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

  2. That chocolate looks so good!! At the moment (and with raging hormones) my eyes are gravitating towards the chocolate though I also wouldn’t mind being an ichill guinea pig. 😉

  4. I want to win tickets to the Yankees in the World Series this year and for you to accompany me after you cook me dinner. ^^

  5. I WANT TO WIN YUMMY FOOOD..!! = ) Yvo your site is always a sight for hungry eyes, and allows me to live vicariously through you as I constantly procrastinate on revolutionizing my drab eating life, as I am oft to vow to do… Keep sending the yummy goodness (especially if it’s chocolaty..=P) our way!

  8. Where did you manage to get a box of Ichill?? LOL. 🙂

    Anything with the words “dark chocolate” on it would be a welcome gift.

    I can vouch for the almond butter – it tastes pretty good. I started reading twitterville and then forgot about it. Oops.

  10. I would LOVE anything— especially, the tasty chocolate— Any would be lovely. Just promise me if I win a book, you’ll sign it. In terms of faves, I love all your ‘hood posts about us in Forest Hills… My request— Feisty Foodie reviews on the following Forest Hills Eateries: 5 Burros, East Ocean Palace, that new brunch place on Austin Street whose name I forgot, Thai Pot, Knish Knosh and Samarkand… To name a few!!!! Ohhh– and try Frankie and Joey’s pizza by the Movie Theater! (and I tweeted!)

  11. You had me at chipotle! I also tweeted about your contest (I’m LKPNYC). And I’m STILL thinking about that banana split cupcake at Robicelli’s!

  12. OOO, so much to choose from. Surprise me with something yummy.
    I’ve enjoyed the reviews, bentos and recipes.

  13. Hi Yvo!
    What a great giveaway! I love everything chocolate so the SB goodies are calling my name. Having said that, my favorite part of your site are all the restaurant reviews.

  14. Yay! Free stuff! 😀
    I was going to say I would like the Meatless Meals for Working People book if I got to choose any prize…but after your glowing endorsement of it, maybe I’d be better off leaving it to chance. 🙂

    And just so this is not a “Give me stuff!” comment, I’d like to add that I found your site through your bento blog, which I found when I was looking at the links on Lunch in a Box (and the name of your blog was what made me click the link that fateful day). I really like your down-to-earth perspective on food (unlike some blogs where people get so caught up in being a “foodie” that they forget the importance of the most basic elements, like taste!)
    And hopefully my husband and I will get to take a trip to New York together in the future and I’m sure your restaurant posts here will give us some good advice. 🙂

  15. What a great giveaway!

    Of course I, or anyone, would love the chocolate. Or the cookbooks. I recently moved in with my long-time boyfriend and even though I LOVE to cook, it’s hard to decide what to cook when he’s a big meat eater/little veggie eater and I’m a little meat eater/big veggie eater, so I’ve been looking ANYWHERE for inspiration lately.

    I started reading about a year ago thanks to StumbleUpon and am so glad I found you.

  16. Your blog touches on two of my favorite past times: The Mets & Food. And now a third… free stuff!

    Also tweeted @nycnomnom

    Thanks for being so generous with your spoils!
    ~Sara

  17. What an awesome giveaway. I would be happy to win anything. I absolutly love both your blogs. I found them by going threw other blogs I follow, and ended up at yours. (kinda funny cause I love seeing all the stuff you get to try in NY, since I am from the country… maybe someday we will make it that way and get it try some too!!). Love your blog, thanks for the opportunity to win something!

  18. i forgot how i found your blog but i’ve been reading for a while now. i enjoy your reviews on places to eat, especially places in queens. since i used to live in queens and still visit alot because my parents still living in queens. i would like for you to explore the bronx (where i live now) and write about it!!!!

    oh and i want the books!!! especially the top chef cookbook, any food related book is good for me!

  20. This is so generous of you! If I had to pick, it’d prob be any of the Chocolate related goods- especially the Pure Dark hostess set or SB baking-related items! Anything would be fun though, I love giveaways! And good thing you noted your puppy was NOT up for a prize, I totally would’ve asked for her, haha!

  24. wow, this is awesome! I’d love to win any of those things! I found your blog quite a while ago via adventures in bentomaking, which is Pikko’s bento site.

  25. Got any headcheese? Bwahahahaha! Seriously – I’ll take Kiwi 😉 kidding, kidding – You know me anything makes me happy. I will blog and of course, tweet about it.

    Hugs and nice contest. Thanks.

  27. Happy birthday month!!!

    How do you possibly keep so much chocolate around. If I had it here it would be gone!

    I would love any food!

  28. I follow you through google reader and enjoy all your posts. I rarely eat out so it is my way of sampling what’s out there,LOL!

  30. Well, either some of that fancy chocolate (the darker the better) or perhaps one of those books would be nice… Also, I have to say that your post about soup lead me to make my own (very different soup).

  31. Aw, Happy Birthday month! I’d love absolutely anything too, I always have such a fun time coming here and looking at all the delicious food!

  32. I would love to win anything other than the makeup. But more importantly than that, I love reading all the posts about little places in NY I will likely never eat. I am exceedingly jealous of all the food you can get from a cart or a truck!

  34. Yes, it’s true, everyone loves chocolate. But maybe you’ll give me chocolate because my birthday just passed? eh?

  36. hi there feisty foodie! been a follower for a few months and love the new website… i hope i win something yummy!

  37. Hello! What an inspiring post! I am glad to hear that you are happy and surrounded by such wonderful people! 🙂

    I would LOVE to win some chocolate! Yummmm!

    Also, any books on food or cooking are always nice for an aspiring cook/foodie to have. 😉

    Thanks so much!!!!

  39. Dang, chocolate! Free! College student Lyta likey the sounds of this! 🙂 Also, I like that snazzy bamboo backdrop you’ve got going on in some photos.

    Happy (early) birthday, girl!!

  41. I loved the banh mi series! Although honestly in general I just love pictures and words about food… especially when it involves Scharffen Berger chocolate (;

    Happy birthday to you and feistyfoodie.com!

  42. looong time lurker who has been reading for quite awhile (can remember when you launched the bento site which got me to start packing lunches)… posts I remember off the top of my head: revamped veal ragout recipe, morimoto, knife and fork (first time), the argentina series…

    would greatly appreciate any dark chocolate or books! (and more photos of your pup-pup!)

  43. You’re so kind-hearted 🙂

    Yay for October birthdays! All that Pure Dark stuff is really good. But hmmm, I’ve never baked with Scharffen Berger before 😉

  44. Just wandered over from Skippy’s blog…spent some time before leaving this comment. I have favorited you and will get you on my blog roll soon as I do my weekly blog roll update.

    2 of my children have Oct bdays…so your in good company.

    btw send some dark chocolate or a book my way…much appreciated…lol.

  46. Yum yum!
    I don’t get why people hate dark chocolate. You need some bitterness to really taste the sweet. I love your site and all your food adventures =)

  48. Chocolate please 😀 I’ve never had Scharffen Berger chocolate before, so I’d like to see how much better (or worse, gasp) it is compared to my plain jane Cadbury and Lindt bars, haha.

    And possibly your adorable, adorable dog, but I’m not that mean. 😉

    Happy 27th and 3rd birthday to Feisty Foodie (the person and the site), and wishing you many years to come of happy fooding, and, well, happiness! Bon appetit!

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