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Wonka Easter Candy Review

April 24, 2011 By

Running out to the store today to buy last-minute easter candy ? It’s okay, I forgot to buy a HAM for dinner! We might end up eating fried chicken from the Meijer deli for dinner instead! Anyway, I have some suggestions for last minute treats from Wonka that will make excellent additions to plastic eggs or Easter baskets.

Wonka sent me a few samples of their Easter candy, including the super-cute SweeTARTS Candy Carrot. It’s a clear, carrot-shaped bag filled with orange flavored Wonka SweeTART Jelly Beans that is almost too cute to open and eat!

DoubleYummy Gummies- Individually wrapped large gummy bunnies and chicks in natural orange, lemon and strawberry flavors. The back side of the gummy is a “soft mallow” which tastes sort of like a marshmallow gummy. It mellows the tartness of the fruit flavor.

Wonka Exceptionals Chocolate Waterfall Eggs- Milk chocolate eggs with a white chocolate “waterfall” marbled throughout. My husband loves white chocolate and claimed most of these for his own!  I did get one to try and it was delicious.

Wonka Exceptionals Scrumptious Chocolate Eggs- Chocolate eggs with crispies and toffee in them. I was tempted to not share these with the kids and keep them for myself! Ryan and I are the big toffee fans, and we both agreed that these are incredibly good!

Egg Fillers- All of the Wonka favorites like sweeTARTS, Gobstoppers, Spree and Bottlecaps in little packets perfect for filling plastic eggs. As the one who’s job it is to fill the eggs every year, I like looking for individually wrapped candy. After all, those little plastic eggs sometimes break open when grabbed by excited kids, and who wants to pick candy out of the grass?

The shelves at Walgreens yesterday were still pretty full, so I would check there or CVS if you have to run in somewhere quick. Otherwise, Target and Walmart should still have candy left today.  Check out the Wonka website to learn more about all of their products, play games, even listen to music. And also, HAPPY EASTER!

disclosure: Wonka sent me samples of their Easter candy to faciliate this review. No other compensation was received.

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Hershey’s Makes Valentine’s Day Extra Sweet

February 10, 2011 By

For me, Valentine’s Day is all about chocolate, and especially Hershey’s chocolate.  In fact,  according to a poll done for Hershey’s last year, more people want Hershey’s for Valentine’s Day than flowers or jewelry. Hershey’s has lots of options for sweet gifts, in festive wrappers and packaging. For school Valentine exchanges, Hershey’s offers Snack-Size Treats in NEW Cookies ‘N’ Crème, Hershey’s Kisses, and Kit Kat Wafer Bars.

For gift-giving, Hershey’s has really outdone themselves with their Valentine’s Day Collection. Some of the many Hershey’s chocolates available in special holiday packaging include:

* Hershey’s Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates wrapped in pink, red and silver foils
* Hershey’s Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates with Almonds wrapped in red and gold foils
* Hershey’s Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates Filled with Caramel in pink foils
* Hershey’s Kisses Brand Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolates in red and purple foils
* Hershey’s Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates Filled with Cherry Cordial Crème in pink foils

Those looking for heart-shaped, ready-to-gift options need to look no further. Hershey’s offers an array of beautifully decorated Valentine’s Day-themed boxes featuring both classic and premium favorites, including:

* NEW – York Dark Chocolate Covered Peppermint Pattie Hearts
* NEW – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures Heart Box
* NEW – Hershey’s Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates Heart Box
* NEW – Hershey’s Pot of Gold Truffles Collection Red Checkered Heart Box
* NEW – Hershey’s Pot of Gold Premium Collection Red Swirl Heart Box
* NEW – Hershey’s Pot of Gold Truffles Milk and Dark Chocolate Gold Swirl Heart Box

Hershey’s sent me some treats to review, and although I tried to keep them hidden, the kids figured out where they were pretty quick. It doesn’t take long for chocolate to disappear in this house!  We enjoyed a bag of Hershey’s Kisses in pink, red, and silver foils, a bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Hearts, and a package of snack-size Kit Kats.  Now I’m just hoping that my husband surprises me with a Pot of Gold Heart-Shaped Box for Valentine’s Day!

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Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2010 By

Pumpkin stickers by Pumpkin Masters, provided for us to use for review.

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