July 2015
We had some interesting bars this month! From a wacky chocolate bar inspired by a traditional breakfast favorite to our first white chocolate bar, the July 2015 box was a quirky yet delicious collection of chocolate. We hope you loved it. Let us know what you thought by leaving a comment at the bottom :) Now let's go ahead and see what they were: Bar A We like to think one of the chocolatiers at this company was having breakfast one ...
June 2015
Before we get to the bars... did you enjoy our special chocolate haiku in the letter? Thought we'd try something fun :) But, no fancy introduction to this month's box. Only some delicious chocolate... Bar A To me, Bar A is the equivalent of going to a nice restaurant at the beach, right on the coast, where the fish your order was swimming that morning a couple miles out. As in, super fresh, with all of the healthy nutrients preserved ...
May 2015 (And our 1st birthday!)
This is the May 2015 Mystery Chocolate Box, which is in itself pretty exciting. However.... there is something a little more exciting than that this month! It's our one year anniversary! Happy birthday to us! :) Yay. Now, back to the May bars. We'd love to know how you liked each of these bars! Leave a comment below if you have something to say. Let's see what this month's bars were... Bar A We think this is quite an exciting ...
April 2015
Welcome to the April 2015 Mystery Chocolate Box! By this time, you have most likely had a chance to try all of these bars, so let's take a look at what they were! One thing before we get started with April's bars: if you haven't heard about our new Cacao Points program yet, click here (it involves free chocolate). (And, we'd love to hear your thoughts on the bars...leave a comment below!) Here we go: Bar A I like to think of this ...
Introducing Cacao Points
Fun news for you today! We have just launched a program called Cacao Points. Here's why you'll like it: What is it? This program allows you to earn points for being awesome (finally!) that you can redeem for things like free chocolate bars or even a free Mystery Chocolate Box. It's our way of saying "Thank You. You're awesome" for being a Mystery Chocolate Box member and also rewarding you for amazing feats of chocolate tasting such as ...
Summer Shipping Update (Important!)
Big update today. This is an issue that we've been agonizing about for literally months. It's an issue that we've given a LOT of thought to. Because it's a very important issue for every one of our subscribers. And that issue is shipping our boxes in the summer. You see, shipping chocolate in warmer months is a HUGE nightmare for 3 reasons: You have to spend extra time adding insulation and cold packs. Said insulation and cold packs ...
March 2015
Howdy everyone! Hope your March Mystery Chocolate Box guesses weren't as busted as your NCAA bracket :) We'll reveal the bars that were in this month's box in a minute, but before we do, there are 3 important upcoming announcements that you should be looking out for: Updated summer shipping. We mentioned this in the letter in this box. This is a very important issue, and one that we have spent months agonizing over in order to come up ...
Mystery Chocolate Box – February 2015
Hey there, welcome to the February 2015 Mystery Chocolate Box! We hope you have thoroughly enjoyed this box as much as we have. We put together a great box with Valentine's Day in mind...even with a special way that we came up with to enjoy this box on Valentine's Day :) We'd love to hear how your experience was with this box, please let us know in the comments at the bottom! Anyway, let's look at what the bars were... Bar A At ...
January 2015
First of all, happy new year everyone! We're excited because we're about to unveil the first box of 2015. A couple things before we get started: We had a LOT of new subscribers, so here's a big welcome if this is your first Mystery Chocolate Box! We did something a little different this month by including a somewhat helpful hint for each bar in the letter that's included inside the box. Mostly for fun. (The degree of helpfulness varies ...
Our 2014 Meal Donation
First off, a BIG thank you to all of our amazing customers for making this possible! Second, we're actually donating a little more than 2 meals per box shipped this year. Why? Well, because we were brand new this year, we haven't sent out a ton of boxes yet. So, we added some extra $$$ to the donation to make it a total of... 1,250 meals donated! Although we'd love that number to be much higher (see below), that still feels amazing ...