Fairytale Babies!

Thursday, September 2, 2010 by Melissa Eisenstein
This has been an extremely eventful week here at Fairytale Brownies.  As our loyal readers know, one of our Customer Service Team members is having a baby.  Well, she's due anytime now, and we decided to throw her a Fairytale Surprise Party!


Needless to day, any good party here at Fairytale includes the best brownies on earth!  (No, the cake is cake, brownies were later.)  Tanika was so surprised and pleased...and I hope Mackel will be pleased with all the love shown by all our people here, and I'm sure he will be.

On Tuesday, we're kicking our season into high gear with the arrival of our seasonal employees here in Customer Service. They will be here until just before Christmas to help us send brownies, cookies, and all of our other corporate food gifts for the holiday season.  We have one who is with us for his fourth season, and has started with us already!  Welcome back Tony "The Confrontation" Sanders!   

As a side note, Rosh Hashanah will commence at sundown on September 8th this year, so, Happy New Year!

What's the buzz? Beer, Brownies, Buzzcation at The District

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Alyssa Andrews
I just want to remind everyone about the event Triple B: Beer, Brownies, Buzzcation happening Thursday at The District American Kitchen in Phoenix.

Bring your appetite for food, beverage and gourmet brownies because there will be plenty available beginning at 5:30 p.m. A suggested $5 donation at the door will go towards Fairytale Brownies' (and Aerotek) playground project with the nonprofit KaBOOM!

The District has reserved the wine bar room for for all buzzcation participants, and the house DJ will begin playing tunes around 7 p.m. Happy hour appetizer and drink prices will be in affect all night long.

 
Bring extra cash or your checkbook to purchase $2 raffle tickets for the following prizes: Two fudgy brownie gift towers from Fairytale Brownies; gift certificates provided by @BarterGroupAZ to Campus Flowers, Greene Video, Organic Cleaners, Az Powerchutes for 2 people, and a Hot Air Balloon Ride; a gift certificate to Famous Dave’s BBQ courtesy of @charshaff; and dinner for two at The District American Kitchen, from @DistrictKitchen.

Each person leaving The District for the evening will receive a Chocolate Chip Sprite and a NEW Fairytale Caramel Pecan or Double Chocolate cookie. We would like for you to tell us what you think of the cookies by tweeting @ftbrownies or commenting on our Facebook page. We LOVE feedback!

Come join in the fun while helping raise funds to build a playground for disadvantaged children in the Phoenix area.

 

 

Baby Shower, brownies style!

Monday, August 9, 2010 by Tanika Richards
Hello everyone, I know it has been a while since you have heard from your funny, friendly Fairytale Brownies customer service team member, but I am here to give you some updates. The last time we talked my boys were on their way to grandmother's house. Well they are back, ready for school and ready for their turn at "class treat for the day." They have already put in requests to me for Chocolate Chip Magic Morsels, and the designated snack-day lists haven't even gone out yet! Well, I have even a better surprise for them because now we have Double Chocolate Fairytale Cookies (coming this September). YEAH!! 

Next on the agenda is my baby shower, yes I am 9 months pregnant and having another boy. And by request from several of the attendees, they would like Fudgy chocolate brownies, so their wish is my command, even at my baby shower. The invites have been sent and 2 even included a 8-Sprite Favor which I feel is a great treat for one person.  Please look in the coming months for our new line of Cookie treats! ~Happy Reading!

8-Sprite Favor

My Anniversary with Fairytale Brownies

Thursday, April 8, 2010 by Tanika Richards
On March 24th, myself and another co-worker celebrated our 2 year anniversary with Fairytale Brownies. What a wonderful achievement; 2 years with an incredible Gourmet Brownie company. At our monthly company lunch, Eileen Spitalny and David Kravetz received two beautiful bouquets of roses from a company that has the ability to put your companies logo or a picture on the petals. As a selfless gesture, Eileen gave the flowers including the etched glass vases to my fellow anniversary co worker, Jennifer, and I.  Thank you Fairytale Brownies for 2 wonderful years, and I look forward to many more to come! 















My Bouquet














Jennifer's Bouquet














~ Happy Reading!

Free Shipping From Fairytale Brownies + Contest!

Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Hilary Lee
We recently asked our Fairytale Brownies Facebook fans what kind of Spring offers they would like to see. Most of the responses from our fans were to run more contests/giveaways in addition to more Free Shipping offers... You asked for it - and we listened!

Currently, we are running a new contest to win a Congratulations Morsel 24 if you correctly predict the top 4 Oscar winners for this Sundays Oscar Awards Show! For your chance to enter/win this contest please visit Fairytale Brownies Blog at blog.brownies.com or click this direct link http://blog.brownies.com/blog/ask-alyssa-all-things-prmarketing/0/0/predict-oscar-winners-and-receive-fairytale-brownies. Good Luck!

Also, if you order brownies online by Friday March 5th, receive FREE STANDARD SHIPPING on your order of $50 or more! Simply use priority code FACEBOOK at checkout to receive your shipping discount. Fairytale Brownies has a large selection of gourmet chocolate brownie gifts to choose from including Special Occasion packaging such as Happy Birthday Gifts, Thank You Gifts, Welcome New Baby Gifts, Congratulations Gifts, Easter Gifts, Thinking of You Gifts, and St. Patrick's Day Gifts! Send brownies to your friends and loved ones this Spring, it's a gift they won't forget! I promise! Visit brownies.com for more information.

Custom & Corporate Gifts -- Vegas, Baby!

Friday, January 15, 2010 by Hilary Lee
This week Brandie and Kristie from our Corporate Sales Team are in Las Vegas participating in the PPAI (Promotional Products Association International) Expo. The PPAI Expo is the premier tradeshow for the promotional products industry. Fairytale Brownies is there promoting our great line of products designed specifically for that industry.

Fairytale Brownies has many options for personalization which is very popular in the promotional products industry. For example, we can print your 4-color high resolution logo or photo onto either our wooden keepsake boxes, satin ribbon, favor boxes, and on our own custom craft box wrap. And since our gourmet brownies are individually wrapped, we can print your logo directly onto the brownie label! To find our more information on our custom & corporate gifts, including our promotional products, please visit brownies.com/distributor or brownies.com/custom.

Here is a picture taken by Brandie of our booth at the PPAI Expo. Today is the last day of the show, so we have lots of show details next week when Brandie and Kristie return. Until then...Have a Fairytale Day!


Fairytale Brownies Returns To Fancy Food Show With Expanded Line

Thursday, January 14, 2010 by Hilary Lee
Fairytale Brownies will return to San Francisco for the NASFT's 35th Winter Fancy Food Show with products for foodservice, retailers and catalogers. Fairytale Brownies will display and sample the wholesale brownie and truffle flavors at the Fancy Food Show from January 17th - 9th at Booth #1364 in the North Hall of the Moscone Center.

"We're listening to the particular needs of foodservice providers and retail outlets," Eileen Spitaly, Fairytale Brownies co-founder said. "Our goal is to simplify dessert preparation while preserving the integrity of our gourmet brand." Our new Fairytale Half-Sheets arrive ready to serve and can be cut to a preferred size or shape as needed. The Fairytale Half-Sheets (4 lbs.) are baked in Original, Chocolate Chip and Walnut flavors and are sold by the case (5/4 lb.).

New retail ready packaging for Fairytale's individually wrapped brownies is being introduced at the show. Brownies, Sprites or Magic Morsels now will arrive in a 4-color display box with a pop-up lid for maximum consumer visibility. "These boxes should work very well in the frozen section as an entire unit for sale because they are shrink wrapped," Spitalny said.

Other Fairytale Brownie products available for wholesale include a 1 lb. Brownie Tray (Original and Walnut flavors), 2 lb. Occasion Walnut Tray, Fairytale Truffles (Original, Caramel, Raspberry Swirl, Walnut and Candy Cane flavors), Special Occasion Assortments, Fairytale Sprites and Magic Morsels.

The 3" x 3" individually wrapped brownies and 1 lb. brownie trays are currently sold at all AJ's Fine Foods and Whole Foods grocers in Arizona, as well as Gelson's Markets in Southern California and other gourmet retailers. Fairytale Brownies also are ideal for gift basket companies who work with perishable items because each brownie is individually wrapped. See a list of all retail locations here.

Fairytale offers a great drop-ship program for catalog companies, floral shops and other online retailers. We ship UPS worldwide, and USPS to P.O. Boxes and APO/FPO addresses.

Fairytale Brownies began its successful mail order brownie business in 1992. Fairytale Brownies are baked with imported Callebaut Belgian dark chocolate and other natural ingredients and all brownies are Certified Kosher. 

Find more information on NASFT's 35th Winter Fancy Food Show.

For more information on Fairytale Brownies Wholesale Division, send an email to wholesale@brownies.com.

Gourmet Mail Order Brownies - Review & Giveaway!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 by Hilary Lee
The following is a review reposted on behalf of "News Around The Blogs:" 

"On the 2nd day of Christmas New Around the Blogs gave you a Fairytale Brownies giveaway and review. Fairytale Brownies is a company that started when two friends from school decided to share their love for chocolate and brownies with the world. The item I received to review was the Winter Sprite Wonderland assortment.

It included 16 individually wrapped gourmet brownies in flavors that included, Peanut Butter Brownies, Toffee Crunch Brownies and my favorite Chocolate Chip Brownies! These were a big hit arriving the week of Thanksgiving when my whole family was around. We were all tasting and trading. Fairytale Brownies have no trans fat, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, or artificial flavors. The Brownies are guaranteed fresh upon arrival. All Fairytale Brownies are certified Kosher as well. It's great knowing such care goes into these Brownies. Check out all of the flavors, as I am sure you can't pick just one.

There is an occasion to order Brownies every month of the year. From Welcome New Baby Gifts, to Happy Halloween Brownies, to Anniversaries and Happy Birthday Gifts, Fairytale Brownies knows how to say it. Fairytale Brownies are de-lish! The Toffee Crunch was sweet and crunchy, the chocolate melts in your mouth. You can find out more info about Fairytale Brownies on their Facebook Fan page, Twitter page and also they have a blog.

Buy it: Check out Fairytale Brownies website brownies.com, and you can order brownies online.
Win it: The great people at Fairytale Brownies want you to enjoy a Winter Sprite Assortment too! Here is how to enter:

Check out Fairytale Brownies and tell me which assortment you would send to someone and for what occasion! This must be done first for extra entries to count! Extra entries:
That's a whole lot of entires!! Giveaway runs until December 12th and a winner picked by random.org and announced on December 15th. Make sure you leave your email address or have it published on your blog."

Thank You Food Gift

Thursday, October 22, 2009 by Hilary Lee
Nothing expresses your heartfelt sentiments better than a dozen of Fairytale Brownies delectable gourmet brownies! We often receive comments from our customers that they send brownies as Thank You gifts as opposed to flowers or balloons, and their gift recipients have raved about their choice of fudgy chocolate brownies! We often receive comments like the following:

"Anyone I send your products to always enjoy them so much. You always have something just right".

"I love these brownies! My family has received them for the holidays a few times and they are always gone! They are a great alternative to flowers, especially because you can eat them! Fairytale Brownies are actually so delicious!"

"I am always looking for creative treats to send as gifts for Birthdays, Halloween and Christmas. I can't wait to hear from my out-of-state family and friends about this year's gift selection!"
 

This Thank You Sprite Dozen and Chocolate Combo contains 1 each of all 12 Fairytale Sprite flavors and a jar of Fairytale Endings chocolate dessert sauce all wrapped with our "Thank You" gift band! 

View our entire collection of Thank You Food Gifts. You can definitely feel good sending this delicious gift of appreciation! Visit brownies.com to order brownies today, or call our 24-hour customer service hotline at 800.324.7982. Enjoy!

Sweetest Day is October 17th!

Thursday, October 8, 2009 by Hilary Lee
Honestly, I had no idea what Sweetest Day was until I did some research on it. I thought it was along the same lines as Valentine's Day, but I still wanted to know the origins of the holiday and why we celebrate it! Here is what I found: 
  • During America's Great Depression, a man from Cleveland organized many people in an effort to provide a small token of friendship to the underprivileged, orphans, and homeless. Today the holiday has expanded to include small tokens of appreciation to friends and neighbors too. These tokens of appreciation can be small gifts or small acts of kindness. The holiday is held on the 3rd Saturday in October. (http://www.holidayorigins.com/html/sweetest_day.html
  • The origin of Sweetest Day is attributed to candy company employee as an act of philanthropy. However, a reporter contends that "Dozens of Cleveland's top candy makers concocted the promotion 84 years ago and it stuck." A Sweetest Day Committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy to "newsboys, orphans, old folks, and the poor" in Cleveland, Ohio. The Sweetest Day Committee was assisted in the distribution of candy by some of the biggest movie stars of the day. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetest_Day)
Today, Sweetest Day now largely involves giving small presents such as cards, sweets and flowers to loved ones. While it is not as largely observed as Valentine's Day, it is still celebrated in the United States. If you are celebrating Sweetest Day this year with your family, friends or loved ones, consider sending gourmet brownies! Chocolate brownies are the epitome of Sweetest Day in my opinion, so why not try them? Order brownies online at brownies.com or call 800.324.7982 for Fairytale Brownies 24-hour customer service line. 
   



Fairytale Brownies in Vegas, baby!

Friday, September 11, 2009 by Brandie Davenport
Kristie and I will be taking off early tomorrow morning and heading to Las Vegas! Fairytale Brownies will be exhibiting at the ASI Holiday and Incentives Expo on Wednesday and Thursday. We will arrive in Vegas on Tuesday morning and head straight to the Sands convention center to get everything set up for the show. Wednesday and Thursday we will be in the booth showing all of our new fall and holiday products. And sampling our delicious gourmet brownies, of course! If you are attending the show please be sure to stop by our booth #572 and visit with us! After all, I'm quite sure we will be the best brownie company at the show! 

Check back next week for some pictures we take at the show! 



      

Welcome Baby Gifts

Friday, September 4, 2009 by Brandie Davenport
What better gift for a newly announced pregnancy or birth than a box of delicious gourmet brownies. I know there are a lot of women that crave chocolate even when they aren't expecting so Fairytale Brownies are the perfect gift.  They also make a good midnight snack for sleepy new Moms and Dads!

The gift shown here is a dozen of our delectable brownies, including 1 of every signature flavor. Each 3” x 3” Fairytale Brownie is nestled in our classic box wrapped with a Welcome Baby gift band. Feel good sending a delicious gift to celebrate new life.

With several other Welcome Baby gifts available we are sure you will find the perfect way to show you care! 

Surprise Them With An Instant Party!

Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Hilary Lee
http://www.brownies.com/products/details.aspx?cat=1&cid=15&edp=5324&scid=blogWhy not surprise them on their birthday with an instant party! This great Happy Birthday food gift, the Birthday Surprise, includes 12 Fairytale Sprites (1 each of Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Cream Cheese, Espresso Nib, Mint Chocolate, Original, Peanut Butter, Pecan, Raspberry Swirl, Toffee Crunch, Walnut and White Chocolate 1.5" x 3" half-brownies), 4 Fairytale purple balloons, a KaBOOM! kazoo, 12 message candles and a "Today is my Birthday" button!

This gift is wrapped in a cheerful Happy Birthday band that is sure to make their day. So break out the Milk and help your friends, family and co-workers celebrate their special day with Fairytale Brownies!

We have many other Special Occasion assortments to choose from. Select from Congratulations, Happy Birthday, Patriotic, Thank You, Thinking of You and Welcome New Baby gift assortments. Fairytale Brownies is committed to providing you the best variety of gourmet brownies! Order brownies online today at brownies.com, or call our 24-hour customer service number at 800.324.7982. Enjoy!

Unique Gift Ideas for Summer Celebrations

Monday, August 3, 2009 by Hilary Lee
Summer is upon us and with it comes fun summer celebrations like birthdays and new family-member additions (babies of course!). With these special occasions upon us, Fairytale Brownies has just the right unique gift idea for you!  Have you ever sent a Happy Birthday food gift? Or, a Welcome Baby Gift of luscious Fairytale Brownies? If not, what are you waiting for? Fairytale Brownies has gifts for all special occasions, just visit our site brownies.com to see our huge assortment of fudgy chocolate brownie gifts. Order brownies online today :D


Birthday Surprise
Surprise them with an instant party! Includes 12 Fairytale Sprites (1 of each flavor), 4 Fairytale purple balloons, a KaBOOM! kazoo, 12 message candles and a birthday button. The gift is wrapped in our cheerful Happy Birthday band. 

View our other Happy Birthday food gifts here.











Welcome Baby Bear Hugs
Welcome their newest addition with a big hug from our adorably soft Brownie Bear. This gift also includes 6 Brownies in our best-selling flavors to help Mom and Dad through those late nights! Arrives in our classic gift box with a Welcome Baby band. Welcome Baby Bear Hugs is the perfect Welcome Baby Gift! 

View our other Welcome Baby Gifts here.







Celebrations Contest Winner!

Monday, July 13, 2009 by Hilary Lee
Last month, Fairytale Brownies partnered with Celebrations (a division of 800.flowers) to sponsor a contest to see who could come up with the most unique theme for a children's birthday party. The winners were selected last week and Fairytale Brownies shipped the winners their prizes. 

We received a great email from one of the winners this morning to let us know she received her gift and that she was so excited to try our delicious gourmet brownies! Here is what she wrote:

"I just received your wonderful box of delicious brownies awarded me as the 2nd place winner for one of the "Celebrations" parties. We gave a princess and pirate birthday party for my grandchildren - 3 year old boy and girl twins and 4 year old grandson - born one year and one week apart. The brownies are fabulous - thank you so much...what a treat!! - Maryl G."

Maryl received our Fairytale Double Dozen (see picture at right) for being the 2nd place winner in the contest. The Fairytale Double Dozen contains an assortment of 24 brownies carefully packed in our classic gift box with purple gift band. Thank you so much Marly for your great feedback and we are so happy you are enjoying the brownies!

~ Hilary


Thank you brownies for my dogs new vet!

Thursday, May 28, 2009 by Brandie Davenport

Me and my dog Wyndie had a little scare on Monday.  I thought she might have had a seizure!  All the vets were closed on Monday so I called first thing Tuesday morning to make an appointment.  I just recently moved so I hadn't picked a new vet in town.  I called the first one I could find.  They were able to get Wyndie in that afternoon.  As it turns out she didn't have a seizure, she actually got a hold of one of those nasty Colorado River toads.  The vet said all they have to do is lick it or something that it had been sitting on and it can cause a reaction.  They have a poison on them that can be very harmful to animals.  The vet and staff were so nice and informative!  The next day they even called to check on Wyndie.  So on my way home yesterday I stopped by the office with a thank you box of our gourmet brownies.  I couldn't think of a better way to thank them for taking care of my baby than delicious chocolate brownies!  I had to make sure the staff knew how thankful I was for their professionalism and care and I think a box of Fairytale Brownies did the trick!

 

Father's Day Rhyme FTB Style

Thursday, May 21, 2009 by Tanika Richards

Wrote a Brownie Rap and here it goes....

(8 count beat)

Tis the time and springs the season,
No making an excuse, June 21st's the reason

Let a chocolate brownie be the answer that day
No giving your father a sock bouquet! 

I know it's early, rather now than late,
Do a pre-order now, don't wait wait wait!

We deliver worldwide and in your counties
so go ahead and send delivery brownies.

Please send your orders Fairtyale Brownies way
to make this year a special Father's day!

He's not counting calories or watching his weight. 
Let's all be honest these brownies are great!
 

I know, "don't quite my day job". Behind the scenes: I was thinking that was a great way to put it in the minds of all fudgy chocolate brownie lovers to remember that great day. Remember BUY BROWNIES!!

~Happy Reading~

USABaby to give customers brownies on Mother's Day

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 by Alyssa Andrews
Sunday is Mother's Day and what better day to receive chocolate as a gift?

John Walston, owner of USABaby in Scottsdale, AZ, believes the Moms and Moms-to-be of the Valley should be appreciated. USABaby will show that appreciation from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday with fudgy brownies from Fairytale Brownies.

Several favorite flavors of gourmet brownies will be given to each Mom and Mom-to-be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Shop for the baby, shop for the nursery, shop for yourself - and get your dark chocolate fix for free. USABaby is located at 4848 E. Cactus Rd. Suite 800, Scottsdale, AZ 85254. Go to www.usababyphoenix.com for more information.

Shop for your brownie gifts at www.brownies.com.

Secretaries' Week Starts Monday

Friday, April 17, 2009 by Hilary Lee

Need to say "Thank You" in a special way? Show your office staff you really care with a special Fairytale Brownies gift from Phoenix Flower Shops. Say thank you to all of the individuals who take care of the details for you all year.

With Phoenix Flower Shops, you can save 10% on your order of Fairytale Brownies Thank You 8-Sprite Favor with Offer Code SW10 from phoenixflowershop.com.
The charming "thank you for all you do!" 8-Sprite Favor contains 8 gourmet chocolate Fairytale Sprites in Original, Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Toffee Crunch, Walnut and White Chocolate all hand packed in a lovely white box with silver bow. Fudge brownies from Fairytale Brownies are the best Thank You Food Gifts to share with your administrative staff - guaranteed!

Hurry, this offer from Phoenix Flower Shops
ends Monday April 20th!
 

Welcome Baby Gifts

Thursday, April 9, 2009 by Hilary Lee
Welcome their newest edition with a big hug from our adorably soft Brownie Bear. The Welcome Baby Bear Hugs gift also includes 6 luscious gourmet chocolate brownies in our best-selling flavors (Original, Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Toffee Crunch and Walnut) to help Mom and Dad through those late nights! This gift arrives in our classic gift box with Welcome Baby gift band! 



Don't worry we also have the same gift with our adorably soft Blondie Bunny! Nothing expresses your heartfelt sentiments better than fudgy chocolate brownies! Feel good sending a delicious gift to celebrate a new life.
Enjoy!