Thursday, October 20, 2011

Taza Chocolate and a Mexicano Sampler Giveaway!


Do you know about Taza? They are based in Somerville (a place I lived and love) adjacent to Cambridge, Massachusetts and across The Charles from Boston. They make traditional Mesoamerican chocolate. They make it ethically and sustainably. It's all organic and fair trade, and it happens to be vegan. Rather than read my blog today, I am going to send you over to their website to read about how the chocolate is made, from field to factory, step by step. It's here and it's super interesting. Actually, I think their whole website is kind of awesome. So poke around. There is a recipe for vegan cupcakes!

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So today's giveaway is for a fantastic Taza Mexicano Sampler! The winner will receive the above deliciousness, eight 1.5 OZ Chocolate Mexicano discs, one each of Cacao Puro, Chipotle Chili, Cinnamon, Ginger, Guajillo Chili, Orange, Salt & Pepper, and Vanilla Bean. Thank you to Taza for your generosity! These discs all sound just delectable

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below. Tell me what you like about Taza's website, or what you would like to make with this gorgeous chocolate, a dessert you think is delectable, or anything at all. This giveaway is open to US residents only, but others this month will be open to everybody everywhere. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator and posted tomorrow below tomorrow's giveaway. If you win a giveaway on this blog at some point this month, please be kind and don't enter further giveaways--I'd love as many people to win something as possible!

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The winner of yesterday's Quick & Easy Low-Cal Vegan Comfort Food giveaway is Art You Dream About! Congratulations! You'll receive this book upon its release in early January! Please send your name and address to me at miso...@yahoo.com. (<---make sure to click on the . . . link for the rest of the email address. This is a spam avoidance thing.)

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27 comments:

  1. DawnOctober 20, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    What I like best: NO Soy!!! Thanks for introducing us and for the great giveaway

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  2. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    My favorite chocolate is usually ginger chocolate, but salt and pepper might overtake that !

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  3. panda with cookieOctober 20, 2011 at 5:43 AM

    Oh chocolate discs/you are round and wrapped in foil/salt and pepper win

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  4. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    Come on - any chocolate-based dessert is delectable! :D

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  5. VeggieAmandaOctober 20, 2011 at 6:03 AM

    Wow! These look great! Thanks for the giveaway! I love that they seem gluten free! They all look amazing, but I can't wait to try the ones with chili in them!

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  6. CeliaOctober 20, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    What interesting flavors! I'm bookmarking the Taza page. (And a great giveaway. Thanks!) :)

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  7. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 6:14 AM

    Chipotle chili chocolate? Sounds intriguing! I hadn't thought of those flavors together, but now that I do, it seems like they would meld beautifully! It's so great that this company's products are organic and fair trade.

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  8. palindromeOctober 20, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    that is some fancy chocolate! looks interesting!

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  9. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    Mmmm! Chile chocolate is my favorite. I love that recipe archive on their website.

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  10. KayceeOctober 20, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    My brother in law is currently staying in Oaxaca Mexico for the next two years. Due to religious circumstances, we are not allowed to contact him or know much about what he is doing. I would love to be able to get my hands on chocolate that is so deep in Oaxaca roots! Amazing story and company!

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  11. Joyfulgirl415October 20, 2011 at 8:03 AM

    You had me at chocolate!

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  12. vegAnnOctober 20, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    I just want to melt some and drink it. real mexican hot chocolate

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  13. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Thanks for posting this! I can't enter in the contest (Canadian), but I had someone send me some of this a while back and I’ve been trying to find more ever since. We threw away the wrapper and I couldn’t for the life of me remember what the company’s name was. This is awesome, now I can just go order it.

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  14. Animal-FriendlyOctober 20, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    I can imagine that melting this into some hot cocoa would make the best cup of hot cocoa ever! Vanilla Bean? YUM!

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  15. sjonesOctober 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Its time for cocoa too! What a wonderful giveaway!

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  16. KimOctober 20, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    I love chocolate! Thanks for having such a great giveaway!

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  17. Kristina @ spabettieOctober 20, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    I really want to try this salt and pepper chocolate! I would use one of these fun flavors in my "fancy" rice crisp treats. Mmm.

    #CrossesFingers

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  18. MaggieOctober 20, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    The recipes look great. Fair trade vegan nutella is certainly worth trying, although I'd need to save some chocolate for the Mexican Hot Chocolate. Yum!

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  19. Leslie RichmanOctober 20, 2011 at 12:25 PM

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  20. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    I would make a delicate ganache to drizzle over some chocolate spice cupcakes.

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  21. CatherineLOctober 20, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    The list is almost endless ... Double (or triple chocolate) cookies, chocolate mousse, Mexican hot chocolate.

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  22. Sarah COctober 20, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    I love true ancient chocolate. I found this place in Santa Fe that does traditional-recipe (historical) drinking chocolates and they are amazing. NOTHING like our modern American hot chocolate. If I had these lovlies I would try to recreate that gorgeous Mezoamerican drinking chocolate experience. YUM.

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  23. moonswordOctober 20, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    I would love to use Taza in Amaretto Fudge Brownies...thanks!

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  24. radioactiveganOctober 20, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    I would say there is a 98% chance that I would just eat the chocolate straight up. That looks really good, too!

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  25. Julie LynnOctober 20, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    Oh my gosh! I've been dying to try Taza chocolate. I'm not sure how I'd use it. I'd have to resist just nibbling on it straight up. ;-)

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  26. bassicsoulOctober 21, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    I dig mexican chocolate: e.g. the fact that they get down and mesh the spicy-sweet soul forces together (cinn-hot cocoa anyone)

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  27. LucianaOctober 21, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    That chocolate is so yummy on its own or melted into almond milk.

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