Kari's Cube

Fairytale Brownies is proud to be participating in Twestival Phoenix 2009 tomorrow night, September 11. Our fudgy Magic Morsels mini brownies will be served at the event, and a Fairytale Tower full of Belgian chocolate brownies will be auctioned off to help raise money for St. Mary's Food Bank.

I know what you're thinking... What is a Twestival? Click here for official details, but basically it is a Twitter-organized event that brings people together in real life to help out a great cause.

Currently, 857,349 Arizonans live in poverty. They include parents who must choose between paying rent and buying food; children sent off to school without breakfast, often returning home without hope of dinner; and seniors whose fixed incomes force them to choose between food and necessary medications.

St. Mary’s Food Bank is known worldwide for leadership in addressing the hunger needs hundreds of thousands of Arizonans each year. Last year, the Food Bank distributed enough food to prepare more than 50 million meals to feed the hungry. But it wasn’t enough. More is needed, and that's why the Twestival Phoenix event is supporting St. Mary's Food Bank.

If you're in the Phoenix area, check out Twestival Phoenix and join us if you can. If you're not, visit http://twestival.com to find an event near you.

Last week, I was searching Twitter to see who was talking about Fairytale Brownies and I came across a great story. I discovered two twitterers, Beth and Jewel, who made a real connection talking about tea and our Raspberry Swirl brownie. I couldn't resist sharing with you how our gourmet chocolate brownie gifts helped build a friendship, in their own words.

Jewel (@thetinyjewelbox): I was on twitter and one of my followers, a tea company, tweeted about her “tea of the week,” called Chocolate Rasberry Razzle Dazzle. I told her that with a name like that, I couldn’t resist. Another person (Beth), who I didn’t know, tweeted back to me “wow, we had the same idea. I ordered some too.” 

I asked if she had ever had Fairytale's raspberry brownie. She had never heard of Fairytale. I sent her to the website and she said they looked yummy. Completely on a whim, I asked her for her address and told her I would send her some. She sent it to me, and within 5 minutes I had ordered a dozen brownies online for her. She was in tears that a complete stranger would do something like that and then went on to share that she had been having a terrible day. I assured her that I hadn’t gotten up with a plan to send brownies to a stranger, but it just so happens that it worked out. 

Beth (@teaandthee): A very neat thing happened to me this past week, an act that will never be forgotten. Through my searches on twitter I have found some great tea companies selling all sorts of tea. One of them blends a new flavor of tea every week. This week it was Chocolate Raspberry, which was calling my name. So I decided to order some and I posted on twitter that I did. By chance another person on twitter (Jewel) also ordered the tea and saw my post. She added me as a follower and we started chatting. I was having a rough day and we were talking about it.

Jewel told me about these great raspberry chocolate brownies from a company called Fairytale Brownies. I told her that they sounded yummy and jokingly said she could buy me some anytime. She told me to send her my address and she would send me some. I sent her my address and on Thursday my brownies arrived. Let me tell you they are YUMMY. I wrote Jewel back that day with tears in my eyes and told her how much I appreciated her generosity and kindness. We have chatted many times since and I feel we have formed a friendship.

Thanks for sharing your story Jewel and Beth! It is great to hear how a gift of Fairytale Brownies helped bring you together.

And to all our other fans who are on Twitter, follow us: @ftbrownies.
~Kari