‘Shark Tank’ preview: Chocomize Chocolate Bars and a Tom + Chee update
Friday night’s “Shark Tank” will be the last before Thanksgiving, so be prepared to give thanks that the producers have waited to put on some interesting products until this show. You’re going to have an opportunity to see everything from fashion to food … but since we love to torment ourselves on the site by looking at particularly tasty things, it should not come as too much of a surprise at all as to the direction that we’re going to go with the preview.
We’re not going to sit here and say that Chocomize is revolutionizing the food industry with the idea of creating custom chocolate bars, since we’ve already seem similar ice cream products on the show already. However, this is the age of customization and everyone being a foodie, so it still to us seems like a cool idea to turn something as simple as a chocolate bar into a gift. Let’s put it this way: You can either go to an antique store and pick someone up a knickknack that they will lose someday, or give them something fun that can feel touching, and they will be able to eat soon after. They are a little on the expensive side, but at the same time it’s not any less than if you were going to a Godiva store in the mall and buying a box there.
It’s hard to say too much more about the product without seeing the financials, but we like the website, and it makes it easy to figure out how to make a custom chocolate bar and however much it costs. The big issue we see for them is customer acquisition, and then surviving the non-holiday months where there may not be as much of a need for this. We don’t see someone ordering these chocolate bars on a daily basis; if you’re hungry for instant candy, you’ll just go buy a Kit-Kat or something.
Take a look at the synopsis below if you want to see the full synopsis for the episode, which also mentions a return for grilled cheese restaurant Tom + Chee, just in case you are not hungry already:
“A husband & wife team from Austin, TX shock the Sharks’ with their extremely lucrative online sales for knee-high boot socks. Two publicists from Santa Monica, CA created a stylish clutch for easy access to your smart phone and just the essentials. A couple from San Ramon, CA solve a school day dilemma by providing kids a way to personalize and create their own lunchbox designs, and a finance expert from Long Island City, NY has a sweet take on customizing the chocolate bar of your dreams. Also, an update on Corey Ward & Trew Quackenbush from Cincinnati, OH and Tom + Chee, their gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches made with artisan cheese and glazed donuts, which Barbara Corcoran and Mark Cuban invested in during Season 4.”
While we’re curious about some of the other products, we’ll leave them a surrprise for now. Our full review of this episode will be published after the episode airs.
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