Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Second Annual YEAR OF CHOCOLATE CONTEST

AKA: Life Without Chocolate…

Last summer, we gave away a 4-piece box of gourmet chocolate truffles every month to a lucky winner out in Idaho. Kathy receives a different boxed artisan truffle collection every four weeks delivered right to her door! And she won this simply by answering the question: What would your life be without chocolate?

As temps soar into the 90’s in the Northeast, we’re back again with another YEAR OF CHOCOLATE CONTEST! Only this time, the stakes are higher!

Not only will one lucky winner receive a year of chocolate, but also a tee shirt with their winning entry printed right on the shirt. This year, we’re asking for a witty & humorous slogan that we can print on promotional items for Barkeater Chocolates. You can use the Life Without Chocolate…(fill in the blanks) template, or come up with one of your own. It must be one line & mention the word “chocolate.”

Staff at Barkeater Chocolates will go through the entries and select up to 10 slogans that they would love to use on their tee shirts and other materials. Then, the fun really begins!!

Those who follow Barkeater Chocolates on Twitter and Facebook will get to vote for the best slogan. You can vote for your own slogan – but you must follow/fan us to do so. This insures that no one votes more than once. Want to win? Promote the Barkeater Chocolates page on your Facebook page or tweet about @bark_chocolates on Twitter. Ask your friends and followers to vote for your slogan. As an incentive to them, we will give out another prize, chosen at random, to one follower or fan who votes. That winner will receive one 8-piece box of artisan truffles and one tee shirt with the winning line!

POST YOUR WINNING SLOGAN IN THE COMMENTS SECTION! Remember, we need to know we can contact you should your slogan become one of the finalists, so posting from “anonymous” won’t make the cut unless you put your name (first is fine) and email address in the body of the comment.

Please read the rules! And don’t plagiarize or tweak a commonly used slogan. For example, no one should post “Got Chocolate?” or “Chocolate…Don’t Leave Home Without It.” Also, material deemed offensive will be deleted immediately. Stay away from copyrighted lines from a recorded song, published book or movie – which means, No Forrest Gump references! If chosen, you will be stating that the line is original and not submitted elsewhere! Thanks and GOOD LUCK!



111 comments:

  1. Chocolate is like love - you never regret it

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  2. Ashley said...Life Without Chocolate is death. ashbrit at aol dot com

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  3. Life Without Chocolate is no life at all.

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  4. Thanks for this sweet contest!

    Chocolate - nature's remedy to everything.

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  5. Hope this is witty...

    Chocolate, Why Not?

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  6. Chocolate, the one food Eve didn't share with Adam

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  7. Chocolate - Nature's Gold Medal winner.

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  8. Life without chocolate is a life unlived.

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  9. Chocolate... the Fifth Food Group

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  10. Life without chocolate would be as empty as a day without sunshine.

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  11. The chocolate treat you deserve

    Thank you for the giveaway :)
    hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. Liking chocolate is like an addiction. It’s nice being able to have a piece of chocolate on a day that just isn’t going your way. If all of the chocolate in the world suddenly disappeared there would be a lot of depressed people.

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  13. Chocolate can make just about everything right and if it cant it helps things along

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  14. A Life Without Chocolate, is a Life Unfulfilled.

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  15. There's no 8 step program to cure the love or addition of Chocolate ...hoorayyyyy!

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  16. Life Without Chocolate=Neverending PMS

    girlforgotten81@aol.com

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  17. Chocolate makes everything ok.
    Thanks for the chance.
    mogrill@comcast.net

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  18. Life Without Chocolate is a terrible thing.
    austma7@aol.com

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  19. My life would be depressing without chocolate. It's the one sugar I allow into my life on a consistent basis.

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  20. Zombie status: Hungry for chocolate

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  21. Chocolate is like a warm gooey kiss!

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  22. I'll eat anything as long as it's covered in chocolate!!

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  23. A rich chocolaty taste from the Adirondack Mountains.

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  24. Chocolate is an oasis in the sea of life.
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

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  25. without CHOCOLATE... you have no life

    classylady2die4@yahoo.com

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  26. David said

    And God said, "Let there be Chocolate", and there was life and there were smile.

    lechilleur13@hotmail.com

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  27. And God said, "Let there be Chocolate", and there was life and there were smiles.

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  28. Paula said

    "Chocolate..Nature's Antidepressant"

    bubbaadams5@aol.com

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  29. With chocolate so fine, all that is good will come in due time.

    LWons@HotMail.com

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  30. Oh man....this is an awesome contest and gift! I so love chocolate.....any kind...but my favorite now is dark chocolate.....I so would long to win this!

    Erin
    eescheffer@msn.com

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  31. Life without Chocolate is like a rainy Monday morning.

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  32. Life without chocolate is a rainy day without an umbrella, hitting all the red lights, standing in line for hours, and getting disconnected after waiting on hold

    Maizuru@aol.com

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  33. Bellezza396@aol.comJune 1, 2010 at 2:22 PM

    Life without chocolate...you might as well cancel Fridays.

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  34. Life without chocolate is life without a cell phone!
    dolniaks[at]consolidated[dot]net

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  35. "Do you remember your first piece of chocolate?"

    cookingwithkait@gmail.com

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  36. Chocolate?

    Who doesn't like it?

    May be we need to re-think the whole concept here.

    You may contact me at, hhanif@hotmail.com

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  37. I love chocolate better then you



    Godesseablu@msn.com

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  38. Chocolate makes my world spin 'round! MMMMM

    Joyce
    otmnleaves@yahoo.com

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  39. Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!

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  40. Chocolate is a smooth hug!!

    drifter at spa dot net

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  41. chocolate, the only answer to everything
    beth, bethccoadney@yahoo.com

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  42. Smiles are made from chocolate!

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  43. Chocolate the reason we came up with the 10 second rule in the first place.

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  44. Chocolate is my oxygen

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  45. How do you spell relief? C H O C O L A T E

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  46. Christopher BurnsJune 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM

    Chocolate, Choco-(late)... it is about time isn't it...?

    Cburns06277@yahoo.com

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  47. Stress wouldn't be so hard to take if it was covered in chocolate!

    sweepyhead at gmail dot com

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  48. Life without chocolate would be truly bitter.

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  49. Chocolate.....

    Silky Sanity.

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  50. My favorite food group is Chocolate.

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  51. Life without chocolate would not be rich.

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  52. 1) "Life is so much sweeter with chocolate from Barkeater!"
    2) " Chocolate...the Aztecs were really on to something!"
    3)"Forget the Tooth Fairy, I would rather find a piece of chocolate ON my pillow than 50 cents UNDER it any day!"
    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  53. " Now if I can just teach my cats to bring me my chocolate in bed..."

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  54. " Now if I could just teach my cats to bring me my chocolate in bed..."

    Lalo G.
    chickenzalez@yahoo.com

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  55. Ignore my " Cats " Post please, my neighbor decided to post it himself!( I told him about the contest!) Please give Lalo the credit.

    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com
    Debbie C.

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  56. 1)" Chocolate = Happiness "
    2)" Chocolate shows no prejudice "
    3)" Chocolate in my Tummy is very Yummy "
    4)" Chocolate can Unite the World "
    5) " I Speak Chocolate "

    I did not see in the rules that we were only allowed to submit one entry. I hope that I am correct.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com
    Debbie C.

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  57. Life without chocolate is just sad and lonely.

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  58. " Life Without Chocolate Would Mean the End of Civilization as I Know It! "

    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com
    Debbie C.

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  59. "Life without chocolate is too much to ask of vanilla."

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  60. "Life without chocolate is best lived by someone else."

    teeheehee...

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  61. Without chocolate, life is just plain vanilla.
    Bellezza396@aol.com

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  62. My veins course with chocolate

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  63. carol says

    Barkeaters Chocolate...worth every calorie

    dansbabefoote@gmail.com

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  64. Come to the Darkside.
    We have Barkeaters Chocolate.

    vscience@yahoo.com

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  65. Embrace Your Dark Side... Barkeaters Chocolate!

    vscience@yahoo.com

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  66. CHOCOLATE = HE COOL CAT

    ( It's an anagram )

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  67. There's nothing chocolate can't fix!

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  68. One taste of chocolate will melt your cares away!

    brdgcombs at aol dot com

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  69. Without chocolate, dairy cows would go on strike.
    jonkolmorgan@yahoo.com

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  70. " Chocolate, you know you want it! "
    " Just Give In to Chocolate "
    " Life without chocolate would be like living with my Mother-In-Law "
    " Hold on Life...I gotta take a Chocolate Break! "

    Debbie Chioffe
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  71. Chocolate: The bacon of sweets.

    pipebombs@ymail.com

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  72. If you aren't a chocolate addict, you might be a crack addict.

    svengali1@ymail.com

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  73. Life without chocolate... is like an empty box of chocolate.

    timeagain@rocketmail.com

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  74. " Life without Chocolate?!?...I'm glad that I don't have to experience that! "

    " Life without Chocolate?..*gasp* * Shutter* "

    " Life without Chocolate? Don't be ridiculous"

    Debbie Chioffe
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  75. Christina - xristya@rock.com - Mine is: Chocolate is as chocolate does!

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  76. " Take him...Pass me the chocolate "
    " Chocolate- the universal language "
    " I'll Trade You This T-Shirt For Some Chocolate "
    " Life without Chocolate is just not sweet enough "

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  77. " Life without Chocolate isn't for sissies "

    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com
    Debbie C.

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  78. " I Choose Chocolate! "
    " Chocolate Gives Me That Competative Edge! "
    " Pamper Me with Chocolates! "
    " Chocolate is the food of Kings and Oueens "
    " I haven't had a piece of Chocolate cheat on me yet "
    " Chocolate doesn't talk back to me "

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  79. " When a man buys me chocolates, I know he's a keeper! "
    " Chocolate Gives Me Super-Human Strength! "
    " Life without Chocolate would be like getting a liverwurst and onion sandwich in your school lunch bag "
    " Chocolate, I Thee Wed "

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  80. " My Chocolate is handmade in the Heart of the mountains! "
    " Sometimes we just need to slow down and smell the chocolate "
    " Life without Chocolate...well..would just really suck! "
    " There will always be Chocolate in my little corner of the world "

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  81. handover the chocolate and nobody gets hurt

    susansmoaks at gmail dot com

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  82. Life without chocolate would be like a dog with no wiggle in its butt.

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  83. chocolate is life, the rest is just details!

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  84. Chocolate: Everyone's best friend.

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  85. When life hands you lemons grab the chocolate

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  86. who needs sex when you got chocolate

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  87. Get rid of the devil eat Barkeater Chocolates
    angelsspot(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  88. Life without chocolate...makes me glower.

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  89. " Cats can't eat Chocolate...thats why they are so Cranky! "

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  90. " Chocolate is a real Chick Magnet "
    " Why Are You Reading My T-Shirt?...Go Get Me Some Chocolate! "
    " Make Mine Chocolate Please! "
    " I'd Like You Better If You Were Made Out Of Chocolate! "

    Debbie C.
    dksugarpaws@yahoo.com

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  91. Chocolate keeps me sane.
    ncschools at yahoo dot com

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  92. Life Without Chocolate would make me hunger without end.

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  93. THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERING! No more entries will be accepted. Now it gets interesting and FUN. Ten entries will be selected, and from June 21 to July 5, Facebook Fans (http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=61464132#!/pages/Barkeater-Chocolates/285573488377) and Twitter Followers (@bark_chocolates) will vote for the winner. Encourage all your friends and family to vote because not only will they determine the winner, but one of the voters will be randomly selected to win a prize too! See The Rules upper right column. GOOD LUCK!!

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  94. Chocolate for life!

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  95. Just for today I will eat chocolate until I am full

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  96. Life without chocolate? Bite your tongue! That wouldn't be life!

    sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net

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  97. THANK YOU EVERYBODY - DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES WAS JUNE 11 AND WE HAD OVER 100 DIFFERENT SLOGANS!

    Please see us at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barkeater-Chocolates/285573488377 and by voting for one of the 10 finalists, you'll automatically be entered into the Fan Prize (eight-piece truffle collection and a Barkeater Chocolates T-shirt).

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  98. Life without chocolate is not at all sweet.

    Life without milk chocolate may just be bittersweet.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  99. Chocolate is like love - you never regret it

    sinhead83 at hotmail dot com

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  100. CHOCOLATE IS "LOVE" DEFINED

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  101. crazyred61@yahoo.com
    Life without chocolate...Bites

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  102. "Chocolate - one of life's necessities"

    ruppbc@yahoo.com

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  103. Life without chocolate - inconceivable!
    dwndrgn at hotmail dot com

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  104. Barkeater's chocolate, the dog can't eat it so give it to me !

    Erin

    lunabutterfly79@yahoo.com

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  105. Rx Chocolate - just what the doctor ordered.

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  106. Chocolate....candy, cake, pie, shake, ice cream, nuf said..

    kat_emerick@yahoo.com

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  107. chocolate is better than sex

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  108. Life Without Chocolate is no life at all.

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  109. Life without Chocolate just isn't as fun.


    clarkmurdock@yahoo.com

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