We here at chocri love giving you power that others just cannot give you. Besides the fact that with us, you can create your own chocolate bar and give it your own name, we love asking you for your opinion in big decisions such as our name (decided by a survey) and now... the inside of our packaging!

The past week or so we received great submissions from you and are now excited to put them up for a vote. You can vote from now until Friday.

We got a lot (a looot!) of great phrases, but only the 10 best ones (per your vote) will be printed in the inside of our packaging.

Take the survey (takes 3 minutes max): Vote now for your favorite packaging phrase!

Because there's so many of them, we allowed for multiple answers - just click on all the ones you like a lot, and we'll print the ones with the most votes. Thank you for your input! Remember: the submission with the best votes gets a $50 gift certificate, the runner up receives a $20 gift certificate, and the third place is rewarded with a $10 gift certificate.

Oh, and by the way - how was Valentine's Day? Got any cute or fun stories to share? The comment box is your playground...

p.s. We took the liberty to exclude or alter submissions that were grammatically incorrect or simply too long to fit in. Sorry!

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope you had a great week. We sure did, - I have many great names from you for you again! You love your personalized chocolate bars! Here we go, in no particular order, the nicest names of this week:

• Spice Rack (Dark Chocolate with Cinnamon, Ground Chili, Bourbon Vanilla and Black Sesame)

• doodoofutfut bark(Dark Chocolate with Cranberries, Caramel Chocolate Drops, Sea Salt and Nougat)

• Valentine Cocoa Elixir (Dark Chocolate with Roasted Almonds, Sea Salt, Real Gold Flakes, Coconut Shavings and Bourbon Vanilla)

• Pesto (Dark Chocolate with Multicolored Pepper, Basil and Pine Nuts)

• Sweet Dee's Sweets (Dark Chocolate with Ground Chili and Cayenne Pepper)

Aren't those fun?

Two more things:

Speaking of all this creativity, you can still send us your submissions for the phrases to be printed on the inside of your packaging! The picture on the left of this text shows the ideas flowing on our Facebook post - but really we take submissions any way you like... as a comment on this blog post, on our tumblr site. We'll then compile them all for you to vote on, and the 10 most popular ones- are printed! Imagine getting a chocolate bar in a packaging that you helped design!

Also, we're having a wine & spirit & chocolate tasting in New York coming up! On March 13th, we're pairing up with the amazing Bottlerocket in New York for an exquisite tasting. Personalized chocolate bar and wine combinations! Save the date! Saturday March 13, from 3-6pm More info.

Valentine's Day is on Sunday! Give the power to create.

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.

We've been cooking (figuratively) and have something new for you!

As you know, with more than 100 topping choices and three base chocolates, you have more than 10 billion combinations at your fingertips, which leaves you plenty of room for your creativity.

Or maybe not?

We get many suggestions from you for new toppings, and we are grateful for each and everyone one of them, thank you and please keep them coming!

We really do our best to implement these great ideas. That's why we thought up the following:

The Topping Of The Month!

Since we know that chocriholics are curious and keen on everything that is new, unknown and maybe also a little bit extraordinary, the next few months we want to take you on a journey to the never ending fields of culinary extravaganzas, bizarre delicacies and tongue-tingling aromas.

Every month, we introduce you to a novel, unusual topping, which (while stocks last) you can use for your chocri creation.

As always, we want your input and suggestions! Feel free to suggest really weird toppings, the only criteria is: it must be edible ;-) Just send us an email with the subject "Topping of the month" to carmen@chocri.com or post your topping wish on our Facebook Page. We are looking forward to your suggestions!

Like this, we hope to enable each and everyone of you to create that chocolate bar of your wildest dreams. And who knows, if a topping is especially popular, it might end up with its buddies in the permanent assortment ;-)

Today, on the first of February, we start with the following topping:

Grains Of Paradise

No kidding, that's what they are called! And from today on, they are in the category "Spices", eagerly awaiting you and your chocolate creation.
Grains Of Paradise, also called Guinea Grains, are from Africa and are typically used in the Northern African cuisine. They are spicy with lots of aroma, and a fruity-warm taste. The combination with chocolate is, well, heavenly. This is a great topping for everyone who likes it spicy, but not too spicy. And let's be honest: ... who ever ate a chocolate bar with "grains of paradise"? This is really something extraordinary!

Let's go, you the adventurous and global gourmets! You won't regret. Enjoy!