So sorry to keep you all waiting for the fourth installment of my blog, I hope you all managed through Monday despite missing my usual “sweet” post. Again, I was too busy yesterday to handle it. With the help of our review on Mashable.com, we have had a wild amount of site traffic and have been swamped with orders since last week.

Well, I see you met Ryan…awkward. I think we forgot to mention in his ‘Welcome to Chocomize’ entry that he thinks he’s funny. Truth be told, he works hard and he knows more about computers than I do, so who knows what me and my laptop have coming our way after he sees that little comment.

So I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking me what ever happened with Eric’s wristwatch situation since he broke it about 3 weeks ago (see my first blog entry if you are a new reader). A lot of people are asking me questions like this:

What is he doing now? Does he show up late to work? Is he more efficient now because he can work hours on end without realizing it? Did he replace the watch with a new one?

I want to clear all this up for everyone so here’s what happened. The watch broke and he was devastated. In ruins, havoc in the office, utter mayhem. We found him trying to tell time by his shadow for the first few days, which just didn’t work at all, but it got worse. He couldn’t even remember where he lived after a few days and he wouldn’t accept any replacements. The only skill that remained unharmed, thank goodness, was his ability to make premium custom chocolate bars. He has found a temporary replacement for the meantime. Your standard big digital watch, nothing like that old classy gem that he used to have though, but it lets us carry on as if everything was normal.

4th of July orders have been flying in - don't forget to order your Independence Bar or make your own creation. This summer has been busy but fun and I've already learned a lot of valuable lessons from the young entrepeneurs at Chocomize.

Nothing but clear skies in The View From Candyland.
-Jim

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June 29, 2010

Chocomize and the World Cup

Everyone at Chocomize is obsessed with the World Cup. You’ve probably seen our ads on the side of the fields. Actually it was a big decision to decide which team we would sponsor, Germany or the United States. Fabian (the resident German) is obviously a big fan of the German team, but he’s pretty outnumbered by Eric and I, as well as everyone else we have working at Chocomize.

Unfortunately the US was knocked out of the tournament two days ago, and unfortunately we don’t actually have ads at the world cup (give us a break we’ve been up and running for less than a year.) Hopefully it will only be a matter of time before the world hears about our delicious custom chocolate bars.

We should probably start rooting for Germany along with Fabian, but it’s kind of fun rooting against his favorite team so the verdict is still out on who Chocomize is going to officially support (you can probably tell this isn’t Fabian writing this blog post.) Who do you guys think we should support?

Nick

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June 24, 2010

Another Addition to the Chocomize Team

What’s hotter than summer 2010? Jim Brown. Whats hotter than Jim Brown? Chocomize would like to introduce summer intern Ryan Sudeck. Ryan is breaking the trend here in the office, as he is currently a student at Stanford University. While not enjoying the California sunshine, he enjoys rowing for Stanford’s Heavyweight team, playing golf and eating. Today is actually Ryan’s birthday and he is looking forward to lighting the candle atop his Happy Birthday Bar to a perfectly in-tune rendition of “Happy Birthday” from the rest of the guys here at Chocomize. Ryan is excited to be a part of Chocomize and looks forward to learning from everyone else here while contributing to Chocomize’s growing success.

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June 21, 2010

The View From Candyland - Part 3

It’s Monday so let’s get right to business - I have some delicious news for you today. Father’s Day has come and gone and I hope it was a grand holiday for the whole family; I personally had a great weekend playing golf with Dad and he loved the chocolate bar I made for him, but its time to get ready for the 4th of July and National Chocolate Day.

National Chocolate Day?
Yes, it is a real holiday on the 7th of July and we are very excited here at Chocomize to bring you the special Chocolate on Chocolate Bar, which will be on sale through the holiday. It's National Chocolate Day – give your sweet tooth exactly what it wants.

What are your plans for the 4th?
Here it is - the Independence Bar with Star-Spangled Sprinkles, also on sale through the holiday. It tastes as good as it looks and we hope you enjoy eating it as much as we enjoyed naming it.

(Go to the Favorites section to see the bars)

Check back on the site soon for some updates that we are pretty excited about. Shipping to Canada will be running shortly and later this week we’ll be unveiling yet another addition to the list of ingredients that is sure to surprise you.

Back in a week,

Jim

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June 20, 2010

Father's Day Chocolate Bar Names

Happy Father’s Day! We hope all you Dads out there are enjoying your custom chocolate bars. In the spirit of Father’s Day, here are our favorite names people came up with for their Father’s Day chocolate bars:

Dad's Rocky Road - Happy Father's Day!!
Milk Chocolate
Nuts & Seeds: Sliced Almonds

Nuts & Seeds: Organic Cashews

Candy: Mini Marshmallows

Sweet Tooth Dad

Dark Chocolate
Nuts & Seeds: Organic Cashews
Fruits: Mango Dices

Dad's crunchy, chewy goodness bar
Dark Chocolate
Nuts & Seeds: Macadamia Nuts
Nuts & Seeds: Organic Flax Seeds
Fruits: Blueberries
Herbs & Spices: Cinnamon
Decorations: Fathers Day Plaque

DADDYLICIOUS
Dark Chocolate
Candy: Chocolate Candy
Candy: Kit Kat
Candy: Cookie Dough
Decorations: Fathers Day Plaque

You're a Sweet Dad
Dark Chocolate
Decorations: Fathers Day Plaque
Decorations: I Love You Heart

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June 15, 2010

The View From Candyland - Part 2

 

After another busy weekend with all of the Father’s Day orders coming in, I couldn’t get the blog updated yesterday (a portion of Monday's order is shown above) so here we are on Tuesday morning getting ready for another big push for the holiday.

Father’s Day
Have you gotten him anything yet? Go to the Favorites section to order one of our popular pre-made bars (on sale for $5.95), or go to the Creation Station and make your own bar for your gift. Don’t forget to get a greeting card as well!

New Ingredients
As you may have noticed, the ingredients contest is over and you can now add 3 new ingredients to your custom chocolate bars – cookie dough (our new favorite), kit-kat and junior mints. Are any of these your father’s favorite? Don’t worry, you can still place your order and we will have it to you in time for the big day!

PS
Ever heard of National Chocolate Day? It is rapidly approaching and will of course be accompanied by a sale on a special Chocolate-on-Chocolate bar.

 

Until next week,

Jim

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June 12, 2010

New Ingredients Added

Thanks to our fans, ingredients No. 104, 105, and 106 have just been added to our website! These three winners of the ingredient competition are quickly becoming a company favorite. Kit Kats, Junior Mints, and Cookie Dough...how did we not think of these before? Now it's time for you guys to start thinking of even MORE ingredients to add to our website.

Not to brag or anything, but now that we have 106 different ingredients, there are 36,843,895,308 different possible combinations for you to make. That means we could give a different chocolate bar to every single person in the world for almost a whole week. Yeah, we're awesome.

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June 09, 2010

Top Five Bar Names

Here are our favorite bar names of recent:

1. Flower Power
Dark Chocolate
Other: Crunchy Almond Croquant
Decorations: Crystallized Violet Petals

2.Snack-Attack Bar
Dark Chocolate
Other: Potato Chips
Candy: Peanut Chocolate Candy
Other: Cheerios
Candy: Strawberry Gushers
Candy: Message Hearts

3. Mark's Sugar Coma Bar
Milk Chocolate
Candy: Pop Rocks
Candy: Sour Patch Kids
Candy: Nerds
Candy: Jelly Beans
Candy: Skittles

4. Love ya more than chocolate
Milk Chocolate
Nuts & Seeds: Roasted Organic Peanuts
Candy: Butterscotch
Decorations: Fathers Day Plaque

5. Daddy's Healthy Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Nuts & Seeds: Whole Almonds
Fruits: Cranberries

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