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Dark chocolate is my fuel. I love it. And I crave it. Sometimes I crave it so bad I make a mad late night dash for Whole Foods in the hopes of getting there before it closes. Occasionally I don’t make it. That usually results in some hair tearing, angst ridden phone calls, and a trip to a 24 hour supermarket in the hope that they carry a decent brand. I love dark chocolate. It hits a spot that neither milk nor white chocolate can ever even hope to hit. And I’d love some for free:)

Three reasons I think you should pick me:

1. I’m a baby “sooper hero” (this is my FIRST post on BlakeMakes.com- yay!)

2. I have a brand new, totally cute blog.

3. I eat, sleep and breathe chocolate…the darker the better.

Thanks for doing this, btw – this is “sooper” fun! (Do I get bonus points for cheesy use of the word “sooper”? *crossing fingers, toes, and eyes*)

I live in the country of chocolate, however I still have not found my dark chocolate love. Would you give me a chance to melt with you?

Dark chocolate is my heart’s true desire,
it has never inspired one ounce of ire.
Dark chocolate has soothed my every pain,
while my scale never shows a gain.
Dark chocolate is the bees knees,
so won’t you send me some from Amano, please?

Hello, another newbie sooper hero here!

What a great giveaway! I’ve been dying to try out a recipe for chocolate mint cookie sandwiches, and Amano sounds like it’d be heavenly for the dark ganache filling…though the chocoholic in me may be tempted to eat it all up like Bridget did =)

My food blog also has a green focus, particularly on organizations that promote or provide artisan products and sustainable food practices. It would be fantastic to get the chance to showcase Amano!

chocolate and foie were meant to go together. Perhaps this is an addiction, but Ill give you a delicious combo of the two, in photo form, when I get this deliciousness…. I mean, hell, chocolate is sex. Cmon, SEX. There, the first to compare the two. Sex sells.

I like chocolate… but, I love dark chocolate. I’m sure if you cut me open, I’d bleed the dark stuff. Being one of the few people I know that loves dark chocolate like I do, you can imagine that I’m not lucky enough to eat it very often. And that makes me sad… doesn’t it you? Won’t you make this Texan happy by giving her the chance to taste this most amazing dark chocolate?? Pretty please?? Think about it… and get back to me. I’ll be waiting!!

Dark chocolate for the next generation!!!

I have 2 children (2 years old, 3 months old) who need to experience exquisite dark chocolate. Can you ever be too young to develop good taste?
Ok, so I’m pretty sure that I would be primarily enjoying the chocolate, but my 2 year old would thank you as well. She has very refined taste for a 2 year old! When I open the pantry, she often exclaims, “cous cous!”. She already has a taste for bleu cheese, salmon and a good curry.
My mouth waters just thinking of the delights I could make with some of that gorgeous dark chocolate! AND- I’m a twofer! I have 2 blogs that I would be spreading the love on!

Ah chocolate,
Marvellous chocolate
Absolutely no
Negotiating
Only for me!

A true delicacy
Richer
Than
Illustrious
Silk
And definitely more
Nourishing!

Could I be
Hopeful enough to be
One of the ones
Chosen to receive such
Opulence
Like
Amano Artisan chocolate
Time will tell
Expectantly yours….

It’s been a rough week.
Please send chocolate!

Chocolate is yummy,
in my tummy.

It makes me want to bake,
not jump in a lake.

It heals anyone who’s sick
I really think you should pick

ME!

Because I wrote this when I woke up at 5:30 this morning…yay!

I have been thinking about what I would do if I won these dark chocolate bars. I think first I would dim the lights and then light some candles. I would put in my Miles Davis CD and then hope that the chocolate liked the mood I set for it. I would probably be really nervous waiting for the chocolate to arrive…I mean, I want to make a good impression. Then the time would be upon me…the three dark chocolate bars would be at my front door. I would let them in and tell them how nice they look. They would look sheepishly at me and I would lead them into the house. We would then sit around, listening to jazz, talking about all of the different ways they could become part of my life. They would tell me they are okay just becoming a cookie. I would tell them they are too good for that and they should shoot for something bigger. At the end of the night, I would thank them for coming, and then let them see their new temporary home…my pantry.

Thus ends my one night love affair with dark chocolate.

Good morning! My husband’s birthday is coming up. It is on May 5th. He is a chocolate addict. I think this would be AWESOME to put in his birthday cake! He would love it!

(Almost in the style of the Mickey Mouse Club song)

What’s the best treat there is
Even better than peanut butter
C-H-O C-O-L Aaaa-Tttt-Eeee
It’s good to sprinkle and to spread
Even eat with a spoon
C-H-O C-O-L Aaaa-Tttt-Eeee

Dark Chocolate!

Dark Chocolate!

Forever let us hold the candy bar high
High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song
And make sure you get a bite.

C-H-O – It’s really tasty stuff
C-O-L – Why? Because it’s just that good!
Aaaaaa-Tttttttt-Eeeeee

DARK CHOCOLATE!

Hi,
I cannot think of a quirky or amusing poem (but really admire all those who have!) but in the interests of peace and tranquility across Merseyside it may be a good idea for me to eat some choc! I am such a nice person when I have eaten chocolate and my husband and children will be eternally grateful! Plus its my Mum’s birthday in May and she really loves Dark Dense Chocolate Cake! Lots of Love to Blake and all your wonderful sooper heros! Hx

Hey Blake and Bridgett………Another Top 40 Hit……..Sung to “On Top of Old Smokey”

B=Blake’s having a contest
L=Look, it’s chocolate this time
A=And this is the best kind
K=Kuz, it won’t cost a dime
E=Everyone wants Amano
M= Me too, that’s for sure
A=And I’m Hoping He Picks Me
K=Kuz, I’m Outside His Door
E= Everyone knows I am kidding, I’m not at his door
S= Someone left candy wrappers, I was under the floor!

Respectfully, but insanely in LOVE with chocolate, submitted (committed)….Mark

I used to love milk chocolate. Then I went on a crazy, obsessive diet and cut all chocolate out of my life for a period of years. When I finally decided to return to the realm of the healthy and the sane, the typical Hershey’s bars (even the Special Dark which contains more milk and sugar than any good dark chocolate bar should) left me with a nasty, saccharine taste in my mouth.

One day I was wandering through the “health food” section of my grocery store–although really, how much healthier is “organic” macaroni and cheese compared to a blue box of Kraft Dinner?–and I passed a rack of chocolates I had never seen before. They all had weird numbers on them and they told me where they were from. What the what? I picked up a 55% dark chocolate Chocolove bar. It was exquisite. Instead of an overload of sugar or almost-artificial creaminess, there was depth to this candy. This candy had secrets.

I couldn’t get enough. As I continued on my journey, the percentages kept getting higher and higher. 70%. 80%. My life changed the moment I put a chunk of Endangered Species 88% dark chocolate in my gob.

But there was a problem.

The numbers stopped going up. My grocery store didn’t carry any chocolate darker than that 88% bar. I wanted more! More complexity! Would I live my life forever chasing the dragon, trying to relive my first 88% cacao experience?

Not if the baking aisle had anything to say about it. I marched right up to the unsweetened baking chocolate rack–which, in hindsight, probably looked pretty silly–and I grabbed a bar of Hershey’s finest 100% chocolate. It had to be good, right? I mean, my experience has done nothing to discourage the belief that higher cacao percentage equals higher deliciousness percentage.

Mistake.

I guess this post is meant to say that I love dark chocolate. I love dark chocolate ever so much. In fact, I may be the only living proof of going retarded over chocolate that you’ll ever actually see.

experts say that dark chocolate makes u healthy n happy, n maybe skinny too, coz u wont crave for other junk food after u had dark chocolate…i’m a new sooper hero n hvnt had d chance to experience receiving tasty packages…wont u do me a favour n send me 1 so dat i gain experience, happiness, ‘healthiness’ n ’skinniness’? lol =)

‘kay you wanna know why dark chocolate is so important to me? Why I need it just as much as the oxygen I breathe and the water I drink? I’ll tell you why.

Because dark chocolate is the food of the Gods (not sure which ones, but Gods nonetheless!) and if the Gods love it, then you know it has to be good. Why.. it’s a known scientific fact that there are boatloads of GOODFORYOU antioxidants in Chocolate – especially the dark variety. I NEED antioxidants. My body CRAVES antioxidants. The Gods whisper in my ear that the only Godly way to get my antioxidants is from the food of the Gods.. also known as – Dark Chocolate.

Not to mention, there’s this lil flourless chocolate cake number that I’ve had my eye on and I couldn’t possibly bake this cake without the delicious artisan dark chocolate that Amano creates.

xoxo

I absolutey LOVE dark chocolate. My husband doesnt care for it, so I never get it! What a treat it would be to have some!!! I have been experimenting with my baking and what a great addition Amano dark shocolate would be! I made a molten lava cake with semisweet chocolate chips, but I cannot imagine what it would taste like with this quality dark chocolate!!!
Thanks for your great site!!!!

Now I was going to write something witty but my chocolate supply is low and my head not quite quick enough…I love dark chocolate! I would love to try this one…so please pick me!

Dark Chocolate, my red wine is lonely without you;
Dark Chocolate, your natural endorphins keeps me from feeling blue;
Dark Chocolate, I crave your intense and slightly bitter flavor;
Dark Chocolate, there may be no Amano left for later

Please pick me. I just started blogging this month and I am jumping head first into the world of food reviews and recipes. I am constantly looking for fodder for my posts and this would be an excellent review. I can’t stop thinking about all of the pairings I could make with this chocolate. Fingers crossed! The Gabby Gourmand!

It’s lame and a little simple, but in my new ice cream adventure, I think that I’m going to do a great vanilla ice cream with a swirl of PBDDL and the tiniest of flecks of dark chocolate. It’ll be great with a tuile cookie.

Yippee for chocolate (and Blake!)!

Please pick me for my love of dark chocolate is great.
My blog is lonely without a Blakemakes entry
I am still posting this even tho I may be late
For work can wait cuz DARK CHOCOLATE is #1
Please pick me cuz I have never won anything on your blog
I can only say I LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE and now I am done!!

Ok, so not so creatvie, BUT PLEASE OH PLEASE PICK ME…my blog is sooo jealous of other blogs who have a Blakemakes entry!!

Cant wait to hear who won…*wink*
Karen

I am not nearly as creative as the above posts, so I will just say….please pick me!! I LOVE dark chocolate!!

Well all I got to say is that I personify Dark Chocolate. I mean one just has to look at me to see that. And the Mr. Loves it too( me and the chocolate bar).

Why do I do deserve it? Because I am majorly PMSing, my toddler is teething, and I’m out of wine. And because you look very nice today.

Can you please tell me, is Amano Chocolate Fair Trade?
I went to their website to check but their answer was a little unclear.
If so, then I’m in and here’s why:
I love dark chocolate because it’s good for you, not only is it an instant mood-lifter, it offers healthy antioxidants that are oh so good for your heart! I don’t even eat milk chocolate. Why bother? Yuck!
I also love dark chocolate because it is so versatile. It can be eaten straight up, made into a lovely hot beverage on a cold night, chopped up and added to a sweet treat (as I’m going to do today), or even added to a savory dish as in a mole sauce…
… but that’s only a few of the reasons why I love dark chocolate (and eat it everyday)…

With the first bar, I would melt it over hot but not scalding water. Then I would take a paintbrush, the finest bristles I can find, and paint words of love in 5 languages across my lovers eyelids, face, neck, chest….I promise the chocolate would not go to waste.

With the second bar, I would melt this one too and place it inside a decorators bag and squeeze out words like “exceptional”, “extraordinary”, “magnificent”, “outstanding” on cellophane, cool and dry them, wrap them carefully, slip them into envelopes and leave them in my friends mailboxes anonymously.

The third bar I would break into pieces and plant in my garden to grow my own chocolate tree.

I had this cute poem planned out about my love of dark chocolate but then I came and read everyone’s hilarious posts! Now my sides hurt from giggling! You all rock! Hehe. Oi, maybe I need some dark chocolate to cure me?

Chocolate, oh chocolate, how I love thee. With chocolate, there are endless opportunities. With this incredible chocolate I envision a creamy fondue. I would dip strawberries and chunks of poundcake in it. Aaahhh…creamy, fudgy, chocolate fondue. What is better in life??

I like chocolate
Really, the darker, more yum
Send me cholocate.

My weak attempt at a Haiku…, but really, pick me!

mmmmm chocolate
The meaning of exsistence
even better free!

There is my haiku in 5-7-5 form…please please please!

I usted to be one of those girls that would only stick to milk or white chocolate, then I decided to start experimenting and discovered the glorious world of dark. The Dark Side of chocolate is just so enticing, it’s becoming impossible to resist the pull.

Please help me explore this rich and very often wicked new world with your glorious free chocolate!

My very first Blake Makes giveaway, and it’s dark chocolate!!!! One of my all-time favorite, desert-island foods. I eat some every day (no joke.)

Here’s a little ode to dark chocolate:

Oh dark chocolate, how do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
…oozing out of a molten chocolate babycake,
…melted into a smooth ganache,
…folded into an decadent chocolate mousse,
…frozen into creamy, luscious ice cream,
…standing in the spotlight in a dark chocolate truffle,
…shaved on top of…well, anything,
…or just eaten straight up, in your pure, dark, complex glory.

Crossing my fingers!

Wow! I’m not sure I can compete with all these fantastic responses already out there… I hope my sooper-enthusiastic early response on the intial post gives me some bonus points!

I LIVE for chocolate, and dark chocolate is the ultimate treat. It brings calm to a stressful day, happiness on a sad day, and just pure and utter bliss with each incredible bite. It must be savored, so that each pure, dark chocolate bite is fully enjoyed. There’s no rushing through a piece of dark chocolate, and if you do then you are not a true chocolate lover! And, shame on you!

Ok… here’s my last ditch effort… PLEASE PICK ME! PLEASE PICK ME! OH, PLEASE PICK ME!

I’m new to the whole food blog thing, but your site was one of the ones that inspired me to start my own blog. So thanks! I’m having a lot of fun. And I love chocolate…the darker the better…so I’m really excited about the chance to try the Amano. Here is a poem I wrote:

Chocolate is my psychiatrist
I crave to be a patient

Grant me a confectionary consultation
Share some heavenly hope
Prescribe a mouth-watering medication

Oh bittersweet solace
This appetite consumes me

My Dearest Dark Chocolate,

I am writing to you on this day to expound my love for your deep, dark, mysterious ways. Every time I think of you my heart pounds. Just the very thought of your sweet smokey, silky taste makes my knees weak and my skin tingle. When I have had a long hard day with my children and my husband is driving me nuts, you are there to comfort me and invade my spirit. In all of my celebrations, you add true happiness. You strengthen my heart and my soul. You encourage my children to do better in school, cheer me up when I am down. Oh, my dark, lovely chocolate..even when there is just a taste of bitterness, it is sweet and breathtaking. I do love you dark chocolate on a firm, fundamental level that no other love can cross. Come to me my bittersweet dark chocolate so that we may be one..(I might share you with the family…but I doubt it

P.S. Please don’t deny a true love Blake and Bridget. It would just be wrong

Thanks for the chance.

Carrie
http://fieldsofcake.blogspot.com

I absolutely LOVE dark chocolate.

Yesterday I was going to make a black forest dark chocolate cake with cheesecake filling with fresh strawberries. I’m glad I make 7 layer dip instead so if you pick me – that’s what I’ll be making – Yum! I would be in Heaven!

Ode to Chocolate

Silky, smooth, sweet.
Haunting with your darkness.
Melting slowly
Filling my mouth bliss

(you can applaud anytime now >.>)

I love dark chocolate. It is, by far, the best chocolate there is. And the darker the better. Also, dark chocolate should not be chewed, it should be savored. Placed in the mouth and allowed to melt slowly with your body heat filling every corner with the mix of sweet and bitter until all that is left is the memory.

You have both heard this before: Dark chocolate, the richer in cocoa the better, is not only a to-die-for treat, it’s actually good for you.

A woman in her mid-fifties, ouch that hurt, needs as many to-die-for-treats as I can possibly include in my life. I also need a very special chocolate because it has twice the healthy antioxidants that can be found in a glass of red wine, which I don’t drink or in an inferior brand of dark chocolate which I don’t eat.

Antioxidants are good for the aging and I am trying to slow down the aging as much as possible. One square of a truly divine dark chocolate makes hot-flash hell a good day after-all.

What woman wouldn’t want a good-day after-all with a to-die-for-treat in her cupboard? With three bars of Amano Artisan Chocolate; this woman could have a good-month.

All I have to say is PLEASE!
You won’t regret this decision, I promise!

One chocolate
two chocolate
Red chocolate
Blue chocolate.

Black chocolate
Blue chocolate
Old chocolate
New chocolate

This one has
a little star.

This one has a little car.
Say! What a lot
of fish… uh chocolate there are.

Ok, so maybe I didn’t make that one up… But this one is all me:
Dark chocolate dark chocolate rah rah rah!

did someone say chocolate? me me me!
i’m so not a creative person…but if i win some chocolate, i’ll do my darndest to come up with a creative use for it – besides eating it of course. ;-P

I would love to try some of this yummy dark chocolate. I love chocolate of all kinds and love to bake with it. I’d make some killer chocolate banana bread with this and use the left overs to make chocolate chunk cookies. Throw in some peanut butter and milk and you’ll have heaven on a plate!

I would save one square for myself, of course, to slowly enjoy and savor!

I have a piece of dark chocolate everyday after my lunch. It’s like my little treat to myself. I also secretly love the fact that my husband doesn’t like dark chocolate because I know he won’t eat mine! A little selfish? Yes, I’ll admit it.

Mysterious and Elusive
Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet
It makes you high on endorphins
& leaves you craving more of it…
Bonjour Dark Chocolat~

When I was coming up with the words to describe my love for dark chocolate, I realized that its almost exactly like how Id describe my husband. Dark, rich, intense, smooth, sexy, sweet and romantic. Mmmmmmm

Standing in the store, with her head hung low
Couldnt find that bar, it was a sold out brand
Heard the roar of a clerk, she could hear him yell
Put her ear to the wall, then like a distant dream

She heard one box boy, yell her brand
She saw nibs in his eyes, and the very next day
Bought a case of chocolate bars
Didnt know what to make, but she knew for sure

That one chocolate bar, felt good in her hands
Didnt take long, to understand
Just one chocolate bar, was all it would take
Was a one way ticket, to cupcake land

So she started baking
Aint never gonna stop
Gotta keep on baking
Someday shes gonna make it to the top

And be a chocolate bar hero, got nibs in her eyes
Shes a chocolate bar hero
She took one bar , chocolate bar hero, nibs in her eyes
Chocolate bar hero, cupcakes tonight

In a kitchen without a name, with flour all around
Thought she ran outta butter, but had 1 stick left
Like a trip through the past, to that day in the store
And that one chocolate bar made her whole life change

Now she needs to keep baking
She just cant stop
Gotta keep on baking
That girl has got to stay on top

And be a chocolate bar hero, got nibs in her eyes
Shes a chocolate bar hero, got nibs in her eyes
Yeah, chocolate bar hero, got nibs in her eyes
With that one bar, cupcakes tonight
Yes, cupcakes tonight

Yeah, shes gotta keep baking
She just cant stop
Gotta keep on baking
That girl has got to stay on top

And be a chocolate bar hero, got nibs in her eyes
Shes a chocolate bar hero, got nibs in her eyes
Just one chocoate bar, put nibs in her eyes
Shes just a chocolate bar hero, aah aah aah
Chocolate bar hero, chocolate bar hero, shes got nibs in her eyes
Nibs in her eyes

Give me chocolate or give me death!
ok…not really on that whole death part…but I’d LOVE the chocolate!
And no worries…I’ll blog on it!

A Haiku about chocolate

Beautiful rapture
Artisan Chocolate-
Created by Amano

Chocolate is love
Dark and rich, smooth and soft;
Decadent at night.
.
Chocolate is joy
Ebony bringer of mirth;
My happiness found.

Chocolate is beauty
Black velvet to the taste-
Artistry for my soul.

What will I create?
Gooey Lava Cakes by Dorie-
The seventh deadly sin.

Maybe for supper,
Pork Tacos with Mole-
Savory, Succulent.

Blake does Make my day
Bridget, his lovely maiden-
Together, they cook.

what would i do for some dark chocolate? i think the more appropriate question is what wouldn’t i do…
-sell my soul (how would i prepare soul food?)
-streak naked through a crowded mall (jail food frightens me)
-eat cow brains (hey–bse is serious!)

list complete. as you can tell, i’m crazy about dark chocolate.

Wow! Everyone else is so creative. Now I feel like a total loser. I guess I’ll just try anyway and hope for the best. Growing up, til I was 10 years old, I wasn’t allowed to eat any dairy or anything that had dairy in it. I was completely deprived (no joke). I still remember sneaking tiny pieces of chocolate or a teaspoon (literally) of ice cream. When my allergy seemed to finally fade and get under control, I still wasn’t satisfied with Hershey bars that my small town had available. I finally got to try some Dark Chocolate Reisens, and oh, a whole new world was opened up. I used to buy them every week and they were a special treat. My friends and I would get together and before you could eat each one you had to give a “reason / reisen” for living. For instance, I would hold that little piece of dark chocolate caramel and say – “I’m glad that it didn’t snow today.” Really, though, every piece for me was about the chocolate and just letting it slowly melt in my mouth.

Had there been dark chocolate available when I was little, I wouldn’t have had to have been so deprived. I find now that I am even more grateful (yes, grateful) for the fact that it is available to me. My son is allergic to dairy, and this often means that he has to go without. Not with dark chocolate though. For chocolate in his Easter basket this year he got a 70% cocoa bar of Lindt chocolate. He nibbles at the pieces of chocolate and savors each little bite. He is only 5 years old, but it is the sweetest thing to see a future chocolate lover learning how to appreciate good chocolate.

The Amano company is located here in Utah, about 50 miles south of us. I haven’t really been out of the house this winter at all so I’ve been somewhat out of touch, but I am definately planning on visiting their shop as soon as the doctor’s clear us to get out of the house (preemie baby born last October = 7 months of confinement at home away from all germs – seriously).

So, while I can’t be creative about it, all I can tell you is that dark chocolate is extremely important to me and my family. I am passionate about it and end up sneaking it into most everything I make (as proven by the extreme number of chocolate treats on my blog). I would love the opportunity to review this local product and hope that I get the chance.

Thanks for what you do.

I am totally “PMS”ing and this delicious dark chocolate would make me happy and I’m sure that the rest of my family would appreciate you for giving me some too. I love dark chocolate and must try this one!!!

Kristen
http://www.sweetpeapatisserie.blogspot.com

Considering how beloved chocolate is by, you know, pretty much everyone, one wouldn’t think it would be so hard to find serious, good quality artisan dark chocolate in a city as big as Boston. I mean, cosmopolitan city and all that, right? Alas, since I moved here from the land of chocolate and all things gourmet, San Francisco, I have been lacking chocolate that my picky self considers good enough to cook with, and hence, the chocolate desserts are also poorly lacking from my kitchen. Just the thought of having some excellent chocolate in my kitchen again has me dreaming of zabaglione, chocolate creme brulee, mayan chocolate brownies (all time favorite), pots de creme, chocolate banana cream pie, chocolate caramel ice cream…I could go on. And my bloggity blog would benefit as much as my stomach from some of that delicious chocolate dessert recipe action.

Dark chocolate is something that your palate grows into loving, but once you hit that point, there’s no going back. When I was a kid, I was all about the milk, but these days, the darker, richer and deeper the chocolate, the better.

Talking about not being able to go back, exploring up-scale and artisanal chocolate makers and chocolatiers has forever ruined me when it comes to corner store chocolate, no matter how big the DARK on the packaging is. Amano is one of the brands that I’ve been meaning to try – I’d love to give their offerings a whirl and tell the world about it!

I’m not an expert of dark chocolate,
But I can surely appreciate its delicate taste,
The aroma, the flavor,
And my passion to dark chocolate is nothing less than a true chocolate expert!

According to Italian researchers, women who eat chocolate regularly have a better sex life than those who deny themselves the treat. Those consuming the sugary snack had the highest levels of desire, arousal, and satisfaction from sex.

Please send me the chocolate. My sex life depends on it. *wink,wink*

—-
I sound my barbaric gulp
at http://kags99.blogspot.com

In my opinion, dark chocolate is the ONLY chocolate! Please pick me!!!

my ode to dark chocolate

dark chocolate, my love
ever so mysterious
melt on my tongue, dear one.

please pick me!!!

I . LOVE . DARK . CHOCOLATE

the darker, the better. A day is complete with a little bit of fabulous chocolate. What I love about fabulous top notch dark chocolate: a tiny little bit is oh so satisfying, the lovely deep bitter but sweet flavor that stays with you even after the bite is finished, the smell of the chocolate – deep and fragrant and warm, the comfort a taste brings when you are stressed or have had a tough day.

Dark Chocolate: A Haiku

Sweet dark aroma
Explosion of rich chocolate
Taste of happiness

Sooooo please please please! PICK ME

If it was feasible for one to bathe in a clawfoot tub full of dark chocolate… I would.

A good Dark Chocolate is better than sex, need I say more?

I love to pair dark chocolate with wine so I would love to have a wine and chocolate tasting party. Party for 2, maybe 4. Then I would love to do a little decadent baking with the rest. If there is any left. I love dark chocolate and wine. It’s my vice!!!

Whoever said being bitter is a bad thing was wrong. They had no idea what they were talking about because they have never had dark chocolate. Whoever said getting bitter with age is a bad thing is also wrong. Again, they say this because they have never had dark chocolate. Now you may be reading this and thinking “What the heck is this girl talking about? Dark chocolate is not bitter, it’s full in flavor.” But to me it’s bitter and I am more than fine with that. When I was younger I didn’t like dark chocolate because it was too bitter but as I have aged I have grown to appreciate dark chocolate and all the complexities that lie in its flavor.

Bitter is a good thing….a really good thing. You add chocolate to the mix and you are just about as close as you will ever get to having a salacious experience with food. Just thinking about dark chocolate makes my mouth water as I envision putting a piece of deliciousness on my tongue and having my taste buds go on an expedition exploring all the flavors contained in the dark chocolate.

It’s no secret that I love dark chocolate. Actually in your TCHO giveaway I declared it my first love(shh…don’t tell hubby). While most of my creative juices are zapped out of me as I sit in my windowless, uninspiring, beige and gray office…here is my attempt to impress you and above all else win me some chocolate!
Cocao
Heart Healthy
Opportunity to guiltlessly indulge
Comfort Food
Obligation to slowly savor
Lower Blood Pressure
Antioxidant
Tastes Heavenly
Excuse to not do work for 15 minutes while I attempted to come up with some
clever

Ooh, I love dark chocolate. I just made a mousse the other day and this would have been perfect. I am thinking of all sorts of things I could use this for, besides just eating of course! Pick me!

I SO want to try this!! They are actually located in the town I live in, but it looks like from their website that they don’t have a retail front. If I don’t win, I’m gonna have to find a way to get some!

Isn’t it too bad that when I hit submit content the site decided that it wouldn’t work for about a minute…

Ok I know I wrote this silly cheer:

I like dark chocolate, yes I do.
I like dark chocolate, & Blake Makes too!

And then I wrote something about dark chocolate & how it’s delicious & I love baking with it.

Then I said it’s going to be hard to pick a winner because everyone is hilarious.

Except I swear I wrote much more eloquently last time.

Good luck all!

Okay, so don’t laugh, but I tried a Haiku:

Spring: Mountains shed snow
Columbines stretch towards Sun
- Amano sings joy

That’s what I would do with the chocolate: One bar chocolate and the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” or / and I’ll make my cheesecake chocolate dream with it and than watch the Golden Girls!

Hope I’ll get one package! ^^

I’m more apt to blow $7 on an exquisite 70% bar infused with cinnamon and ancho chiles than on lunch itself. Usually this isn’t a problem, as I have learned to keep a bar in my purse. Chocoholism is a terrible, terrible disease. Thanks for enabling me to continue on this way!

Qualifications:

Must be a registered Sooper Hero- Check!
Must like (love) dark chocolate- Oh Yes!
Must have a (food) blog- Yep.
Must be interested in blogging about it and linking to Amano (and us)- Happily!

Pretty please with dark chocolate on top pick me to try the bars.

I’m not all that creative with making up a song or dance or anything, but boy can I get creative when it comes to chocolate. Especially dark chocolate. That is my all time fave. I have learned in the past few months that it is my doggies fave too, so up high it goes because it is bad for the doggie. If I win this it will not have time to go up high, it will be used immediately. I have several ideas in mind. So pick me please!!!

amano (an inspirational love poem)
—————————————————–
you lay there,
broken in two
your essence bitten and consumed
lingering on my lips,
outstretched to reach you
pounce, attack,
to finish you off
every last morsel
melting so bitter sweetly
i yearn for more

if chosen i will write a poem in dedication to each of the flavors and the feeling/tastes they leave me with yum!

Hi Blake and Bridget!

I am requesting to receive the dark chocolate not really for me, but for my mom! There is nothing my mom loves more in this world – other than me, of course – than dark chocoalte, and I am quite sure she has never had any as good as what you are offering! Being that Mother’s Day is coming up, I would love to be able to share some of this delicious chocolate with her and bake her some sort of treat featuring the chocolate. A typical mother, my mom rarely does anything for herself so I thought I would attempt to score her a special treat…as long as she shares with me!

An ode to chocolate in a haiku-

Dark, milky or white
this is a tasty delight
I love chocolate

I would love some chocolate. I’ve been inspired by a great tv show here in the UK called Willies Wonky Chocolate Factory to try chocolate in sweet AND savoury dishes so it would be great to have some top quality chocolate to do that.

Also its my birthday on Tuesday and I’m working all day of it! Please take away my birthday blues with some chocolate!

Ruth

I am a girl, do I need another reason to love chocolate??? In truth, I love how dark chocolate is smooth, nutty and and has an oh so slight bitterness. I have been thinking about chocolate truffles all day. Free chocolate would be a good opportunity to try my hand a making truffles. I have never made them before but have always wanted too!! Dark Chocolate, Pumpkin truffles!! Yum!

Does anyone else wish their hubby was made of chocolate?

I want this chocolate because I think right now it would be the only thing worth a break in the diet I am doing. 100 calorie packs of oreo crisps just aren’t doing it for me anymore. I would savor every last bite! Please pick me!!!

Asking
Mr. Blake
Again
Nicely,
Overtly,

Can
He
Offer
Chocolate
Over
Lil Ally’s way?
Amano
Truly looks
Exceptional.

This is the best I can do. : – )

I don’t eat chocolate. Or sugar really. So I’m going to blog giving every last piece away. Which is more fun, I promise

Sort of like that Oprah’s Big Give show. Except with chocolate. And me.

Have you seen the “She Ain’t Heavy” Chocolate Cake on my blog?!

Enough said

I am sorely in need of a vacation. Please allow me to set sail on the good ship Amano!! I have been jonesing for some deep dark chocolate brownies… I would get all the edges and corners an my husband would get the gooey center. I’ll admit it, it’s why we got married.

Wouldn’t a Dark Chocolate covered Apple Pie just hit the spot? I bet father n law would love it! Hint!!

There once was a chocolate from Amano
Who’s bar was so dark it got ‘et slow
The small lemon tart
Spoke from her heart
When she said “Gimmee the chocolate please please Oh Blake please I’ll be your best friend with a cherry on top and everything!”-o

(The first attempt at this included a Nantucket reference and that ain’t right at all y’all)

i might be willing to exchange my right kidney for some chocolate. it could happen. but it would be even better if you gave me the chocolate and let me keep my kidney!

oops. I made an image for you all, but i couldn’t figure out the html to post it. check it out at http://pics.livejournal.com/safya/pic/0001fc7a

Dark Chocolate – the new wonder drug

I have used dark chocolate as a medicinal substance for a number of years now. Although I am here to tell you that using dark chocolate as a curative substance has changed my family’s life, please don’t think I’m some kind of homeopathic nut job that has gone off the deep end – I am a completely sane and logical person – follow along with my thought process if you will. As I sat in my kitchen in 1999 enjoying the almost orgasmic sensation of dark chocolate melting in my mouth, I became somewhat light headed from the rush of blood to various parts of my body. As my head began to spin, and my body convulsed onto the floor, I knew everything would be ok – I had the sweet aftertaste of dark chocolate on my lips – even mixed with the taste of blood dripping from one of many head wounds, I knew I had found the nectar of the Gods. Sitting on my kitchen floor, I realized that although dark chocolate was very likely a miracle cure for any wound or ailment, I also understood that mixing this wonderful substance with existing medicines was the key for true healing. The years since have been a whirlwind of exciting discoveries as I’ve tested my hypotheses on myself and my family. A sample of my medicinal concoctions (I’ll use DC as an abbreviation to save space here):

1. Crushed Tylenol mixed with melted DC (multiple benefits)

a. Headaches

b. Body aches

c. Fever

d. Erectile Dysfunction

2. Melted DC mixed with cayenne pepper and wasabi – cooled slightly and applied to special areas works as the fabled “female Viagra”

3. Crushed DC and orange zest in sprite – quick sinus relief

4. Small pieces of DC stuffed deep in ear canals to relieve earaches (this is still under investigation as my husband believes that the success of this cure was due more to the ants carrying out earwax accidentally with the DC)

5. DC melted, mixed with codeine, then formed into children’s “bedtime pops”

6. 1:10 ratio of DC, lavender oil, and rose petals as an FDS substitute

I could go on, but I’m sure you get the point. My success here has drastically reduced our monthly prescription spend, and improved our overall health. So you see, this isn’t a quest for mere pleasure, but for health and safety of myself and my family.

Wow! Blakemakes my day. Did I say that Blake is my favourite name?
It’s my son’s middle name. It’s his birthday May 1st. He’ll be three. He LOVES chocolate. Dark chocolate has great health benefits.
….and who doesn’t want children to be healthy?

I love chocolate and my BF LOVES dark chocolate!!!! Wish me luck!!

oh no, i replied to the wrong posting!

I guess I signed up in the wrong spot being a newbie. Here it is again:D
This is the jingle I created for Amano Artisan Chocolate . Sammy Davis Jr, Marilyn Monroe and several other artists have sang this song, I just adapted it for chocolate that is the best aphrodisiac with its “happy” endorphins.

That old dark magic has me in its spell
That old dark magic that you make so well
That same old chill that makes me want to win
That same old Blake that sets my head to spin.

The same old tingle that I feel inside
When that Amano Chocolate starts its ride
Down and down it goes, round and round I go
Like a leaf that’s caught in the tide

I should stay away but what can I do
I hear Amano’s name, and I’m aflame
Aflame with such a burning desire
That only your taste can put out the fire

You are the lover that I’ve waited for
The mate that fate had me created for
And every time your lips meet mine

Baby down and down you go, all around I go
In a spin, loving the spin that I’m in
Under that old dark magic called Anamo!!!

Visit my cooking blog at

morethanburnttoast.blogspot.com

an ocumare I haven’t tried! Ocumare is my favorite. This is so exciting.

OOOOH! The suspense!

I just wanted to mention, that my Sooper Hero name ist Nadine.
Hope it’s not too irritating that I used my onlinename to post the comment above!

Ooooh Ooooh! This is my first entry, and I *love* dark chocolate!! Dark chocolate with a cup of espresso. Dark chocolate with fresh raspberries. Dark chocolate alone– any of the above–yum!

..keeping us in suspense?

OH! My article (interview about Pennies on a Platter) came out today in the local monthly magazine here in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn, IL. I haven’t seen it yet, but a friend called and saw it today. I guess I’m titled the “Lovable Local.” Ha! If they only knew….!!

I can’t wait to see what the good news is!

Free chocolate for some; miniature American flags for others!

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