New Products Focus is on Peanut Butter &.......DOVE Chocolate!!!

New DOVE Chocolate Discoveries Products Unveiled at Conference....the flavor of Peanuts is the one of the stars this time.

I can't wait to see the reaction at my parties when people get to taste the new Dove Chocolate Discoveries Peanut Butter Smoothie with Chocolate Chips...can you imagine adding 2 scoops of Chocolate Ice Cream for a DOVE Shake?

Another big hit at the Conference: Mini Peanut Butter filled Dove Chocolate Baking Bits.....yum!!!  These will make awesome snacks and even more awesome Chips for Brownies, Cupcakes and Cookies...
 

 And how about this gourmet candy:  Chardonnay Peanut Brittle with Caramel Covered Cocoa Nibs....what a unique taste treat.  I love trying new flavors and foods and I can't wait for my hostesses and their friends to try this one at parties this Spring!

There are a few other products unveiled this past weekend and I will write about those in the next  post.  Talk Soon....Carrie Geyer

Watch: "How to Make DOVE Chocolate Cupcake Cookies" Video

 I hope you like my video showing how I made these cookies with the DOVE Chocolate Discoveries Cupcake Kit, a stick of Butter and Cream Cheese.   The results...well watch the video and judge for yourself.
Want the recipe? Go to my recipe site at http://squidoo.com/dovechocolaterecipes




Fun to eat and even more fun to share at a party.
email me: freechocolate@comcast.net for this recipe.

DOVE Chocolate Dessert Collection now on Sale for Valentine's Day

DOVE Chocolate Discoveries introduces...

a decadent assortment of beautifully boxed DOVE Valentine Chocolates sure to make any chocolate lover swoon!

Six fabulous dessert flavors, each surrounded by a luscious layer of dark, milk or white chocolate, are handmade with fresh ingredients on the day you order them.  Then they are delivered right to your Valentine's door.  What could be sweeter or easier?  A box of 24 chocolates is just $39 and includes 2nd day air anywhere in the continental U.S. 

Order by emailing me at:  freechocolate@comcast.net
 

Send a Box of DOVE Dessert Chocolate Dessert ChocolatesThis Valentine's Day...$39 delivered

Email me: freechocolate@comcast.net to Order or ask a question.  These chocolates are so fresh that they haven't been made yet...I will be placing orders up until Jan 30th.  Delivery to your Valentine via 2nd Air by Valentine's Day on February 14th.  Also a great fundraiser for your group or school.  I can coordinate this no matter where you live in the Continental U.S.

DOVE Chocolate Discoveries Cupcake Cookies

Cupcake Cookies are made with the contents of the DOVE Chocolate Discoveries Cupcake Kit; this variation is a very popular recipe with DOVE Chocolatiers and Party Hostesses. 

One cupcake kit will yield 20-30 cookies depending on size.  The cookies I made are about 2 inches in diameter and I had 26 cookies when I was done.  The frosting mix is used to fill the cookies and they are then rolled in the blue sprinkles that are in the kit.  I dusted the cookies with our DCD Vanilla Cocoa Dusting Powder.  It is a delicious dessert that no one can resist.

We took ours to a New Year's Eve Party last night.  They looked very festive on the table thanks to the sprinkles...You can get a link to the recipe at my Dove Chocolate Recipe website. 

Dove Chocolate Discoveries Segment on Martha Stewart Show Was Bittersweet

DOVE Chocolate Discoveries was featured on the Martha Stewart Show yesterday, December 16th.  While I was excited to see the products on display on the set and to see the too short introduction of  DOVE Chocolatier, Erica Christenson from Madison WI; I was very disappointed that Martha chose to make Chocolate Mousse from scratch instead of using our Mousse Mix which makes an easy and elegant Chocolate Mousse.

Yes, Martha did pipe the her dessert into the DOVE Chocolate Dessert Cups and yes, she used DOVE Dark Chocolate in the Mousse but the segment left me just a little confused.  You see, the philosophy of DOVE Chocolate Discoveries is that anyone can use our products and easily achieve Martha Stewart's made from scratch results....

While I am flattered that Martha used our Chocolate and our Dessert Cups, I am left wondering why she went to all that trouble to make a Mousse from scratch....when just two feet away was a Dove Mousse Kit on the counter?

C'mon Martha!!!  Wouldn't it have been better to have our DOVE Chocolatier demonstrate to you how anyone can make an elegant Chocolate Mousse in their own kitchen in about 4 minutes using DOVE Chocolate and the DCD Mousse Kit?  Your staff prepared 3 batches of your Mousse so that you could demonstrate the recipe.You could have done the same thing with the DOVE Mousse Mix and 2 bars of Dark DOVE chocolate with one mixing bowl and a spatula!

Or even better....you and Erica could have demonstrated both versions on camera and then held a mini tasting to compare both versions.

What I really liked yesterday was

1. seeing the giant DOVE Chocolate Discoveries logo on screen at the end of the segment
2. Martha announcing that everyone in the audience carried home a goodie package with the Mousse Mix and the Petiite Dessert Cups
3. the Dove Promises commercial after the segment
   

Publicity is publicity so I guess I will get over this....but next time Martha, please call me for advice!

Marie Richman of Iowa is a DOVE Chocolate Discoveries Chocolatier on my Team

Marie Richman, of snowy Durant, Iowa is a successful DOVE Chocolate Discoveries Chocolatier on my Team.  Click on the link "truffle" link below and you can learn more about Marie and her passion for Chocolate Truffles.  There you will find her recipe for Classic DOVE Chocolate Truffles and a video that shows how to make Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles!

Email Marie at cocoa_beans@live.com

Martha Stewart Will Entertain DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES™

The Martha Stewart Show &

DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES™

   It's A Good Thing!!!

The Martha Stewart Show will feature DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES™ on Wednesday, December 16 (barring any programming schedule changes). The 2 – 3 minute segment will air on all stations that carry the show. It’s a good thing!

DOVE Chocolatier, Erica Christenson from Madison, WI will be joining Martha. Erica is currently #1 in sales volume and October’s top recruiter. During the segment, she and Martha will create a decadent holiday dessert in minutes - while they teach viewers about our exclusive line of chocolate products and entertaining ideas sold by Chocolatiers like me.

Together they will showcase the versatility of DCD products and the endless possibilities for easy entertaining and gift giving. And generate vast interest in DCD among Martha’s audience, who’s already likely to find the combination of chocolate, home entertaining and a business opportunity appealing!

All lucky audience members will receive a tasty DCD giveaway from Martha at the end of the show – to ensure we remain on their minds well after the lights go down. The timing is no mistake either - the holidays being a time of year when making extra cash and finding financial freedom are most appealing.

This DCD opportunity is an extension of the existing DOVE® brands partnership with Martha Stewart. DOVE® will also have two on air segments on December 9 and 10.

We’re extremely excited about this opportunity and hope you are too! Tune in on December 16, as we continue to build brand awareness and share the fabulous DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES™  opportunity with chocolate lovers across the nation!

Talk Soon...Carrie Geyer
freechocolate@comcast.net

New Products for the Fall and Winter Season from Dove Chocolate Discoveries Just Announced

New Products for the Fall and Winter Season from Dove Chocolate Discoveries have been unveiled at the annual conference. They are:

1. Dark chocolate gingerbread cookie mix (can make cakes, etc.)
2. Capachino biscotini - ready to eat balls - delicious!
3. Dark chocolate covered fruit collection - cranberries, blueberries, cherries - separate bags
4. Recipe cards for the recipe book
5. new chocolate molds - heart lollipops, gingerbread men, holiday theme - tree, wreath and snowman
6. Dark chocolate chips - Dominican republic origin
7. sea-salted caramel collection - 1/2 milk and 1/2 dark - handmade sea salts from around the world
8. Double chocolate caramel nut clusters gift box - it is as dark chocolate blend, rather than pure dark chocolate
9. Reusable textured transfers sheets - geometric, curl, bubble
10. mudslide chocotini - like martini but with extra flavors
11. gourmet Merlot fudge sauce

Changes

• Spice chai tea now sold separately like the chocolate
• flavor disks in small individual packets
• 7 new bundles at a discount that bundles various products for gifting
• mousse now 6 packets rather than 4

New Success System

• new recruiting postcards with details and toll free 3 to recorded message about the opportunity!!
• Treat yourself calendar - a gift for new recruits with tips to get them started
• condensed smaller training manual in kits again
• tasting party planner that walks you through the details of a party
• Fast Start redesigned - (10% bonus if sell $400; 20% bonus if sell $1000+; Signature cosmetic bag for 1 recruit tote bag for team leader promotion, laptop case for Sr. TL promotion.
• If those of us now recruit 2 in August/Sept we can win a signature makeup bag
• Recruit 4 - get the tote
• Recruit 6 get the laptop case
  

2 business kits again. Now also Master chocolatier kit with the tempering unit $449

New apron coming in Sept. "Hot Chocolatier", darker brown

New logowear -multiple shirts/jackets from Land's End - dark brown +

Multiple buttons with chocolate sayings; tote bag; cute Dove blue t-shirts

partnership with office depot - discount

New catalogs and entertaining guides are great!

Trifle bowls now open to all customers to buy in a bundle with products

Hostess exclusives - Can buy dessert kit or candy making kit 50% off

Contact me for more info: Carrie Geyer, freechocolate@comcast.net or

http://www.dovechocolatediscoverie.com/carrie

Go Nuts in August with Dove Chocolate Discoveries Customer Specials!

Dove Chocolate Discoveries is offering "Go Nuts" bundles for the month of August. Each bundle pairs up a popular Smoothie Drink Mix and 2 boxes of our popular Chocolate Covered Almond Blends. Save $12 on each bundle.
Plus anyone who buys a bundle gets a chance to win one of ten $100 Dove Chocolate Discoveries Gift Baskets to be given away....

Go Coco-Nuts Bundle
#6035D $58 Only $46!
• Coconut Chocolate Chip Smoothie Mix
• Milk Chocolate & Cinnamon-Dusted Almonds
• Milk & Dark Chocolate-Covered Almonds
and Cranberry Blend

Go Java-Nuts Bundle
#6036D $58 Only $46!
• Java Chip Smoothie Mix
• Dark Chocolate & Cinnamon-Dusted Almonds
• Milk & Dark Chocolate-Covered
Almonds and Cranberry Blend

Chocolate plus Bed and Breakfast equals Two Sweet Businesses in Hammondsport NY

Chocolate entrepreneurs, Deborah Rader and Ray Olenzek, are the proprietors of a unique Chocolate Shop located at 69 Shethar Street in Hammondsport NY on Keuka Lake.

What makes their shop "The Chocolatier of Hammondsport" so unique is that originally when the couple arrived in Hammondsport 3 years ago they were searching for a Bed and Breakfast to buy. After taking over the Captain's Cottage Bed and Breakfast, they realized that they would need to find more streams of income to thrive.

Chocolatier friends from their home state of New Jersey suggested adding a Chocolate Shop and a new business concept was born: "Bed and Chocolate"!

Overnight guests are treated to a Chocolate Treat at bedtime and Chocolate Pastry in the morning. Ray tells new guests that "breakfast is across the street for $5.95..."we only do chocolate at the Captain's Cottage".

The Chocolate Shop nestled inside the house features some of the creamiest home made fudges that I have ever sampled and delicious One Pound Frozen Drinks (my family loved the Chocolate Fudge and Peanut Butter Fudge...the Frozen Mocha Drink was to die for!) They also sell Gourmet Chocolates made by their friends in New Jersey. Ray travels back to New Jersey every few days to replenish their inventory.

As good as the chocolate and ambience of the shop is....it is the personality and charm of Ron and Deborah that will bring us back to visit the only "Bed and Chocolate" in Hammondsport, New York!

Contact info:
Captain's Cottage B & B and Chocolatier of Hammondsport
69 Shethar Street in Hammondsport NY at Keuka Lake.
Call 607-569-2157.
http://www.ChocolatierOfHammondsport.com




Chocolatiers Ray and Deborah in their Shop

Dove Chocolate Discoveries July Party Hostess Promotion

DOVE Chocolate Party Hostesses Can Earn Double Free Credits and Double Half Price Items in July!!!

In Dollars and Sense that means that a party with $200 - $349 in sales gets the hostess $50 in free DOVE Dollars. A party with $350 - $499 in sales gets the hostess $100 in free DOVE Dollars and 2 half price items. Want to supersize your DOVE party?? Have a $1000 party and you will earn 8 half priced items and $400 in free DOVE Dollars!

Any Hostess in July can use their DOVE Dollars to get DOVE products or our $149 business kit with over $300 in DOVE products to start a recession busting business!!

Ready for a Delicious Career in Chocolate??

^$99 BUSINESS KIT

Regular price $149 (Retail Value $300)

Our chocolate business kit has everything you need to start earning money with DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES™ Tasting Parties. Talk about low start-up costs! Our Chocolate Business Kit (Regular price $149. NOW $99) gives you enough products and printed materials to hold your first four to six Tasting Parties. Keep the sales momentum going for 90 days and you can earn our fabulous Candy-Making Supplement free! Of if you can't wait, you can buy it today for just $249*. Click here to get started.

So, What is in the Business Kit?

PRODUCTS
½ Pound of White Chocolate
1 ½ Pounds of Milk Chocolate
1 ½ Pounds of Dark Chocolate
4 Chocolate Mousse Packets
1 Chocolate Martini Mix Bottle
12 Chai Tea Packets
6 Smoothie Mix Packets
1 Truffle Fudge Brownie Mix
1 Cupcake Kit
1 Pastry Bag
1 Box of Chocolate-Covered Pretzels
1 Box of Almonds
1 Blue Heart Fondue Set
2 Silicone Spatulas
1 DCD Duffle Bag
1 DCD Logo Apron

PRINTED MATERIAL
1 "Open Me First" Envelope
50 Blank Business Cards
50 Spring Catalogs
50 Order Forms
1 NEW Tasting Party DVD
50 Invitations
25 Spring/Summer Entertaining Guides
Click here to get started!

Till the next time, Carrie Geyer

Carrie Geyer Wins 2 Ribbons at the Chocolate Festival with Dove Chocolate Discoveries Recipes

When the dust settled and the Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival Judges tallied their scores on Saturday...Carrie won 2nd and 3rd place ribbons in the Professional Category.

Dark Chocolate Mousse made with Dove Chocolate and the Dove Chocolate Discoveries 5 minute Mousse Mix won a 2nd place ribbon. It was presented in a Small Trifle Bowl and garnished with Mousse filled White Chocolate Teardrop Shaped Cups.

A 3rd place ribbon was won for Truffles made with Dark Dove Chocolate and Heavy Cream were dusted with Dove Chocolate Discoveries Raspberry Cocoa Powder.

Carrie Geyer has been a Dove Chocolate Discoveries Chocolatier since August of 2008. She is already planning her entries for next years festival.  Be sure and look for us and our friends from Snyder's Candy of Rehoboth.

Type-2 Diabetes Study: Dove Dark Chocolate is Good for You, Too!

Below is an excerpt from an article in New Jersey's Asbury Park Press. Information about a study by Mars, Incorporated is included. Dove Chocolate Discoveries Chef Series Dark Chocolate is the most popular chocolate we sell at our Chocolate Tasting Parties. In March, Sugar Free Dark Chocolate and White Chocolate will be added to our catalog. The Sugar Free Dark Chocolate is a perfectly sized portion for anyone who is craving a taste of Chocolate.

From the article:

"Mars, Incorporated, conducted a two-part study on the effects of cocoa flavanol in adults with type-2 diabetes, said Whitney Williams, spokeswoman for Mars.The company found that drinking a cocoa flavanol-rich beverage, made with the company's cocoapro cocoa, can have a positive impact on blood vessel dysfunction in adults with type-2 diabetes, she said.The study was conducted on men and women between the ages of 50 and 80 years old with established and stably-treated type-2 diabetes, according to research provided by Mars.

"What research is showing us is that cocoa flavanol plays an interesting role in the body," said Emily Korns, communications manager and registered dietitian for Mars Health and Nutrition."It actually helps to improve blood vessel function. It helps the blood vessel walls expand and lets blood flow through more freely," Korns said.Cocoa flavanol has a lot of health benefits in terms of heart disease and high blood pressure, and even in diabetes, Korns said."So whenever you include cocoa flavanol in your diet, it can have an improvement in blood vessel functions," she said.

Dove uses a patented process called Cocoapro on its dark chocolate, Korns said. The company starts the process by choosing beans that initially have a high cocoa flavanol content, she added."We treat them (cocoa beans) very, very gently throughout the whole chocolate production process," she said. "We know the end product of our Dove dark chocolate retains those cocoa flavanols that are naturally occurring anyway.""

The link to the full article is below....don't forget to hit your "back" button when you are finished reading the article...

Dark chocolate is good for you, too! | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

Start Your Dove Business for $99 thru March 31st...

Our Business Kit has enough Dove Chocolate Products to Host 4 Chocolate Tasting Parties and start making money.

Pay for your Business Kit with just $400 in sales at the parties. My average party is $400 with 8-11 guests! I can show you how to do it too!




What's included?
1/2 #White Chocolate
1.5 #Milk Chocolate
1.5 #Dark Chocolate
4 Chocolate Mousse Paks
1 Chocolate Martini Mix Bottle
12 Chai Tea Paks
6 Coconut Smoothie Mix Paks
1 Truffle Fudge Brownie Mix
1 Cupcake Kit
1 Pastry Bag
1 Box Chocolate Covered Pretzels
1 Box Milk Choc. & Cinnamon Dusted Almonds
1 Blue Heart Fondue Set
2 Silicone Spatulas
1 DCD Duffle Bag
1 DCD Logo Apron,
50 Blank Business Cards
50 Spring Catalogs
50 Order Forms
1 "How to do a Tasting Party" DVD
50 Invitations
25 Spring/Summer Entertaining Guides
(Retail Value of Kit: $350.00)
Get started for $99.00 with everything you need.

Want to know more?? Contact me: freechocolate@comcast.net or call 302.249.4462.

My husband, Dean and I are successful Chocolatiers who can answer all your questions and give you the information you need to decide if Dove Chocolate Discoveries is right for you.

Want to see a video? Contact me via email and I will send you the link to see the video and catalog.

13 New Products in the Dove Catalog for Spring/Summer 2009

I attended the Presidents Leadership Conference this weekend. Advance copies of the new Catalog was given to all attendees! The new catalogs may be ordered beginning February 14th.

The New Products Are:

1. Offset Spatula
2. Pastry Bag
3. Cocktail Shaker
4. Girls Night Out Kit with Cocktail Shaker
5. 1/2 lb White Chocolate
6. Mint Filled Dark Chocolate Baking Bits
7. Sugar Free Dark Chocolate
8. Petite Dark Chocolate Dessert Cups
9. Petite Milk Chocolate Dessert Cups
10. Coconut Chocolate Chip Smoothie Mix
11. Spring Design Transfer Sheets
12. Host Exclusive Offer: Small Trifle Bowl Set (4)
13. Host Exclusive Offer: Large Trifle Bowl

I have lots of other news to report about discontinued catalog items, business kit improvements, recruiting promotions, etc. Stay tuned!! Carrie

Gotta Try This Chocolate Sheet Cake Soon!!! with Dove Cocoa of course....

I stumbled onto this recipe somehow.  I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I plan to soon....of course I will be substituting Dove Cocoa in the recipe!!
Find the recipe here: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_chocol/.  Take time to poke around this blog....it's been around for awhile and has a ton of interesting content!!!!   Carrie Geyer

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What To Do With Old Dove Catalogs...the poem

Well it's almost time to retire the old Dove Chocolate Discoveries Catalogs. If you are like me, you still have a few in your supply closet!! I like to use the old catalogs as "teasers" that get left behind in waiting rooms and other public places. Here is a poem that you can put on the old catalogs.

Though the date on this catalog may be old
Look inside and you'll be sold
Many great items you will see
Call me to learn how to get some FREE!
Want to see what we have now?
Get the new catalog and get ready for WOW!
Give me a call and I will send-
the new catalog and you will want to spend!
But be a hostess- have a tasting and fun-
in the evening or out in the sun!
Invite your friends and share the news!
Earn FREE chocolate and 1/2 price too!

Best Chocolate Martini Recipe

My Favorite Dove Martini Recipe:

3 parts Dove Martini Mix

3 parts Milk or Half & Half

2 parts Vanilla or Espresso Vodka

Shake with Ice

Strain into Martini Glass

Be sure and visit my new Squidoo lens devoted to Dove Chocolate Martinis...featuring an ever expanding list of great recipes, photos, etc.