Chocri is a co-creator. We provide the modules, but you do the magic and combine those modules to the chocolate bar of your dreams.

That makes it very, very important for us to be in touch with you. We want to hear from and about you in every way we can - what "module" you are missing, what you would like to be different, but also what you like and what you don't. And - no need keep this a secret- we also hope that you will tell people that are equally creative as you about us so they can co-create as well.

That's why were are thrilled about every Facebook Fan and Twitter Follower, and today, we are proud to announce that we reached the 400 Follower mark on twitter:

You're not one of them yet? Please follow us! We'd love to talk to you, too!

See you there

Too bad gift certificate names don't show up in our system, because I bet you have a lot of cool names going on there as well..

But for now, here come the top 5 bar names of this week:

• A Bite of Brilliance (Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt, Pineapples and Bacon in Valentine's Day packaging)
  
• Orangeasian (Dark Chocolate with Ginger, Wasabi Peanuts, Jalapeños and Orange)
  
• Heart Attack! Real man's chocolate bar (Milk Chocolate with Roasted Almonds, Honey Wheat Flakes, Cinnamon Cornflakes, Toffee and Imitation Bacon)
  
• Ed's Hot Date (with Kate) (Dark Chocolate with Ground Chili and Date Bits)
• Hawaiian Colada (Milk Chocolate with Flower Mix, Macadamia Nuts, Coconut Shavings, Pineapples and Bourbon Vanilla)
  

Love it!

What would you name your chocolate bar?

Welcome back - we had a short break in our blog race, which we used to build a nifty blograce-page that lists all the bars that have been made.

The Blog Relay Race

As reported before, we started this race between female and male bloggers. Female bloggers are one team, and male bloggers are the other. Once a blogger is tagged by a team member, (s)he tags two more bloggers. "Tagging" means designing a bar for someone - and the best part is - when the race is over, the bloggers get those bars that were created for them! The end of the race is when a team has reached 100 bars first. So far, the ladies are in the lead - can the gents catch up?

The Chocolate Bars

Amazing bars have been created in the process of this race - and it isn't even over yet. Some of the finest food bloggers and connoisseurs have been creating chocolate bars with chocri. That's why we decided to take them out of the comments and emails, and list them neatly on our blograce-page page. Now you can be inspired by their creations, maybe get some ideas on what to gift a man vs. woman, and what toppings complement each other well.

We are looking forward to all the other amazing bars that will be created in this race. Who do you think will win the race?

Dear chocris,

We all know you're super creative. I mean, you create your own chocolate bars!
Today, we'd like your help and creativity for something else: The text in the inside of our packaging!

As we're developing our English packaging (yes,... a little late... sorry) we want to keep up something we've been doing in Germany: Our packages have 10 different slogans or comments in the inside. They are witty, sometimes rhyme and mostly make you laugh. We want to do the same in the U.S. And while we have a few, we want to incorporate YOUR ideas!

Give us your ideas in a comment to this post, as a Twitter mention to @chocridotcom or as a Facebook post on our wall. Or even as an email to carmen@chocri.com. We'll collect them all, and in the end, you can all vote on the Top 10. Deadline is February 15th.

Feel free to submit every idea you have, we don't want to limit your creativity. Please note that it has to be English, and short and sweet so it fits in the packaging above our URL. And we'll have to keep any offensive comments out, I'm sure you agree. Also keep in mind that you can't see the slogan/comment until after you ate some of the chocolate - or even, heaven help, after the chocolate's been eaten.

Of course we'll reward your creativity! The person whose idea gets the most votes receives a $50 chocri gift certificate. The runner up receives a $20 gift certificate, and the third place is rewarded with a $10 gift certificate.

What are you waiting for? Sharpen those pencils and start throwing those poetic concoctions.

For inspirations, see the list below:

• Empty already? That was quick! Get more on www.createmychocolate.com
  
• If there’s no chocri in heaven I’m not going! www.createmychocolate.com
  
• Whether chili or gold decor - chocolate like this, you won’t find in a store. www.createmychocolate.com
  
• 10 billion? I’ll take a challenge! www.createmychocolate.com
  
• This creation is a sensation. www.createmychocolate.com
  
• Life is a box of chocolates... you never know what you’re gonna get. WRONG. www.createmychocolate.com
  
• Design. Mine! Design mine: www.createmychocolate.com
  
• Looks like someone ate all your chocolate again, hm? www.createmychocolate.com
  

p.s. If you like one of those but think you could improve it, feel free to submit that improvement as a suggestion, too.