This review was made possible by merci chocolates.[*]
I sat down the other night, contemplating friendship. So many friends in my life have come and gone. Each having a purpose in that time in my life. Some friendships are lasting. Whether it is the friend you married or the one you can call up on a moment’s notice and pour your heart out – merci chocolates wants to hear about your friends!
Personally, I feel blessed to have a handful of true friends {both offline and online}. Let’s face it. Life happens. Sometimes we may not see one another or chat on Skype for weeks – even months. But we always pick up where we left off; laughing, sharing stories, and truly enjoying each other’s company. Conversations with my friends are fulfilling, uplifting, and honest. I may not have a long sorority list of girlfriends – but the friendships that I do have are solid. And that means the world to me.
Did you know that National Friendship Week was August 11th? I had no idea until it was too late. *whoops* Or was it? Just because we missed it, doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate our friends today and EVERY day! Why not send a friend a “just because” gift? That’s much more my style anyway…
Merci sent me a Friendship Kit recently, which included a 7 ounce box of their European assorted chocolates. Since The Mister *technically* is my longest lasting friend, I thought it would be fitting to gift him with the merci chocolates. I’m nice like that.
The Mister’s Honest and Slightly Long-winded Thoughts:
To say that I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to certain pleasures in life would be a mild understatement. Chocolate is no exception and I’ve gone through great pains to find chocolates that are worth my time to sample from time to time. The Misses asked me to sample these chocolates by merci and I had mixed feelings about what was received.
First and foremost, the presentation was elegant and remarkable. Ordered simplicity with uniform layout and intelligent design. After all this is an assortment and my experience with chocolate assortments is probably not dissimilar from yours. Those brown corrugated wrappers with the chocolate resting inside and then an insane roadmap on the lid identifying which chocolate is where and you can’t decide which way the lid represents what you are looking at. Is it upside down? Is it face down? Curses to that nasty strawberry again!
None of that insanity is found with these merci chocolates, but the real question remains, how did they taste? Here are my thoughts on a few:
– Amer a la Crème – simply amazing. Smooth, rich, satisfying and amazing with a cup of coffee. I wish everyone in the package was this.
– Marzipan – worth having a second or third time but nothing remarkable
– Lait fourre praline – not as good as the others, in my opinion. It had a very artificial flavor to it.
– Milk chocolate – very good and I don’t even like milk chocolate but I found myself grabbing for a second one immediately afterward. Probably one of the better milk chocolates I can recall from memory.
Would I buy from merci? If they had Amer a la Crème by the bar you can bet I’d buy that on a weekly basis! That stuff was a stunner. If you are prudish and picky about your chocolates you won’t find this package disappointing. If you just love chocolate no matter what, you will find this to be a divine set of cocoa goodness.
Connect:
Feel free to connect with merci on Facebook and Twitter. Who would you give a meaningful ‘Thank You’ to? Tweet and use the #merciFriends hashtag!
Buy:
Merci chocolates began in 1965 – creating individually wrapped chocolates in Germany. Now they are enjoyed in over 70 countries! Available in the dark selection, the milk selection, and the assortment of European chocolates – you can buy merci chocolates online {Amazon for example} and at grocery stores. You can even personalize your merci chocolate packaging with a free printable and make the gift extra special! I love it!
Win:
One lucky Eighty MPH Mom reader will win a merci chocolates friendship kit!
Includes:
· $25 Target gift card · 7 ounce box of merci chocolates · A picture frame to display a photo of you and your friends · A chocolate scented candle
Open to residents of the US – ARV $60 – Open until September 16 @ 9pm PST
* [Erin received the mentioned product{s}, free of charge, to facilitate her review. All opinions are those of the reviewer only. Review product and giveaway prize provided by merci chocolates.↩
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Katy M
I’d love to Ty their Dark Cream chocolates! I love dark chocolate!
Thanks!
MelodyJ
I would like Hazelnut-Almond.
Lisa Brown
I would like to try the merci Petits
Christine Halverson
I would love to try the merci Petits= )
Janet W.
I’d like to try the merci Petits. They look delicious!
Adrienne Gordon
I like the petits
Jackie
I”d like to try the merci Petits Café et Crème
Thank you!
Cynthia C
I’d love to try the merci Petits
Cheryl
I’d like to try the merci Petits. I like little bites of chocolate often.
pinky sade
i’d like o try the merci petits
Tina B
I’d like to try the Cream Truffle flavor!
Margaret Smith
I’d like to the merci Petits
Jennifer B
The merci Crocant sound so good I love hazelnut and almonds
Melissa M
I want to try the blueberry truffles
Jennifer
the merci petits look awesome!
Dorothy Teel
Merci, Merci thank you for introducing me to this sight, German Chocolates at its best, you can even design your own card to be delivered with your Merci Chocolates – send me some of that Dark chocolate and I will share with my hubby who is also my best friend..
Julie Wood
I like the Merci Petits Café et Crème the best.
Kim Ripley
I would love to try the petits.
Angela Kinder
I learned that you can create your own merci packaging.
HilLesha
I’d love to try the merci Crocant.
Ann Fantom
I would like to try Merci’s Dark Mousse flavored chocolates.
Maureen
Started in Germany in the 1960’s.
Linda Childers
I would love to try the Merci Petits Café et Creme
D Schmidt
Visited the site and I would like to try merci Crocant
Linda White
the dark chocolate creams look so good!
steve weber
I like the petits.
Pam O
I would love to try the coffee and cream chocolates.
April
the merci Crocants
Thomas Murphy
I want to try the Merci petits.
Rachael Leventhal
the petits
Jessie C.
I would like to try merci Petits dark mousse
Terri C. McMillan
Praline-Crème chocolates yummy
Danielle E
I’d like to try the
merci Crocant
Anne
I learned that the company was founded in 1903. Now that’s what I call a successful company!
Thao
You can send someone a shining star!
Courtney
merci Petits please
Amanda Sakovitz
id love to try the Merci Petits!
cheryl c.
I’d like to try the Merci Crocants.
Dana Rodriguez
I would like to try the Cream Truffle!
Kate K
i’d love to try the hazelnut-almond flavor! LOVE anything hazelnut!
mrsshukra
Four pieces of Merci has 300 calories!
Monique Rizzo
Id love Hazlenut almond.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
Wild Orchid
I would also love to try the Merci Petits–http://www.merci.com/en/products/merci-petits
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
Cynthia R
i didn’t know they had merci Petits packaging, cute, I’ve always had the normal size ones.
Elizabeth Owens
The Cream Truffle flavor sounds so heavenly!!
Julie Goetz
I would love the merci Petits Amandel Room. They look and sound so yummy!
Shilo Beedy
I would love to try the Merci Crocant
Michelle McCulloch
Id like to try the merci Petits.
Rachel
Creme Truffle sounds really good!
Michelle H..
I would love to try their cream truffle and their dark cream varieties.
Kiara
I would like to try the Merci Petits.
Linda Kish
I would like to try the Merci cream croquant with almonds.
Paige Chandler
I want to try the merci Petits….drool
Christina Sparks
Yummy they have Dark Cream Chocolate!
martha
merci crocant sounds good also really like hazel nut
wendy b
I’d also like to try their petits….I love their chocolates.
Kate F.
I’d like to try the Merci Petits.
soha molina
I wann atry merci Crocant.
Donna L
The merci Petits sounds good to me!
heather
love to try the merci petits
Linda Lansford
I want merci Petits
BILL H
I learned the Merci and RIESEN are distributed by the same company
xty cruz
I would like to try the “merci Petits”
Sherri Jackson
I like merci Petits
Tram Le
I would love to try the merci Crocant.
Erica Barnes
I’d like to try the Merci Petits.
Ava Chavez
I learned that you can personalize their products..what a wonderful gift they would make.
Chase smith
Their dark creme chocolates look amazing. My favorite chocolates are the cremes
Maggie Fout
The dark chocolates!
Suzanne K
I’d love to try the Praline-Creme and the Marzipan
Sara
I want to try the merci petits
Lasonda
I would like to try merci Crocant.
Bernie
Hazlenut
Todd B
I would like Hazelnut-Almond.
kelley wood
Id love to try the merci petits!!
Asimina kaminis
Hazelnut almond, I love gourmet chocolate, when I was in Greece I would always stop and get foreign chocolate, huge chocolate lover, thank u for the chance
Stephanie MacDonald
Merci Cream Truffle!!!
diane
merci Petits
Maija
The Merci Petits look delish!
Danielle D
I think the Hazelnut Almond
cassie
the hazelnut almond chocolates sounds amazing! and flavorful !
Debra S
I sent a beautiful star thank-you to someone I loved! Cute! They have quite a wide range of chocolates. and they are international!
Heather Freeman
I didn’t know they made Merci Petits. I would like to try those.
Laura C
I would like the Merci Petits
Sharon Kaminski
would like the hazelnut almond chocolate
Wendy Hark
I would like to try the Hazelnut Almond.
Geoff K
The Merci Crocant sounds amazing – the combination of chocolate with the hazelnut and cream croquant with almonds is too good to pass up!
Kelly Nicholson
i wanna try
merci Petits
merci Petits are small merci chocolates in their most popular flavours. Enjoy your personal favourite.
Find more information about merci Petits in selected countries by clicking on your country here in the drop down.
Jennifer T.
I’d love to try the merci Crocant chocolates.
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com
Carolyn N.
I would love to try their Toffifay®.
cjnedrow at gmail dot com
Elena
I’d like to try the merci Petits
Jimmy
I would like to try the merci Petits Lait et Crème
Rebecca Orr
I want to try the milk chocolate,
Melissa Zimmerman
cream truffle
Barbara Montag
I’d love to try the Merci Crocants – thank you.
Kayla
The Almond just looks delicious!
Julie B.
I’d like to try the Merci Cream Truffles!
Frank S
The idea for merci was born in 1965, when it began to win over people’s hearts as the first individually wrapped gift-giving chocolate in Germany
Alicia Thibadeau
The hazelnut almond sound awesome
sandra davis
i like the Merci Petits
Deb K
I’d like to try the Merci Petits
janna johnson
petits for sure
Ruby Yoshi
I learned that the idea for merci was born in 1965
Stacy
I would like to try the merci Crocant
Brittany C.
The Merci Petits sound good!
RussR
I like the merci Crocant
nicole
merci Crocant are yummy too
Francine Anchondo
Dark Cream chocolates
Fawn H
I would love to try the Hazelnut Almond
Michelle C
The merci Crocant sounds great. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
Starr Greenwell
I would also like to try the Merci Petits, yum:)
Carolyn Berg
I’d like to try Merci Petits in any flavor.
Sherrie C.
I would love to try Merci Petits Lait et Crème.
callawishes(at)hotmail(dot)com
Tamar
They are part of Storck and they are not hiring in the US right now:)
Jennifer
I want to try the petits
Kyl Neusch
he merci Petits
danizilla
I’d like to try the mocha cream merci petits
Kitty Iecvan
I’d love to try the Hazelnut-Almond!
Tiffany W
would like to try merci petits.
Crystal
Um, all of it? 🙂 The Hazelnut-Almond chocolates sound awesome!
Becca
I learned they are in over 70 countries.
kath g
I learned that the idea for merci was born in 1965, as the first individually wrapped gift-giving chocolate in Germany.
I also learned they have a creative IT team, I liked how stuff faded in and out on their site.
Kristi C
I would love to try the Hazelnut Almond.
Carol ONeil
I’d like to try the Merci Petits Cafe et Creme.
BusyWorkingMama
I like their merci petits!
Stacey
Oh, I can’t pick just one to try. I LOVE all chocolate!!
Rita M
I learned that the idea for merci was born in 1965, when it began to win over people’s hearts as the first individually wrapped gift-giving chocolate in Germany.
amy williams
I learned that the idea for merci was born in 1965, when it began to win over people’s hearts as the first individually wrapped gift-giving chocolate in Germany
amanda hardesty
I want to try the Crocant chocolates
Tarah
I’d like to try the merci Petits
Annmarie W.
I would love to try their petits!
Yona
I learned that the company makes MErci Crocants – something I’d love to pack in my purse
tammigirl
I wish I could try the merci crocant. With hazelnut. Oh I love a good crocant
sandra
would love to try the merci Crocant
April Yedinak
I would like to try the merci crocants.
Ani
I’d love to try the merci Crocant, sounds yummy.
shaunie
would love to also have merci Crocant
virgomomwriter
I learned that merci has flavors like Cream Truffle, Hazelnut-Almond, Praline-Creme, and Dark Cream.
Seyma Shabbir
I want to try the Merci Crocant
Michelle Small
I like that on their website you can get sheet music for the merci song for guitar and piano.
Megan Cromes
i like the milk chocolates .
Jennifer
I’d try the prailene crème chocolates
ANN*H
I would like to try the Merci petites
Kelly Massman
The finest merci chocolate with a centre of crunchy hazelnut and cream croquant with almonds. is the mercy crocant! yum
judy gardner
i would like to try the merci petits
Kelley Chapman
I want to try the dark chocolate creams
Elle
I’d love to try the Merci Petits as well! I’m all about having a stash of little sweet treats for after dinner 🙂
Kimberly Schotz
I would enjoy trying the Merci Petits
Colleen W
I’m a huge fan of dark chocolate so the dark cremes are right up my ally.
Melissa L
I would love to try the Merci Petits!
Maria Iemma
I would love to taste the Merci Petits…Yum
Tara G
The Hazelnut-Almond sounds really good.
Stephen
The chocolates
Dawn Monroe
I learned you can personalize a merci card for giving.
Katt Lewis
Hazelnut Merci?! OMG!!
Cindy
Dark Cream,.
Emily
I’d like to try the merci crocant.
Candice
I would like to try the Petits Café et Crème.
David Haug
I would like to try the Cream Truffle.
Stephanie Larison
I’d like to try the merci Crocant
Michele P
the Merci Petits look great… however not sure if they are available here in the US or not… Storck USA also has Mamba candy, which I have been wanting to try out too.
Jessica H.
I would love to try the merci Crocant in hazlenut. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
Amanda Hoffman
merci petits
Susan Christy
I think the Praline-Crème sounds good
Evelyn Chuter
I would like to try the Merci Petits and i learned that they are a European chocolate.
deanna hanson
I would like to try the merci petites
Lisa Voyce
I would like to try the merci petits.
Carol
I would like Hazelnut-Almond.
Denise S
I want to try the Hazelnut Almond.
Jennifer Reda
hazelnut almond looks great
Daniel M
the merci Petits looks good too
Natalie U
Ohhhh the dark cream or hazelnut cream
pedidentalasst at yahoo dot com
Addison Kat
I’d like to try merci Crocant
Christine J S-S
I love that you can personalize your gifts! For the US market I most intrigued by “Cream Truffle” just the name implies DIVINE!
Sarah L
I learned that you can customize your greeting.
Thanks for the contest.
Jamie Brigham
My hubby loves the chocolate covered cherries. I haven’t had very much exposure to them. I learned that you can give someone a bright star through the website which I thought was awesome.
Korey Watkins
I’d like to try some of the Merci Petits chocolates
Meg Tucker
LOL! I learned they have ringtones you can download and you can also send a shining bar 🙂
Holly G.
I’d love to try the Hazelnut Creme
Cody Anderson
I’d love to try the merci Crocant.
tina reynolds
I would love to try the merci Crocant
Tara
I want to try the crocant.
Christine
like to try the merci Petits
James Coyne
I would like to try the merci petits
Allison Downes
I want to try the Merci Petits
Thanks for the chance to win!
Christa Nolan
I would love to try merci Crocant….sounds delicious!
Chelsea Ivey
I’d go for the merci petits 🙂
cam
The petits look delicious
Kisa
I would love to try the Merci Crocant!
melina r
I would like to try the merci petits.
Jessica Wyatt
Dark Mousse, yum!
Deborah
If you are going to break a diet I say it do it with the BEST! I would love to win and I love TARGET and the gift card, I never win anything for some reaon so it would be nice! I will keep trying! Thanks! Debi
Douglas Houston
I would like the Hazelnut-Almond
Karen
merci Petits Hazelnoot Room
tami p
merci petits
Roy F.
I’d like to try the merci Crocant
Lle Schreiber
I’d like to try the petits!
Jill Myrick
I would also like to try the Merci Petits.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
Susan Smith
I would like to try the merci Petits
Emmy
merci Crocant – yum yum yum!
Danielle S.
dark cream
Gaye M
I’d like to try Merci Hazelnut-Almond chocolates.
Carrie Hughes Copeland
Hazelnut Almond sounds divine! 😛
Karen Drake
I would like to try the Hazlenut Almond Candies, they look amazing.
Amity J
the hazelnut almond sounds great
Suzy Horvath
I’d like to try the Merci Petits Cafe et Creme. they look great!
Nicole
I’d like to try the Merci Crocants.
Lauren
I would love to try the milk chocolate. I love milk chocolate.
Theresa D
The merci petits sound good
Mary M.
They have flavors like Cream Truffle, Hazelnut-Almond, Praline-Creme, and Dark Cream,
Robin H.
The printable is an awesome extra in addition to good chocolate!
kim h
I wouild like to try the Merci Petits
Cynthia R
There are so many choices. I learned it is an international company! And those little petits looks perfect for popping in my purse.
Cynthia R
So many choices. I learned it is an international company! And those little petits looks perfect for popping in my purse.
Jenny
The merci petits look yummy!
Kimberly Hilbert
4 pieces are 300 calories, which isn’t bad. I didn’t know the company also made Werthers.
Shannon
You can’t go wrong with any chocolate…but the Merci Petits look yum!
Marilyn Wons
I learned that the idea of Merci was born in 1965!
kathy pease
1953
The export era begins
The age of export begins: particularly Storck’s filled candies are highly desired. The main markets are the USA, Sweden and Hong Kong. In addition, there are licenses for many Storck products in Italy, France and Austria.
More than 100 outside sales people provide for the company’s sales.
christine jessamine
I would love the merci petites
Kristen
I learned they also have mini chocolates called Petits.
sheila ressel
I’d like to try Merci Crocant
Simone
I would like to try the merci crocants.
Shirley Hicks
Merci Petits
Lorri S
Hazel almond
Kristy Thiel
I think the petits look delicious. Thanks for hosting!
thischickwins
i’d try the merci petits, since i’ve tried the “full size” pieces and end up breaking them in half
Tabathia B
I would like to try the Merci Petits Café et Crème
mystro.sense
i too like merci Petits, they do look delicious
Nicole Millheim
I found out they are sold at Wal mart
Annemarie Z.
I would love to try the merci Petits!
Mary Cloud
I’d like to try the Crocant’s
annabella @ centurytel dot net
gina
merci Crocant sounds good
jenn p
hazelnut almond sounds yum!
Deb S
The idea of Merci Chocolates was born in 1965.
Samantha
I want to try the merci Crocant
Lisa Buria
I would like to try Merci Praline Crème.
Sand
I would like to try the dark cream chocolates.
Brittney House
The merci Petits sounds good.
Lisa
I want to try the merci Petits.
krystal wethington
merci Petits look good.
Melinda Stephens
The Merci petits look awesome. And I can convince myself I am being healthier by eating smaller pieces. 🙂
Angela Cisco
i’d like to try merci Petits
Deb C
I would like to try the Merci Petits, but I don’t think they are available in the US. I love the assorted box of Merci Chocolates and the Cream Truffle is my favorite.
Kathleen M Smith
merci Crocant’s look good
Bonnie Caselman
I learned they were the first individually wrapped gift-giving chocolate in Germany.
AUGRIM
merci Crocant mit Mandeln verfeinert ist sehr gut!
Melissa
Merci Petits
Nicole Carter Weasley
I would like to try their Crocant on the French part of the site.
Mihaela Day
I’d like to try the Merci Petits 🙂
angela s
hazelnut almond..yum
jules m.
i learned you can send someone a personalized greeting in their chocolate box
Lily
I’d try the merci Crocant!
Jennette
I would love to try the Merci Petits et Creme.
Michael Paone
Cream Truffle sounds amazing. I love fancy chocolate.
Mya Murphy
merci Petits looks like pure heaven!!
darby
merci Petits
Tammy
Merci petits
Cálaeb Temple
i would like to try the merci crocant.
Julie Hawkins
I learned MERCI chocolates started in 1965
Ed Nemmers
The Dark Dream Chocolates would be my choice!
Colin Glendon
The merci petits sound really tasty
Paula Tavernie
I would love to try any of the Merci Petits!
amy deeter
love to try the merci Petits
susan smoaks
i would love to try the merci Petits Café et Crème
Lillian
I’d want to try the milk chocolate. That’s my favorite!
lisa lo
merci Crocant
The finest merci chocolate with a centre of crunchy hazelnut and cream croquant with almonds.
This sounds really good. It would also make a great Christmas present ..at least a bunch of them.
Brad Merrell
Any of the merci Crocants
Bryan E.
Thanks for the giveaway…we would like to try the merci Crocant
Elizabeth Miller
Hazelnut Almond. Yum
Breanne
merci Petits
melikegarfield
The merci Petits Café et Crème sounds divine!
Sherry Conrad
The merci petits look good.
Heather S
the hazelnut almond
Michelle Tucker
I’d like to try the merci Crocant.
Allison
The petits
Sky Kory
I’d try the Hazelnut Almond!
socratesjr
I love the Hazelnut/Almond combo or Merci Petits Cafe et Creme.
Samantha Port
I’d just LOVE to try the Merci Petits… it looks like they’re not available in the US though 🙁 It’s too bad, I’ve tried the variety packs like the one featured in this review and I really liked the chocolate. The hazelnut creme ones were to DIE for, seriously.
Tamara
The hazelnut-almond would be absolutely divine!
Buddy Garrett
I would love to try the Praline-Cremes.
Christian Alejandro
I learned they have merci petits!
Corey Olomon
I want to try the Merci petites.