to be sitting next to two young guys from the UK who were taking a gap year before university to discover the world. The guys were chatting with my parents and asked if they had kids and what they were doing. The first thing my dad told them was that one of his sons started a chocolate company in the United States and told them the whole nine yards about Chocomize.

Ok, a quick rhetorical question in case you have fallen asleep already:

What are the odds that two 19 year old guys from the UK, went to a party in Los Angeles that had Chocomize party favors, only to meet my German parents on a train in Northern Vietnam? Impossible? Well, once my dad said the word Chocomize, the guys smiled and knew exactly what was going on. How could he forget the delicious custom chocolate bars at the Academy Awards party in L.A? Well, I guess the world really is small sometimes.

Ever had a moment like this? Share it with us!

 

 

Fabian


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