Thanks so much for all your support about URS! Since I haven’t been able to get into the kitchen this week, I thought it would be the perfect time to tell you about an absolutely delicious set of bon bons and truffles that Chef Eric of Derry Church Artisan Chocolates recently sent me. The flavors were all very unique and inspired by different parts of world, which I think is very clever.
My favorites were the Savannah (a spin on peach crisp with peach jam in a white chocolate ganache piped into a bittersweet chocolate cup and topped with a toasted oat/brown sugar and cinnamon crisp), Rome (strong cappuccino and milk chocolate ganache piped into a milk chocolate cup mold and topped with a creamy white chocolate mousse), and Cairo (Medjool date paste and aged balsamic vinegar reduction in a bittersweet chocolate ganache enrobed with bittersweet chocolate and accented with brown sugar and molasses) – just writing out the descriptions is making my mouth water! Each chocolate is like a little work of art and they are very reasonably priced considering they contain organic local ingredients and are handmade. The best part is that Chef Eric has graciously offered to send one lucky reader a 15 piece bon bon set!
There are two ways to enter:
1. Check out the different flavors offered by Derry Church Artisan Chocolates and leave a comment letting us know which one you’d most like to try.
2. Tweet about this giveaway, or post about it on your blog or Facebook. Don’t forget to come back and leave a second comment with the link for your second entry.
Entries must be in by Thursday, April 15 at 11:59pm EST. Good luck and thanks Derry Church Artisan Chocolates!
p.s. The fine print: Derry Church sent me the chocolates to try for free and is sponsoring this giveaway, but I received no compensation for this post and all opinions are mine. The winner will be picked with random.org on Friday, April 16 and announced shortly thereafter.
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Congrats on URS! Can’t wait to see your episode. I would try Veracruz for sure – I’m a vanilla girl!
Congrats!!!
The Rome flavor is adorable and looks so yummy.
I’d most like to try Winter Haven
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
Shared the giveaway on Facebook
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I would love these! I’m most intrigued by the Savannah…it sounds utterly luscious!
I tweeted! http://bit.ly/bLY2Hs
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/the_vegster/status/11872523987
I’d love to try the Paris chocolate! It’s cool how they name them after cities
The Montego Bay of course
oh, how awesome! i’d like to try ANY of them, but the oaxaca is most appealing–i love the chocolate-chili combo, but i haven’t had a white chocolate version. delightful!
The Cairo sounds amazing! Also, I wouldn’t mind trying the Mumbai or the County Kildare (or any of them really…).
I do love unique flavors like curry and such.
Awesome giveaway Kerstin! These chocolates look crazy delicious!
I would have to say that if I could choose any to taste, it would be the New York. Hello cheesecake ganache!
Sorry if this double posts, I’m not sure if it went through. Anyhoo, I tweeted from @betherann: http://twitter.com/betherann/status/11877825532
drooling over Mumbai! Thanks
Just randomly clicked the link to your blog today as I’m searching for a specific cake recipe. What a perfect day to stop by! I’d love to try the Milan. My favorite chocolate of all time is the hazelnut praline from Godiva. This looks like it would have similar flavors.
I absolutely love espresso and white chocolate, so the Rome chocolate looks amazing to me!
Whoa, it was hard to even leave their website. Two-can I pick two? The Derry Church chocolate caramel bar looks de-lish and the Moosehead Lake chocolate sounds fabulous.
I just left a note on my FB page about this giveaway.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1503071399&ref=mf
London’s calling my name !
Thank you and Best of luck on Sunday!
Great giveaway! The descriptions of the chocolates are so incredible!
Considering I’m going to Montego Bay in 4 weeks, I think I’d have to choose that flavor, plus I’m a coconut addict
I posted about this on my blog!
http://dougak23.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/chocolate/
Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
The Rome flavor looks amazing! But to be honest, they’re all pretty cool!
Wow there are so many unique flavors. I fell in love with the thought of the Veracruz. I love anything with vanilla bean. The winter haven sounds divine, with the yummy orange citrus. I would love to try this yummy decadent chocolates. YUM!
oh man, those sound AMAZING! the country kildare, derry church, cairo, savannah, tangier… wowsa, so hard to decide
What great unique flavors! I would love to try Rome, Edinburgh, and Savannah, but I guess that’s three… : )
The Paris Chocolate looks delicious. I love strawberry and white chocolate together. The New Orleans one looks good too. So does New York. Oohh it’s so hard to choose!
These chocolates sound amazing. I’d like to try the Burgundy, the Cairo, the Lyon, the San Fran, and the New Orleans. Of course, I wouldn’t pass up any of the other flavors either!
Both the Savannah one and the New York one sound so good to me!
The Plymouth sounds delicious! I’m definitely a sucker for anything pumpkin flavored. I also want to try Cairo and Oaxaca.
I posted about your giveaway on my blog!
http://measuringspoonsandmixingbowls.blogspot.com/2010/04/chocolate-giveaway.html
Holy crap, I need to eat the Dublin one. Need too.
And I posted about it on Facebook.
Wow – these really are incredible works of art! All three that you described would probably be among my favorites too. I think the New Orleans and the Kandahar sound pretty freaking amazing too.
I tweeted too
Oh. My. Goodness. It’s a toss-up between the New York and the Tangiers. Sorry, drooling on the keyboard
Only 1?? OK, Palermo!! I love anything Lemon flavored – Lemon Curd, Lemon Cookies, Lemon Meringue Pie.
So many choices….I’d go for the Ediburgh or Oaxaca…
Burlington would be a favorite I firmly believe!
Ealine
Ben would lick the screen if he saw these…
winter haven looks deeelish!
The plymouth, even though fall is long gone I can’t get enough of the pumpkin pie flavors! New Orleans would be next…bananas foster, yum!
Paris…strawberry jam, white chocolate buttercream…my mouth is watering.
Ohhhh, gorgeous! Such perfect works of art! I’d especially like to try the Dublin!
i’m drooling looking at those pics! I’d be all about the Milan
Derry Church or London. Caramel or toffee, tough choice!
at twitter.com/ant5s — dont know how to post the direct link to the tweet!
I love the combination of pumpkin and chocolate, so I’d have to go with the Plymouth. Paris is a close second because it looks incredible (mmm buttercream!).
Winter Haven looks like a tasty one! I would love to be able to try that one!
Congrats on URS:)
The Dublin sounds delicious! I would love to try the sweet, just as much as I’d love to visit the namesake city!
They all sound heavenly, but I am curious about the Tangier. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Vera Cruz! But it would be heavenly to taste every one!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/CinnamonSpice
Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed looking through all of those chocolates! Picking just one would be impossible, so I’ll say that my favorites, or the most intriguing were probably Savannah, Cairo, Tangier, and Palermo. Very creative chocolates indeed.
i would love to try the savannah chocolate. savannah has some pretty awesome food, and I actually had great chocolate there too.
Wow, to pick only one? I would say Lyon sounds the most amazing!
http://twitter.com/paulmorgan/status/11915257971
Yummy NY Cheese Cake!
Tangiers! I am a sucker for chocolate and orange. I bet tangerine is even better.
I would definitely want to try Tangier! It is my dream to visit morocco someday- just thinking of the candy brings exotic city life and esmerelda to my mind!
Milan. I enjoy the crunch of hazelnut and chocolate married together forming a beautiful combinaton of flavor.
Wow…I’m not a chocolate guy and so many of those look absolutely mouthwatering. I’d go with the Edinburgh. Thanks for the great giveaway!!
Goodness this is so hard! I think I’d have to go with Mumbai (follow very closely by Moosehead Lake, and Cairo and San Fran!…. then maybe County Kildar and Burgundy.. then everything else! These really look amazing.)
Saw your profile on another page. Glad I took the time to read your blog. It’s informative and really well done. Look forward to following you here. Have a great day. Cheers!
All of them?? haha
My obsessions are coffee and pumpkin, so the Dublin, Rome, and Plymouth are screaming my name
All these chocolates sound amazing, but if I have to pick one I’d love to try Paris!
Also tweeted!! http://twitter.com/Marthe79
Now this is a yummy giveaway! I’d want to try the Moosehead Lake (the chocolate itself is so so cute) and the veracruz
WOW, they all look SO good! I think if I had to choose one, it would have to be the New York. I heart cheesecake-anything! Thanks Kerstin!
Hi Kerstin! I just tweeted about this ‘sweet’ giveaway – http://twitter.com/NicoleChow/status/11952437383
London! That was an easy choice! They all look WONDERFUL, though!
Tweeted @PreventionRD !
I’d love to try the Moosehead lake!
Congratulations on the URS!! That’s awesome!
I would have to try the San Fran – since that’s where I live!
But I also think the Plymouth sounds great too!
YUMMMM….So many sound incredible!! I’m a caramel lover so I think my first choice would be the Derry Church! However, the Veracruz and the Savannah sound very good as well.
Thanks!!
I would love to try the Palermo. The blend of limoncello and dark chocolate sounds heavenly!
I’d love to try the Lyon.
I’d love to try the Moosehead Lake, I grew up in Maine and love cranberries!
Yum…I want to try them all. But, San Fran sounds really delicious. Plus, I’d love to visit the city!
The Kandahar looks so pretty and sounds tasty too.
I think I’d love to try the Tangier, though the Oaxaca is a close second.
The Oaxaca looks unbelievable! Loved your recipes on URS – you rock!
After looking at the chocolates I think the one that I would most want to try would be the Paris. It looks so good. The homemade strawberry jam along with the french white chocolate buttercream sounds like an excellent combination that I am really wanting to try. All of the chocolates look heavenly!
I’m watching you on Food Network….congratulations!!
I am usually a caramel and chocolate gal, but the Kandahar Pomegranate molasses sounds too good to pass up! Love the website
I love all chocolates, but the Edinburgh bon bon is calling my name! I have always wanted to travel to Scotland and when I read the description…wow…butterschotch, brown sugar and chocolate. Who wouldn’t love that. Btw i’m new to your blog and I heart it already. Keep it up!
I think the Savannah sounds wonderful!
Would love to try Rome and Lyons
I’d like to try the winter haven. they all look yummy.
Palermo – Oh my gosh, dark bittersweet chocolate, almonds, white chocolate and limoncello – what a combination. I’ve been to Salerno, Italy – the real home of limoncello and my husband makes it at home. Definitely, Palermo. I’m watching you on URS now. Do you win?
I would love to try the Savannah. It is one of my favorite places to visit. Love the pralines there.
Im new to your blog after seeing you on Food Network. I love reading all of your recipes and look forward to trying them.
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Thanks so much for all your support about URS! Since I haven’t been able to get into the kitchen this week, I thought it would be the perfect time to
The winter haven sounds good.
The DERBY CHURCH! “…a bit larger than the rest of our chocolates” … yeah, that’s all they had to say! Haha! But the caramel really sealed the deal. Yum.
Congrats on URS that is how I found your website. I could not decide between Lyon and Edinbourgh.
i would love to try the kandahar. pomegranite molasses and chocolate sounds amazing!
I would love to try the “Savannah” or the “Edinburgh” All of them sounded fantastic, hope I win.
County Kildare sounds brilliant. But then again, ALL the flavours look so tempting!
Decisions, decisions, decisions…what beautiful, mouthwatering chocolates!
I’d have to pick the Burgundy – so hard to go wrong with red wine and chocolate!
Kandahar all the way. While I’d be all over the Derry Church normally, how can you pass up an opportunity to try something new and uncommon like pomegranate molasses! (Plus the flower is gorgeous).
Oh my heavens. I am drooooooling. The savannah sounds uh-mazing.
I’d love to try the New York. Cheesecake + chocolate = my heaven.
I’m going with the Rome. Cappuccino flavor is one of my favorites with chocolate – and I love the look with the white chocolate “froth” on top. My mouth is watering!
Sounds yummy! I would love to try the Plymouth. Thanks for the chance.
Lyon sounds like chocolate PERFECTION!
Man, so many of those look great. I think the Veracruz looks the tastiest though: so simple, yet so elegant looking (& sounding)!
So many to choose from and with chocolate being my weakness, its tough but new york would be a first pick!!! Cheesecake and chocolate?? No question about it
Definitely the Plymouth… Chocolate, check. Pumpkin caramel, check. Pumpkin pie spice, check. What could be better than this?
I would love to try the County Kildare. It has everything I admire in a piece of chocolate… oats, cinnamon, walnuts, and miley chocolate! Delicious!
The Rome truffle looks delicious! I’d love to try it.
All those chocolates look wonderful, I would love to try the Paris flavor!
anything tasting like cappuccino has got to be amazing!! wud luv to try Rome bon bon
Oh man, what flavour wouldn’t I want to try. Though if I had to choose, it’d come down to either the Kandahar or the Rome to start with before I gave in and went for one of every chocolate.
I’d love to try the Edinburgh, it looks delicious. Of course, being a cheesecake lover I have to have a New York as well.
Oh man those look like incredible chocolates!! I especially find the Savannah, New York and London ones to be at the top of my list to try!
Those all look incredible and that makes making a decision near impossible. I guess if I have to choose one I would choose the Berlin; it sounds different but very good!
Oh, the New York chocolates look absolutely sinful!
I love the little nut on the Milan.
I really enjoyed watching you on URS. My kids were drooling over your brownies so I actually logged on tonight to find the recipe.
I’d do the Derry Church itself. It looks creamy and lush.
Great giveaway!!! I would have to say I could go for the New York, Savannah and the Plymouth.
Just watched you on URS – love that show!!
These all look so yummy and it was really hard to choose, but I think that my top choice would be the Kandahar.
I’d have to say the Rome, London, and the New York look the best to me. But that will probably change tomorrow when I’m in the mood for something else! They all sound fantastic!
Just posted on my blog about the giveaway….
http://denverbutterflies.blogspot.com/2010/04/chocolate.html
Which one?!! Wish I could nibble a few before choosing, but from the delicious descriptions, I would first try Winter Haven. Followed by Mumbai, then finish the taste test with Rome. And that would be just the first taste-testing. If I weren’t diabetic, I could get carried away!!
OMG – I want them all – especially the Savannah and the Moosehead Lake – those two stand out-peaches in the Savannah and cranberries in the Moosehead Lake – fabulous choices!! what a give a way – Thanks! Teri Dingler – loved you on Recipe showdown Challenge!
The chocolates look soo cutee.. But I think Milan and Rome are the ones that are most appealing to me..
Hi Kerstin, Saw on URS and found your blog. Its a great space.
I like the New York and Burgundy – Burgundy is just so pretty and NY has great ingredients…
They all look amazing! I think the ones I would like to try the most are Derry Church and Rome – yum!
Savannah, most definitely. Great giveaway – thanks!
Oh this giveaway is like sheer heaven to a chocolate lover like myself.
The flavors that I’m most intrigued by: (how can I pick just one?!)
Burgundy, Edinburgh, Cairo, Kandahar, Milan, Mumbai, New Orleans, Savannah (my daughter’s name) and the Palmero.
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I would love to try the Veracruz!
And the winner is…lucky number 2 – congrats Sharon!!