This giveaway is now closed. The winner is Melissa Walker – congratulations!
The first giveaway today is from Choffy. What is Choffy, you may ask?
Oh my word. I love this stuff. Choffy is like coffee, but it’s actual 100% organic cacão beans (also known as cocoa beans), roasted to perfection. In other words, Choffy is brewed chocolate.
Yes, you read me correctly.
Choffy is not only tasty, it’s healthy. All the antioxidant value, mineral benefits, neurotransmitter rejuvenating properties, and overall health-giving qualities are found naturally in cacão beans. No sugar, no dairy, no chemicals. Just one ingredient – cacão.
In other words, this is healthy chocolate you can drink.
Cacão Beans Are Extraordinarily Nutritious
Here are just a few of the health benefits of Choffy.
Theobromine: This gentle, yet long-lasting, stimulant provides you with a healthy energy lift by dilating the cardiovascular system, making the heart’s job easier. Theobromine does not affect the nervous system; therefore, it delivers energy without a crash, like one of the negative effects of caffeine.
Antioxidants: By weight, cacão contains the highest concentration of antioxidants of any food in the world – more than red wine, blueberries, açai, pomegranates, and goji berries combined. Choffy acts as a super-detoxifier, helping your body rid itself of the toxins that tax your system.
Magnesium: Cacão appears to be the best source of magnesium of any food. Magnesium is one of the great alkaline minerals, helping to support the heart, brain, and digestive system. In addition, magnesium balances brain chemistry and builds strong bones.
Iron: Cacão contains a significant amount of iron per serving. Iron, a critical mineral in nutrition, is part of the oxygen carrying protein called hemoglobin that keeps our blood healthy.
Choffy is Easy to Brew
I love coffee, and Choffy hasn’t replaced it. But it is a new drink we now enjoy in our family, and many people who don’t drink coffee have said that they do enjoy Choffy.
A commonly asked question is whether you can order the beans whole and grind them like you would coffee beans. The answer is no, because the cacão bean has unique properties that make it very difficult to grind. Choffy uses a special commercial grinder that has been developed to grind the bean to the proper consistency.
The Choffy website is very helpful, and includes brewing instructions, health information, and a simple ordering process.
One reader will win two 12-ounce bags of Choffy – one from Nicaragua, and one from Ivory Coast. Here are these beans’ descriptions:
Nicaruagua: Savory, meaty, mouth watering and straight forward. A very pleasant earthy aroma, with very little astringency. Coffee-like aroma and taste with a hint of sweet spice and soft woods.
Ivory Coast: Nice depth of flavor with hints of light natural grains, dark spice with little and a classic earthy chocolate flavor.
Here’s How To Win:
1. Leave a comment on this post, answering this question – What feature of Choffy sounds most appealing to you?
2. To get a second entry – and a second entry on all the giveaways this week – subscribe to the Simple Mom feed and email me the movie quote at the bottom of any post in your feed reader or email inbox (there is only one quote for all the giveaways). Send it to simplemomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, and put the quote directly in the subject line. The body of the email won’t be read. And you only need to email me the quote once in order to get a second entry for all the week’s giveaways.
3. Finally, to get a third entry, post or tweet about this giveaway – if you use the URL of this post, I’ll receive it – no need to email me.
This giveaway will end this Thursday, January 29 at noon EST. I hope you win!
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I would love to say that the health benefits sound the most appealing, but honestly it has to be the “classic earthy chocolate flavor” that really has me intrigued.
For me, it’s the stimulant without the crash. But I also love the idea of a warm drink that I might actually like. I don’t drink coffee, but have always loved its warmth and smell … just not the taste.
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The nutritional values. Plus I’m not a huge coffee fan so I would love to try the chocolate you can drink….I’m a huge chocolate fan!!
What is most appealing to me about Choffy is that it apparently tastes like both chocolate and coffee but is HEALTHY. During my morning cup of coffee (and mid-morning cup, and afternoon cup, and evening cup…) I am loving the taste, but constantly pushing away this little voice inside my head reprimanding me for the amount of caffeine I’m putting in my body. (I’m sorry but decaf just does not taste the same). Choffy’s website said it’s extremely low in caffeine though. This intrigues me…
Um, my favorite feature? That it’s chocolate! Sounds delicious! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Yum! Choffy sounds delicious. I love that it is 100% cacao!
Brewed chocolate?! I bet they have that in heaven. The best feature, though, has to be that it has theobromine instead of caffeine.
I love the idea of drinking some antioxidants in the morning. And the fact that it is chocolate doesn’t hurt.
Thanks for doing these giveaways!
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I just love that it’s something completely different! Also that there’s no crash, which is the bad part about coffee. Would love to replace coffee with something more healthy.
I love that it’s brewed, so that the flavors are fresh and bold!
I am with all those chocolate lovers out there. What I find most appealing about Choffe is that it is another way to consume chocolate!
Wow! My dh and I are quite obsessed with warm drinks (coffee and hot tea) to the point where we’ll soon be roasting our own coffee beans and growing our own tea leaves. I would love to try something new. How cool!!
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Coffee and Chocolate. Sign me up. Maybe I should just go ahead and order now.
I like that it is a natural source of iron and other nutrients.
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first of all, I’m all over anything with the words coffee OR chocolate in them – but both together??? Amazing! I’m also loving the fact that it’s loaded w/antioxidants and gives you a lift w/out the crash!
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Chocolate one can drink, and its healthy!! What’s not to like??
Yum! This sounds delicious and if it’s healthy too, then that is even better!
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hmmm . . . oh, the chocolate!!
The most appealing thing is it is CHOCOLATE!!!! I am not a coffee drinker at all but I love warm drinks so this sounds amazing.
Can’t wait to try it! I need all the extra energy I can get!
The fact that it is basically brewed chocolate is very intriguing.
Brewed chocolate, how can that be a bad thing? I am so wanting to try some!
Oh how I long to cast aside my caffeine addiction!
Most appealing: “it delivers energy without a crash”
Chocolate that you brew like coffee?! Sounds delicious! I would love to try an alternative to coffee.
I think the most appealing thing is the chocolate. My brain just went off in a chocolate dream.
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i love, first and foremost, that it is chocolate. amazing.
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I’m not a big coffee drinker, but I could get used to this!
I like that the Nicaraguan choffy flavor notes that it has very little astringency. Sometimes, the acidity of coffee does a number on my stomach so I would really like to try this when my innards are being a little uber-sensitive.
Hmmm…what appeals to me?–the fact that it is chocolate and not coffee makes it a winner in my eyes. I’ve tried coffee in so many ways, but still do not enjoy it. My husband says that “One day you’ll grow up and like coffee.”
I think choffee is the answer to my finally growing up and getting the little caffeine that I need.:)
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mmmmmm…. chocolate
But is Choffy committed to Fair Trade practices and sustainability of local farmers? Sounds interesting, would love to try it, but I don’t purchase coffee or chocolate that isn’t Fair Trade.
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How can you go wrong with either chocolate????
Brewed chocolate? Yummy!
This sounds really neat. I like that it is chocolate with some spice. I don’t like coffee a lot, so this sounds awesome.
This is something fresh and different! I would brew it for the girls while the guys are watching the Superbowl!
Antioxidants and the health benefits.
I like the lack of the caffeine crash!
The best thing is that it is chocolate! I wasn’t a huge chocolate fan until I got pregnant with my daughter. Now I’m one of those crazed chocolate ladies.
Pure chocolate you can drink- yes, please! I love that chocolate has such a good rep these days- the antioxidants!
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sounds great. i’d love to try it.
I love chocolate… so what wouldn’t appeal to me?!?!
healthy!
I like the idea of something that give you energy without affecting the nervous system in a negative way. I love coffee, but I need to drink half caff otherwise I get jittery.
As far as I can tell there are two things to love:
1) CHOCOLATE
2) I can make it in my coffee maker, and then leave it in my insulated coffee pot, and sip on it all day!
Ok, I know I should be happy that it’s healthy but I’d be lying to say that’s the most appealing part. What’s most appealing? One word… CHOCOLATE!!!
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Well, I want to say that the antioxidant health benefits are the most appealing thing to me. But, to be perfectly honest, it just plain sounds tasty!
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I love that it’s chocolate. The health benefits are great. I would LOVE to try this!
Holli T.
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Yum! I love coffee and this sounds even better, more healthy. Hot chocolate is too sweet for me, but to have a chocolaty flavor in a hot, healthy drink sounds very appealing.
Hmmm…. I love chocolate in any form and am curious about this, as I’ve never heard of it before. The most appealing part is the thought of trying a “new” type of chocolate. and the health benefits too, of course. (ha! who am I kidding?)
Ummmm, chocolate? Yeah; you had me at chocolate. Adding coffee just makes it better!
I linked to this post on my Facebook, does that count for a 2nd entry? If so, I’ll double my chances! Thanks!!
One word: chocolate!
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The detox element of Choffy sounds the best out of all the amazing qualities. Thanks for the giveaways!
I love hot chocolate. So if I could have a healthier alternative, that would totally rock!
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I am totally intrigued by this – Chocolate I can drink (without all the sugar).
Do you drink it black or do you add sugar and milk to it like many do with coffee?
Uhh??? Brewed chocolate? Nothing more needs to be said! Yum!
Wow! Something new, delicious, warm and drinkable that sounds like the best of both worlds. Who wouldn’t want to try it?! Thanks for the giveaway offer!
Chocolate without the guilt!!!! I love drinking hot goodness from a cup. It makes me feel somehow happy and content. I can’t believe I haven’t heard of this. It sounds too good to be true!
It’s chocolate…do we need anything else?
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Roasted chocolate beans? I am so in.
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I am a coffee lover but the health benefits of Choffy are interesting to me!
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I’m always interested when antioxidants are involved, and in a chocolate drink? mmm… would love to try
Well, it IS chocolate so it’s already good in my book, but I also like that it “delivers energy without a crash or the other negative effects of caffeine.” That is the part of my coffee habit that I don’t like so much, and Choffy sounds like it would fix that!
Oh, yes.
What sounds most appealing to me? The taste.
OH my goodness, how have I never heard of this???
BLISS I tell ya, ohhhh, I’m crossing my fingers.. as both chocolate and coffee are major obsessions for me!
Thanks for the chance and the link!!
you had me at chocolate.
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Healthy. Chocolate.
I know I live ON a rock, but I must also live UNDER one…because I’ve never heard of this before. The trifecta of my life is coffee, chocolate, and wine. Healthy chocolate? Chocolate that may be enjoyed like a coffee? This could be my next obsession!
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I think as a replacement to caffeine, this sounds like a great and tasty alternative.
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What sounds most appealing? Chocolate you can drink! Need I say more?
I love that the rich and savory taste qualities of Choffy are similar to Coffee. The great thing about Choffy is that you won’t get a caffeine crash! Count me in! Thanks for the post because I had never heard of Choffy before!
Most appealing? Hot, chocolately goodness-nothing is better!
Wow!! This sounds amazing. I have recently started drinking coffee every day. That is, after the birth of my fourth child in 6 years. I live being a SAHM but need help getting going in the morning. This sounds like a much healthier alternative to traditional coffee.
The most appealing thing to me is the health benefits. Sounds very interesting and I’d love to try it. Thanks for putting together all these great give-a-ways! It sounds like so much work, and I really appreciate the effort you put into this.
I don’t drink coffee, but I love chocolate – it would be nice to have this as an alternative when all of my friends are drinking their coffee.
Uhh…drinking chocolate and coffee…what is not to love?????
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The chocolate part sounds good!
My favorite feature is that it has magnesium, which actually builds strong bones!
Coffee, on the other hand, is said to have the opposite effect.
What a great alternative!
Drinking chocolate? Sounds great! I love that it’s healthy and sounds really yummy, too!
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Wow! Roasted cocao beans sound so delicious!! I am a coffee lover, but this sounds great!
Yum! Sounds delicious. I like the idea of energy without the crash.
I’ll have to cite two things that appeal to me here: 1) I like the antioxidant aspect here (you can’t get too many of those), but the biggest appeal to me is that now, 2) I too can drink a hot cup of something in the morning (I don’t care for coffee, but this would enable me to brew something rich, tasty and complex in the mornings and start the day off right).
brewed chocolate? And health benefits! So much greatness.
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Chocolate!Need I say more?lol
Having an energy boost without a crash sounds blissful.
I like the thought of having a morning and afternoon cup because I want it, not because I need it…
I simply love the fact that it’s chocolatey and healthy.
Man! What’s not to like? Energy without the crash, Choclate you can drink, and IRON??! I already love it.
Favorite feature: Sounds like somthing that could replace some of my coffee “needs” the next time I am pregnant.
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This sounds absolutely amazing! I’m a hot chocolate freak and also enjoy a good cup of coffee so this sounds perfect! Thanks for the chance to try some.
Wow, I’ve never heard of it, but it sounds so good!!! I would love to try some! I like the fact that it is nutritious!
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How cool is this? What appeals to me most is all the taste of chocolate without dairy and fat. Even if I don’t win, I’m going to have to try some of this stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Favorite feature? An excuse to drink chocolate in the morning! Sounds wonderful!
I like the idea of “energy without a crash”…
Very intriguing – this is new to me. And you got me with this…..”classic earthy chocolate flavor”. Yummmmmm!
I love chocolate.
And the “healthy energy lift” sounds great!
Chocolate you can drink and it is healthy! ann
I always knew my two favorite flavors had to be good for me, but I didnt know how..I would love to win and give this a try!
I’ve never heard of this but it sounds INCREDIBLE. I love chocolate, so any way to get more in my day is good in my book!
Liquid chocolate- enough said
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