We're checking out over the Holidays here, but we wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Every 5th order today gets a $10 gift certificate as part of the Advent Calendar, so don't forget our gift certificates.
Brigitte B. won the customized purse from Laudi Vidni.
Christmas is tomorrow! In Germany, holiday gifts are actually exchanged on Christmas Eve, and in my family, the tree was decorated not before today, either! As such, in a German Advent Calendar, Christmas Eve is the last and biggest day. We made an American version, so there's still one more door tomorrow, but do know that today is huge. We're giving away, to one lucky winner:
With Laudi Vidni, you can create your own customized purse online, or since recently also in their Chicago retail store. Either way, you'll have fun creating! In this case, you'll be creating your own Poco wristlet, of which a few variations are shown in the image below:
These are just a few examples - with Laud Vidni, you can choose from an astonishing variety of luxury leathers and beautiful hardware to create a handbag that is uniquely yours. I haven't been to the design studio in their retail store yet, but I think the website really leaves nothing unclear - you can zoom in to the leathers and materials, and your custom handbag is created in front of your eyes in a way that makes it easy to imagine what it will look like once it's in your hands.
If you order today, you might be the lucky winner of a gift certificate to create your very own Poco Wristlet with Laudi Vidni - that's $85! As always, if you know someone who might appreciate this gift even more than you, and if you have the strength not to keep it for yourself, it also makes a pretty amazing very, very last minute Christmas gift.
So here's a trick if you need a last minute Christmas gift: Buy a gift certificate for chocri, and if you're lucky, you'll win the Laudi Vidni gift certificate too and you can make the chocolate for yourself ;)
Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas Eve Eve, everybody, and the third to last day on our chocri Advent Calendar! There's still time to email or print chocri gift certificates if you're looking for a perfect last-minute gift, and if you order today, you could win...
One chocri shopper today will win an adorable t-shirt with the chocri logo! Pick one of our limited-edition Holiday toppings (while you still can!), peruse our popular recommended creations, or pair up your favorite base and toppings to create a personalized chocolate bar. You'll be automatically entered to win!
Two doors left, chocri fans!
Yesterday, David M. won that we "picked up his tab" and refunded his entire order
So, we're almost to the end of our chocri Advent Calendar! Only a handful of days left- we've had a bunch of giveaways, gift codes and contests, but today's door opens to reveal what one lucky customer will win...
Christmas shoppers seem to be stocking up, and today is a great day to do some hardcore chocolate shopping. One order we receive today will be completely free! Pick out your favorite limited-edition Holiday toppings, choose your favorite recommended creations, or pair up your favorite base and toppings to create a personalized chocolate bar. Your order could be free!
OMG! Three days 'til Christmas, everyone!
Only 4 days until Christmas! Our Advent Calendar door is as heavily loaded with amazing treats this week as I imagine Santa's sleigh to be this week. Today, I'm presenting you with a real highlight:
I admit I had to consider keeping this one for myself for a while. Isn't it every woman's dream to design her own shoes? With Shoes of Prey, you can do just that - they are THE site for customized women's shoes. As you can see in the picture above, you first choose your design - pumps, open toe, ankle boot etc. Then you choose leathers and embellishments (they have an amazing selection for both), and they deliver you a custom made shoe that looks just the way you want it to!
Shoes from Shoes of Prey are hand made by craftsmen and are shipped directly to your feet. This makes a very special gift, and we're happy to help: So order your personalized chocolate bars or a gift certificate from chocri today, and you might be the lucky winner of a $100 gift certificate for Shoes of Prey!
Yesterdays gift certificate for customized jewelry by Gemvara was won by Dora B.
Only 5 days until Christmas! Are you all good on your list of holiday gifts? If not, we might be able to help with our Advent Calendar door today, because with it you might just win:
With Gemvara, you can create your own customized jewelry across a wide array of products - from pendants to rings, from earrings to whole necklaces. They even have jewelry for men available to be customized! Once you've picked a type of jewelry and style you liked, you can pick your favorite metal (e.g. gold, silver and platinum) and accent stones - often two different kinds. With those options, you can take endless and unique variations of the same piece of jewelry. Take the butterfly pendant in the image below - within a few seconds, I have created four different variations.
If you order personalized chocolate bars or a gift certificate today and win, we'll send you a link to your Gemvara gift certificate tomorrow. You can choose to treat yourself - or you might make it an amazing holiday gift for someone else. Jewelry is something so personal already - with Gemvara, it is much easier to reflect your personality in a piece of customized jewelry.
Advent Calendar Day 21! Anyone else hear the bells on Santa's sleigh ringing? Just me? Well, it's coming way up on Christmas, and today's door opens to reveal...
Leisurely day of Sunday e-shopping? Enter code GIFTCHOCRI at checkout to get 5% off any order! Like our limited-edition Holiday toppings? Feeling like one of our recommended creations? Wanna combine your favorite base and toppings to create a personalized chocolate bar? The 5% off code applies to everything!
Only six doors left, chocri fans!
Day 20 on our chocri Advent Calendar! Giveaways! Contests! Freebies! Coupon codes! We've revealed a lot of surprises, but we think today's door unlocks a pretty one of a kind incentive. Feeling creative? Get your thinking cap on, because the most interesting bar name we receive today's maker will win...
Is social media your passion? Do you long to impress the world with your unparalleled writing skillz in 140 characters or less? The winner of today's promotion will get to take over our Twitter account for a whole day! Choose any of our limited-edition Holiday toppings, check out our recommended creations, or select your favorite base and toppings to create a personalized chocolate bar, and you could be our Twitterer for a day.
Seven doors left, so keep in touch! #excited #naughtylist #countdown
Ken B. won the iPhone case from uncommon
One week left until Christmas, everybody! Our Advent Calendar has open doors like whoa, and we've gathered the top five most creative, interesting and notable personalized chocolate bar names from this week.
Jimbo's Viva Las Elvis Bar (Dark Chocolate with Banana Chips and Peanut Butter Drops in Holiday Packaging) Because Elvis references are becoming a weekly thing.
Coucholepsy Antidote (Milk Chocolate with Caramel Chocolate Drops, Apple Bits and Almonds in Holiday Packaging) Because the dessert table is like, all the way on the other side of the room.
Don't MESS With My MOMENT !!!!!! (Dark Chocolate with Roasted Cashews in Holiday Packaging ) Slowly unhand the chocri and please back the truck up.
Mimi's Sugar Plum Fairy Dust (Dark Chocolate with Roasted Almonds, Fleur de Sel and Toffee in Holiday Packaging) Because chocri is magic!
Daddy's Dirty Secret (Dark Chocolate with Colorful Chocolate Dragées and Almonds) Do we wanna know?
Still got a week of surprises left, chocri fans, so don't forget to open your doors daily!
It's only 8 days until Christmas! Luckily our Advent Calendar has something behind its door today that might just be a perfect last minute gift! We present:
Uncommon has a really nice selection of custom iPhone cases - from the slim fit "Deflector" case to the soft grip "Gallery" case. But the Rolls Royce of custom cases is the"Capsule" case shown in the image on the left - and we have arranged for a gift code for you that allows you to design your own iPhone capsule from Uncommon. Of course you can opt for any of the other cases as well, but the rest value of the gift card you'll receive from us will expire.
Customizing your iPhone case isn't difficult at all. You can either use your own images, or use artwork from their very sophisticated and diverse gallery. You can resize and rotate the images to create a completely unique case. Uncommon has cases for the iPhone 4 and 3GS, as well as the iPod touch.
p.s. "Order today" doesn't necessarily mean you have to order chocolate - you can also order a great last minute holiday gift
We're up to Day 17 on our chocri Advent Calendar, and we've got another open door to reveal! We know not everyone has finished their Christmas shopping, and for everyone who's still got someone or someones on their list to take care of, we've got something to make shopping a bit easier...
Don't you hate it when you find the perfect, most customized gift ever for someone on your list and the shipping deadline has already passed? While personalized gifts take a little bit longer to ship, we've got a super deal on gifts shipped super fast for everyone not on the naughty list. Select any of our limited-edition Holiday toppings, peep our recommended creations, or get inspired with your favorite base and toppings to make a personalized chocolate bar, and expedited shipping is only $10 extra!
Ten days left, chocri fans! Are you totally psyched for Christmas?
So, 17 doors have now opened on our Advent Calendar! Yesterday was free mini stockings, but maybe you want something to put in the stockings? Lucky for you, today we've got...
Teddy bears first came into prominence during the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt, after he was reluctant to shoot a wounded bear on a hunting trip. The toy quickly became traditional, and now most kids have at least one beloved teddy bear before they grow up. (Some hang on to their teddies long after, as well.) Our Holiday Teddy Bear topping has a festive Santa hat, but unlike most Christmas teddies, this one tastes good. Browse our limited-edition Holiday toppings, pick one of our recommended creations, or get creative with your favorite base and toppings to make a personalized chocolate bar, and add a Holiday Bear Topping today for free!
Ten more doors to open, so keep checking back!
Advent Calendar! Day sixteen! So far, we've had 15 days of giveaways, contests and cool free things, and today we've got...
How much do you love Christmas stockings? While the big presents under the tree are totally fun, there's something about the little surprises tucked away in stockings that holds a bit of allure. Since we think stockings are super fun, we've stocked up on them here at chocri. When you order any of our limited-edition Holiday toppings, select one of our recommended creations, or combine your favorite base and toppings to make a personalized chocolate bar, you'll receive a stocking, free, with your order. (This promotion will go as long as supplies last, so get in early!)
Eleven days to go on our holiday countdown- what are you hoping Santa will bring this year?
Danielle G. won the gift certificate for Blank Label
Can you believe that Christmas is in less than two weeks? Luckily our Advent Calendar helps me keep track this year or I wouldn't even have started with holiday gifts yet! You might think that the CEO of chocri has a personalized chocolate bar for everyone on their list, but every chocolate bar I get for my list would mean a chocolate bar less for our customers during this busy time of the year, so no in a weird twist no one gets customized chocolate from me for Christmas!
Luckily there are a number of other cool mass customization companies that are the perfect choices for unique gifts for the holidays. One of my absolute favorites are the custom dress shirt makers at Blank-Label. Hence I made sure that our Advent Calendar includes this goody today:
Custom-tailored dress shirts for men have been around longer than mass produced dress shirts of course, but they are traditionally very expensive. It's not unusual to pay $200-400, have to go in to the tailor so he can measure you, and leave with a very nicely fitting custom dress shirt - that is nothing special.
Blank-Label really turns that around. Three things Blank-Label revolutionizes:
You can have a custom fitted shirt, but without anyone measuring you but you yourself. Blank-Label has a smart way to ask you for the measurements that count, which you simply enter on your site
Blank-Label really differentiates not with custom fit, but with custom design. On the website, you can design your own shirt by choosing your desired fabric type not only for the shirt in total, but also for sleeves and plackets, or the inside of the collar for example. And the list continues - you can customize your pockets, buttons, add a monogram... and you can really make the shirt your very own.
Finally, custom dress shirts from Blank Label are much less expensive! It starts at $45, and then depends on the customization options you choose
And as you can see in the picture and in the fact that we're giving one away, they have gift certificates - so you can give your man the power to create his own style!
You want to try this out, or give a creative man in your life the chance to design his own dress shirt? Then order your customized chocolate bars today, and you might just get an email from me with your gift code tomorrow!
It's already Day 13 on our chocri Advent Calendar! Twelve days of discounts, giveaways and contests have been featured, and today we've got...
Christmas cookies are one of the biggest signs that Christmas is finally right around the corner. Cookies and chocolate are a match made in heaven, and if you're feeling festive, today's door is totally for you. Select any of our limited-edition Holiday toppings, check out our recommended creations, or match up your favorite base and toppings in our "create your own" section... No matter what you pick, Christmas cookies are on us today.
We've still got a bunch of doors to open, so keep checking back!
We're up to Day 12 on our chocri Advent Calendar! Eleven days crossed off on the Christmas countdown, and as we all get ready for the big day, today we've got...
Ready made decorative gift boxes make wrapping presents way easier, and non -expedited orders today include one of our festive chocri holiday gift box, absolutely free. No need to add it at checkout, you'll just receive your package with it included. Take a look at our limited-edition Holiday toppings, browse the recommended creations, or combine a base and your most-wanted toppings in our "create your own" section... Any combination qualifies!
Check back tomorrow for the next door!
How's your Christmas shopping going, chocri fans? Our Advent Calendar is in full swing, and we've pulled together the top five most creative, fun and funny personalized chocolate bar names from this week.
Burning Love (Dark Chocolate with Spicy Volcano Cashews, Ground Chili, Jalapeños and Writing 'I Love You') Because now that song is stuck in your head, too.
Ice Creamless Banana Split (Milk Chocolate with Strawberry, Banana Chips and Peanuts in Holiday Packaging) This. Is. Brilliant.
Ohmygodwhatisthis Bar (Milk Chocolate with Ginger, Papaya Cubes, Cornflakes, Fleur de Sel and Holiday Bear in Holiday Packaging) Luckily, toppings are listed on the back of each chocri.
For that special person who puts up with my s--- (Milk Chocolate with Gingerbread Spice and Candy Cane) Because see? Romance isn't dead!
Batman's Kryptonite (Dark Chocolate with Strawberry, Cinnamon and mymuesli - Organic Muesli) We found it in Superman's Batmobile.
We've still got over two weeks left to reveal more surprises, so keep checking back!
Christmas is edging ever closer as we reach Day 11 on our chocri Advent Calendar! We've had ten days of freebies, contests and giveaways, and as we roll up on the second to last weekend before Christmas (tick, tock!) we've got another door to open, revealing...
One of our inherently most Christmassy toppings, cinnamon complements all our bases very well and matches up beautifully with most fruit and nut toppings. Peruse our limited-edition Holiday toppings, check out our recommended creations, or choose a base and your favorite toppings in our "create your own" section... But if you add cinnamon to any bar, it's on us today!
We still have over a dozen doors left to open, so keep checking back!
Everyone knows wine and chocolate go very well together. Today's Advent Calendar surprise makes for amazing gifts - it's
A personalized wine bottle to go with your customized chocolate bars!
On the Personal Wine website, you can select from an array of award-winning wines, which you can then take into a virtual design studio to create a label to your heart's content. Flowers and pink for a sweet, flowery wine for Grandma? Or dark, masculine colors for a dry wine with a heavy tobacco note? How about a red and chocolatey brown label, and then pick out a wine that goes well with the customized chocolate bars that won you the personalized wine. ;)
I think this makes a stellar gift. Match the name of your chocolate and the name you give your wine, and pair the wine and chocolate to create a really neat personalized gift that will elicit some WOWs under the Christmas tree. And the best part - if you order your chocolate today, you might get this for free!
Of course we won't judge if you just make your own bottle of wine all for yourself, or maybe to share for New Year's Eve ;) Either way, check out the Personal Wine website and create your own wine label. It's fun!
OMG! It's already day 9 of our chocri Advent Calendar! Are you worn out from Christmas shopping yet? Have you been hitting up the mall or clicking away as you cross off everyone on your "nice" list? Well, check this, chocri fans. We've got another open door today, and one lucky shopper with a December 8th customer will receive...
Select some of our limited-edition Holiday toppings, skim through our recommended creations, or select a base and your favorite toppings in our "create your own" section... Those presents look tasty, don't they?
Maybe your order will be the lucky double order, so shop today if you've got your eye on someone else's delicious, creamy chocri goodness. And we've still got two weeks of pre-Christmas discounts, contests and incentives- so keep checking back!
It's Day 8 on our chocri Advent Calendar, today marks the first promotion that involves the charity we support, DIV Kinder. While we donate 1% of order proceeds to DIV Kinder year-round, for every order placed today, we'll donate...
Browse our Holiday toppings, order your favorite one of our recommended creations, or combine your favorite base and toppings in our "create your own" section, and for each order we receive, $2 will go to DIV Kinder.
From our DIV Kinder page:
DIV-Kinder (which stands for Deutsch-Ivorische-Verein and means German-Ivory Association) is a Christian organization that cares for the needs of homeless and orphaned children of the Ivory Coast. Their primary interest is to provide the children with shelter and supervision. The organization’s employees work directly in these countries and make sure that donations and supplies from Germany are transferred to the homes for children.
As we said, we've still got more than a dozen doors to open- so keep checking back!
Today is the 7th day of our chocri Advent Calendar, and we've got another advent calendar contest! Five of the orders we receive today (December 6th), will win...
Order any of our bars with Holiday toppings, select one of our recommended creations, or pick out your favorite base and toppings in our "create your own" section, and your order might be one of the five that win a chocri mousepad.
Today's advent calendar prize is something we thought our techy, customized chocolate fans would love. A door opens each day until Christmas, so keep checking in until the big day!
Yesterday, Ben, Rosemary and Erin each received a $20 gift card from FashionPlaytes.
Today's Advent Calendar is again especially for you parents, aunts and uncles and grandparents out there. Fashion Playtes is a really cute website for gifts for girls ages 5-12: They can design their own fashion!
And out of all orders, three of you will win
That will not only give the teen of your choice a nice new piece of clothing, designed by her herself, but also a good hour of fun (or maybe even more). Order before Dec 13 if you are going to create the gift for your dear one, or give them the gift certificate directly.
Fashion Playtes, recipient of a Mom’s Choice Award for best online product, has several types of customized dresses, tops and pants even a capri lounge set and a combination of heat + scarf. Once you've selected the garment, you can choose color and your favorites from what it seems hundreds of "add ons" like pockets for a hoodie, or graphics, rhinestones, underlayers etc for a dress. Much like our toppings! Did I mention hours of fun? Seriously - a good time has elapsed while I am writing this blog post because I keep tweaking an outfit that's 10 sizes too small for me!
So order your customized chocolate bars today before midnight EST for a chance to win one of three gift certificates for Fashion Playtes.
Yesterday's Frecklebox Gift Cards were won by Elizabeth G. from Norfolk, VA.
Today as part of our Chocri Advent Calendar, one lucky winner will receive...
I don't even know where to start when describing Frecklebox because they personalize so much, but I think they're most famous for their personalized gifts and books. Frecklebox has personalized bookmarks, chore charts (ouch!), clipboards, coloring books, growth charts, journals, lunch boxes, placemats, posters, puzzles, school folders, school notebooks, stickers, storybooks, sight words and wall art. Phew, that's a long list! I didn't expect you to read all of it.
Probably my favorite are the personalized books - you enter the child's name, who then becomes the hero or heroine of the story. Sometimes the name is even part of the illustrations, which is pretty nifty! The $30 will get you plenty on the site, so hurry and order your personalized chocolate bars today for a chance to win a gift cart to order personalized gifts for free. It's wonderful how the world works like that, isn't it?
It's Friday, so in the midst of all of our Advent Calendar fun, we've gathered up the top five most creative, festive and fun personalized chocolate bar names from this week.
Jazz Hands (Dark Chocolate with Coconut Shavings, Gingerbread Spice and Bourbon Vanilla) Because really, what's more fun than jazz hands?
Brendan's I-Don't-like-Chocolate Chocolate bar (Dark Chocolate with Roasted Almonds, Ground Chili, Multicolored Pepper, Jalapeños and Cayenne Pepper in Holiday Packaging) Well, Brandon, we hope you like it.
Braaiinnnsssssssss Bar (Milk Chocolate with Cornflakes, Almonds and Bacon) Because we don't want "The Walking Dead" to end either!
Santa didn't forget the Bacon! (Dark Chocolate with Sour Cherries, Pistachios, Holiday Bear and Bacon) You must not be on the naughty list!
Kim's Boo Boo Kitty Bar - It Pwns Taste Buds! (Milk Chocolate with Strawberry, Marzipan Rose, Writing: "Happy Birthday!" and Almonds) Yeah... n00b!
Don't forget to check back each day, as we open the doors to reveal more surprises!
Can you believe we're up to day five on the chocri Advent Calendar? After 2 days of exciting contests, we've got another fun bonus for everyone who orders today! Can you guess what it is?
Normally, if you order five bars, the sixth bar is on us. It's a great way to try new things, and finding a new and different chocri in your package is always really exciting. So for our fifth day of the Christmas countdown, everyone who orders gets one of these fun bars. Happy shopping!
Order any of our holiday toppings, browse our recommended creations, or choose your base and toppings in our "create your own" section, and the bonus will automatically be applied to your order!
Yesterday's winner for a hot chocolate with our CEO was Alexandra C. from New York.
It's day four on our chocri Advent Calendar, and yet again, we have something new and different for you! One of the orders we receive today (December 2nd), will have a chance to win...
If you live in the New York Metro area and you're ordering today, you could win a hot chocolate with chocri's US CEO, Carmen Magar. Browse our Holiday toppings, check out our recommended creations, or choose your favorite base and toppings in our "create your own" section, and with your order, you'll be entered to win this very exclusive, one of a kind contest. (Details will be emailed to the winner when the results are in.)
Today's advent calendar prize is just as unique as our customized chocolate bars! This incentive will only show up once on the Advent Calendar, so enter today to win!
The winner of yesterday's Advent Calendar surprise is Marisa C from NJ. She received a gift code for three personalized chocolate bars.
A new month, a new topping. But first of all - Happy Hanukkah, to everyone who celebrates! Also, today is World's Aids Day, and we're wearing a ribbon on our Facebook Page today - like it if you support the cause (because that means more people get to see it)!
Now, without further ado, I present you with our newest topping of the month: Crispy Flakes! These are little chunks of crispbread swirled into delicious milk chocolate. Crispy Flakes (in German: Knusperflocken) are a very popular German sweet with a long history. We've tested it on our chocolate and couldn't resist to offer you this mouthwatering treat as our topping of the month December.
Enjoy it while it lasts! You can find Crispy Flakes for your customized chocolate bar in the Grains section.
Today is day three of our chocri Advent Calendar, and the first day where everyone who orders will be entered to win our first Advent Calendar contest! Order today (December 1st), and you'll automagically get a chance to win...
One lucky chocri fan will receive a gift code- redeemable immediately- for three chocri bars. Get a jump on Christmas shopping and create bars with some of our Holiday toppings. Or take a break from buying presents and create three bars just for you. Select one of our recommended creations, or choose your favorite base and toppings in our "create your own"section!
We think today's door reveals a gift that always fits- customized chocolate! Customized chocolate bars make an excellent holiday gifting option, whether you create a bespoke bar for your recipient or send a code or gift certificate. Each day reveals a new, different special, so check our blog daily in the days leading up to Christmas!
