The Feisty Foodie

Opinionated Food Critic

Feisty Freebie Giveaway!

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My life is truly blessed.  I have wonderful friends, an incredible boyfriend, a fantastic family, and I am surrounded by amazing people in nearly every aspect of my life. 

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Scharffen Berger unsweetened cocoa powder, tasting squares of varying percentages of cacao, and baking chunks

On a more material level, I am constantly surrounded by awesome food and more.  I simply can’t eat or use it all.  Being that it’s my birthday month – both for The Feisty Foodie and myself on the 27th – I’ve decided to go beyond just spreading the love and sharing the wealth with my friends & family (who, believe me, enjoy many of the freebies that come my way, as much as I do!), but to spread the love and share the wealth with you, my dear readers, without whom there wouldn’t be as much reason to continue writing as I do.  (I document what I eat for myself, but if no one was giving me feedback, I probably wouldn’t be so diligent about writing everything down the way I do.) 

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Favor-sized packages of Pure Dark rounds – dusted with chipotle cinnamon, acai raspberry, or cardamom

Because there’s just simply so much stuff that I’d like to give away, I can’t say for sure what you will win…

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Various books, mostly about food/wine, some not, and two random DVDs

But there’s a ton of chocolate available, other food yummies, a lot of makeup/general self-care products (don’t ask! but I will try very hard to make sure no boys receive those), some food-related books, trinkets, fun stuff (and all of it unused/unopened, except the books, which I promise that a few have been read/browsed extremely gently).  There’s so much stuff that nearly everyone who enters is guaranteed a prize. 

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Pure Dark tasting tray with chocolate covered cherries, rounds of chocolate dusted with chipotle cinnamon, acai raspberry, or cardamom, a slab of 65% chocolate with caramelized nibs & coarse sugar, and a bit of ‘classic’ bark which is dark chocolate studded with almonds and chocolate covered cherries – along with a metal rake to help you break off bits of the slab

Here’s how to enter: 

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Various slabs/bars of Scharffen Berger with different levels of chocolate, different types of beans, etc.

1- Comment on this post.  Yup, that’s it.  You can tell me what you want to win (yes, you can say “a pony” even though I assure you there is no pony in my apartment waiting to be shipped anywhere…), or what your favorite post on here has been, or where you found my site, or… anything.  Just comment, and you’re entered. 

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Chipnetzels, dipped in white chocolate (up as a prize) and dipped in dark chocolate (going in my belly)

2- Tweet a link to this post – something like “Just entered @feistyfoodie ‘s awesome chocolate-centric giveaway contest, you should enter too!” with the link at the end.  Spread the love and share the contest with other people so they can enter and everyone wins! 

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2oz shots of iChill, an anti-energy drink that’s supposed to help you relax after a day of being wired up (I haven’t tried it yet)

3- Blog about this contest and link back to this post.  I have pingbacks turned on, but if it doesn’t show up or if you just want to make sure, feel free to come back here and comment that you’ve done so, with a link to your blog post. 

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Pure Dark hostess gift – slab of 57% dark chocolate with caramelized nibs and coarse sugar, and a bit of classic bark

4- Do two of the above, and it counts as TWO entries!  Do all three, and it counts as THREE entries!!!  (Multiple Tweets and/or multiple comments don’t count as more entries, sorry!  But I wouldn’t mind the multiple Tweets!)  Which could mean you win two – maybe three! – prizes or it could mean you win a doubly or even triply awesome prize 😉 

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Assorted random bits – smartfood, almonds, almond butter, Ghirardelli chocolate squares, lotion, lip gloss, blush, etc.

Contest will be open through the end of October, my birth month.  Sorry, but open to US residents only as I can’t afford to send this many prizes to all over the world!  This will be a random drawing – if less people enter than I have prizes, I’m just going to set up a shipping boxes and start throwing stuff into each box from the couch, whatever lands in the box with your name on it is yours! 

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Keywee thought I was crazy as I kept taking pictures of this stuff.  I assure you, she is not one of the prizes available!

Good luck everyone!!! 

***Full disclosure: I received everything above free (except that one yellow book titled “Meatless Meals for Working People” which is a really awful and useless book, but ummm, maybe you’ll like it?) – some because of the blog, some not.  Having these items and giving them away says nothing positive nor negative about my opinion of the products.  Also – each picture does not represent a prize pack – those are yet to be determined!  There’s a lot more stuff available to win, but didn’t photograph well or I’d rather leave a surprise.  🙂

Comments

  1. Anything involving dark chocolate. Happy birthday – you are one year behind me (well, come January).

  2. I love your website. we try many of the restaurants you recommend on our weekend trips to New york. We are planning a trip now just to visit some of the vendor stands you recommend. I will bring my laptop with me and we will just pick a place that sounds good. Keep up the good work and thank you!

  3. woohoo! How can I pass up such a tempting giveaway?! I discovered your blog via a swap-bot blog swap and since we are both in the NYC area and I LOVE food, I read your blog regularly. Thank you for sharing all your dining and cooking experiences with us!

  4. If it’s free, it’s for me!

    (I found your blog through Zach @ Midtownlunch. And now, I read yours daily.)

  7. I looooove chocolate (all except white…which isnt really chocolate anyway right?) and I also loooove your blog…read it everyday…

  9. Chocolate, please. Baking chocolate, ever more please. I need to keep the apartment warm by turning on the oven and baking something.

  12. Happy blog-birthday and happy birthday! Nice updated site! Thank you for the giveaways! 🙂

  16. I’d like to win…uhhhhm, anything?!
    I love getting stuff in the mail.

    but, I recently got some !free! organic Dagoba chocolate, and it was gross. so it kind of put me off of dark chocolate =[

  17. Wow, nice freebies. Cute dog (Yes, I know you’re not giving her away.)

    No pony? Boo.If I win, I’d take anything since it’s free but preference with anything edible of course. Thanks a lot. Awesome blog – was just reading the porkchops before this entry.

    Of course, I found you via Midtown Lunch and have seen your other entries before.

    Happy early birthdays!

  18. Everything looks so fantastic! It’s so nice of you to give all of this stuff away to your readers. I live out on Long Island but I love reading your reviews of NYC restaurants. I always rummage through the back posts whenever my husband and I are planning a trip into the city. Happy Birth month!!

  20. No, I’m *not* cyberstalking or being creepy! But I would like to ‘win’ anything–chocolate and makeup stuff would also be cool (to help keep me out of the doghouse!).

  21. I love getting authentic food reviews and recommendations from your entertaining perspective! I’ve been a longtime reader and your giveaway is so generous. I’d love to win anything chocolate flavored 🙂 but honestly, I’ve never won anything, so I’m not picky! Thanks again for holding this contest and writing such an entertaining and informative blog!

  23. The rake on from Pure Dark chocolate is pretty nifty and scary at the same time! Chocolate is definitely the way to go.

    I’ve been liking the csa posts. It’s a great idea, but hard to find time to cook all the goodies (along with other groceries) before it all spoils!

    Happy (early) birthday.

  26. I really liked your series on the food at the Mets games. Your pictures of the fries looked so amazing! Anyway, would be fun if I won some chocolate or something.

  27. Happy Birthmonth. Mine is Nov 27th!
    I told you once how I found your blog. I stumbled on your blog about bento.
    How much would it cost you in all to send all the gifts out, I wonder? Pick out something you think is good for me 🙂

  28. Happy Birthday!!!!!!

    I love your blog, and I’d be happy to win anything!

    Thanks for an awesome contest to brighten my day.

  30. Anything but the chocolate would be amazing! I’ll send the link of your blog to friends by email.

  31. Your blog is so fun! I wish I lived in NY to experience all the good food. I especially love chocolate and other sweets :). Happy bday to you and the blog!

  32. Hi Yvo!!! Happy early Birthday!!!

    I’ve been following your bento blog for a while now and that led me over to Feisty Foodie – I really enjoy both blogs! The updated Foodie site looks great.

    Thanks for the chance to win – all the blog candy looks like fun! Very sweet and generous of you to spread the wealth around – hooray!

  36. I actually haven’t had time recently to check your blog on a daily basis so I hope I haven’t missed all the prizes in the giveaway! I was actually recommended your blog by one of my best friends. We had recently started this journey to try as many new and creative restaurants in the city this summer and he stumbled upon your blog. Boy am I glad he did!

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