I wasn’t terribly crazy about the Reese’s Whipps but that doesn’t mean you can’t give them a try!
So once again, it’s time for a giveaway! I’ve got a box of these in the cupboard just itching to be mailed off to five lucky winners! This contest will run until Sunday, March 16th. Five winners will be drawn randomly from all entrants and will receive one 1.6oz bar. One entry per person please! Duplicate/multiple entries from one person will all be discarded. And yes, I can tell!
All you need to do is leave a comment here. That’s it! Make sure you …read more

I was excited to find an email in my inbox this morning saying that Chocolate Bytes has been entered into the Death by Chocolate contest at Culinate.com, and prompted me to choose a chocolate-related entry to submit.
I chose to do the Hershey’s Moves to Mexico post from last summer since it’s still the most popular entry here, and has garnered a lot of impassioned responses and opinions, to say the least!
So, go forth and vote and I will love you forever and send you a lifetime supply of virtual chocolate! I’d offer the real stuff but we all know …read more

I updated the poll over in the sidebar with a goofy question –>
“Will your New Year’s resolutions include chocolate?”
- I’ll be eating more chocolate!
- I plan to eat less chocolate.
- My chocolate consumption will remain about the same.
- I don’t need no stinkin’ resolutions!

It’s my pleasure to announce the First Annual b5media Lifestyles Channel Holiday Blogging Awards!
We’ve recruited some of our favorite bloggers from around the sphere to step up as judges for the following categories:
Best Holiday decoration of a Blog – Any blog or blogger who has decorated their blog for the holidays either entirely or in an subtle way. Prize: $20 USD via Paypal and links from channel blogs.
Best post about Christmas on a Blog – The best posting about Christmas or holiday activities on a blog. It can be religious or non-religious, but should celebrate the spirit of the season. …read more

Everyone who entered got a piece of paper with their corresponding number written on it (and two slips of paper with their number if they had two entries).
And the winners are:
Winner #1:

Only three more days to get your entry in for the November contest if you haven’t already!
Remember, there are two prizes this round! The first winner drawn will get to choose between the Think Geek or Moleculewear shirts, and the second winner will get the shirt from YellowIbis.com.
As with past months’ contests I’ve gone through and tallied up everyone who has entered so far, and to make sure I’ve gotten everyone’s submissions I’ve listed them here so you can double check yours. Let me know if you find a discrepancy.
One entry submissions are for telling me the …read more

I mentioned last week that I was thinking about adding a second prize to this month’s contest because it had gotten such a great response.
Well, here it is! Sara at YellowIbis.com contacted me last night and offered up another theobromine t-shirt for a second winner! Thank you, Sara!

How cute is that?? If you don’t care for that particular style Sara said they’ll be able to work with the winner on something else.
So, head over to the contest entry if you haven’t already and enter! All you have to do is share one chocolate or chocolate product you’re thankful for …read more

Julie at Declutter It had her son pick the winning name for the Fall Scavenger Hunt:

Congrats!
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b5media will be at Blog World Expo November 7th, 8th and 9th. As a special feature, b5media is going to be hosting some special games during event, including the b5media Poker Game! And, if you happen to be a winner at poker, you’ll walk away with some pretty grand prizes such as iPhones, Wiis, iPods and Xboxes.
Attendees of BlogWorld Expo can collect b5 poker chips throughout the conference in several ways:
Be seen wearing a b5media T-shirt – $1000 chip
Answer b5media trivia – $500 chip
Tell us our secret password – $500 chip (see below)
Awesome swag trade – (depends on how …read more

There’s a new poll over in the sidebar —–>
What do you pass out for Halloween?
Chocolate (candy bars, M&M’s, etc)? Hard candies? Non-candies? Something else (candy corn, licorice, etc)? You can also add your own answer if yours isn’t listed!