Thanks to everyone that entered! I really appreciate your coming to take the time and visit Cocoa-Heaven and thanks for coming back to say- Congratulations to Helen M. of North Carolina and Amber J. also of North Carolina! (What were the odds on that?) They are our lucky giveaway winners of the 5 Simply Caramel Milky Way chocolate bars and the $75 Spa Finder gift certificates!

Don’t let the chance to enter this Simply Caramel Spa Giveaway escape you! Entries are being accepted through Sunday, August 22nd, midnight.

Two lucky readers will receive FIVE Milky Way Simply Caramel bars AND a $75 Spa Finder gift certificate.

Enter here!

Simply leave a comment on that post telling me how much you love caramel and massages (not necessarily both at the same time) and I’ll choose TWO winners at random on Monday, August 23rd!

Personally, I’m excited about this. Kraft Foods is on the search for a high tech wrapper that will prevent chocolate candy from melting at temperatures up to 104F. Now wouldn’t that be something? It will also prevent that awful “white bloom” that tends to form on the surface of chocolate when subjected to direct sunlight. Kraft also owns Cadbury’s which means that my future Milka bars and Crunchies will benefit from a packaging upgrade.

According to the package this chocolate candy treat has been revived from an earlier version in the 1970′s. While I couldn’t verify that same information on the Natural Nectar site, it does say it’s a bigger cup with an improved recipe. Let’s find out what a Nectar Nugget Peanut Butter Cup tastes like.

Read the rest of this entry »

That’s right- Cocoazilla has treats. Treats to GIVEAWAY! Two lucky readers will receive FIVE Milky Way Simply Caramel bars AND a $75 Spa Finder gift certificate. Talk about a sweet retreat- whether you share your bounty of caramel or keep it all to yourself, there will be a massage waiting for you as well.

How do you enter this wonderful Simply Caramel Relax and Enjoy giveaway? Easy!

*Simply leave a comment on this post telling me how much you love caramel and massages (not necessarily both at the same time) and I’ll choose TWO winners at random on Monday, August 23rd!

That’s it! So easy.

So how is the new Simply Caramel Milky Way bar? Let’s find out.
Read the rest of this entry »

Sjaak’s Organic Chocolates a Northern California company, is a family company focused on organic, fair trade and in some cases vegan chocolates. Today, we’ll be sampling their milk chocolate peanut butter bar, where every ingredient (except for the sea salt- I would think by default that is) has the word “organic” before it. And in a very different approach, they are a lacto-vegetarian operation, which means no eggs or gelatin in their factory. So how does lacto-vegetarian chocolate taste?
Read the rest of this entry »