New: Gift-Boxed Cherry Truffle Hearts
You love ‘em, we love ‘em, and since they’re so incredibly beautiful and delicious, we’ve decided to give them their own gift box. 
Starting today, our oh-so-smooth and decadent red-foil-wrapped Cherry Truffle Hearts are available in an elegant 16-piece gift box all of their own! Dark, creamy fair-trade chocolate and rich cherry flavor make these truffles a perfect springtime dessert.
Treat yourself to some or give a box to your special someone to say “I love you.” However you enjoy them, we know they’ll win your heart. 
Order Now in Time for Christmas!
It’s not too late to order your chocolate gifts for Christmas! All orders placed this weekend, before 9am Tuesday morning, will be shipped for delivery by Friday, Dec. 24th. Orders placed later than Tuesday will need 2-day air or Overnight shipping in order to arrive before Christmas.
Gift-Boxed Chocolates, Gift Baskets, and Gift Sets all make decadent and delectable chocolate gifts for friends, colleagues, and loved ones. Include a hand-written gift card message and seasonal gift wrap for a more personalized touch.
Order now, and you may even be lucky enough to get something in return!
Our New Packaging Struts Its Stuff
If you’ve received orders from us recently, you’ve probably noticed that our bakery boxes and chocolate gifts are looking different these days. 
Over the past few months we’ve been slowly transitioning to all new packaging, and now that the transition is finally complete, we can’t wait to share our new look with the world! We want you to be the first to watch our beautiful chocolate gifts show off their new attire. Check out the elegant new colors for our lovely gift baskets and the embossed logo on our new purple chocolate boxes. 
Also included in this makeover were our gift certificates, gift boxes, and all our products’ labels. We hope you enjoy our new look as much as we do.
Favorite Vegan Chocolate!? Who Can Pick Just One?
If you’ve already voted in the 2010 Veggie Awards I’d like to say “Thank You” for participating in the largest survey of vegan products, places and people in the world! 
We’re nominated in several categories, and if you read this blog with any regularity, you’ll know them by heart by now. I know I’ve been writing about this a lot, but since there are only a few more days left to vote, I just want to say a couple of things about our nomination for Favorite Vegan Chocolate.
First, I’d like to giggle at the slightly ridiculous nature of this category. 
I mean, it’s chocolate, do we really need to pick a favorite? Seriously though, our competition in this category is pretty steep; when you vote you’ll no doubt notice some big-name chocolate companies on the list. 
However, even if picking your favorite chocolate is like picking your favorite child, there are some wonderful reasons to vote for Allison’s Gourmet, not least of which is the wide variety of vegan chocolates we offer. Whether your favorite is our peanut butter cups, peppermint creme patties, cherry almond bark or gift-boxed caramels and truffles, if you’ve tried our vegan chocolates I’m sure you’ll have at least one reason to vote for us. Another good reason is that we’re an all-vegan company (no milk chocolate or other animal products hiding in our inventory). Your vote for us will support small-scale, eco-conscious and animal-friendly business practices and products. So, if you haven’t voted yet, do it now! Voting ends Tuesday.
Sweet Treats for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is coming up on May 9th, and since we love crossing things off our to-d0 lists, our Mother’s Day gift ideas page is already up. We know it’s early, and we don’t expect everyone to order right away, but for those of you who like to plan ahead, we’ve got you covered. 
You can order something for her now, choose May 6th as your preferred delivery date, and leave the rest to us. We have lots of Mother’s Day gift ideas to make any mama smile, from superb Gift-Boxed Vegan Chocolate (with special red-foil-wrapped cherry truffle hearts to show your love), to Peppermint Bark, Cherry Chocolate Brownies, and elegant Gift Baskets. Have fun!
Back by Popular Demand: Cherry Truffle Hearts
They were such a hit over Valentine’s Day that we’ve decided to bring back our Cherry Truffle Hearts for Springtime. 
Now through Mother’s Day every 16- and 24-piece Chocolate Assortment and 16-piece Truffle box will include four heavenly Cherry Truffle Hearts wrapped in red foil. As well as being decadently delicious, these fancy truffles add a special touch of love to our vegan chocolate boxes.
Also, keep an eye out for our gorgeous new packaging including beautiful purple chocolate boxes coming soon…
Special 24-piece Gift-Boxed Vegan Caramels
Do you love caramels? We do, and we know from experience that good vegan caramels are hard to find, which is probably why our 16-piece Gift-Boxed Vegan Caramels are so popular. These awesomely chewy chocolates make great fair-trade gifts for yourself or your friends, loved ones, and colleagues. Right now, we’re pleased to be offering our Gift-Boxed Vegan Caramels in a special 24-piece box for a limited time. Don’t miss this chance to fill your vegan caramel craving and give decadent fair-trade gifts to all your friends.
Winner: Valentine’s Day Giveaway!
Drum roll please…
Congratulations to Diane, the lucky winner of our Valentine’s Day Giveaway! She will be receiving a 16-piece box of 
Allison’s Gourmet vegan Valentine’s Day chocolates! Whether she decides to savor them as a special treat for herself and her daughter, or give them away as a unique valentine gift, we know our chocolates will be greatly enjoyed.
If you’re still looking for the perfect gift for your sweetie there’s still time to order. Check out our delectable selection of chocolates and other unique valentine gifts like a Decadent Bliss Gift Basket, or our Chocolate Lover’s Gift Set.
Chocolate Gift Ideas
It’s probably no surprise to anyone that I absolutely love chocolate, and, since I’m somewhat of an expert, I’d like to share some of my favorite chocolate gift ideas with you. The most obvious, 
of course, is our vegan gift-boxed chocolates made especially special this month with the inclusion of four red-foil wrapped cherry truffle hearts in each 16 piece and 24 piece assortment box as well as in the 16 piece gift-boxed vegan truffles. Other great chocolate gifts include the chocolate lover’s gift set for those chocolate candy lovers in your life, and our organic drinking chocolate sampler for your loved ones who prefer to sip their daily chocolate. All these items are vegan, organic and fair-trade as well as being extremely delicious. Order before 9am Tuesday, February 9th to insure delivery in time for Valentine’s Day.
