Create Unique Valentines When You Personalize Candy Bars

Looking for a unique Valentine? The best Valentines combine Hershey's chocolate, a custom candy wrapper and your personal message. At wrappedhersheys.com we have fill-in-the-blank Valentine variety packs available in different styles and colors for people of any age. Love animals? Check out our dinosaur, owl or zoo animal variety packs. Our how-to video below will show you how to create unique valentines by personalizing them with colorful sharpies and other embellishments, like stickers or glitter.

 

'Tis the Season to Give Back

This Holiday Season CARSON wrappedhersheys.com played Santa Claus for 50 disadvantaged girls and boys by shopping and wrapping hundreds of presents for them to open on Christmas. We coordinated our efforts with New Life as part of their seasonal outreach.

The entire Carson team visited Kohl’s and purchased coats, pj's, shirts, pants, shoes, socks and toys for a long list of deserving children. Check out our video to see each sweet employee shop for kids ages 1-14 until they dropped! Everyone met at the check out lines reserved for us with their carts full of delightful presents and hauled them back to the Carson warehouse for sorting and wrapping. It was a truly jolly experience to be able to give back during this heartwarming season.

 

Our Kisses Taste Test

The Hershey Company first produced their famous Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Kisses in 1907, but since the product’s debut, Hershey has created a variety of flavors. Our CARSON wrappedhersheys.com team decided to have a taste test at our monthly company meeting to try some of Hershey’s delicious kiss creations. Each employee tasted the Hershey’s Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Candy Cane, Cookies n Crème, Milk Chocolate with Almonds, Caramel, Mint Truffle, Cherry Cordial, Hugs and Air Delights Kisses. This sweet meeting ended with a popular favorite of the Candy Cane Kisses with Dark Chocolate and Caramel coming in as a close second. We can’t wait to see what flavor Hershey will create next!

Trendy Names in 2012

When you are a soon-to-be parent, choosing your baby’s name can be a difficult task. At CARSON wrappedhersheys.com we see a variety of baby names from unique to traditional. We never know what we are going to see on our birth announcements next!

For 2012, we did a little research to see what the experts believe are the upcoming trends in baby naming. We found that celebrity influence will play a large role in popular names. Mariah Carey started the trend by naming her daughter Monroe after her idol, Marilyn. Other names predicted to top the charts are Pippa as in Pippa Middleton and Blue Ivy after Beyonce and Jay Z’s newborn.

In addition to celebrity names becoming popular, the characters they play are also forecasted to make a splash in 2012. For example, Twilight characters such as Bella, Edward and Jacob are expected to be well-liked. Even villainous character names like Arlo from Justified are going to appear.

For boys, western names like Weston, Wyatt and Maverick are guessed to be popular among parents. Even oddball names like Landry, after Tom the football coach, and Gatsby, after the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are going to emerge in 2012.

For girls, adjective names like Loyal and True and names beginning with the letter “A” such as Arianna and Adelaide will be in style. The biggest surprise will be the old-fashioned name Betty reappearing in popular culture. Possibly after the famous Betty White?

Whether you decide to jump on the bandwagon of names or go against the grain, we are excited to share the joy of your newborn by helping spread the word with our HERESHEIS or HEREHEIS popular birth announcements.

Unforgettable December Occasions

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A Luncheon to Remember

Every year all the women and girls on my Mom’s side of the family get together for lunch to celebrate the start of a new year before school starts for the younger ones. It was the first year that I didn’t have to dread the idea of going back to school.

A couple of days before we went to lunch I decided I was going to surprise my family and create some personalized chocolate bars to give to everyone as a keepsake and to eat for dessert after we ate. I fell in love with one of our new fall wedding wrappers, WH40 - Beyond Measure. It reminded me of a Vera Bradley print and I thought it would be perfect for our outing.

This year we decided to go to LaRosa’s in Tri-county. I am not very good at keeping secrets so only a few minutes after we ordered some delicious pizza I jumped out of my chair and started passing out the personalized bars. I was so excited to see everyone’s reactions as I handed each of them the colorful bars that said “Merten Women Luncheon” on the front. The little ones decided they couldn’t wait to eat the chocolate and dove right in while my Grandma, aunts and other cousins couldn’t stop talking about how much they loved them. The bars were such a hit and at the end we all took a picture to remember this year’s fun lunch. 

Baby Shower Surprise

Last week I thought we were having a normal company meeting like we do every month. However, when I walked into the cafe to see if any help was needed in setting up, I was surprised to see that it was actually a baby shower for me!

Everyone at CARSON wrappedhersheys.com gave me way too many gifts, including a play gym, clothes, an adorable little bath robe and the stroller I had registered for. I must say, my grandma was very happy to hear I had received the stroller because she was worried that I did not have it yet. She kept telling me she would buy it but she has also already bought way too much for the baby. I guess that's what grandmas are for.

While I was opening gifts, it was decided that there should be a contest to see who can guess the date I go into labor. I'm hoping sooner rather than later but most likely the baby will hold out until my due date. I'm interested to find out everyone's guesses and to see who is the closest!

I was also surprised to see one of my former co-workers, Gail, at the shower. It was so good to see her and I was happy she had been invited. I was definitely not expecting my co-workers to throw me a shower and it was so sweet of them to think of doing so. I really appreciate all of the thought and planning that went into it and I know little Ava will love all of the gifts when she arrives.

Fun Fall Activities

The leaves are turning and CARSON wrappedhersheys.com can’t wait to participate in some fall activities. Not only are we excited about our new autumn designs like our Halloween wrapper HH68 Monster Mash and our wedding wrapper WH37 First Sight, we are eager to have some fall fun. Check out these top ten things to do in the fall.

1. Take a trip to a local apple orchard.

2. Support your high school at a Friday Night Football Game.

3. Visit a Pumpkin Patch.

4. Organize a neighborhood bonfire.

5. Go leaf collecting.

6. Make your Halloween costume.

7. Bake Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.

8. Visit a Corn Maze or Haunted House.

9. Take a scenic hike.

10. Build a scarecrow.

Connecting with Customers

Many people learn by watching so when we had the opportunity to hire someone with video skills we jumped at the chance. For several years, we've wanted to create videos for our customers that would provide easy instruction, give examples of how to use or display personalized candy bars and share information about our Hershey's chocolate gifts and favors.

That's where Molly comes in. We threw our big ideas at her within weeks of her starting work at wrappedhersheys.com and quickly she brought in a rough video for us to preview. I was completely surprised how Molly had taken our vision and transformed it into a fabulous presentation.

On our Facebook page Molly has posted videos for Mother's Day, Father's Day, National Chocolate Day and just last week we added wrapping instructions to our website. We placed another video on our Wrapped Hershey's YouTube channel. However, I'll be honest and tell you my three favorite videos so far are located on our blog. Under Next Generation, you'll find two super cute videos of Spencer and you must watch our very own cooking show, Chocolate Talk. I just can't wait to see what Molly does next. 

Unforgettable October Occasions

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