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

New Winner of the Necco Candy Giveaway!

Our last winner failed to respond to her email so we are redrawing!! Our new winner is:
Sarafan2 said... 22 I'd like to try some Necco Conversation Hearts & a few Mary Janes. yummy.

Congrats!! We have emailed Sara and are a waiting her response!! If she doesn't respond in 48 hours we will redraw again! Thanks to all!!!

Winners of the Necco Wafers Giveaway!!

Sweet!! A sweet treat giveaway!! Lol. I just love candy. Unfortunately it doesn't love me lol! (Note to self: Gotta cut back on the sweets!!!)  Well, 3 of you can enjoy the sweets for me!! Here are our 3 winners via Random.org:

        Winner 1:

Strawberry Kids said... 54

@strawberrykidss follows @NECCO_Wafers on twitter

April 2, 2010 9:52 AM  

 

Winner 2: 

Anonymous said... 5 Went to the candy website and decided that next to the necco wafers, I'd like to try candy bttons again! Nancy in HI

Winner 3:

Dana said... 94

Tweet: http://twitter.com/LaDyBuq021708/status/11914024854 Congrats to all of you!! I have emailed everyone and am waiting on their response! If we don't hear from one of our winners in the allotted 48 hours we will redraw for their prize!  Please be sure to enter our other Current Giveaways and thanks to all who played!

 

 

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.

 

Oh Nuts! Review and Giveaway!

Candy!!!! The name alone is enough to jumpstart the screams of a dozen toddlers! It is inevitable that our kids are going to want it, so why not find healthier alternatives? I love Oh Nuts! candies for a quick on the go treat or after school snack. They contain nuts so they have more health benefits than plain candy! They have a huge selection of treats to choose from!!

Their Candies range from Rock candy to Sugar free candy and beyond!

They also have Nuts and seeds
Chocolates Ice Cream and Gourmet Coffee BeansOh Nuts! really does have something for everyone!!

Oh Nuts! sent me Jordan Almonds Bulk Cashews and Almonds and they were a big hit with the whole family!

How to get Oh Nuts! products:

Buy it at Oh Nuts! website

Win it here!
One lucky winner will win a selection of treats from Oh Nuts!

Here is how to enter!
Main Entry

Go to Oh Nuts!
and tell me which treat you would like to try! Leave me the link to that snack!

**THIS IS A MANDATORY ENTRY AND MUST BE DONE FOR ALL EXTRA ENTRIES TO COUNT!!!**
Be sure to include your email so I can contact if you win!
*EXTRA ENTRIES* to give ya extra luck!

1. Follow @FrugalFamilyFun on twitter and come here and tell me your twitter name and that you follow! for 1 entry
2. Follow @ohnuts on twitter and come here and tell me your twitter name and that you follow! for 1 entry
3. Tweet the link to this contest including @FrugalFamilyFun and @ohnuts in the tweet. Come here and leave the link to your tweet. This can be done three times daily.
DO NOT DO THEM THREE TIMES IN A ROW!! NO LESS THAN AN HOUR BETWEEN TWEETS WILL COUNT!!
4.For 1 entry* Follow via google friend connect
5.For 3 entries* Add my button to your blog or blog roll. leave me the link so i can find it!
6.For 5 entries* Blog about this and leave me the link
Contest will begin January 16,2010 at 12:00 P.M. PST And will end February 9,2010 at 11:59 P.M. PST Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to reply before losing their prize. In that case a new winner will be selected!

The dangers of Candy

Ok so if you are a mom you are probably always looking out for choking hazards. And that includes the mounds of Halloween candy your kids got from trick or treating. Well I have a story that will make you even more cautious!!

While things like hard candies and lollipops seem like obvious things to be cautious with, have you thought about things like smarties, m&m's, skittles or other SMALL candies? Likely not. I know I didn't!

Friday I was visiting with our family advocate from my daughter's preschool. I told the girls if they behaved they could have candy when we were done. I let them each pick one out. My 4 year old picked out a Reese's PB cup and my 2 1/2 year old chose smarties. (see where this is going yet?)

Well I went to do laundry and came back to my 2 1/2 yr old SCREAMING and saying "My nose My nose!!!" Guess what? She stuck a smartie up there. Yup! OMG I couldn't believe it, especially because only a few days before I was saying how great it was nobody has put anything up there nose yet. After about 15 minutes of having her blow her nose while we waited for daddy to come home to take us to the Dr., the piece of candy came out. I have hardly ever been so scared in my life!

So please let my experience be a warning to all parents: even though it is small enough not to choke on, it could make its way to other parts of the body!! It only took about 2-3 minutes to happen!