Time to cast your ballot

I am ready to get this chocolate factory on the road. ?I am still floating from last year’s high and figure that with all of this energy I can put it into making Sweet Hope bigger and better than before.

If you didn’t?know we’ve created a Facebook page for Sweet Hope. ?Become a fan if you haven’t already. ?You can also volunteer to be a chocolate “sales person“. ?Email me for more information or to volunteer.

I got to thinking about the timing for a few things. ?Currently I have the flavor suggestion week scheduled for October 28th. ?I realized there was going to be a problem with that. ?Often times people suggest flavors that I’ve never made before. ?It takes me a little time and research to figure out if I can actually make a flavor or not. ?If I have everyone suggest flavors that only gives me 3 days to figure out if I can make them or not. ?That isn’t enough time. ?Therefore I’m moving the primary up to TODAY.

Here’s how this works. ? Leave a comment to cast a ballot for a flavor you would like to see as a Sweet Hope Truffle.? Unlike normal elections you will have the opportunity to vote more than once.? Leave a separate comment for each flavor and you may vote for a flavor that another person has proposed.? The top 8 flavors will make it into the final ballot and from there the top 6 will be made*.

As a recap here is the list of flavors we’ve done in the past:

Milk Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Orange-Ginger
Candy Cane (we always do Candy Cane so don’t vote for that one)
Hazelnut
Grand Marnier
White Russian (these involved white chocolate and I will not do them again)
Mocha
Irish Cream
Chili
Pistachio
Raspberry
Pumpkin Spice
Pomegranate-White Tea

Happy voting!

Also, please note that we automatically do Candy Cane and one plain chocolate variety. ?It will either be Milk or Dark Chocolate. ?We will do a separate poll in November to determine milk or dark.

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*Although this may appear to be a democratic process please keep in mind that I will have to make the truffles and therefore will actually become a dictatorship if any chocolate involving meat or meat-like produce is proclaimed a winner.? You can try, but don?t think for a moment that I would willingly touch raw bacon.

57 Comment

  1. dark chocolate, irish cream, chili

  2. Nathe says:

    Bacon.

    (yes, it is good. yes, I have to try).

  3. Raspberry was my absolute favorite the year I got an assorted box. I think mocha and pistachio sound divine too.

  4. Lauren says:

    How about coconut?

  5. Elle says:

    vote #1 from the home team:

    Curry

  6. Elle says:

    Vote #2 from the home team:

    Margarita (lime and tequila)

  7. Elle says:

    Vote #3 from the home team:

    Lavender/Vanilla

  8. What about key lime? It’s my favorite at Godiva.

  9. Elle says:

    Nathe,
    I would do them differently that you guys did them last year. I didn’t care for those. And I would have charge more to pay for my therapy bills for having to touch bacon.

  10. Nathe says:

    Chili.

  11. Kim says:

    pistachio

    curry with mint!

  12. Kevin M says:

    I would love to see a mint julep flavored one.

  13. Tricia says:

    Chili – loved them last year.

    How about cherry vanilla?

  14. Margaret says:

    I had a caramel and sea salt truffle once that was absolute heaven.

  15. kristin says:

    I love lemon! But to tell you the truth I love the caramels you make the most!!! Good luck!

  16. DebiP says:

    would love a cherry…whole or flavored

  17. Oh – someone mentioned coconut – I second that! Yum!

    And someone else said caramel and sea salt – another second there!

  18. Or even just sea salt…my new favorite chocolate bar from world market is dark chocolate with sea salt in it – it is divine!

  19. What about Chai?

  20. Kathou says:

    I vote for:
    Pomegranate-White Tea
    Raspberry

    How about Amaretto?

  21. We loved the pumpkin spice last year. White Russian with milk or dark chocolate sounds good. Irish creme also sounds wonderful.

  22. Whitney says:

    Sea Salt

    Lavender/Vanilla

    Margarita

    (And as a side note: I volunteer to help make them again)

  23. I am all about the caramels. And I would pay DOUBLE for a sea-salt version of those caramels. I am totally serious.

  24. Lena says:

    Milk chocolate with dark chocolate center

  25. Lauri says:

    coconut does sound good

  26. Voting again…lol…dark chocolate! But I think cherry sounds DELISH, and sea salt sounds awesome, too.

  27. JessicaMcG says:

    Dark Chocolate

  28. JessicaMcG says:

    mocha

  29. JessicaMcG says:

    Pumpkin spice

  30. JessicaMcG says:

    A black tea — maybe Earl Grey?

  31. JessicaMcG says:

    orange dark chocolate

  32. Joel413 says:

    Are cherry cordials too difficult to make? If so, I would be game for cherry flavored. I’m also on board for Chai and a repeat of pumpkin spice.

    Also on board to help if needed.

  33. Elle says:

    Joel, they may be easier than I originally thought. I’ll add them to the list. However, they may be cost prohibitive.

  34. Lena says:

    Ooh, I like the suggestion for a black tea one, sounds yummy!

  35. Liv says:

    Key Lime

  36. Liv says:

    Coconut

  37. Liv says:

    Pumpkin

  38. Liv says:

    And, I did like the chili…I ddn’t think that I would.

  39. Jody Tice says:

    Coconut sounds good I think chocolate with peanut butter would be awesome and raspberry doesn’t sound bad either.

  40. Liv says:

    coffee

  41. Liv says:

    How about fig?

  42. Liv says:

    Honey

  43. Liv says:

    Mojito

  44. Liv says:

    Licorice

  45. Liv says:

    Kahlua

  46. Liv says:

    Amaretto

  47. Liv says:

    Champagne

  48. Jenni says:

    Irish Cream, Pumpkin Spice and a chocolate/peanut butter. I am also intrigues by the Chai and Earl Grey suggestions.

  49. Kami says:

    Peanut Butter!!!

  50. Kami says:

    Sea Salt sounds awesome too!!!

  51. Lena says:

    mint julep sounds fun too

    And I would like to help too, just don’t know how much I can with three ankle-biters

  52. Jenny M says:

    Chili
    Grand Marnier
    Pumpkin Spice
    Lavender?

  53. tacomachickadee says:

    What if I cook the bacon for you?

  54. tacomachickadee says:

    And re: bacon truffles I wasn’t a big fan of the ones we made either … too much peanut butter … or perhaps it’s because I use Adams and not sugary peanut butter. I’d love to see what you came up with …

    And again: I’d cook the bacon …

  55. tacomachickadee says:

    I also vote for lavendar vanilla.

  56. tacomachickadee says:

    Mmmm … sea salt caramels .. dipped in chocolate …

  57. […] by thanking everyone who agreed to be my taste testers. ?I had a hard time narrowing down the list of 36 to just 9. ?Just so you don’t think this is a total dictatorship I’ll let you know how […]

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