Artisan Chocolate Giveaway

by nick

This is going to make someone’s day. Enter to win a 15-piece collection ($29 value) of Derry Church Artisan Chocolates (you’ll hear more about them later in the week).

These aren’t your ordinary, everyday chocolates. I love how they describe them on their website:

Our luxury French bons bons are painstakingly produced by human beings, NOT machines, available only in limited quantities, and packaged in beautiful, hand-made paper boxes, so that when you present them to your loved ones, clients and guests, it will be quite obvious that you took great care and pride in selecting an exquisite and unique gift for them…not just some nefarious piece of mass-produced candy you picked up at the mall or drug-store!

Is your mouth watering yet? Well, get cracking to enter to win.

In order to win, you must:

be a resident of the US.
visit the chocolates page of the Derry Church Artisan Chocolates website and let me know which chocolate(s) you want to taste-test by leaving a comment (below) on this post.
to receive 1 extra entry, use the “Share/Save” button below – or other bookmarking tool – to share the giveaway on your favorite site. HiP’s favorites are Facebook, Twitter, and Stumble Upon.

This giveaway ends Friday, January 15 at noon EDT. The winner will be chosen at random and notified by email on Monday, January 18.

101 comments

1 Brenda Boitson { 01.11.10 at 2:29 pm }: I found you on twitter (@crazywidow) and I think “Savannah” looks delicious. I love peach and brown sugar, so I can imagine the amazing confection melting in my mouth already!
2 Shanelle { 01.11.10 at 2:42 pm }: I would love to try the London! Toffee is always my first choice when it comes to chocolates :)
3 Jim Kronmiller { 01.11.10 at 3:17 pm }: Derry Church sounds perfect! Rich caramel and milk chocolate – WOW! I found you on Facebook and shared on Twitter!
4 Tricia { 01.11.10 at 3:28 pm }: mmm it’s so hard to pick one! I would love the London toffee! yum
5 Crystal { 01.11.10 at 3:40 pm }: I adore cheesecake, so New York would definitely be on my list, but I would absolutely have to try the Lyon. Dark chocolate truffles are my greatest weakness.
6 Tara { 01.11.10 at 3:41 pm }: Oh wow! I wouldn’t pass up a free box of the London, but then again, they all look delicious!
7 Brookiellen { 01.11.10 at 3:45 pm }: omg the derry church looks amazing. nothing better than caramel filled chocolate!!!!!!
8 Kate { 01.11.10 at 3:45 pm }: I would love to try the Rome – coffee and chocolate together is simply divine! These chocolates look amazing. Thanks for sharing!
9 kate { 01.11.10 at 3:48 pm }: plymouth caught my eye. this is fun. love the artisan food/ handmade in pa thing going! thank you!
10 gina { 01.11.10 at 3:55 pm }: I’ve looked at these before – they always make my mouth water! I think the San Fran would be my first choice to taste, they sound SO good : )
11 Ron { 01.11.10 at 3:55 pm }: Your chocolates remind me of when my mother made candy by hand and how delicious they were….I definitely like the London Toffee, Dublin, Lyon, Plymouth, Paris, Winter Haven and Tangier!! Yummy, Yum, Yum!!!!
12 Beth { 01.11.10 at 4:00 pm }: All of them sound amazing, but I have to go with Oaxaca simply because I’ve honestly never tasted anything like it!
13 Dawn { 01.11.10 at 4:05 pm }: I’m so glad to hear about Derry Church!…but would be better to TASTE !! Any and all in Dark please. I’m excited they are just across the river!
14 Kim { 01.11.10 at 4:09 pm }: OMG, How can I choose just one? They all look delicious! At this precise moment, I guess the Cairo looks particularly enticing, but ask me later and I’ll have another answer!
15 Lynda Evans { 01.11.10 at 4:17 pm }: Oh, if I MUST choose only one, it would have to be Kandahar, but I really want them ALL! Thanks for letting us know about this great little chocolate company.
16 AmyJo Casner { 01.11.10 at 4:18 pm }: found you though @dittman. I have to choose? What a thing to tell a chocoholic *LOL* Well okay I’d like to try Rome. I shared you on twitter.
17 Maureen { 01.11.10 at 4:42 pm }: Oh my gosh the Derby Church looks like the most delicious!!
18 SewCalGal { 01.11.10 at 4:49 pm }: Torture. Everything looks so yummy. I’d like to enjoy some right now, with my cup of tea. The DUBLIN, ROME, SAVANNAH
NEW YORK, PARIS and so many others look wonderful.

SewCalGal
http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
19 Hope { 01.11.10 at 4:54 pm }: Paris sounds heavenly!
20 Hope { 01.11.10 at 4:55 pm }: my tweet
http://twitter.com/hopespeony/status/7644395785
21 Jen { 01.11.10 at 4:55 pm }: Mmm… Definitely the Milan! Early resolution-breaking time ;)
22 donna { 01.11.10 at 5:07 pm }: Can’t get enough pumpkin! Must try the Plymouth!
23 Candy from Candied Fabrics { 01.11.10 at 7:28 pm }: These look incredible delicious! ROME!!!!!
24 Cynthia { 01.11.10 at 7:55 pm }: The San Fran sounds divine as I recently discovered a love of figs.
25 carrie { 01.11.10 at 8:49 pm }: mmm.. all of them, but starting with Rome :)
26 Jody { 01.11.10 at 8:51 pm }: mmmmm yum!
Rome for me!!
27 Kathleen { 01.11.10 at 9:06 pm }: What a clever way of naming the chocolates, after cities. The Mumbai sounds really interesting. I’ve never had curry with chocolate, so I’d like to try that.
28 Kathleen { 01.11.10 at 9:07 pm }: Tweet
http://twitter.com/KatydidandKid/status/7652652469
29 Becky { 01.11.10 at 9:13 pm }: Mmm…they all look good, but I’d definitely go for the London butter toffee, and the New Orleans bananas foster. Yummy!!
30 Kristy { 01.11.10 at 9:51 pm }: I would to partake in the Cairo, it looks decadent!!
31 Michelle Harvey { 01.11.10 at 10:01 pm }: How can you pick just one?! I am dying right now! I would LOVE to try the New Orleans and Plymouth. See, I can’t pick just one!
32 sigrid soto { 01.11.10 at 10:04 pm }: winter haven I could just fill it melting in my mouth
33 Bryce! { 01.11.10 at 10:33 pm }: The Lyon truffle sounds incredible.
34 Leslie Zabel { 01.11.10 at 11:11 pm }: I’d love to try Rome. They all look so yummy! I also Tweeted about the giveaway.
35 Gail { 01.12.10 at 6:24 am }: Hi Nick…I vote for the Lyon…
36 madwoman-doing-cartwheels { 01.12.10 at 6:41 am }: The Cairo looks mouth watering but the Dublin also looks like it would knock my socks off. I love candy!
37 madwoman-doing-cartwheels { 01.12.10 at 6:44 am }: Used the Share button to Fave HiP on Technorati. My Tech name is rubymoon.
38 Heather { 01.12.10 at 7:44 am }: Mumbai sounds amazing!! I love the combination of spice and chocolate.
39 Liz { 01.12.10 at 8:15 am }: London would be my first choice to remind me of being home for the holidays.
40 brian { 01.12.10 at 8:18 am }: The Dublin sounds exquisite to me ! But I’ve tried these chocolates and can attest they are all outstanding !
41 Jo Thompson { 01.12.10 at 8:45 am }: I would love to try the Vera Cruz. It is almost to pretty to eat. ;o)
42 jacque { 01.12.10 at 9:05 am }: I would pick burlington . It has maple syrup in it. Yummy! They all look good! Thanks!
43 Ashley { 01.12.10 at 9:18 am }: Hooray for supporting the handmade & DiY! <3
& mmm to Derry Church~
44 MissK68 { 01.12.10 at 11:26 am }: Mmmmm me thinks I can’t pick just one…they all are described so well and yes, my mouth began to water after reading the 1st description!

My 1st pick would be Mumbai…the whole curry chocolate thing sound like the perfect blending.

I would then have to pick Cairo and San Fran as follow-ups.
45 Emma { 01.12.10 at 1:34 pm }: Oooh, County Kildare and Mumbai…to start! ;)
46 Amy { 01.12.10 at 2:53 pm }: ROME! Anything cappucino flavored has my vote!
47 Shelley { 01.12.10 at 6:00 pm }: The Edinburgh chocolate sounds like the most delicious chocolate in the world (of course, many of the others are close seconds)!
48 Barbara { 01.12.10 at 6:01 pm }: So many chocolates, so little time…sigh…I’m going with Mumbai…no, wait…Rome…um…okay, Burgundy!
49 Shelley { 01.12.10 at 6:01 pm }: Shared this on Twitter using the share button
50 5 handmade stops in Harrisburg — handmade in PA { 01.13.10 at 12:03 am }: [...] treats. I’m not sure I can finish this post after looking at its website. See the most recent giveaway for how to win yourself a 15-piece collection of their [...]
51 missy yanchuck { 01.13.10 at 12:35 pm }: How could I turn down Winterhaven or Oaxaca? Though they all look decadent, I love white chocolate!
52 Cindi { 01.13.10 at 5:48 pm }: I would want to taste each and every one of their chocolates!
I finally choose the “Veracruz” Chocolate as my favorite to try.
Many thanks, Cindi
53 Cindi { 01.13.10 at 5:51 pm }: Also, I “Tweeted” about your giveaway: http://twitter.com/cmh512/status/7725152162, placed it on Facebook (Cindi H.)
and Stumbeled your giveaway (windycindy)!
Again, many thanks…..Cindi
54 Gretchen { 01.13.10 at 10:48 pm }: Ohhhhmyyygooodness! WINTER HAVEN, LYON, & BERLIN! Can I make that photo of all the chocolates my homepage?
55 Sue Hauser { 01.14.10 at 11:16 am }: ALL of them! But Kandahar looks pretty.
56 Sue Hauser { 01.14.10 at 11:18 am }: Anything for an extra entry! I put this on my blog. http://www.alderwoodquilts.blogspot.com
57 Jan { 01.14.10 at 12:12 pm }: All of them look wonderful. I’d like an assortment, starting with Plymouth as the star.
58 Jen { 01.14.10 at 12:31 pm }: Oh man, they all look good. Anything dark Chocolate for me! The Burlington and Paris ones sounded amazing.
59 Kim R. { 01.14.10 at 12:38 pm }: It would be very difficult to choose, they all sound wonderful starting with San Fran. Thanks!
60 Sue { 01.14.10 at 12:41 pm }: Veracruz and New York, both sound yummy! As well as a whole lot of the others.
61 Brenda Wiseman { 01.14.10 at 1:16 pm }: Oh my, oh my, oh my. Choices beyond belief. If I had to narrow things down, I’d have to put Derry Church first (can’t resist caramel) and then Lyon — dark chocolate truffles that I can imagine savoring for a long time per piece — tiny nibbles giving you that burst of flavor.

Oh, for the moolah to order some of everything (lots of everything) except stuff with coconut — just can’t take it.

B.

Unfortunately, I have no blog, etc. I think maybe I ought to start one just for the purpose of passing on all of the wonderful giveaways that are showing up with an extra entry for passing the info on! Dibs on this idea, unless someone has beat me to it .
62 NancyB in Many LA { 01.14.10 at 1:48 pm }: Plymouth, New Orleans, London, they all look good!
63 Collen Bartell { 01.14.10 at 2:06 pm }: I would love to try Dublin. So hard to decide, they all look so good. Am going to put this on my blog.
64 Sarah Stevens { 01.14.10 at 2:24 pm }: I’m sure I’d have to go through them one-by-one to determine a favorite. But in fairness, probably the first one would be their very own Derry Church. Here’s wishing me luck!
65 Rebeca { 01.14.10 at 2:26 pm }: Edinburgh.

With Mumbai a close second. (I love curry and chocolate. Mmmmm)
66 flyngmunky { 01.14.10 at 2:34 pm }: it’s a difficult decision. Lyon or Vermont? i’d like to start with Lyon. the dark chocolate and cocoa powder are calling to me.
67 flyngmunky { 01.14.10 at 2:36 pm }: oops:
it’s a difficult decision. Lyon or Burlington? i’d like to start with Lyon. the dark chocolate and cocoa powder are calling to me.
68 NancyB in Many LA { 01.14.10 at 2:36 pm }: Tweeted – http://twitter.com/goonyburd/status/7758479506
69 Froggy { 01.14.10 at 2:37 pm }: Kandahar – Something says its different enough that I’d love to try one. and my tweet is here: http://twitter.com/frawgz_dezignz/status/7758753512
70 Charlene { 01.14.10 at 2:55 pm }: The Mumbai sounds to die for. And I’ve tweeted and Facebooked this as well! I need chocolate….good chocolate!
71 Julia { 01.14.10 at 3:31 pm }: They all look wonderful, but Burlington, Dublin, and Veracruz really tweak my taste-bud radar!
72 Sue Cahill { 01.14.10 at 6:10 pm }: So many yummy choices, how to choose. I would love to try the Tangier, the combination of chocolate, tangarine and spice sounds so intriquing!
73 Rhonda Phillips { 01.14.10 at 6:36 pm }: Being the chocoholic that I am, I would love to taste test them all. But since I have to pick one, it will be Rome! Great giveaway!
74 mindy { 01.14.10 at 7:50 pm }: how can i pick just one lets say palermo because it is very unique thanks
75 Carol { 01.14.10 at 7:53 pm }: I can’t choose between the Rome and the Savannah! YUMMY!!!!!!
76 Carol { 01.14.10 at 7:54 pm }: I posted your giveaway on my Facebook page using your Share button (Item was posted successfully.) Carol P Dziuba
77 Layne { 01.14.10 at 7:59 pm }: Can’t choose just one…I’m eyeing the Milan and the Rome. I love that they are named after the places known for the ingredients.
78 scottsgal { 01.14.10 at 8:24 pm }: Derry Church looks delish!
79 Kathy D { 01.14.10 at 8:37 pm }: Lyon truffle Yummy makes me hungry just looking at it
80 Mary Ward { 01.14.10 at 9:41 pm }: I’d love to try the Derby Church!
81 Carla { 01.14.10 at 10:26 pm }: All So yummy! My fave is Burlington. :o)
82 Bonnie { 01.14.10 at 10:48 pm }: OH MY they all look so good, but if I have to choose just one it would be NEW YORK Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake YUMMY
83 Darcy B { 01.14.10 at 11:22 pm }: I want them all—–but the ones I would most like to try Dublin, Rome & Derry Church—-thanks for the chance to win something yummy!
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84 Darcy B { 01.14.10 at 11:23 pm }: I tweeted as darcybel
http://twitter.com/darcybel/status/7775283842
85 Cawingcrow { 01.15.10 at 12:42 am }: Mmmm,.,.really want to take a world tour, but if I had to pin down a few, I think I’d go with Mumbai, Dublin, and London for sure.
86 Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} { 01.15.10 at 1:10 am }: I’d love to taste-test Burlington, Kandahar, London, Milan, Moosehead Lake, Palermo, Paris, and Winter Haven :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
87 Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} { 01.15.10 at 1:11 am }: Stumbled
88 JudyP { 01.15.10 at 4:56 am }: Derry Church ( since I have to choose something, I want them ALL)

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89 Joanne Lendaro { 01.15.10 at 7:19 am }: I would have to go for the Winter Haven for my first choice! YUM! And then I would hid the rest of them, dont’ think I would share, they all sound so delectable. Thanks for the giveaway!
90 eileensideways { 01.15.10 at 11:17 am }: mm mm good, the Dublin looks dalish!
91 Christine Rival { 01.15.10 at 11:56 am }: I’d have to vote for London! I love any that is toffee!!
92 susan { 01.15.10 at 12:45 pm }: crean filled chocolate is the vest. it gets my vote!
93 Kelly { 01.15.10 at 4:21 pm }: They all sound so good, but the Burgundy sounds best! What a great flavor combination. :)
94 Nicole C. { 01.15.10 at 5:05 pm }: I would like to test taste the New York chocolate!
95 brenda helgeson { 01.15.10 at 5:33 pm }: the derby church
96 Lisa H { 01.15.10 at 6:06 pm }: Derry Church
97 Alexandrea M { 01.15.10 at 11:29 pm }: mmm, I would love to taste the San Fran with fig, lots of those sound good but this would be what calls my name!
Thank you for the giveaway!
98 Patty { 01.16.10 at 1:37 pm }: They are all interesting, but I’d like to tryPlymouth, Moosehead, New York and Burlington.
99 Mia J. { 01.18.10 at 12:49 pm }: I would like to try Derry church and Veracruz. They all sound yummy.
100 Nick { 01.18.10 at 6:06 pm }: The winner of this giveaway is Sue Hauser. Congrats!
101 brian { 01.22.10 at 9:38 am }: Wow 100 comments!