In the past few days, we had a number of new visitors to this site from different sources, so I wanted to take the opportunity to describe who we are and what we do:

chocri is a German startup, founded a little more than a year ago. What we do is we allow you to customize your own chocolate bar on our website. You get to choose a base chocolate white, dark or milk chocolate), and then your favorites out of more than 90 toppings. Those can be nuts and dried fruit, but they can also be real gold flakes, roasted almonds, pretzel, chive rolls, jalapenos... you name it! We hand-make the bars in Germany, and ship them to you.

We want you to eat chocolate and fully enjoy the good feeling it creates, hence we use only the best ingredients, such as organic, fair trade chocolate from Belgium. We also donate a percentage of our revenues to DIV Kinder, an organization that supports children at the Ivory Coast. Once we launch, you'll also get a chance to make a donation at check out.

We are excited about our upcoming launch in the US! We've had a few tastings in Chicago and New York and blog reviews already and you guys (and ladies) loved the chocolate bars we pre-designed. Wait only until you can design your own! :)

Those of you who share your email address with us on the upper left box on this screen will receive an invitation for our soft launch on January 5, but we'll open up for everyone on January 11.

Bloggers and press representatives are invited to check out our exclusive preview website - just shoot me an email and I'll give you the password to enter.

Besides that we are very curious to hear your questions and suggestions of any kind! We thrive because we have all of you contribute ideas and wishes, and we are very grateful for that!