I'm sure some of you have noticed that See's Candy is popping up in food blogger land. I'm always one to follow a crowd, especially when it involves chocolate.
When they first contacted me, I had high hopes for all my wonderful chocolate experiments. Visions of candy, chopped and layered in baked brownies. Candy, crumbled and stirred into some homemade frozen yogurt.
And then they arrived. And, well, they looked like a delicious, chocolate Easter present to me. The next day, when I came home from school, I fed the cats, and then sat down on the couch, chose a chocolate, and savored and soothed away my day. And the next day the same thing happened. After a few days of this, I actually counted the wrappers in the box. There are 23. Note to See's marketing people, have you ever thought about a box of 31 pieces? A month of chocolate. I'm just sayin.
GOOD NEWS, my peeps, you too can share my new habit. The wonderful people at See's (especially my new best chocolate candy friend, Jon), has allowed me to offer a two $25 giftcards for See's Candy! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post! I will use that random generator thingy to select 2 winners next Sunday!!!
While, you are checking out the See's Website, and believe me you need to go check it out, be sure and look at the candy fundraiser opportunity. As a teacher and a parent, I am no stranger to fundraisers. Imagine if instead of overpriced wrapping paper, you could chose something chocolate!
57 comments:
If you can believe it, I am not a chocolate lover, but my husband loves anything with sugar in it. I know he would not make it a one a day treat, probably the whole box in one day! haha.
These are absolutely beautiful...and a quote from one of my favorite movies...
as she's biting into a chocolate,
"Much too good for children"...
Can you place it?!!
you are talking about my version of crack... i was raised on this, and it shows, but lets leave personal problems out of this! my mom used to play bridge with family when i was a little girl, came home with doilies filled with these morsels. i can id every piece by sight, heck i bet blindfolded by the darn shape and squiggles! who ever said disney was the happiest place on earth just hasn't been to see's! it's a ca treasure~ oy, i think i am going to have to find my car keys and head on down to the store for sunday brunch there!
Oh my...! Chocolate. I have been needing chocolate for the past couple of weeks. Every night at the end of yet another day of packing & moving I would tell my honey..."Oooooh, chocolate would be lovely right about now". Seriously. Not finished with the move. Still have loads of stuff to unpack and find new places for... and a little chocolate surprise a night would be heavenly...
Love the idea of 31 pieces of chocolate in a box! How clever are you!?!!!
Sometimes I enter sewing giveaways, and sometimes not. Chocolate-related giveaway? I am totally there, no questions asked.
Oh my! They do have a way with chocolate, don't they?
Be still, my longing tastebuds!
I am one who can not resist See's candies. They are the BEST! I would love to enter.
Thank you
Natasha
The chocolates in the lavender box look too good to eat! Oh yes, I would love to win a gift certificate! Debra
Chocolate is a must for being a teacher! The wrapping on the Easter packaging is so pretty! I hope your week is great!
I too was raised on See's candy, I was just at the mall Thursday and stopped by.. They always give you a free piece to try while you are picking out the ones you want.. oh my! They have that old fashioned black and white tile decor, and they have the best melt away peppermints ever! When I saw the post I was amazed.. but don't choose me. Send it to someone who has not had the joy of See's Candy. There is none better.. and I've tried a lot of Chocolate!
I'm impressed that you are disciplined enough to eat one piece of this wonderful chocolate a day. I have friends who give away boxes of See's Candy for Christmas. I can eat half a box by the time I get home! Please, enter my name into that random generator or flux capacitor or whatever that is:-)
Well, no surprise, but I am all about chocolate!
Bob wants the pasta dish with the sweet italian sausage in it so I am off to find it in your blog. Happy Sunday!
That is the most wonderful box of chocolates I have seen in a long time. I enjoy your blog.
Those look absolutely, totally divine. A grown-up Easter treat if I ever saw one!
I've got to wipe the drool off my keyboard before I can type ... these look so yummy, especially the dark chocolate. Thanks for the chance to win.
Such discipline! One chocolate a day--unimaginable!
If I won, I promise to at least try.
I got a nice care package from them too - they have the best chocolates.
I love my See's!
I love See's! Sign me up please!
Free Chocolate???? What's not to like about that????? Oh yes! Sign me up. lol Blessings, SusanD
mmm! i love the idea of
baking the candies into
brownies!
When I win... I promise not to eat all of those chocolates myself. I'll share the candy~ but keep the beautiful box.
See's Candies are some of my favorites. They were hard to come by in my neck of the woods and then they opened a kiosk in the mall during Christmas. It was all over for me after that!
What a lovely box! And filled with chocolate...a match made in heaven! :)
See's Candies remind me of my grandparents. I buy them a box every Christmas. Love your blog and i can't wait to see what you will make with these yummy chocolates!!!
Oh my! Those look so amazing, I have done the fundraising they offer it works pretty well, people will pay up for chocolate! I would really like some milk chocolate with toffee bits right now!
Sam
superbutterfly12@yaho0.com
That egg box thingy is too gorgeous! You have to love See's candy. It is really good stuff. Though I have been very interested in local artisan style chocolates lately, See's still has a special place in my heart. They are always predictably delicious!
Omg I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee See's Candy! I used to get it when I was in California...but now that I am back in Texas it is far far away! I would love to win this giveaway! I have been telling my mom about See's Candy! Thanks for the great giveaway!
~Abigail
it seems like everyone has heard of these but me!~~they look delicious, and i want some!
Hmmmm Chocolate, Doh!! :)
I love chocolate.
I read your blog a lot for all your wonderful recipe ideas.
And I wouldn't mind winning a box of chocolate.
Stephanie
a piece of chocolate a day keeps the doctor away, eh? i think you're onto something here, pam. :)
One of my good friends brought me back See's chocolate from California when he went with his girlfriend for spring break. It was awesome! But I haven't had it since and those Russell Stover boxes just don't compare.
Chocolate is one of those rare forms of magic that actually exists in our mundane world. We may not have witches and wizards, but we do have chocolate.
Heck, I'd leave a comment even if I didn't have a chance to win CHOCOLATE! :) Looks scrummy, nummy... enjoy and all the best!
Shan
Oh - unrelated and you don't have to post - Do you have any day lillies?
I wanted them because they will take over and our soil is so bad - hard and clay and the weather gets so hot ... I NEED aggressive, hardy plants.
BUT I learned day lillies are toxic to cats and can send them into kidney failure. I planted them last spring and enjoyed them all summer without issue... but I guess I'd feel awful if one of my cats nibbled one and died...
They are covered by snow drifts right now - but I'm thinking about ripping them out when they are visable again... and I sorta hate to... but my kitties are more important....
What is your opinion? Thanks! Shanster
31 days of chocolate .... What a sweet month that would be!
Mmmmm ... I'm nodding in total agreement about the 31 pieces per box of chocolate thing. Or perhaps a 62 piece box just in case it's a 2-piece kind of day! :-)
Well if I don't win, I don't live that far from you, so I'll come to your house and eat your chocloate ;-)
Oh gosh...I gave up chocolate for Lent, so this is too. much. for. me. to. handle.
Love it!
Mmmmm, cho - colate ~drool~ and that lovely lavendar box. What could be better than that!
Oh my...I'm weak in the knees!
Beautiful boxes and even more beautiful...chocolate!
Thank-you for sharing!
Hugs, Nancy
Breakfast maybe? :-)
Looks good, probably not available in Canada.
What a lovely giveaway! I'm pretty sure even with 31 pieces, a box of chocolates would not last a month!!
Nice. I always say I'm not big on chocolate, but it wouldn't be to hard to convince me to eat some of it :-) Especially the dark stuff.
Thanks for the link to See's website. My wife will die for some of those great looking chocolates. You saved me again!!!
Jack O'Sullivan
Men's Dress Shoes
Pick me, pleeeeeessssseee!
I spent the weekend reformatting my computer due to virus attack, and after 4 days of issues, I could so use it! I love chocolate!
thanks to you planting the see's seed in my brain i just spent our mortgage there yesterday...
Nothing is better than chocolate! A box of 31 would never, ever last me a month.
Those chocs in the lavendar box are fabulous ! And 31 pieces would be a VERY good idea !
I doubt I'll win, but it would be no good to me anyway ... I'm not in the US ! BUT ... if I did, let me know ... I've got a friend in LA who just could use a lot of chocolate right now !
Now to go and dribble over the pictures of the chocolates again ...
Did you say chocolate? Hello! Fingers are crossed (and you are right - 23 is not a month - but could you really just eat one a day? So good of you!)
I want Jon to become MY new best chocolate candy friend.
firrkids(at)gmail.com
I love chocolate. Especially pretty chocolate. :) *YUM*
Oh boy.......See's is my absolute favorite chocolate. I remember back in the day when I would order tons of it to give away for Christmas and at Easter for my own kids. It's the best!!
I made this declaration to my husband yesterday: I love chocolate.
I especially revere See's candy.
MMMMMM!!! Yay for chocolate!!!!
Mmm yummy. They look beautiful!
See's is AMAZING chocolate! I love it. I was given a small box by a parent for Christmas one year and looked forward to that box every year until her kids moved on to middle school. Such a treat!
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