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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Edible Chocolate Box from Charles Chocolates

Every day through January 1 we're giving away a crazy good food item on Serious Eats. Try your luck, and if you win, you'll be eating some seriously delicious food come the new year.

20081211-charleschoc.gifToday we're giving away an edible chocolate holiday box—18 chocolate pieces tucked inside a box made of chocolate—in addition to a can of triple chocolate almonds and two jars of the company's own marmalade (one blood orange and one Meyer lemon), courtesy of the generous folks at San Francisco–based Charles Chocolates.

Even if you don't win, you can still buy this box and anything else from Charles Chocolates' online store. Ed Levine

For a chance to win, just answer this in the comments below: What's your favorite chocolate dessert?

You have until 3 p.m. ET tomorrow (December 25) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S., and you can only win once during the duration of the Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway contest. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.

Comments are closed: 473 Comments:

chocolate souffle

Pioneer Woman's Chocolate Pie. Simple to make, and to DIE for.

Pot de creme. Like pudding, but better.

Or my grandmother's chocolate cake with mint frosting. That's what a birthday cake is supposed to taste like.

Dark Chocolate mousse.

Sour cream chocolate cake and White mMuntain frosting. Or maybe chocolate bread pudding with raspberries.

chocolate, caramel and fleur de sel truffles!

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

a nice cup of hot chocolate, made with 70% cacao chocolate and cream

Chocolate volcano cake

We just made awesome chocolate-ginger bar cookies, and they may be my new favorite!

Chocolate cream pie

I have to pick just one? Pudding, Rocky Road ice cream, devils food cake, and german chocolate cake.

Brownies yum yum yum!

Chocolate Brownie Tart, an underbaked brownie in a cookie crust topped with caramel or raspberry sauce. Yum!

Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. Delicious!

Hot fudge brownie sundae, made with a gooey brownie microwaved until just warm, topped with vanilla ice cream, doused with hot fudge, garnished with whipped cream and chopped walnuts. Yum.

Brownies. Preferrably topped with vanilla ice cream :)

chocolate torte!

Moonstruck Truffles

Can't actually eat chocolate, but I sure so miss hot cocoa and chocolate milk. Still have plenty of friends and family who would love the chocolate portion of the prize, though.

a block of dark chocolate after dinner.

Just a bite or two of dark chocolate, maybe with a nut or two.

Homemade chocolate chip cookie!

flourless chocolate lava cake!

Chocolate Souffle Cake

Homemade chocolate fudge ice cream with raisins and pecans. Thanks!

I love chocolate truffles!

Homemade Chocolate Mousse

I love homemade chocolate fudge with walnuts.

Chocolate covered pineapple.

Definitely Chocolate Mousee

death by chocolate cake from gregg's..

Chocolate mint sandwich cookies

chocolate cake from smitten kitchen

chocolate covered fruit, especially strawberries.

Chocolate Brownies!!!!

chocolate cake and ice cream

Brownies with a swirl of caramel.

chocolate cheesecake.

It's got to be chocolate cream pie!

Tri-chocolate mousse.

molten lava cake with a scoop of ice cream

Cheesecake! Preferably a Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake!

i am a sucker for good old fashioned chocolate pudding. I recently found the best recipe for it, which uses bakers chocolate, rather than the dreaded cocoa powder.

Hot chocolate with whipped cream or marshmallows

Homemade Double Chocolate Pudding (Ina's recipe..YUM)

I love German Chocolate cake.

hot fudge sundae

Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake is my favorite.

Chocolate pecan pie

Chocolate covered strawberries

I love Coldstone's Rocky Road Ice Cream. Its the best!

I love chocolate turtles with nuts.

warm fallen chocolate cake.

Thank you for introducing me to this cool site. After viewing the delightful contents (I almost licked my computer screen) I'm confident my favorite chocolate dessert is anything from Charles Chocolates.

Thanks for the contest. Best wishes for happy holidays and a prosperous 2009!

Pat44

olive oil and sea salt truffles

Sweet contest! I love chocolagte mousse.

Happy Holidays!

Chocolate chip cookies are my all-time favorite. I also love dipping things in Chocolate fondue.

Mint chocolate brownies! mint AND chocolate!

Home made choc cherries are great.

Nothing beats a hot fudge sundae!

Molten chocolate cakes with whipped cream.

chocolate raspberry torte

Favorite chocolate dessert is hot fudge sundae, vanilla ice cream with lots of hot fudge and wet walnuts. Happy Holiday!

Hey!!! We're having hot fudge sundaes tomorrow night. Gotta be my favorite.

German chocolate cupcakes from my neighborhood cupcake shop.

Hot caramel and chocolate brownie sundae.

layered chocolate cake

DeBrand Chocolate Decadence :)

Flourless chocolate cake.

Snow Drop Cookies

German chocolate cake. Happy Holidays

Mom's Chocolate pie.

Chocolate lava cake.

Chocolate cheesecake. :)

Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Yum.

chocolate ice cream w/hot fudge sauce

homemade chocolate chip cookies

Mousse. But if I were to combine it with your previous contest, which highlighted my favorite food, I'd have to say chocolate bacon!

Hot fudge sundae :)

Thanks

hot fudge sundae with chocolate ice cream

Mocha chocolate cheesecake.

Chocolate truffel cake

Chocolate covered strawberries!

chocolate mousse- yum

almost impossible to pick just one--perhaps chocolate mousse, or chocolate-covered ginger, or chocolate cheesecake!

Either brownies or German chocolate cake

Chocolate Pecan pie

chocolate decadence!

chocolate candy

Chocolate. (Period)

Spicy mexican hot chocolate!

chocolate mousse

I'll take dark chocolate brownies with chopped pecans. Of course, with a big glass of milk.

Dark Chocolate Fondue with a hint of Creme Fraiche and fresh mint! With an accompaniment of strawberries, granny smith apple slices, graham crackers, marshmallows and oreos for dipping.
Yum! Ok I'm going to go make fondue now. :-)

chocolate cream pie

Chocolate Mousee... creamy and chocolaty ... what's not to love.

chocolate covered pretzels

chocolate turtle cheesecake

Chocolate souffle please

chocolate from La Maison du Chocolat

brownie topped by hot fudge sundae

chocolate cake with ganache

It's hard for me to resist any chocolate dessert but my favorite is still brownies fresh from the oven.

Brownies ala mode.

It's hard to beat plain old brownies or chocolate chip cookies...

chocolate gelato if i can get the good stuff, if not then a ridiculously rich chocolate brownie WITHOUT nuts

Chocolate cake with chocolate icing

chocolate ice cream.

chocolate cake!

Chocolate icebox cake. It's a christmas family tradition. I'm stuck in an airport but hopefully I'll make it home in time for christmas dinner!

warm brownies with vanilla ice cream on top

French silk pie.

chocolate whoopie pies

Chocolate-dipped strawberries. Ymmmmm!

My most favorite chocolate dessert is Triple chocolate Cheesecake that is made and served by Atlanta Bread Company. Paired with a hot Hazelnut Latte it just can't be beat.
Thank you so much for the wonderful giveaway.
Happy Holidays !

chocolate tapioca pudding

chocolate covered pretzels.

Chocolate coated biscotti.

Vanilla ice cream with homemade hot fudge sauce.

A good Chocolate Mousse is unbeatable in my eyes.

chocolate coffee almonds

i'm going to lose all my foodie points for saying this, but the mcdonald's hot fudge sundae is awesome

Chocolate covered cherries.

Chocolate Haystacks are my favorite

Home made chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup and whipped cream. (I probably gained 5 lbs. just thinking about this all time favorite.)

Anything that's chocolate-hazelnut. Usually when it's just me, I got for Nutella right out of the jar. Is that wrong?

chocolate raspberry pudding pie from dorie greenspan

I love chocolate pie

Chocolate Cheesecake

Chocolate Mousse

chocolate souffle

Chocolate Chip Lava Cookie. It looks more like a muffin, but the center oozes with warm chocolate!

Chocolate mousse!

Chocolate icebox cake!

chocolate fudge brownie with nuts and whipped cream

Triple chocolate cake with chocolate ice cream!
or as I call it heart attack in a bowl! But what a way to go!

Chocolate chip cookies

Practically ANYTHING chocolate. Dove Chocolate Covered Almonds for one.

Dark chocolate cake topped with dark chocolate ice cream.

Flourless Chocolate Cake :)))

Happy Holidays, everyone!

hot fudge sundae (with coffee ice cream, lots of fudge, maybe whipped cream, no cherry...)

Devil's Food cake with dark chocolate frosting!

Merry Christmas!

I love dark chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing and topped with chopped walnuts.

Chocolate Mousse

I would have to say my favorite chocolate dessert is Chocolate Cheesecake!

Chocolate mousse.....or any recipe that involves chocolate mousse.

death by chocolate cake

Flourless chocolate cake.

brownies a la mode

chocolate cream pie is my ultimate favorite.

My favorite is chocolate mousse!

I love brownies, and brownies with ice cream and toffee or caramel are extra nice!

If I can only pick one, it would be brownies with walnuts.

chocolate souffle

chocolate lava cake

I love German Chocolate Cake with coconut on top!

A chocolate lava cake....yum!

brownies a la mode

Chocolate birthday cake with milk chocolate frosting.

extreme deep chocolate killer brownies YUMMMM

Chocolate ice cream. Okay, maybe rocky road.

definitely chocolate cake with chocolate icing. hooters makes one of the best

brownie, with walnuts

a simple chocolate cake

My late grandmothers chocolate pie....good stuff!

I love chocolate pots du creme; little bowls of pure, decadent YUM!

salted caramel chocolates

Truffles or pot de creme

Chocolate covered strawberries.

chocolate mousse or profiteroles

In the south, we have something called mud pie. That's chocolate!

I LOVE chuao's spicy mayan chocolates!

chocolate filled choclate eclairs

Chocolate lava cake...

Chocolate covered Pretzels are king!

Chocolate eclair dessert.

Death by Chocolate!

Chocolate mousse or truffles!

Chocolate cake with White Mountain Icing! My mom hated making it every year, but it's still my all-time favorite.

Chocolate ice cream topped with hot fudge and pecans.

Texas sheet cake

Mmmmmmm, Ice Box cake

flourless cake (fudge, but they won't call it that)

turtle brownies are mine!

Chocolate turtles are yummy

flourless chocolate cake w/vanilla ice cream

you can't beat mousse au chocolat!

recipe in bon appetite...chocolate crunch cake

Chocolate mousse is my favorite!

Dark Chocolate Fudge.

Cold chocolate cake.

brownies, any kind

Dark chocolate mousse would hit the spot, right this moment...

chocolate chip cookies.

molten chocolate cake!

My favorites is chocolate cheesecake,delicious and would love to win.Julie Lowe

There are so many things I love. I really love chocolate cream pie
and German Chocolate cake. Thanks for the contest
Merry Christmas!!!!

chocolate pudding

Dark chocolate mousse!

Dark Chocolate Fudge

Chocolate creme brulee - don't knock it 'til you've tried it! I thought I was a creme brulee purist and for a long time refused to try any that was flavored, but I caved and now I love chocolate creme brulee too.

I love chocolate covered Cherries

Half baked chocolate mouse- you bake half of it, let it cool and top it with the remaining mouse. WOW!

I love chocolate donuts.

I love walnuts brownies...mmm

chocolate mousse

my favorite dessert is chocolate on top of chocolate covered with chocolate and finally filled with chocolate

Gotta have mousse.

Dark Chocolate with Raspberry Torte

Mississippi Mud Cake!!!!

Chocolate cheesecake in an oreo/almond crust with almonds and melted chocolate drizzle on top.

Chocolate cheesecake with chocolate covered pretzels coming in second!

death by chocolate pie is my fave chocolate dessert.

Flourless Chocolate Lava Cake--can't be put in to words how much I love this!! beyond heavenly!

My favorite chocolate desert would have to be chocolate covered strawberries! hmm, just can't get enough of those! Thanks for the great giveaway!

hot fudge sundaes are wonderful!!

Plaisir sucre

flourless chocolate cake

chocolate bread pudding

Homemade Chocolate Pie

A simple slice of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

Texas Sheet Cake. Yummy!

I love chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Thanks for having the contest!

Rocky Road ice cream!

*(^O^)*

My favorite chocolate dessert is chocolate cake. Thanks for the giveaway!

Chocolate cream pie

Bowlby's almond bark.

I love a good chocolate mousse--or some chocolate covered orange buttercreams :)

chocolate moose

Chocolate cake with cherry topping!

It is so hard to pick-tonight I had an incredible chocolate Creme Brulee at a wonderful restaurant, so I will pick that!

Favorite chocolate dessert... that would be my very own home made truffles... :)

I have to say that chocolate mousse is my favorite- The one we make with the raw eggs! Yummm And have never gotten sick yet....*fingers crossed*

Without a doubt hot drinking chocolate topped with homemade marshmallows.

I love rocky road fudge!

truffles for me

Brownies are my favorite!

Brownies. Must have walnuts. Icing isn't necessary, but if it's there, it should be a good ganache. Chocolate ice cream on the side would be nice. Whipped cream not necessary.

chocolate molten lava cake, or plain old dark chocolate. Chocolate is a must.
Thanks for the awesome prizes!

Chocolate is too good to be limited to one favorite. I do love chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, though. Or maybe brownies!!!

chocolate chip cookies (w/ milk!)

I love brownies.

chocolate chocolate chip ice cream

Chocolate eclairs.

Reese's Peanut Butter cup pie

Tunnel of fudge cake

My favorite chocolate dessert is chocolate pie.

Rich chocolate brownies

Chocolate caramels with sea salt

A nice piece of dark chocolate.

chocolate chip cookie. does that count?

Chocolate chip cookies from Levain's in Manhattan.

chocolate cheesecake - thanks for this giveaway!

Black Forest Cherry Cake is my favorite.

Chocolate souffle is my favorite.

...homemade brownies, from scratch.

Chocolate Mousse is my favorite chocolate dessert. Thanks for the contest!

Chocolate cupcakes

I want chocolate brownies! YUM! Merry xmas.

German chocolate cake with Rocky Road ice cream.

I love dark chocolate in several ways. I love chocolate mouse and chocolate souffle. As well as chocolate candies like lindt, mozart, baci... specially the european version of those chocolates. For american chocolate the hershey's used to be my favorite but it now tastes different. I sure hope they return to cocoa butter...

Lambertville Station Chocolate Cake -- it is so soft and moist and tastes like someone cooked a candy bar into it. A dollop of whipping cream on it, and a dusting of cocoa powder. Delish!!!

Chocolate cake with cherries on top... Had it every year for my birthday since I was a little kid!

Classic chocolate pudding

good lord, brownies!!

Devil's Food Cake

Chocolate mousse is my favorite. Thanks for the giveaway!

molten lava cake

chocolate mousse log cake

Chocolate mint cookies!

chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Fresh from the oven chocolate souffle, but homemade chocolate chip cookies are a close second

my favorite chocolate item is brownies straight out of the oven

My favorite chocolate dessert is chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup.

I like just plain dark chocolate candy.

My favorite is definately chocolate brownies with walnuts.

vanilla ice cream over chocolate fudge brownie!

Best and absolute favorite chocolate treat:::: BETTER THAN SEX CAKE. Its sinful chocolate. Hmm, just skip my mouth and rub it on my hips!! LOL
Happy Holidays

I like chocolate pie.

Lindt chocolate cinnamon bar

My favorite chocolate desert is a cake my mom makes called triple chocolate cake. It is basically a boxed chocolate cake, with chocolate pudding mixed in and a bag of chocolate chips. Once it cools to room temperature we usually put it in the fridge to resolidify the chips. It is simple to make but really good.

Chocolate mousse

Chocolate Cake!!

Today I choose Twix. I think that qualifies as chocolate.

I love candy bars and cookies but there's nothing like a really rich ice cream.

chocolate souffle...mmmmmm

Coffee ice cream with hot fudge, topped on a chocolate brownie. Mmmmmm ain't nuthin' like it.

Milk Chocolate Mousse.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.

milk chocolate buttercreams from Sees and chocolate mouse cake from Whole Foods.

Home made hot chocolate

Chocolate Cheesecake

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Moose Tracks Ice Cream

chocolate moussse

My favorite is chocolate cake.

Kraft Marshmallow Fantasy Fudge.

Mississippi Mud Cake

chocolate chip ice cream

Chocolate Cream Pie

Chocolate Mousse topped with raspberries and dark fudge chocolate cake with raspberry filling

4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 Tbsp. milk 1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided 1 OREO Pie Crust (6 oz.) 2 cups cold milk 2 pkg. (4-serving size each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding Make It
BEAT cream cheese, sugar and 1 Tbsp. milk in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Gently stir in half of the whipped topping. Spread onto bottom of crust.
Chocolate Ribbon Pie
POUR 2 cups milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. (Mixture will be thick.) Pour over cream cheese layer.

REFRIGERATE 4 hours or until set. Just before serving, garnish with remaining whipped topping and 2 Tbsp. shaved chocolate. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

Chocolate Pot Du Creme is my favorite of all time

chocolate mousse

Homemade chocolate pudding served hot with real whipped cream.

Something covered in or dipped in dark chocolate, maybe a perfect strawberry, or an apricot.

Chocolate cheesecake is great.

chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate mousse.

devils' food cake

chocolate pudding

Chocolate cheesecake

My favorite chocolate dessert is a volcano cake!

I like bitter chocolate, all by itself.

any ben and jerry's icecream flavor involving chocolate

double chocolate fudge brownies

So many to choose from. Maybe Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake.

difficult question, with a simple answer...honestly, any exceptional artisan chocolate would be very satisfying to me.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Plain ole' brownies! Thanks!

Chocolate creme brulee

My favorite chocolate dessert is my own creation, Papa Bob's Brownies.

chocolate covered strawberries

Chocolate Cream Pie

Chocolate lava cake.

Texas Sheet Cake

Chocolate Truffles.

chocolate mousse

Chocolate mouse cake

Chocolate almond ice cream

Chocolate man!

I love chocolate! Especially dark. If I had to choose just one it'd be a dark chocolate truffle.

Entenmann's blackout cake!

Flourless chocolate cake with Raspberry sauce. Actually, all chocolate desserts are my favorite!

Rocky road ice cream--but hard to find any chocolate dessert that I don't like!

Chocolate Truffles...yum. Thanks so much.

chocolate mousse

chocolate mousse and flourless chocolate cake

chocolate cake with chocolate icing

molten chocolate cake

Scheffenberger chocolate

brownies please.

I love tunnel of fudge cake.

chocolate cake

Chocolate cake and a glass of milk

Home made chocolate pudding-Yum!

Just a piece of dark chocolate with a snifter of cognac. The perfect dessert.

Unfrosted chocolate brownies made with chopped walnuts in them. German chocolate cake with German chocolate frosting ( the real kind made from scratch!) is a close second!

Chocolate mousse. Mmmmmm...

My favorite chocolate dessert is a dark chocolate/raspberry truffle. OK, the truth is, it's two dark chocolate/raspberry truffles.

I have a few favorites from restaurants. I like hot fudge brownies with whipped cream or chocolate mouse. I like things like death by chocolate. MMMM

I love Cloud 9 Cake! Yumm! Chocolate in any form is always appreciated.

Chocolate ice cream

fudge brownies!

Chocolate ice cream.

Warm brownies fresh from the oven!

chocolate chip cookies or jello chocolate pudding

Chocolate cheesecake!!

chocolate covered strawberries !!!!

Chocolate and walnut fudge!! :)

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM CAKE

my MOTHERS HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PIE THE KIND YOU COOK ON THE STOVETOP

Chocolate covered pretzels

chocolate and peanut butter ice cream with caramel sauce drizzle

Better than Sex cake...

Chocolat Meringue Pie is my favorite. garrettsambo@aol.com

My Mom's chocolate cake, but a close second would be Teuschers champagne truffles

anything dark chocolate. Plain, brownies made with...., cake made with....
and on and on

Double chocolate brownie made with kisses w/almonds

Boston Creme Pie.

Dark chocolate bark w/almonds and dried cherries!

Chocolate eclair

brownies with walnuts warm with ice cream and coffee

Blondies with chocolate chips

chocolate truffles

German Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake and a cold glass of milk

Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Pecan pie, yum! Merry Christmas and thank you!

chocolate chocolate chip cookie

Hot fudge right out of the jar.

chocolate nut brownies

Chocolate layer dessert, cream cheese, whipped cream, pudding, & a cookie layer!! It's sinfully good!

Brooklyn Blackout Cake

My favorite dessert is apple pie.

My favorite chocolate dessert... either my sister's gooey brownies or melted chocolate hot chocolate.

hot fudge sunday with real hot fudge not the squeeze out of a bottle kind

My mom's chocolate pie

Chocolate truffles

Florless chocolate cake!!!

Green & Black organic chocolate ice cream.

I love my homemade Texas sheet cake. The frosting is to die for -- just like eating old time fudge! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway! Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!

rich moist chocolate brownies

Homemade chocolate fudge.

chocolate mousse

Nothing cures that chocolate-salt craving more than
chocolate-covered potato chips!!!
Thank you for the contest!
txgigggles@yahoo.com

Hot Fudge Sundaes

Hot Fudge Sundaes, sounds good to me.

choc covered cheesecake

chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting

chocolate souffle w/ molten chocolate in the center

molten chocolate cake

I like a Coca Cola Chocolate cake. Yummy!

Chocolate - pistachio pate with raspberry cream.

Chocolate raspberry cheesecake

Chocolate Cream Pie with real whipped cream! To die for! Thanks!

The sweet and salty cake from Baked! It has chocolate, caramel, and fleur de sel! Yummy!

My Mom's chocolate pecan brownies are the best!

I love Mud Pie!!!

chocolate lava cake

warm brownies, and a big glass of cold milk.

Chocolate brownies with chocolate chips melted on top for topping

anything involving ganache

Molten chocolate cake. Or chocolate-covered strawberries.

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Triple Hot Fudge Banna split with strawberries too!

MMMMM Dark Chocolate Mousse!

chocolate covered strawberries

I love banana chocolate cream pie.

I love mousse!

Easy. Chocolate Brownies. Or chocolate covered cashews. Thanks!

chocolate cream pie

mousse- or as we call it- Moose

Chocolate covered strawberries

Warm, soft chocolate cake.

Morten's molten chocolate cake.

I love chocolate mousse in a chocolate cup!

I'd have to say Tiramisu. There is SOME chocolate it that.

Pretty much anything with a nice fudgy chocolate frosting.

german chocolate cake!

Million Dollar Fudge!

Love Chocolate brownies with walnuts

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

My favorite chocolate dessert is chocolate brownies.

Triple Choc Cheesecake

My favorite chocolate dessert is the Mont Blanc at Angelinas in Paris. Mmmm :) Yummy!!

My favorite chocolate desert is Wall of Chocolate at PF Changs!!

Rocky road ice cream!

especially this time of the year, peppermint ice cream

There is always room for mousse!

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