Back in May, Mars put up a website at www.realchocolate.com that is giving away chocolate on Fridays through October.  I just discovered this today!

In their words, “Times are tough and we at Mars want to help. How, you ask? Every Friday through October, Mars will give away free real chocolate to 250,000 people.”

If you are one of the first 250,000 to register on the site on a particular Friday they will send you a coupon for a free M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, 3 MUSKETEERS®, MILKY WAY®, or DOVE®— for free!  That’s pretty exciting.

The website has emphasis on the “real chocolate.”  By clicking the “why real chocolate” button you’ll get a little bit of education on the U.S. standards of identity for chocolate.  This is good information that every chocolate lover should understand.  Afterall, you don’t really want something that just kind of like chocolate, do you?  I don’t think so.

So, it’s July now, and I have, for the first time, submitted my registration for a free candy bar.  Given the choices I think a dark chocolate Dove would be my choice.  Dark M&Ms are good too, but sometimes hard to find. 

And, I’m not exactly sure why, but my tastebuds do give some favor to the Twix bar even though I’m not much of a fan of milk chocolate.  The Twix is best if it first spends a few hours in the freezer.  It’s cold, it’s crunchy, and the caramel develops a nice snap.  Yum!

Be sure to get your chocolate relief next Friday.