I wrote about Dove’s new peanut butter chocolates the other day, and now I’ve got some to give away!

The decadent duo of Dove’s new chocolate and peanut butter will be going to three lucky winners!

To Enter:

Leave a comment here telling me what your favorite Dove chocolate product is. That’s it!

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~ Contest ends Friday, May 1 at 5:00pm PDT. Three winners will be randomly drawn and notified by email, and will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

~ Giveaway open to U.S. residents only.

~ Three winners will win one 8.5 oz bags of peanut butter Dove chocolates.

[image used with permission from M&M's]

The contest over the weekend for the two Hershey’s Collector Barbies giveaway was a big success and a lot of fun; I loved reading everyone’s responses about their favorite Barbies and Hershey treats!

I’ve picked the two winners for the dolls, so without further ado, congratulations to:

Cathleen Nash, who wrote

“Yummy! I must admit I love this Hershey Barbie She embodies the chocolate perfectly! I LOVE plain ol’ Hershey Milk Chocolate bars.. they’re classic and I hope they never change. My earliest photo is me with a happy, over-indulged look and holding a Hershey bar the size of my head! My sister got me hooked on them RECENTLY, so I’d like to give her this delectable Barbie if I were to win. Thanks for the entry!”

and Jan, who wrote:

“I have collected many Barbies and I love every one of them. But my favorite is a recent purchase of “Top Model.” She has waist-length red hair and the most beautiful blue eyes. A real knock-out!!!”

An email has been sent to both winners, who have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. Emails have been sent out as of 8:00am PDT, March 24.

I wrote just last week about the sweet collaboration between Hershey and Barbie — the Hershey’s Collector Barbie. Now two very lucky Chocolate Bytes readers will get to win one for themselves! (I’m totally green with envy!)

Hershey Barbie Doll

The beautiful brunette Barbie is dressed in a silver and chocolate brown cocktail dress with a Hershey ribbon around her waist. She also has sweet little silver and chocolate brown heels and silver earrings.

To Enter:

Leave a comment here telling me your favorite Barbie doll AND/OR your favorite Hershey product. That’s it! Contest ends Monday, March 23 at 5:00pm PDT.

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~ Contest open to US residents only.

~ One entry per household.

~ Two winners will be chosen randomly on March 23rd and notified by email. Winners will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

You all know how devoted I am to See’s Candies. My mom worked there, my step-mom worked there and I’ve worked there — they’ve been part of my life for 25 years (and much longer for my mom — here’s me holding a See’s box she received in the ’60s!) and with Valentine’s Day coming up their Valentine’s Day Gifts are the very first treat on my wishlist!

I always look forward to Valentine’s Day, especially with kids of my own who will be getting the usual goodie boxes just like my moms gave us! I also like to put yummy little hearts in their lunch boxes each day leading up to the 14th.

See’s is offering a $25 Gift Card for one very lucky Chocolate Bytes reader!

To Enter:

Leave a comment here telling me what you want for Valentine’s Day. That’s it!

* Contest closes at 5:00pm PST on Thursday, January 29. Winner will be notified by email and will have 24 hours to respond with mailing information before a new winner is chosen.

* Open to U.S. residents only.

* One entry per household. Multiple entries will all be discarded.

* One winner will win one $25 gift card.

* All current Bloggy Giveaways at Chocolate Bytes may be entered one time each. Good luck!

Few things go together so well as chocolate and peanut butter! Clara Marie’s Authentic Southern Bakery knows this and has “rolled out” yummy handmade chocolate peanut butter balls in their Greensboro, NC bakery.

The balls are hand-rolled fresh and then hand-dipped in chocolate from a recipe passed down from grandma. The balls come with six to a bag tied with a pretty ribbon.

Two lucky winners will win one bag each!

To Enter:

Leave a comment here telling me what your favorite handmade treat is. That’s it!

* Contest closes at 5:00pm PST on Thursday, January 29. Winner will be notified by email and will have 24 hours to respond with mailing information before a new winner is chosen.

* Open to U.S. residents only.

* One entry per household. Multiple entries will all be discarded.

* Two winners will win one bag each.

* All current Bloggy Giveaways at Chocolate Bytes may be entered one time each. Good luck!

M&M’s are once again releasing its limited-edition M&M’S All-Green Milk Chocolate Candies for Valentine’s Day!

What’s with the green ones? Legend has it all-green M&M’S are an aphrodisiac; rumors of their special powers have been circulating since the ‘70s. For this reason, M&M’S has made green the true color of love for Valentine’s Day. (You can also enter at the M&M’s site for a chance to win a romantic getaway for two to Paris!)

I’ve got five bags of All-Green Milk Chocolate M&M’s Candies to give away to two lucky winners!

To Enter:

Leave a comment here telling me what your favorite kind of M&M’s is (plain, peanut, etc). That’s it!

* Contest closes at 5:00pm PST on Thursday, January 29. Winner will be notified by email and will have 24 hours to respond with mailing information before a new winner is chosen.

* Open to U.S. residents only.

* One entry per household. Multiple entries will all be discarded.

* Two winners will win five bags each.

* All current Bloggy Giveaways at Chocolate Bytes may be entered one time each. Good luck!

Congrats to the twelve winners of the Ferrero Chocolate Collections!

1. Heather Alexandria
2. Terri P
3. Karrie
4. Ashley
5. Christina
6. Michele Cook
7. Lee Ann Bishop
8. Susanne
9. Stacey Brown
10. Danielle B
11. Pat
12. Beverly Justice

Winners have been notified by email as of 7:30 a.m. PST November 17 and have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

I’m a huge fan of Share Our Strength, a national organization working to ensure no kid in America grows up hungry.

The Ferrero Company, one of the largest confectionery companies in the world, has partnered with Share Our Strength and has set up a website, ShareSomethingSweet.com, where you can send free e-cards to friends and loved ones. For each e-card, Ferrero will donate $1 to Share Our Strength, up to $10,000!

There is also a great quiz to find out which chocolate you are (I’m a Rondnoir Dark Chocolate!).

This is especially timely with Thanksgiving just a few short weeks away and the holidays right around the corner, and with that in mind, Ferrero is giving TWELVE lucky Chocolate Bytes readers a chance to win one of those delicious looking collections in the picture above! It has three Ferrero confections: Rocher, Rondnoir, and Garden Coco.

Ferrero Rondnoir dark chocolates are a unique combination of a dark chocolate cream surrounding a “black pearl” of fine dark chocolate, within a delicate, crisp wafer, all topped with crunchy dark chocolate morsels.

Ferrero Rocher chocolates are a tempting combination of luscious, creamy, chocolaty filling surrounding a whole hazelnut, within a delicate, crisp wafer…all enveloped in milk chocolate and finely chopped hazelnuts.

Ferrero Garden Coco chocolates are a savory combination of rich coconut cream surrounding a sweet almond, within a delicate, crisp wafer topped with meringue and shredded coconut.

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To Enter:

To enter, leave a comment telling me which Ferrero chocolate you are! Either take the quiz here, or just tell me which one sounds the most appealing to you from the descriptions above. Comments that do not follow these directions will not be entered!

~ One entry per household. Duplicate entries will be discarded and disqualified (and yes, I can tell!).

~ The giveaway will run until Sunday, November 16th at 8:00 p.m. EST. Winners will be randomly chosen and notified by email and will have 24 hours to respond with mailing information before new winners are chosen.

~ Twelve Ferrero collections will be given away (twelve winners, one collection each).

Chocolate and Chuckles is a holiday product combo that benefits two wonderful nonprofit organizations: The Chocolate comes from Newman’s Own Organics where they give away all their royalty payments after taxes to educational and charitable organizations. The Chuckles come from Hey U G L Y - Unique Gifted Lovable You’s “Laughtercising” CD which contains 60 minutes of contagious laughter.

Hey U G L Y, Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps teens counter bullying, eating disorders, violence, substance abuse and suicide. Wrapped in beautiful wrapping paper, and available at HeyUGLY.org for $13.00, Chocolate and Chuckles will not only tickle everyone’s funny bone it will also delight the most discerning palettes. Laughter has been proven to reduce stress, improve heart health and impact weight loss!

Chocolate and Chuckles is offering 3 Chocolate and Chuckles!

To Enter:
Leave a comment here telling me one funny/interesting thing that happened to you today.

* Contest closes at 5:00pm PDT on Saturday, November 1. Winner will be notified by email and will have 24 hours to respond with mailing information before a new winner is chosen.

* All current Bloggy Giveaways at Chocolate Bytes may be entered one time each. Good luck!

* 3 Chocolate and Chuckles sets will be given away (three winners, one set each).

The b5media Lifestyles Channel is excited to announce our Second Annual Channel Wide Blogtoberfest!

Blogtoberfest will run an entire two weeks throughout our channel beginning Monday, October 6th and wrapping up Friday, October 17th.

Here’s how it will work:

Each day select blogs within the channel will post as usual, the only difference is, they’ll post our beautiful Blogtoberfest button (shown above) and a special note letting you know that it is a sponsored post. That particular post will have a secret prize assigned to it from our list of awesome prizes that will be announced prior to opening day.

All you have to do to enter to win that prize is leave a comment! That’s it! All prizes will be available to the U.S. and Canada unless otherwise noted. We do have some goodies for our global friends too!

Within a few days of leaving your comment, check back with that blog to see what the prize is and if you’re the lucky winner as well as instructions on just how to claim your prize.

Our objective is to reward our loyal readers and subscribers. Loyal readers will know when to comment, if they’ve won and how to get their prize! Pretty good, huh?

Does that sound like you? Do you want that to sound like you?

If you would like to become a loyal reader, visit our channel blogs - add them to your favorites, subscribing to their feeds and checking back are the only ways to win.

And well, with the holidays just around the corner, it’s a great way to kick off your holiday shopping! For Free!

We do hope you’ll come celebrate Blogtoberfest with us! Happy Fall Y’all!

This post will be updated with links to important information about this event! Feel free to bookmark this exact post and check back for updates.

[post text by Gayla McCord]