Growing up with three other siblings and semi-poor parents, Christmas was hard on my beloved mother and father. However, on occasion, my mother would buy us one of these mouth-watering treats. They were always SO special to us, and easily my favorite Christmas stocking stuffer. Christmas was the only day we ever had them, and not even every year.... I always woke up on Christmas morning, hoping it would be a 'chocolate orange' year. It was the ONLY thing I looked for in my stocking.

Well, I couldn't find anywhere carrying them last year, nor could I find them this year. I finally caved and searched for them on amazon, and was happy to see there were 6 balls for .... well, $26. Worth the price, as steep as it might be. So I started looking for chocolate raspberries, and alas..... no search results!

I quickly scanned the rest of the web, googling Terry's chocolate raspberry balls... and there was one hit... ONE. Excited and curious to know if they really had any in stock, I set about making my order! With fingers a-flurry, I registered to their site.. something I never do.... and 'wham!'.... I mashed the order key faster than my heart could skip a beat.

And they only deliver in North Carolina.

I highly doubt the store even has them as their website advertises, because from a yahoo answer, I've surmised Terry's no longer makes these finger-licking sweets.

And now I just want to sit here and cry. I can order the oranges, but the raspberries!!!!!! How I will miss their taste on my tongue....

:'(


Anyone in NC want to check on this for me?

Does anyone else like these chocolate balls? What one treat always gets you every year? What treat do you look forward to?

Sorry to hear about that sing....I'm sure you will find some near you again soon. Please cheer up there's, always a way of getting them again! ^-^

That's terrible! I can't imagine having a Christmas without one. They've become a big tradition in my family.

They're not really popular in my area, but they're always full on store shelves. I really wish One Day Shipping was a reality around here so I could send you one.

I don't live in North Carolina so I can't send you any (cause I can't get my hands on them either).  The next best thing would be making them right? I tried searching for them, but came up short. I did, however, find a recipe for something sort of similar. They're not chocolate raspberry balls, but they are chocolate covered raspberries.  hope this can help!
Sorry I couldn't help you out anymore then this.

I also found this recipe for Raspberry fudge balls as I was typing. Here that is http://www.cooks.com/recipe/hx9tr1zz/raspberry-fudge-balls.html

I hope you have a merry Christmas anyway!

This is the closest thing I could find (besides the obvious chocolate orange): http://shop.sweetworks.net/Florida-Tropics-Milk-Chocolate-Raspberry-Balls-53-oz-bag-1-Count_p_276.html

Hope this helps

I remember when the raspberry ones were around too! I haven't seen them for at least 7 or more years, so I'm pretty sure they don't make them anymore (except for that site online that only delivers in North Carolina). I can easily find the other kinds in almost any store (milk, dark, toffee crunch), but sadly, I think the raspberry one was discontinued a long time ago. They also had a mint one that was discontinued last year, which was pretty good too. If I had the money, I'd gladly send you a couple of them, but I can't really afford it.

Almost every year I get one of the oranges for Christmas and this year was no different. I got a milk chocolate one which I've yet to open. It's sort of been a tradition in our family too with the oranges.

I can't really help you with this, but I've told you all that I know about it. I hope you eventually get at least one of the kinds of oranges to have!

I decided to post about my Christmas here, because it's actually quite relevant to the original intents of this thread, and because I don't want to create a brand new thread solely for the sake of telling everyone about my Christmas.

For those who don't know me or hadn't kept in touch, I was really dreading my Christmas break. My husband decided we would host Christmas for our families this year, and this introduced a plethora of stresses that I really didn't need in my life and which would bore everyone if I shared them.  Thus, when Christmas morning rolled around, I really was not a happy camper.  I've always been a family person, but I felt very overwhelmed by all that our Christmas would entail.

I quickly found my expectations disproved, and I came to enjoy the day.  My in-laws set about finding broken things in the house that I had asked my husband to fix... and they fixed them. I know Jason had been too busy to get to them, so seeing my in-laws chip in without even being asked... was a Christmas gift all in itself. My stove works, my smoke alarm has a better grip on things, and my garbage disposal no longer clunks.  Jason's mother even got up with me on the day after Christmas to do the dishes with me. Can anyone relate to that?  Just having her there by my side, chatting with me as we cleaned up after our Christmas dinner..... I felt so much weight lift off my shoulders.


Jason even let his father put up a little Christmas tree... the first that we've ever had in our household as a married couple:

And while the family visiting was certainly my favorite part, I have to say that I felt quite spoiled this Christmas.  I can't remember feeling so spoiled since I was living at home pre-2005 and my parents would fill every space under our Christmas tree.  We watched the movie I can't live without (and my Christmas tradition, It's a Wonderful Life), then set about playing our own version of dirty Santa.  This tradition in the Singell family was created the year Jason and I got married, as an activity to bring us together.  The game results in blindly choosing gifts, and I was quite satisfied with the resulting gifts I had stolen from my family.  

Then, my sister-in-law and parents-in-law really decided to lift my spirits by gifting me with very thoughtful things.

Here are some shots from the game itself and what I blindly won.  I kept choosing box shaped presents because my OCDness and nerdiness make boxes very exciting.

Singelli :

... I'm definitely glad I ate before reading that post, lol.

Finally! I get to know how your Christmas was, and I'm quite jealous. But happy at the same time. Isn't it funny how you thought how chaos would come of it, but it's the complete opposite? Hehe.

So out of curiosity, that pink thing with the little cat napping, is that a sticky note too?

And on a side note, I really thought that ice cube tray was some sort of toddler toy at first. But then I realized that they don't teach toddlers that kind of math yet... I think.

Mistress :  I know!!!! My Christmas totally failed my expectations, but in the best way possible.  ^.^  I'm just so happy that all my dread was for naught.

The pink thing with a napping cat is a pad of sticky notes, yes.  ^.^  There was another pad of sticky notes too, but I figured it'd be silly to post another picture of sticky notes. hehe.

And no... no most toddlers don't learn that kind of math. XD Jason's dad ordered me the ice cube tray.  I told him I can play with my food and not feel guilty, and I can make lame jokes.  "Hey, is that a plus sign floating in my cup?  Well doggone it, today is gonna be a positive day!"

Strange, isn't it? Each persons life touches so many other lives. When they aren't around they leave an awful hole, don't they? (We have a tradition in common.)

I'm so happy to hear that everything was grand!