Hello! My name is Hilary and I am the Web Designer here at Fairytale Brownies. We are excited to introduce our new Fairytale Brownies Blog! Here, you will be reading about fun topics such as New Brownie Flavors and New Product Ideas, Customer Brownie Stories and Fairytale Brownies In The News, Gourmet Brownie Gift Ideas and delicious ideas for Holiday Gifts. You will also be reading about more serious topics, especially stories from our soldiers, their families, and troops abroad. We receive frequent cards and letters from soldiers who receive Fairytale Brownies Soldier Care Packages telling us about their brownie experience in lands far away.
We hope you enjoy reading about our Behind The Scenes going's on here at Fairytale. We encourage everyone to share your questions, comments, thoughts, and feedback with us. Happy reading!
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Posted Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by
Hilary Lee
Tune in to see Fairytale Brownies featured as the "Snack Of The Day" on Rachael Ray's Daytime Talk Show. We will be featured as the snack on the day on Wednesday, January 7th. Click this link http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show-info/showtimes/ to find your local time and channel for Rachael's show! We absolutely love Rachael Ray around here, so we are very excited to be featured on this upcoming show. If you get a chance to catch the show, please leave feedback for us on our blog. We love hearing our customer brownie stories. ~ Hilary
Posted Monday, January 5, 2009 by
Hilary Lee
Now that 2008 is behind us, we can start looking forward to the future! The next big holiday coming up is Valentines Day. With this sweet date so close to Christmas, its easy to forget, and let this holiday sneak up on you! Well, no worries, Fairytale Brownies has got you covered. Not only do we make it easy to order brownies online, but we have a full gourmet brownie gift line-up for Valentines Day that is sure to please the most discerning tastes. Here are a few examples:
Valentine Sprite Dozen Valentine Truffles Valentine Bear Hugs
So go ahead and romance your loved ones this Valentines Day by sending Fairytale Brownies. And remember, you can personalize your gift with your own words, photograph or logo on an elegant greeting card! Be sure to check brownies.com soon for our full Valentines Day Gift line-up! Happy Valentines Day!
~ Hilary
Posted Wednesday, December 31, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone has a fun way of ringing in the New Year tonight! I plan on having a family get-together, eating chips and dip, and of course snacking on Fairytale Brownies too!
Don't forget to visit brownies.com soon to check out our Huge After Christmas Sale. There are 3 great ways to save on your favorite Fairytale Brownies assortments. Choose from Buy One, Get One Free, Free Shipping, or Save up to 60% on selected products. Fairytale Brownies are a great way to send Thank You's to your friends and family for their Holiday wishes. Hurry back, this sale is while supplies last.
All of us here at Fairytale Brownies wish you a safe and Happy New Year! See you in 2009! ~ Hilary
Don't forget to visit brownies.com soon to check out our Huge After Christmas Sale. There are 3 great ways to save on your favorite Fairytale Brownies assortments. Choose from Buy One, Get One Free, Free Shipping, or Save up to 60% on selected products. Fairytale Brownies are a great way to send Thank You's to your friends and family for their Holiday wishes. Hurry back, this sale is while supplies last.
All of us here at Fairytale Brownies wish you a safe and Happy New Year! See you in 2009! ~ Hilary
Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Well, I'm back after being off of the grid for a while. I took a couple of much needed days off of work after the holiday. I'm sure quite a few of you did the same! Now that the major holiday rush is over, our customer service department gets many comments about the Fairytale Brownies gifts that people received. There was one comment in particular that stuck out to me today and I thought that I would share with you. This customer is just as passionate and excited about Fairytale Brownies as we are! ~ Hilary
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I work for MGM/Mirage Corporation and all of us at our Contact Center received a Christmas gift from Lance Burton, which was a 4 Brownie Gift Favor. Well...when I got home from work, I gave one of the brownies to my boyfriend and I had one also. I have never ever tasted a brownie that good, needless to say, I ate the other three! When I went to work the ext day, I asked one of my co-workers if she had tried them and she too thought your brownies were to die for. I have been raving to everyone who will listen that your brownie are the BEST I have ever had. I love brownies...forget cake, I want brownies! Thank you for making a small treat truly a delight. I will be placing an order soon. I know I can't go long without having another, and another, and another.
Sincerely, Vonnie J.
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I work for MGM/Mirage Corporation and all of us at our Contact Center received a Christmas gift from Lance Burton, which was a 4 Brownie Gift Favor. Well...when I got home from work, I gave one of the brownies to my boyfriend and I had one also. I have never ever tasted a brownie that good, needless to say, I ate the other three! When I went to work the ext day, I asked one of my co-workers if she had tried them and she too thought your brownies were to die for. I have been raving to everyone who will listen that your brownie are the BEST I have ever had. I love brownies...forget cake, I want brownies! Thank you for making a small treat truly a delight. I will be placing an order soon. I know I can't go long without having another, and another, and another.
Sincerely, Vonnie J.
Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Breaking News...Diane Ryan from News Channel 10 (Fox News) will be at the Fairytale Brownies bakery Wednesday 12/24 at 8:00 am - 9:00 am. If you are in the Phoenix Metro area, tell your friends and family to watch. Also, anyone who comes into the bakery or Fairytale Brownies retail store to buy gifts and mentions CHANNEL 10 will receive a FREE Morsel 24 gift! Click here for directions to our retail store. We are open until noon tomorrow, so come and visit us for your last minute gifts and stocking stuffers!
Happy Holidays! ~ Hilary
Happy Holidays! ~ Hilary
Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Our bakery is located in Phoenix, AZ and one of our neighbors is a construction and development company called Vivo. Recently, Vivo volunteered for the holidays at a local shelter in the valley called St. Vincent De Paul. They asked Fairytale Brownies for a donation of brownies to go toward the shelter, and we were more than happy to help out. Here is a picture that some of the Vivo workers took passing out some of our Fairytale Brownies. Additionally, Fairytale Brownies continues to donate thousands of brownies toward St. Vincent De Paul on a year-round basis. Thank you Vivo for helping to make the world a sweeter place!
Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
It's almost time, 3 more days...Wow! If you've got any last minute shopping to do but are worried about your gift getting there in time, don't worry! Fairytale Brownies is offering FREE CHRISTMAS DELIVERY GUARANTEED on selected products. Check out the selection here.
If you place our order by 4pm Arizona time Monday, December 22nd, we'll ship your package 2-Day delivery absolutely free. This is great for last minute gifts for friends, family, and relatives, parties, and even stocking stuffers! Our Magic Morsels are excellent for stockings. A box of 24 Holiday Magic Morsels is on sale for $27.81 + Free Christmas Delivery Guaranteed!
Happy Holidays!
~ Hilary
If you place our order by 4pm Arizona time Monday, December 22nd, we'll ship your package 2-Day delivery absolutely free. This is great for last minute gifts for friends, family, and relatives, parties, and even stocking stuffers! Our Magic Morsels are excellent for stockings. A box of 24 Holiday Magic Morsels is on sale for $27.81 + Free Christmas Delivery Guaranteed!
Happy Holidays!
~ Hilary
Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
We received a couple of very nice customer follow ups today that I thought I would share. These customers ordered brownies as holiday gifts, and their gift recipients LOVED them (we knew they would)! We love to hear your brownie stories. It helps us make sure we are doing things right and keeping our customers and their gift recipients happy. Keep those brownie stories coming! ~ Hilary
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I just wanted to let you know that everyone we sent the brownies to have called telling us how good they were and how they have really enjoyed them Thank you for your help and the prompt delivery to each recipient. Have a nice holiday.
Robbi W.
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Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I did not know your business existed. I received a catalog in the mail and was happy to support a local company, so I decided to send a few gifts. The recipients loved the product. I decided I'd better try some for myself and see if they were really that good. I ordered some and I love them, they are soft, tasty and not over the top sweet, which is good. Te biggest problem I see, is hiding them in the fridge so I won't eat them all in the first week! Congrats on a great product with reasonable pricing.
Judi K.
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I just wanted to let you know that everyone we sent the brownies to have called telling us how good they were and how they have really enjoyed them Thank you for your help and the prompt delivery to each recipient. Have a nice holiday.
Robbi W.
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Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I did not know your business existed. I received a catalog in the mail and was happy to support a local company, so I decided to send a few gifts. The recipients loved the product. I decided I'd better try some for myself and see if they were really that good. I ordered some and I love them, they are soft, tasty and not over the top sweet, which is good. Te biggest problem I see, is hiding them in the fridge so I won't eat them all in the first week! Congrats on a great product with reasonable pricing.
Judi K.
Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Well, I think the below customer stories speak for themselves. We are devoted to providing an extraordinary product and customer experience. We LOVE hearing your brownie stories, so keep them coming! And, thank you so much to Dan F. and Katie C. for your wonderful compliments!
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
My tech support department was sent a box of your brownies last year by one of our software distributors, and they were just about the best I ever had. I think my heart skipped a beat when I opened the box and saw another batch this year! This time I went around the building and shared them with the folks in other departments, and just had to share with you the instant message I got from one of my coworkers after sampling your brownies:
[15:08] : I think I just saw GOD
Keep up the good work.
Dan F.
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Dear Fairytale Brownies:
I received your brownies last Christmas and loved them so much that I am sending them to friends this Christmas. As I went to order online, I was wondering how it would work since I had 5 people to who to send brownies. Your website is WONDERFUL. It could not have been easier. This is the best website I have ever ordered from and I only wish that other web sites were as well-designed, user-friendly, and thoughtful. Every concern I had was easily addressed. I have never written to a company before, but just had to let you know how stellar your service and your brownies are. Plus, there was FREE SHIPPING on the very item I was sending! Thank you so much for making my holiday shopping easy and fun.
Sincerely,
Katie C.
Have a happy and safe Holiday Season.
~ Hilary
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
My tech support department was sent a box of your brownies last year by one of our software distributors, and they were just about the best I ever had. I think my heart skipped a beat when I opened the box and saw another batch this year! This time I went around the building and shared them with the folks in other departments, and just had to share with you the instant message I got from one of my coworkers after sampling your brownies:
[15:08] : I think I just saw GOD
Keep up the good work.
Dan F.
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Dear Fairytale Brownies:
I received your brownies last Christmas and loved them so much that I am sending them to friends this Christmas. As I went to order online, I was wondering how it would work since I had 5 people to who to send brownies. Your website is WONDERFUL. It could not have been easier. This is the best website I have ever ordered from and I only wish that other web sites were as well-designed, user-friendly, and thoughtful. Every concern I had was easily addressed. I have never written to a company before, but just had to let you know how stellar your service and your brownies are. Plus, there was FREE SHIPPING on the very item I was sending! Thank you so much for making my holiday shopping easy and fun.
Sincerely,
Katie C.
Have a happy and safe Holiday Season.
~ Hilary
Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Todays Daily Brownie Deal is our Keepsake Dozen. Regularly priced at $49.95, December 16th only, now $41.36 + FREE SHIPPING! This gift has 12 Fairytale Brownies, 1 of each Fairytale flavor, all packed in our handcrafted wooden keepsake box. A purple bow adds the finishing touch to this warm and stylish gift. Enjoy! ~ Hilary
Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
We frequently get customers sending us their experiences with Fairytale Brownies. Either as gifts for their friends and family, or as little indulgences for themselves. We often hear rave reviews from them. Here is one rave that came in to our customer service department yesterday that I thought I'd share with you:
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I love your brownies. A friend first sent them to me as a gift and I have been hooked ever since. I especially appreciate the Free Shipping this time of year. It made a huge difference for me. I've placed one order yesterday, four today, and am sure I will be ordering more before the week is out. I feel confident when friends get these that they will feel special as your presentation is so nice. Thanks again for a quality product.
~ Nicky K.
Thank you Nicky! Have a happy holiday season.
~ Your friends and Fairytale Brownies
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
I love your brownies. A friend first sent them to me as a gift and I have been hooked ever since. I especially appreciate the Free Shipping this time of year. It made a huge difference for me. I've placed one order yesterday, four today, and am sure I will be ordering more before the week is out. I feel confident when friends get these that they will feel special as your presentation is so nice. Thanks again for a quality product.
~ Nicky K.
Thank you Nicky! Have a happy holiday season.
~ Your friends and Fairytale Brownies
Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Ok, so I do consider myself to be somewhat of a blog lurker. I read tons of blogs on just about everything. Recently, I came upon a post that I enjoyed. This author was giving suggestions on ways to have some family fun online this season. Most of the sites listed I've seen before, but I thought it would be nice for me to share with your too. So, here are some of the suggested sites and a few that I threw in on my own:
Only 11 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes and 29 seconds left in the countdown to track Santa as he delivers gifts to children around the world!
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html
Christmas caroling is a great way to spread cheer to friends and neighbors. At Emoticarolers site, you can create your own virtual Christmas carolers. You can pick up to 4 emoticons to use as the carolers, then select your songs and you are on your way!
http://emoticarolers.com/
Enjoy the joy and magic of Christmas in Santa's Secret Village. There are many free activities like writing letters to Santa, read stories, enjoy karaoke, send e-cards, find recipes, play games and puzzles, print stories to color, and many more!
http://www.northpole.com/
See the scenic Northwest area where your Christmas tree grew up! Make tree decorations, color, play games, match holiday shapes, and meet Ev'rett the friendly Evergreen tree and sing-along. Also, you can enter a decorated tree photo contest to win an Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory vacation package.
http://www.visitmytree.com/
Create your own Christmas story. Fill in the blanks (Mad-Libs style) to help write your own Christmas story. When you're done, read your story starring you!
http://www.blackdog.net/cgi-bin/story/xmas.cgi
Send Happy Holidays or Christmas ecards to your friends and family for free. 1000's of cards to choose from and there is no registration required.
http://www.free-ecards4u.com/
Make yourself, friends, family, and even your pets into dancing elves. This is pretty fun and is hilarious to watch the final product. Definitely do this for a good hearty laugh!
http://www.elfyourself.com/
Have fun, and have a happy and safe holiday season.
~ Hilary
Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Step into chocolate luxury with Fairytale Brownies' velvety smooth Fairytale Truffles. We have taken our gourmet brownies to a new level with these snack-sized brownies made of Belgian dark chocolatey goodness. We are introducing three truffle flavors: Caramel, Raspberry, and Walnut. Raspberry Swirl is baked with lively raspberry puree that swirls through its top. Walnut is piled high with premium chopped walnuts. And Caramel has a creamy layer that flows through the middle. All three flavors are coated with 60% dark Callebaut chocolate and topped with sugar crystals (Raspberry), a walnut piece (Walnut), and a caramel dot (Caramel).
So go ahead and spoil someone with these tasty indulgences. ~ Hilary
Posted Monday, December 8, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
It's that time of year when we have extended business hours and our retail store is open on Saturdays. If you're located in the Phoenix area, you should stop by! All of the gourmet brownie gifts that we have in our catalog and our website are available at the retail store as well. You can even place your brownie order for delivery in person at our store. You can find our hours and location here at: http://www.brownies.com/customer_service/contact_us.aspx.
Here is one of our Christmas displays. We have several displays throughout the store. Also, along the back wall, we have a viewing window so you can watch the bakers baking our delicious brownies!
Don't forget to print out our buy 1 brownie, get 1 free coupon before you come! Find the coupon here: http://www.brownies.com/fairytale_fun/coupon.aspx.
We hope you come and visit us soon! ~ Hilary
Here is one of our Christmas displays. We have several displays throughout the store. Also, along the back wall, we have a viewing window so you can watch the bakers baking our delicious brownies!
Don't forget to print out our buy 1 brownie, get 1 free coupon before you come! Find the coupon here: http://www.brownies.com/fairytale_fun/coupon.aspx.
We hope you come and visit us soon! ~ Hilary
Posted Friday, December 5, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
My 9-year-old son and I are huge hot chocolate fans. More often than not, I can be seen at our local Starbucks ordering a cocoa over a latte. When Fairytale Brownies was looking to improve its cocoa this year I was really excited about it. We had employee taste tests to find the best tasting cocoa around. We tasted about 5 different cocoas from chocolate makers around the world. We finally settled on a new formula that is more chocolaty than ever! This silky new Fairytale Cocoa is made from pure sweet ground chocolate. It is a dark chocolate lovers dream and has a rich, molten chocolate taste that’s the perfect indulgence - especially for those cold winter nights. Hope you enjoy the new cocoa as much as I do. ~ Hilary
Posted Thursday, December 4, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Good Afternoon! Our customer service department received a nice customer rave today and shared it with the company. I decided to share it with you all as well. The message reads:
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
My solider in Iraq just received the brownies yesterday and is loving them!! They only took 6 days to get there via the post office. I really appreciated the Free Shipping to the APO/FPO address, and it's a great holiday gift too! He took a picture of the package and will send it to me! Thanks so much!
Mary C., Mesa AZ
Thank you Mary, and we hope that your soldier enjoys this little taste from home. We hope everyone out there is having a happy and healthy Holiday Season.
~ Hilary
Dear Fairytale Brownies,
My solider in Iraq just received the brownies yesterday and is loving them!! They only took 6 days to get there via the post office. I really appreciated the Free Shipping to the APO/FPO address, and it's a great holiday gift too! He took a picture of the package and will send it to me! Thanks so much!
Mary C., Mesa AZ
Thank you Mary, and we hope that your soldier enjoys this little taste from home. We hope everyone out there is having a happy and healthy Holiday Season.
~ Hilary
Posted Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
I don't know about you, but I am always looking for great ideas for stocking stuffers. Each year I try to mix it up a bit and fill them with different Christmas or holiday related items. My family is always looking forward to what new things will be appearing in their stockings!
Why not try gourmet chocolate brownies this year for your stocking stuffers? Fairytale Brownies are individually wrapped for freshness, so it's perfect to buy a box and fill each stocking with a few different Brownies, Sprites, or Morsels flavors. If you're wondering about our flavor family, check out this link: http://www.brownies.com/facts_info/flavors.aspx. Adding Fairytale Brownies will be a delicious twist to the traditional stocking stuffers we use every year. And don't forget to add some to your own stocking too! I hope you are having a happy and safe holiday season.
~ Hilary
Posted Tuesday, December 2, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Hello! When I got into work today at 7 am, there was already so much hustle and bustle going on in our warehouse that I decided to snap a few photos and share them with you. We are really busy prepping for the holiday rush, so our shipping department is pretty busy building gifts as orders come in for holiday shipments. Below is a picture of a few pallets of Santa's Surprise gift towers ready to be packed into their respective shipping boxes. I thought these towers looked like pretty red Christmas trees!
Below is a picture of our new custom gift printer in action. We can print full-color photographs and logo's on to our newly designed gift bands. This form of customization is a new process for us, but has been very popular so far this year. Our corporate customers love that they can order custom boxes with no minimums and they get free matching logo gift cards as well.
Hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes peak at Fairytale Brownies. Oh and by the way, I hope you caught us on News Channel 3 this morning from 6am - 9am. We had a great time with April Warnecke and the Good Morning AZ film crew.
~ Hilary
Below is a picture of our new custom gift printer in action. We can print full-color photographs and logo's on to our newly designed gift bands. This form of customization is a new process for us, but has been very popular so far this year. Our corporate customers love that they can order custom boxes with no minimums and they get free matching logo gift cards as well.
Hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes peak at Fairytale Brownies. Oh and by the way, I hope you caught us on News Channel 3 this morning from 6am - 9am. We had a great time with April Warnecke and the Good Morning AZ film crew.
~ Hilary
Posted Tuesday, December 2, 2008 by
Hilary Lee
Arizona magazine "Raising Arizona Kids" and Eileen Spitalny, Co-Founder of Fairytale Brownies, recently attended a KaBOOM build on May 29th in Phoenix in partnership with Helping Hands Housing Services. Fairytale Brownies spends several days each year building playgrounds with the national organization, KaBOOM!, which is dedicated to making the world a safer place for children to play.
Details about the build and our partnership with KaBOOM! is detailed here in this "Raising Arizona Kids" article http://www.raisingarizonakids.com/index.php?page=article_view&ar_id=578. You can also read more about KaBOOM! and Fairytale Brownies initiatives to help make the world a safer place for children to play here on our website at http://www.brownies.com/facts_info/kaboom.aspx
Details about the build and our partnership with KaBOOM! is detailed here in this "Raising Arizona Kids" article http://www.raisingarizonakids.com/index.php?page=article_view&ar_id=578. You can also read more about KaBOOM! and Fairytale Brownies initiatives to help make the world a safer place for children to play here on our website at http://www.brownies.com/facts_info/kaboom.aspx
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