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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283 Responses
I’d love to Ty their Dark Cream chocolates! I love dark chocolate!
Thanks!
I would like Hazelnut-Almond.
I would like to try the merci Petits
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I like the petits
I”d like to try the merci Petits Café et Crème
Thank you!
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I’d like to try the Cream Truffle flavor!
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The merci Crocant sound so good I love hazelnut and almonds
I want to try the blueberry truffles
the merci petits look awesome!
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..
I like the Merci Petits Café et Crème the best.
I would love to try the petits.
I learned that you can create your own merci packaging.
I’d love to try the merci Crocant.
I would like to try Merci’s Dark Mousse flavored chocolates.
Started in Germany in the 1960’s.
I would love to try the Merci Petits Café et Creme
Visited the site and I would like to try merci Crocant
the dark chocolate creams look so good!
I like the petits.
I would love to try the coffee and cream chocolates.
the merci Crocants
I want to try the Merci petits.
the petits
I would like to try merci Petits dark mousse
Praline-Crème chocolates yummy
I’d like to try the
merci Crocant
I learned that the company was founded in 1903. Now that’s what I call a successful company!
You can send someone a shining star!
merci Petits please
id love to try the Merci Petits!
I’d like to try the Merci Crocants.
I would like to try the Cream Truffle!
i’d love to try the hazelnut-almond flavor! LOVE anything hazelnut!
Four pieces of Merci has 300 calories!
Id love Hazlenut almond.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
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
i didn’t know they had merci Petits packaging, cute, I’ve always had the normal size ones.
The Cream Truffle flavor sounds so heavenly!!
I would love the merci Petits Amandel Room. They look and sound so yummy!
I would love to try the Merci Crocant
Id like to try the merci Petits.
Creme Truffle sounds really good!
I would love to try their cream truffle and their dark cream varieties.
I would like to try the Merci Petits.
I would like to try the Merci cream croquant with almonds.
I want to try the merci Petits….drool
Yummy they have Dark Cream Chocolate!
merci crocant sounds good also really like hazel nut
I’d also like to try their petits….I love their chocolates.
I’d like to try the Merci Petits.
I wann atry merci Crocant.
The merci Petits sounds good to me!
love to try the merci petits
I want merci Petits
I learned the Merci and RIESEN are distributed by the same company
I would like to try the “merci Petits”
I like merci Petits
I would love to try the merci Crocant.
I’d like to try the Merci Petits.
I learned that you can personalize their products..what a wonderful gift they would make.
Their dark creme chocolates look amazing. My favorite chocolates are the cremes
The dark chocolates!
I’d love to try the Praline-Creme and the Marzipan
I want to try the merci petits
I would like to try merci Crocant.
Hazlenut
I would like Hazelnut-Almond.
Id love to try the merci petits!!
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
Merci Cream Truffle!!!
merci Petits
The Merci Petits look delish!
I think the Hazelnut Almond
the hazelnut almond chocolates sounds amazing! and flavorful !
I sent a beautiful star thank-you to someone I loved! Cute! They have quite a wide range of chocolates. and they are international!
I didn’t know they made Merci Petits. I would like to try those.
I would like the Merci Petits
would like the hazelnut almond chocolate
I would like to try the Hazelnut Almond.
The Merci Crocant sounds amazing – the combination of chocolate with the hazelnut and cream croquant with almonds is too good to pass up!
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.
I’d love to try the merci Crocant chocolates.
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to try their Toffifay®.
cjnedrow at gmail dot com
I’d like to try the merci Petits
I would like to try the merci Petits Lait et Crème
I want to try the milk chocolate,
cream truffle
I’d love to try the Merci Crocants – thank you.
The Almond just looks delicious!
I’d like to try the Merci Cream Truffles!
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
The hazelnut almond sound awesome
i like the Merci Petits
I’d like to try the Merci Petits
petits for sure
I learned that the idea for merci was born in 1965
I would like to try the merci Crocant
The Merci Petits sound good!
I like the merci Crocant
merci Crocant are yummy too
Dark Cream chocolates
I would love to try the Hazelnut Almond
The merci Crocant sounds great. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
I would also like to try the Merci Petits, yum:)
I’d like to try Merci Petits in any flavor.
I would love to try Merci Petits Lait et Crème.
callawishes(at)hotmail(dot)com
They are part of Storck and they are not hiring in the US right now:)
I want to try the petits
he merci Petits
I’d like to try the mocha cream merci petits
I’d love to try the Hazelnut-Almond!
would like to try merci petits.
Um, all of it? 🙂 The Hazelnut-Almond chocolates sound awesome!
I learned they are in over 70 countries.
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.
I would love to try the Hazelnut Almond.
I’d like to try the Merci Petits Cafe et Creme.
I like their merci petits!
Oh, I can’t pick just one to try. I LOVE all chocolate!!
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.
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
I want to try the Crocant chocolates
I’d like to try the merci Petits
I would love to try their petits!
I learned that the company makes MErci Crocants – something I’d love to pack in my purse
I wish I could try the merci crocant. With hazelnut. Oh I love a good crocant
would love to try the merci Crocant
I would like to try the merci crocants.
I’d love to try the merci Crocant, sounds yummy.
would love to also have merci Crocant
I learned that merci has flavors like Cream Truffle, Hazelnut-Almond, Praline-Creme, and Dark Cream.
I want to try the Merci Crocant
I like that on their website you can get sheet music for the merci song for guitar and piano.
i like the milk chocolates .
I’d try the prailene crème chocolates
I would like to try the Merci petites
The finest merci chocolate with a centre of crunchy hazelnut and cream croquant with almonds. is the mercy crocant! yum
i would like to try the merci petits
I want to try the dark chocolate creams
I’d love to try the Merci Petits as well! I’m all about having a stash of little sweet treats for after dinner 🙂
I would enjoy trying the Merci Petits
I’m a huge fan of dark chocolate so the dark cremes are right up my ally.
I would love to try the Merci Petits!
I would love to taste the Merci Petits…Yum
The Hazelnut-Almond sounds really good.
The chocolates
I learned you can personalize a merci card for giving.
Hazelnut Merci?! OMG!!
Dark Cream,.
I’d like to try the merci crocant.
I would like to try the Petits Café et Crème.
I would like to try the Cream Truffle.
I’d like to try the merci Crocant
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.
I would love to try the merci Crocant in hazlenut. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
merci petits
I think the Praline-Crème sounds good
I would like to try the Merci Petits and i learned that they are a European chocolate.
I would like to try the merci petites
I would like to try the merci petits.
I would like Hazelnut-Almond.
I want to try the Hazelnut Almond.
hazelnut almond looks great
the merci Petits looks good too
Ohhhh the dark cream or hazelnut cream
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I’d like to try merci Crocant
I love that you can personalize your gifts! For the US market I most intrigued by “Cream Truffle” just the name implies DIVINE!
I learned that you can customize your greeting.
Thanks for the contest.
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.
I’d like to try some of the Merci Petits chocolates
LOL! I learned they have ringtones you can download and you can also send a shining bar 🙂
I’d love to try the Hazelnut Creme
I’d love to try the merci Crocant.
I would love to try the merci Crocant
I want to try the crocant.
like to try the merci Petits
I would like to try the merci petits
I want to try the Merci Petits
Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to try merci Crocant….sounds delicious!
I’d go for the merci petits 🙂
The petits look delicious
I would love to try the Merci Crocant!
I would like to try the merci petits.
Dark Mousse, yum!
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
I would like the Hazelnut-Almond
merci Petits Hazelnoot Room
merci petits
I’d like to try the merci Crocant
I’d like to try the petits!
I would also like to try the Merci Petits.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I would like to try the merci Petits
merci Crocant – yum yum yum!
dark cream
I’d like to try Merci Hazelnut-Almond chocolates.
Hazelnut Almond sounds divine! 😛
I would like to try the Hazlenut Almond Candies, they look amazing.
the hazelnut almond sounds great
I’d like to try the Merci Petits Cafe et Creme. they look great!
I’d like to try the Merci Crocants.
I would love to try the milk chocolate. I love milk chocolate.
The merci petits sound good
They have flavors like Cream Truffle, Hazelnut-Almond, Praline-Creme, and Dark Cream,
The printable is an awesome extra in addition to good chocolate!
I wouild like to try the Merci Petits
There are so many choices. I learned it is an international company! And those little petits looks perfect for popping in my purse.
So many choices. I learned it is an international company! And those little petits looks perfect for popping in my purse.
The merci petits look yummy!
4 pieces are 300 calories, which isn’t bad. I didn’t know the company also made Werthers.
You can’t go wrong with any chocolate…but the Merci Petits look yum!
I learned that the idea of Merci was born in 1965!
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.
I would love the merci petites
I learned they also have mini chocolates called Petits.
I’d like to try Merci Crocant
I would like to try the merci crocants.
Merci Petits
Hazel almond
I think the petits look delicious. Thanks for hosting!
i’d try the merci petits, since i’ve tried the “full size” pieces and end up breaking them in half
I would like to try the Merci Petits Café et Crème
i too like merci Petits, they do look delicious
I found out they are sold at Wal mart
I would love to try the merci Petits!
I’d like to try the Crocant’s
annabella @ centurytel dot net
merci Crocant sounds good
hazelnut almond sounds yum!
The idea of Merci Chocolates was born in 1965.
I want to try the merci Crocant
I would like to try Merci Praline Crème.
I would like to try the dark cream chocolates.
The merci Petits sounds good.
I want to try the merci Petits.
merci Petits look good.
The Merci petits look awesome. And I can convince myself I am being healthier by eating smaller pieces. 🙂
i’d like to try merci Petits
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.
merci Crocant’s look good
I learned they were the first individually wrapped gift-giving chocolate in Germany.
merci Crocant mit Mandeln verfeinert ist sehr gut!
Merci Petits
I would like to try their Crocant on the French part of the site.
I’d like to try the Merci Petits 🙂
hazelnut almond..yum
i learned you can send someone a personalized greeting in their chocolate box
I’d try the merci Crocant!
I would love to try the Merci Petits et Creme.
Cream Truffle sounds amazing. I love fancy chocolate.
merci Petits looks like pure heaven!!
merci Petits
Merci petits
i would like to try the merci crocant.
I learned MERCI chocolates started in 1965
The Dark Dream Chocolates would be my choice!
The merci petits sound really tasty
I would love to try any of the Merci Petits!
love to try the merci Petits
i would love to try the merci Petits Café et Crème
I’d want to try the milk chocolate. That’s my favorite!
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.
Any of the merci Crocants
Thanks for the giveaway…we would like to try the merci Crocant
Hazelnut Almond. Yum
merci Petits
The merci Petits Café et Crème sounds divine!
The merci petits look good.
the hazelnut almond
I’d like to try the merci Crocant.
The petits
I’d try the Hazelnut Almond!
I love the Hazelnut/Almond combo or Merci Petits Cafe et Creme.
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.
The hazelnut-almond would be absolutely divine!
I would love to try the Praline-Cremes.
I learned they have merci petits!
I want to try the Merci petites.