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Press Releases and Placements

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Press Releases

Customized Chocolate Bar Company chocri Wins German Business Start-Up Award and Announces Its Upcoming U.S. Launch
September 29, 2009, PR Web
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Create Your Own Customized Chocolate Bar with Chocri - A Unique Valentine's Day Gift!
January 11, 2010, PR Newswire
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Press Placements

Washington Post > On Success > Women Warrior
Sweet success
"What could be better?"
February 2010

Glamour
12 Creative Ways to Say “I Love You”
"Satisfy his sweet tooth and prove you know what he likes by giving him a customizable chocolate bar."
February 2010

NBC Weekend Today AM Best Kept Secrets
Valentine's Day Gift Picks
"These are customized chocolate bars by chocri, and you make your own personalized chocolate bar...and they are SO yummy, I mean..."
February 2010

CBS 7 - Your Carolina
Valentine Gift Ideas
"This is my new favorite website!"
February 2010

Cooking with Amy
Valentine's Day Giveaway
"...I think a customized chocolate bar is a really fun idea."
February 2010

EcoStiletto
Cupid Smiles on Our Fair Trade Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
"Choose fair trade, and may Cupid smile on you!"
February 2010

The Succulent Wife's Favorite Things
Chocri Customized Chocolate Bars
"I love that they only use the best ingredients, starting with organic or fair trade chocolate from Belgium."
February 2010

Shoestring
Fair Trade Gifts Under $50
"64% cocoa with organic pretzels and extra salt? Oh, yes."
February 2010

Flexistuff
What do you get when you combine my two passions: customization and chocolate?
"All in all, Chocri provides yet another example of mass customization in the food sector."
February 2010

Gigi Reviews
Chocri: Gigi's Sour Cherry Spice Bar
"...and while I take credit for the combinations that I put together, it is really all about the truly great chocolate and ingredients Chocri makes the bar with."
February 2009

Rare Bird Finds
Chocri: Gigi's Sour Cherry Spice Bar
"...more than 10 billion possible combinations for you to dream up."
February 2009

She Knows
Be My Valentine
"Customization is sweet in a whole new way."
January 2010

DINE Magazine
Sweeten up Your Valentine’s Day with a Chocolate Treat
"After you have created the perfect candy bar, create the perfect name and inscribe it on the package."
January 2010

Epicurious
Valentine's Day Chocolate Gifts
"... (there are 10 billion possible combinations). We created three pretty dynamite bars..."
January 2010

Full Circle must-have monday
"Basically, you have full control over making an insanely delicious bar of chocolate."
January 2010

To Have and To Hold Custom Sweets
"and I thought: “what a fantastic-ly awesome idea!” Sweets with lots of choice – now that’s what I’m talking about!"
January 2010

Aging Disgracefully
chocri Chocolate
"Chocri make a wonderfully smooth and rich chocolate."
January 2010

Forays of a Finance Foodie
Chocri Customized Chocolate Bars Giveaway
"- quality and creativity all rolled into one!"
January 2010

Cool Material
Chocri Customized Chocolate Bar
"Chocri upgrades the candy idea from lame to thoughtful."
January 2010

Snack Girl
Customize Your Healthy Chocolate Treat
"Chocri's chocolate is organic and fair trade. They are a small business in Germany, and they know how to work with chocolate."
January 2010

Examiner New York
Valentine's Day Gift Guide 2010 for chocolate lovers
"(It's so much fun!)"
January 2010

Gotham Gal
chocri customized chocolate bars
"Loved the site. Well done."
January 2010

David Noël
New York City just became home to another startup
"This is a huge step for a German startup and I applaud their effort"
January 2010

Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice
Chocri Chocolate Relay a& Magic Cake in a cup
"Go play around on Chocri and see what kind of delicious combinations you can conjure up. Bet you can't resist."
January 2010

Savvy Auntie
Chocri Personalized Chocolate Bar
"Because every Savvy Auntie knows the way to their niece of nephew's heart is through their sweet tooth!"
January 2010

Foodie and the Everyman
That’s The Way (Uh Huh, Uh Huh) I Like It (Uh Huh, Uh Huh)
"I think I’m in love. Last night I came across the greatest idea I’ve ever wished I had. It’s called chocri."
January 2010

Thrillist Nation
Chocri | Fattening you up, your way
"...letting you concoct your very own candy bar by mating ingredients from its stock of eclectic flavors/toppings with your choice of base chocolate..."
January 2010

Tastespotting
Chocri Custom Chocolates Review
January 2010

Former Chef
Customize your own Chocolate Bars with Chocri Chocolates
"What I did get was really quite good and truly, custom-made for my palate"
January 2010

Chicago Foodies
Chocri: Create My Chocolate
"The concept is simple: you choose your chocolate base (milk, dark or white), add up to five additional toppings, and your designer chocolate bars are shipped to you faster than you can say "Meine Schokolade!"
January 2010

Humby Zine
Chocri chocolate company | Chocolate bars you customize
"You’ll really impress your girlfriend when you hand her a hand-made chocolate bar with her favorite toppings that came all the way from Europe, just for her. If that doesn’t put a smile on her face, break up with her."
January 2010

Gigi Reviews
Chocri Custom Bar: "Gigi's Persian Bar"
"Everything was pretty equally balanced perfectly. And all of the ingredients were fantastic."
January 2009

Bored Panda
Design Your Very Own Chocolate Bar
"Taste: 10/10 and probably the best chocolate I’ve ever eaten."
January 2010

New York Buzz
Customizable Chocolate Bar Company Chocri Coming to the U.S. in Time for Valentine’s Day
"A unique gourmet gift for Valentine’s Day, chocri is sure to please that special someone in your life."
December 2009

A Busy Mom Of Two
Chocri Chocolates
"...the fact that we each got to choose our favorite type of chocolate and our favorite toppings, made the bars a real treat"
December 2009

Gigi Reviews
Chocri Custom Bar: "Gigi's Dream Lemon Bar"
"Y'know what? Chocolate really doesn't come any more fun than this!"
December 2009

Fashion Tribes
Custom Chocri Chocolate for Your Taste Buds & the Kids (in Ivory Coast)
"The fact that everything from the Belgian chocolate to the milk and the various toppings are all organic and fair trade is fab, but better yet, 1% of every bar purchased goes to help homeless and orphaned children in Ivory Coast..."
December 2009

ZOMG Candy
Creations - Part III
"Chocri the company gets a ZOMG for a great concept that’s nicely executed"
December 2009

Creations - Part II
"The milk chocolate base is pretty nice. It’s super thick and really coats the tongue and mouth."
December 2009

Creations - Part I
"The dark chocolate base was lovely: snappy, with deep, strong cocoa notes and a nice amount of duskiness."
December 2009

Stop and Smell the Chocolates
500th Post ~Celebrate With Chocri Customized Chocolate Bars
"FABULOUS unique gift idea!"
December 2009

Relentless Bride
Customized Chocolate Bars
"From Poppy Seeds to flax seeds, cranberries and more... you can REALLY customize these chocolates to your liking. How cool?"
December 2009

Popfi
Customized Chocolate: As Weird As You Want
November 2009

The Daily Goodness
Design Your Own Chocolate Bar
November 2009

Cookinette
Christmas Gift
November 2009

Neatorama
Design Your Own Chocolate Bar
November 2009

Candygurus
Chocri Khan Let Me Rock You Chocri Khan
November 2009

Candy Yum Yum!
Create Your Own Candy Bar! (Or just eat mine, like Mr.Goodbar did)
November 2009

Candy Addict
Candy Review: Chocri
November 2009

The Chocolate Review
Chocri White Chocolate With Fruit
November 2009

Suite101
Socially Conscious Gourmet Chocolate Products
October 2009

Mass Customization and Open Innovation News
Chocri Announces U.S. Launch -- Customized Chocolate Bars from Berlin
October 2009

Startup Spark
Chocri: Customized Chocolate Bar Startup
September 2009

Inventor Spot
Chocri Gets Your Mouth Watering With Customizable Chocolate Bars
January 2009