Chocolate lava cake giveaway starts today

A pizza chain with 19 Dayton-area locations today unveiled a chocolate lava-cake promotion that will give away free orders of the dessert to the first 1,428 people who register on a Facebook page.

Domino’s Pizza franchisee Tristan Koehler, who operates 19 pizza shops in and around the Dayton area and one in Richmond, Ind., chose 1,428 because that’s how many days have passed since the chain’s “Lava Crunch Cakes” were launched in August 2009.

Those who want a free order of lava cakes must register on the Dayton Domino's Facebook Fan Challenge page, Koehler said in a news release. The first 1,428 people to sign up will be mailed a gift certificate for a free order of lava cakes, which consists of two cakes and retail for $3.99.

As part of the promotion, the Dayton-area Domino’s are looking for the region’s “fastest Lava Cake eater,” Koehler said. The record currently stands at 38.9 seconds and is held by a couple of Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers. “We invite our customers to try to beat this record, and to post a video on our page when they do it,” Koehler said.

Here is a list of the locations offering and redeeming the Lava Cakes gift certificates (all phone numbers are in the 937 area code):

1450 Kuntz Road, Dayton, 937-228-3030

531 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, 937-298-3030

5391 N. Dixie Drive, Dayton, 937-275-3030

6583 Brandt Pike, Dayton, 937-236-3030

1219 E. Central Ave., Miamisburg, 937-859-3030

1240 Spinning Road, Dayton, 937-253-3030

5995 Bigger Road, Kettering, 937-433-0968

5099 Springboro Pike, Dayton, 937-294-3030

3512 W. Siebenthaler Ave., Dayton, 937-278-3030

26 E. National Road, Vandalia, 937-898-7000

1258 Kauffman Ave., Fairborn, 937-878-3030

3320 Dayton Xenia Road, Beavercreek, 937-427-3030

17 N. Allison Ave., Xenia, 937-372-9282

2 N. Smithville Road, Dayton, 937-258-3030

885 E. Franklin St., Centerville, 937-434-8999

502 W. National Road, Clayton, 937-832-1336

1800 N. Main St., Dayton, 937-277-3030

4399 W. 3rd St., Dayton, 937-263-3030

2533 Wilmington Pike, Dayton, 937-297-3030

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