And later, they told us that beef jerky was actually the more popular of the two. {Chocomize Twitter}

To which we say, who are these people? Chocolate beef jerky and bacon? We’re not even sure if This Is Why You’re Fat has a category for that yet.

But we really do want to know, who’s coming up with these combos? So, we’re going to do a small giveaway to find out.

Entering is simple: visit Chocomize and take a look around. Once you’ve come up with your gourmet combo, stop by our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/Signature9) and post it on our wall.

There are 3 ways to win:

1. We’ll choose one bar as the Signature9 favorite, and pick up the tab to have it created for the winner.
2. If you don’t want to leave it to chance, we’ll also send a bar to the person who creates the combination garnering the most likes.
3. And finally, if you’re not creative, but just see something that looks like a great combo, give it a “like.” We’ll choose one person to receive the bar they like most.

Chocolate meat lovers, be forewarned, the Signature9 favorite will likely not involve beef jerky. We’ll take submissions until August 2nd, and announce the winners on August 3rd.

For now, the hottest new personalized product trend is creating your own chocolate. Chocomize, a New York-based Web company, offers custom-made candy bars, designed by the consumer and shipped right to their door. You get a choice of up to five out of 90 ingredients to add to your choice of chocolate bark for over 30 million combinations to create “chocolate exactly the way you want it.” You can also design your own packaging and engrave personalized messages into the chocolate.

Ingredients include nuts, fruit, seeds, herbs, spices and decorations in addition to some peculiar choices, with some of the most outrageous including Pop Rocks, vegetarian bacon, Edamame, corn nuts and Beef Jerky. {DesignCrave}

Chocolate bars start at $3.85. Thatâ€s pricey for a piece of candy, but perhaps worth it for the custom-obsessed or socially conscious, as a portion of the proceeds for each candy bar sold go to a charity of the customerâ€s choice. Chocolate with a personalized message is also a cute party or wedding favor idea.

Chocomize is not alone in the customized chocolate-verse. Createmychocolate.com (Chocri) offers a similar service with over 100 toppings and a charity donation upon checkout. Chocri was founded in Germany and launched in the United States this past January.

The coolest thing about Chocomize, however, is its back story. Eric Heinbockel, Fabian Kaempfer and Nick LaCava, three young entrepreneurs who met at Columbia University, founded the company after realizing the economic downturn meant poor job prospects for all of them upon graduation. They decided to create their own career path and chose to start a customized candy bar business after their own research showed chocolate to be one luxury good still in demand despite the recession.{CrunchGear}

Talk about inspiring!

From left to right, the Chocomize Smores Bar, Tighty Whiteys chocolate bar, and Fresh Face Forward chocolate bar