Free Akinosie Chocolate Giveaway Box — Healthy Simple Living

Since receiving my delicious Askinosie sample, I’ve been playing around with the cocoa powder in the kitchen (the chocolate bars mysteriously disappeared somehow .) It smells incredible! I just want to dab it behind my ears and smell the chocolate billowing around me all day long. Ahhh…it has a calming, nurturing effect – LOL.

But seriously, first I made a rich decadent almond milk hot cocoa, reminiscent of Ovaltine with a hint of malty flavor. The kicker was fresh ground chia seed meal. It gives it a thicker body and some nice omega-3 fatty acids to boot. Warmed gently, sprinkled with a bit of fresh cinnamon and YUM! I got this idea from The Spunky Coconut. Thank you Spunky!

Hot Omega-Rich "Ovaltine" Cocoa Made w/Almond Milk

Since I like to experiment and I don’t want to make full-size desserts all the time, I have a collection of mini baking molds. I love collecting these and making single serves, not to mention they are so cute!

Mini Molds for Baby Cakes

So I experimented with a raw–ish Tiramisu. The chocolate mousse on the bottom layer is made with Askinosie cocoa and modeled after a raw cacao creme recipe in the Russell James’ Chocolate Recipe Series. The whippy creamy top is a raw recipe adapted from Sweet Gratitude and then I sprinkled with a dusting of Askinosie cocoa powder. Sinfully delicious! (Note my attempt at artsy photography angle below.)

Leaning Tower of Tiramisu for One

Askinosie Chocolate Giveaway Box!

Askinosie Chocolate really is a lovely high-quality product and company. They have generously offered to give away a free sampler package of their delicious chocolate to a Healthy Simple Living reader (that’s YOU!) – three whole bars of chocolate and a container of natural cocoa powder!

Askinosie Free Sampler Giveaway:

70% Del Tambo Dark Chocolate Bar (85g)
77% Davao Dark Chocolate Bar (85g)
62% Dark Milk Chocolate Bar (85g)
A tube of Davao Cocoa Powder (170g)

Askinosie Free Sample Giveaway

So if you want in, get your entries in now and spread the word for even more entries. And for everyone that does enter at least once, there will be a special offer at the end of the contest period EVEN if you don’t win. So don’t miss out!

HOW TO ENTER:
Please write a new comment for each additional entry including your email address in the email field. Each comment is an additional chance to win. Winning post will be chosen via Random.org:

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RULES: Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. Giveaway will run from Feb 28, 2010 through Mar 17, 2010 (Happy St. Patrick’s Day!) Please make sure you fill in an email address with your comment so I can contact you if you win. If I can not reach the winner, a new one will be chosen. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me with their mailing info. If they do not reach me in that timeframe a new winner will be chosen. Prize will be shipped directly from the sponsor.

DISCLOSURE: Askinosie provided me with a free sample of this product and I was under no obligation to review it or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product. I am not being paid to share their products with my readers. Instead, I am sharing them because I like them and YOU!

FYI: Check out Fight Back Friday and Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays for great articles and recipes!

Maureen

I love cooking or making things with Chocolate and would love to try the Roasted Cocoa Nibs from Davao
Anne Fuller

Wonderful to see the detailed information that Askinosie provides:
“We state the bean origin, the bean variety, the percentage of cocoa content, the process (bean to bar), and a choc-o-lot number that our customers can use to trace their chocolate from the origin of the bean through each step to the final product”
Ros

Have been wanting to try the cocoa powder for sure! Had a taste if it at Slow Food Nation in 08 and been craving it since. Just discovered your blog thru their posting on FB…glad to have found it!
debbie_suburbsanity

That chalklate box is so cute and would make a great gift.
http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/ Kelly

You made my day! Thanks so much! Cheers, Kelly
http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/ Kelly

PS May I post your photo on my blog with a link here? I would love to share this post & your website with my readers.
http://www.HealthySimpleLiving.com/ Kali Lilla

Of course Kelly! I would love to see your blog too!
Beth

I love chocolate. I'll have to go and try some Askinosie. I learned a lot about the chocolate making industry. I am glad that they care about the farmers who provide them beans. This is my first time to you site so I am going to go explore some more.
Libby

The Del Tambo Nibble bar sounds like my kind of chocolate! 70% dark with cocoa nibs, mmm!
http://byebyegluten.blogspot.com/ noosh.

i would love to enter your giveaway! thanks for offering it- i really appreciate the fact that the company knows their farmers and can trace where they're getting their ingredients from.
Anna

i LOVE that the dark milk bar is made with GOAT's milk powder… great for those of us that can't tolerate cow's milk!! thanks for the giveaway!
http://earthmother-intheraw.blogspot.com/ EarthMother – In The Raw

Ohmygosh, just read “Our Story” on the site. From criminal defense attorney to chocolatier! Talk about listening to the signs and signals and following your passion. Very inspirational. LOVE it.
http://earthmother-intheraw.blogspot.com/ EarthMother – In The Raw

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Christy

I really want to try their cocoa powders, but I haven't been able to. I love their dark chocolates particularly. Not so much the white chocolate; I'm never a white chocolate fan, even when it's of as amazing quality as Askinosie's. I'd also like to try the nibs.
Did you know that even the plastic the chocolate bars are wrapped in are biodegradable? Somehow, it's made of wood.
Christy

Reposted your giveaway to Twitter as CorwynMcDougall.
Christy

Also just shared on Facebook, in the midst of my Chopin-fest in honor of his 200th birthday. What could be better than Chopin and Askinosie?
Heather

One of my favorite things about Springfield Used to go in the store just for the smell
http://rubyredvegan.blogspot.com/ ruby red

i am a big fan of askinosie and i have only known about the company for a couple weeks! i know that they support farmers by doing a direct-trade system and working directly with those farmers in a manner that goes above and beyond fair trade! also, the organic certification process is very expensive for small farmers to hop on board, but the ones askinosie works with use sustainable methods that are unofficially organic. also, their chocolate rocks. how cool is it that they do such a good job that their chocolate has so few ingredients and yet tastes so intensely delish? my favorite bar so far is the 75% soconusco.
http://www.wineablegifts.com/ Bettie Infante

I am fascinated by how many days it takes to make chocolate. Also, of interest was that Akinosie is the first small batch chocolate maker in the U.S. to press their own cocoa butter and the only makers of natural cocoa powder.
Jacki

First, let me just say wow. wow to the chocolate and wow to this site! This was my first time on your site (found you via simplysugarandglutenfree! Second, the commitment of those “chocolatiers” is amazing. It's so encouraging to see that there are still companies (the few and the proud) who are willing to maintain their standards for health! wooohooo!
touchabyebaby

I visited the Askinosie website, and was very impressed with their commitment to the farmers who grow their beans. I wish all food companies would do the same!
touchabyebaby

Just read Anna's post… I had overlooked the fact that the bars are made with goat's milk powder! How cool! As one with a lifelong history of intolerance to cow's milk, I definitely appreciate that!
chanelleneilson

I read the story of how the company was started and found it really interesting. This guy is passionate about chocolate!
Shelley

I think it's amazing that you can buy 1 kilo of chocolate. The Davao Kilo Bar would be The best present ever. (I hope Santa is listening…)
sheri

oh yum, i would get the Davao Dark Milk Chocolate + Fleur de Sel for myself and the Davao White Chocolate Bar + Pistachios for my husband, both in large quantities…
sheri
jennielee226

I learned that they get to know each of the farmers in person before working with them and I would love to try the dark milk chocolate bar. I did not know that soy free chocolate existed before now. Thank you so much.
jennielee226

I shared this on my facebook. username jennifer lachman
Teresa

I would love to try out the roasted cocoa nibs and my husband is a HUGE hot chocolate fan, I know he would love this.
I love the story of the beginning, basically, follow your heart, include family and find happiness.
Melina

I learned that Akinosie pays more than fair trade to their farmers in Ecuador and use a variety of cacao beans such as Soconusco, Davao, and Del Tambo. I would like to try some of the cacao nibs.
http://mutritiousnuffins.blogspot.com/ Meagan

“We find farmers first because farmers are more important to us than the beans.”
WOW – if only every food company was so passionate about each step in the process as Askinosie is! I would try any of their products in a heartbeat! I love how they display all the possible information the consumer could ever want to know RIGHT on the front of their chocolate
http://fibrofoggy.blogspot.com/ peaceandquiet

I learned how to make hot cocoa from “scratch” with the recipe they have on their website.
http://fibrofoggy.blogspot.com/ Amy L

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Kelsey

love their philosophy!!!
Kelsey

tweeted! @carrothead
touchabyebaby

Thanks for your support of all things organic, especially organic chocolate!
mgonyeo

I would like to try the Del Tambo Sipping Chocolate!
http://thevegster.wordpress.com/ Ashlei

I would love to try the White Chocolate Nibble bar (or the dark chocolate one!)
http://thevegster.wordpress.com/ Ashlei

Tweeted your giveaway http://twitter.com/the_vegster/status/10595808810
JillPE

I was very impressed with the story of how Askinosie came to be. I love to find out about companies motivated not by a profit but by creating the best product possible. So, I've crossed all my fingers and toes in hopes of winning the chocolate bars and natural cocoa powder

Also, I wanted to say thank you so much for “outing yourself” last week! I went high raw last October but have continued to consume sparing quantities of meat and dairy. Up until I read your post I thought perhaps the raw food community would kick me out if they knew! Glad to know I'm not the only one I'm going to start trying to incorporate grass fed beef, raw milk and uncaged chicken products to my family's diet as well.
matt4melis

I'd love to try the Single Origin Natural Cocoa Powder- Davao, Philippines and I learned that “Our White Chocolate does contain goat's milk powder.”

matt4melis at hotmail dot com
matt4melis

stumbled this giveaway

matt4melis at hotmail dot com
Sharanya

First of all,I loved your tiramisu.It looks so delish just to look at….It must taste superYUM!!!!!!!! and i love dark choclates,it will be fun to win those bars!!!
I liked their note and was pretty impressed with this fact… The big deal is — we are the first small batch chocolate maker in the U.S. to press our own cocoa butter AND the only makers of natural cocoa powder. Our Natural Cocoa Powder is made right in our factory using the same beans we use to make our dark chocolate

Sharanya