Holiday Specials

Holiday specials! Check 'em out on our website - www.smithorganicchocolates.com !

Holiday Gift Ideas

Christmas Gift Ideas from Smith Organic Chocolates!

Here's a simple way to give organic chocolate this year! Our Holiday Holly box holds up to one pound of truffles, barks, or clusters...or even white chocolate peppermint pretzels!

We were again able to get ahold of organic candy canes and organic peppermint pinwheels that we crush up and use to drag our white chocolate covered pretzels in or - make White Chocolate Peppermint Bark.

We have holiday gift giving ideas for everyone and every budget! This particular item is great for parties, gift exchanges, hostess gifts, or for any chocolate lover on your list!

Check us out at www.smithorganicchocolates.com and click on Holiday Items. You can order this box under the box, then tell us what to put in it - OR - order it through the chocolate and select this as your packaging!

We have a Local Pick-Up & Delivery Option on our website for those who live in Lancaster County, PA. That was created to save shipping charges.

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Holiday 2009 Catalog Available

It's time for our Holiday Catalog! Smith Organic Chocolates is pleased to announce that our Holiday 2009 catalog is complete and ready to go.

If you would like a copy, please email us at smithorganicchocolates@dejazzd.com. It is available in hard copy or in Microsoft Publisher. The catalog was created in Publisher 2007, but it can be saved in Publisher 2003. A Word catalog is in the works, but may not be ready until mid-November.

We have several new packaging options this year, as well as our Snowman Tin tower from last year.

Some of our new packaging options include:

A Holiday Holly box for candy

Reindeer Tower Set

Peppermint Lovers Open Box set - shrink-wrapped

Some of our new candy offerings include:

• Peppermint Lovers Package


• Almond Lovers Assortment


• Peanut Lovers Assortment

We have gift options ranging in price from $2.99 to $54.99.

Check out our website at http://www.smithorganicchocolates.com/ for product information.

Smith Organic Chocolates is dedicated to providing you with the latest nutritional chocolate and product information.

The holidays are only a couple months away!

Can you believe it? The holidays are approaching! It seems like summer was just a couple of weeks ago! (it was).

I heard a report on the news last week that said the early bird shoppers were already on the lookout for gifts - or they would be before the end of October!

Sheesh! I just started updating the website last week, and we're currently working on our holiday specials - which are pretty much the same as last year - we'll have some new products and a new packaging option for you!

And as always, gift certificates can be purchased directly from our secure website - because there's a lot to choose from!

We'll be keeping you updated about our holiday party. We're tentatively scheduling it for Sunday, November 29th from 2-5 p.m. We'll have plenty of free samples, holiday music, and show you our stuff! So....put that on your calendar - save the date!

Smith Organic Chocolates is dedicated to bringing you the latest in nutritional information about chocolate and keeping you apprised of our latest products!

Chocolate for PMS? You bet!

Yes - evidently new research is saying that dark chocolate can be good for PMS!

Researchers and medical professionals already know that chocolate contains antioxidant flavonoids that help mood and heart functions.

Reseach is also showing that pregnant woman benefit from eating a bit of dark chocolate a day. We blogged on that a couple of months ago.

Now - I just saw in an article in Natural Products Marketplace, the current issue (October 2009) that new research is saying that women suffering from PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) can now take heart that it's OK to eat a bit of dark chocolate.

"And while women typically experience chocolate cravings at the onset of their period, new research is looking into the effect of dark chocolate on PMS symptoms. They already know chocolate can help improve mood and stress problems, and data is now revealing flavonoids in cocoa may protect the brain from oxidative stress, improving cognitive function."

So go ahead ladies - eat a bit of dark chocolate at the onset of your next period! It's actually good for you!

Smith Organic Chocolates is dedicated to bringing you the latest in chocolate nutritional information as well as new product announcements and/or specials! What do you think? Post a comment and let us know!

PRODUCT SALE!!

You're invited to a PRODUCT SALE OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th from 4-6 p.m. at our location - 30 3rd Street, Akron.

We're having a Sale! You remember that we did a wedding a couple of weeks ago!

Well - we have a few leftovers! We have some Organic Raspberry Truffles and some Organic Vanilla Bean Cremes!

Prices up to 50 to 75% off!

Give us a call or email us at smithorganicchocolates@dejazzd.com to order!

We also have some Organic Almond Bark "seconds" - a bit 'bloomed' but still very, very tasty!!

So come on over on Sunday, September 13th from 4-6 p.m.

First come, first served until all sale product is sold!

Sugar-Free Chocolate

Montezuma drank chocolate straight up! No sugar, no milk, just pure 100% chocolate!

Have you ever eaten 100% chocolate? Ugh! It's BITTER. Many people who are sugar-challenged for health reasons need to find a healthy chocolate that doesn't include sugar.

Depending on your point of view and opinion of what are termed "multi-level" organizations - there is a supposedly healthy organic sugar-free chocolate out there. We have not tried it. We merely report that it's out there.

Let's do a couple of definitions here. Let's look at what a multi-level organization is, plus a short review of some of the sugar alternatives out there.

A multi-level organization is one where the bottom level person sells the product. In order to get promoted in rank, that person then recruits everyone they know to become their distributors - and so on and so on up the chain.

Different sugar substitutes are out there. There's Zero, by Wholesome Sweetners. There's Agave Nectar, like a honey substitute. Honey itself is a sugar substitute. Since I'm not the nutrition expert, but my husband Kirby IS - (due to his 26 years in the natural products field) I asked him. His favorite is Xylitol because of its taste and digestability.

We've tried on a couple of occasions to formulate a sugar-free chocolate here at Smith Organic Chocolates. I've come to the conclusion that my experiments have gone wrong because I don't have professional processing equipment. Either that, or I don't know what I'm doing. :-)

All that being said, there is a new organic sugar-free chocolate out on the market. We have not tried it - we don't know if it's any good. You can Google it. It's called TRU Chocolate.

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