Chocolate.com in Business Week

In June of 2007, Chocolate.com was featured in a Business Week article along with parent company Internet Real Estate Group. The article emphasized the value of the Chocolate.com domain name and captured the excitement of the entrepreneurs who are building the business. The article has brought an influx of traffic and positive feedback.

We would like to thank our vendors for providing high quality gifts and service, and also thank our customers for making our growth possible. We hope you continue to enjoy our products and services, described by Business Week as an "online emporium, complete with boutique sweets, recipes."

Health Benefits are Ancient News

A recent BBC News article emphasized the connection between dark chocolate and low blood pressure. Citing a study by The University of L'Aquila (L'Aquila, Italy), they also concluded that milk chocolate offers similar benefits to dark.

A separate report by WCVB News (Boston) echoed these findings, giving the credit to an ingredient known as Flavonoids - found in all dark chocolate. In fact, the WCVB article also reported that chocolate can contribute to a healthy heart.

Dark Chocolate has certainly received a lot of good press recently, but is it really a breakthrough discovery? Are we the first generation of chocolate consumers to uncover this great secret? The answer is "No." In fact, the health benefits of dark chocolate were discovered centuries ago by the Aztecs, a Mexican empire that thrived in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

You wouldn't recognize the chocolate prepared by the Aztec people. It was a cold, bitter drink with a variety of spices, having a watery texture and served with a swizzle stick. The Spanish word that is the root of "chocolate" translates to "food of the gods." The name tells us a lot about how the Aztecs coveted this drink - it was enjoyed by royalty alone. It was also enjoyed in remarkable proportions: Montezuma is reported to have consumed fifty pitchers per day. The Aztecs believed that the drink provided vitality, energy, and longevity.

About a century after the Aztecs discovered chocolate, Royalty in Spain and France adopted the idea. In the 19th century the drink was enjoyed in the same way as the Aztecs and the health benefits did not go unnoticed. Brillat-Savarin reflected the French national view of chocolate when he wrote: "Chocolate is one of the most effective restoratives. All those who have to work when they might be sleeping, men of wit who feel temporarily deprived of their intellectual powers, those who find the weather oppressive, time dragging, the atmoshere depressing; those who are tormented by some preoccupation which deprives them of the liberty of thought; let all such men imbibe a half liter of choclat ambre... and they will be amazed."

It is clear that we cannot give credit to modern scientists for discovering the health benefits of chocolate. However, we can appreciate the fact that the news is being brought to our attention. After all, it reminds us that we can enjoy our favorite treat knowing it's good for the body and perhaps also the mind. It's old news, but it's good news.

Father's Day - June 15th

Who's in charge of the discipline hammer, the financial umbrella, and the glue that makes the whole family stick together? It's good old Dad, and Father's Day is an awesome chance for you to show him you really care. Are you fresh out of ideas for a gift this year? Then here is your number one hint: he really does not want another tie nor another pair of socks.

Give the good man some cookies to enjoy while he is sitting in his chair. This Deluxe Crocodile Tower comes with two boxes of cookies and a few brownies tossed in on the side. You know Dad would enjoy the guilty pleasure of not worrying about carbs, fat or calories for the day.

And guess what? His t-shirt drawer is stuffed full and won't close now, so who needs another goofy shirt? Give the Big Papa a big Chocolate Chip Cheesecake that says "Happy Father's Day." Just think about who the favorite would be after this beauty comes to the door, all fresh and chilled, straight from Chocolate.com.

Tools? Things for the grill? Now you know the last thing Dad wants to think about is more work after work. He wants to hold court like the king that he is, and enjoy himself by seeing all of his family subjects having a good time all around him for the day. So give him this Large Two and One-Half Pound Box of Chocolates aka Largest Box of Chocolates Ever Made, (not really) created by the award-winning chocolatiers at L' Artisan du Chocolat. There has to be a million pieces in the box (it's actually 100), and he will love giving out chocolates, and giving out chocolates, and never running out.

Now you have no excuse for forgetting Father's Day on June 15th. And if you aren't feeling generous, just think of all he's gone through for you, like this Dad's experience with his son's driving. In "Four Days And Counting," the author says, " I can report that in the first 96 hours he has had his driver's license, he has managed to go through three tanks of gas, run his battery down after leaving his headlights on, and even managed to pop his front right tire hitting a curb. I should open a tow truck business. Thank the Lord for Triple A."

Enough said. Your gift will be a really big "hit." Chocolate.com for Father's Day.