Glee Gum Chocolate Making Kit Review and Giveaway!

Many things taste best when they are homemade!  I love fresh goodies from the kitchen! Sweets are the way to my heart for sure! I was so excited to get to try out a sweet homemade treat from Glee Gum! And even more excited to actually try to make it myself! Glee Gum offers great diy candy kits for your family to make at home! Chocolate, Gummy and Chewing Gum kits are all available for you to make!

 I got to try the Make Your Own Chocolate Kit

Product Description:
Mixing elements of chemistry with world culture and history, this delicious kit contains everything you'll need to make 8 ounces of dark chocolate. Can be made on the stove or with a microwave - adult supervision is recommended! Great for class room activities, scout troops, birthday parties, home school, or after school. Makes a great gift for kids (ages 8 & up)!

Inside each Make Your Own Chocolate Kits you'll find: organic cocoa butter, cocoa powder, confectioner's sugar, starter crystals, a temperature indicator, paper candy liners, instructions, and the story of chocolate.

All you have to do is melt the cocoa butter, add the cocoa powder and sugar. Stir, stir, stir until it cools to the right temperature; add the starter crystals so that the chocolate "tempers," and enjoy delicious home-made chocolate from scratch! By the way, you also get some cacao beans - we thought you might like to taste a few.

Each Chocolate Kit Makes 8 oz. of dark chocolate! 

Now, when you make the chocolate, don't be like me and do it in the microwave, even though the box says you can. It cooks way too fast and you can't pour the chocolate in the molds. I loved the chocolate, it tasted amazing. It just didn't come out as pretty as I wanted it to! In the future I would cook it on the stove, and you have to get it just right so they come out beautiful!  I was just glad the despite my goof, the chocolate tasted great and the kids liked it and had fun making it!

Click here to order your own gum and candy making kits!

Glee Gum would like to offer you a chance to win your own Chocolate Making Kit! 1 of you will win! Here is how to enter!:

MANDATORY ENTRY-THIS MUST BE DONE FOR EXTRA ENTRIES TO COUNT!

Go to GleeGum.com and tell me something else you liked from their site! Leave your answer in a comment below and be sure I have your email so I can contact you if you win! (If it's in your blogger profile that is fine.)

EXTRA ENTRIES-leave a separate comment for each entry.

Follow @FrugalFamilyFun on Twitter 1 extra entry, leave me your twitter name

Follow @gleeguy on Twitter 1 extra entry, leave me your twitter name

Tweet about this giveaway up to 5 times daily for entries. leave me the link to your tweet- Must include @gleeguy @FrugalFamilyFun and the link to this contest.  tweets must be at least 1 hour apart for entry. 1 extra entry for each tweet.


Subscribe to the Glee Gum Blog 1 extra entry

Subscribe to our email updates, via google reader, or via RSS feed , 1 extra entry for each

Put our button on your blog, leave me the link to the blog THIS WILL BE CHECKED. 3 extra entries

Follow via Google Friend connect, for 3 extra entries, and leave your name in comment from GFC

Blog about this contest, including a link back to this giveaway worth 5 extra entries. Leave me the link to the blog post in your comments

"Like" Glee Gum on Facebook, leave me your Facebook name in your comment.

Contest begins now and ends October 1, 2010 at 11:59 PM PST. Open to addresses in the continental US only!! Winner will be selected via Random.org and will be notified by email. Winner must respond within 48 hours or forfeits prize. Good luck!

Glee Gum provided my blog with a free sample of this product to giveaway.  I was not under any obligation to write a positive review. Photos from Glee Gum

Sweets Treats and a Giveaway!!

I remember getting Necco Wafers as a kid! We'd get a roll and everyone would share! Sometimes you got your favorite and sometimes not.  But it's one of those memories that bring up the happy moments from your childhood! Sometimes it's fun to try to conjure up those great memories by treating yourself!! But I wanted to go above and beyond the normal way of eating candy.  So I wanted to know....what else can ya do with  Necco Wafers?? I found the answer online!!  Here are a few fabulous recipes that you have to try!!

NECCO Wafer Gingerbread House 
Necco Smoothies
Fish Cake

Necco, which was founded in the summer of 1847, is the oldest multi-line candy company in the United States. Necco's brands include such timeless classics as the NECCO® Wafer, Sweethearts® Conversation Hearts, Mary Jane®, Clark® Mighty Malts®, Haviland® Thin Mints, and Candy House® Candy Buttons.


Did you know that Necco Wafers now come in chocolate??  The 4 flavors in each pack are Milk Chocolate,White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate and Mocha!!  Try them out!

Necco has offered 3 of you to get some sweet goodies!! Here is how to enter!!

***MANDATORY ENTRY***THIS MUST BE DONE FOR ANY BONUS ENTRIES TO COUNT!

Go to Necco.com and tell me another candy you might like to try!

For some extra entries, do the following, and for each that you do, leave a separate comment below telling me you did it.  Example: if you blog about it for 5 entries, leave 5 separate comments, such as "blogged here (leave me the link), entry #1" and so forth.  shoot me an email at frugalfamilyfunspot(at)gmail(dot)com if you have any questions!!

1. Follow Necco on Twitter (for 1 bonus entry!)

2. Follow Frugal Family Fun on twitter (For 1 bonus entry!)

3. Follow me on google friend connect (For 3 bonus entries!)

4. Add my button to your blog (For 3 bonus entries!) (Leave me a link to the blog!)

5. Blog about this giveaway (For 5 bonus entries!) (Leave me a link to the blog!)

6. Tweet about this giveaway!! MUST include @FrugalFamilyFun AND @NECCO_Wafers

THIS CAN BE DONE  3 TIMES DAILY FOR 1 ENTRY PER TWEET. THESE MUST BE SPACED OUT, NO MORE THAN AN HOUR TOGETHER!!  (For 1 bonus entry each, total of 5 daily!)

7.Sign up via email or RSS Feed through Google reader for our updates!(can do both, 2 entries for each!)

8. Fan Necco on Facebook(For 1 bonus entry!)


The contest will begin March 9,2010 and end April 9,2010 at 11:59 P.M. PST.  One winner will be chosen via Random.org The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond or they forfeit their prize. In this case a new winner will be chosen! Good luck to all!

I was not monetarily compensated for this post. Necco did provide me with a selection of treats for product review, and will also be providing the winners with a selection of treats as well.

 

Licks & Giggles Review and Giveaway!!

I am a big time pet lover!! Even when my puppy ate my favorite pair of high heels, I still loved her! Pets are our companions, our friends no matter what. Who else would love you no matter what. They are loyal and are probably better than some people you know!! And so because our pets are so great to us, we need to be great to them.

I give you Licks and Giggles Boutique, the ultimate pet gift site!!!

They have everything you can imagine, from super cute Leather Heart CollarsTo keep your dog fashionable & to make it easy to return if your little Princess gets lost....

The Fling Thing for a great day at the park...

and these super cute Swarovski Cross Bones Tees to keep your dog warm and in style...


And now you can enter to win a goodie for your pooch!!


Yummy Zuke's Z Ridge Cranberry Chews! Here is a little info for the Cranberry chews from the Licks and Giggleswebsite:

Knowing toilets are a dog's water source of choice, it's no surprise their breath gets bad. So if you love your dog, but aren't quite ready to share your electric toothbrush with them, Z–Ridge can help. They support fresh breath and clean teeth — naturally, without gut-clogging wheat gluten, nasty corn starch or synthetic chlorophyll. Our potato-based chews maintain dental hygiene by scraping and polishing your dog's teeth. No more fake mints or unhealthy remedies for your furry friend. Fight doggie breath the natural way with Z-Ridge and Fuel the Love.

Sounds great, because I know my doggie seems to always have stinky breath and this is a great way to help fight it!!

So how do you enter??

***MANDATORY ENTRY***

YOU MUST DO THIS FOR ANY OTHER ENTRIES TO COUNT!!!

Go to Licks and Giggleswebsite and tell me which item you like for your pet!

Want to earn some extra entries?? Here's how!

1. Follow Licks and Giggles on twitter (For 1 bonus entry!)

2. Follow Frugal Family Fun on twitter (For 1 bonus entry!)

3.Sign up via email or RSS Feed through Google reader for our updates!(can do both, 2 entries for each!)

4. Follow me on google friend connect (For 3 bonus entries!)

5. Add my button to your blog (For 3 bonus entries!) (Leave me a link to the blog!)

6. Blog about this giveaway (For 5 bonus entries!) (Leave me a link to the blog!)

7. Tweet about this giveaway!! MUST include @FrugalFamilyFun AND @licksandgiggles to count!
THIS CAN BE DONE 3 TIMES DAILY FOR 1 ENTRY PER TWEET. THESE MUST BE SPACED OUT, NO MORE THAN AN HOUR TOGETHER!!

The contest will begin February 18,2010 and end March 18,2010 at 11:59 P.M. PST. One winner will be chosen via Random.org The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond or they forfeit their prize. In this case a new winner will be chosen! Good luck to all!

All photos courtesy of Licks and Giggles' Website I was not compensated for this review, and these are only my opinions.