Nov72011

Chocolate Almond Toffee

There is a holiday for everything, especially when it comes to food. And believe it or not, today’s is the delicious but somewhat obscure “National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day.” Yep, really.

I can’t find any info on the “holiday” aside from the fact that it was probably dreamed up by a confectioner. But do we really need an official reason to eat dark chocolate and almonds? No, we don’t. Read More

Jul102011

Fixing Up Brownie Mix: Brownie Mix Cookies

Tonight is dessert night so I thought I’d find another way to mess around with a box of brownie mix. I found this recipe online (it’s in several places and I didn’t bookmark it, or I’d give credit) and while it’s simple enough it was hit or miss (I didn’t care for it but everyone else did). Read More

Sep132010

Congrats To…

Big congrats to HeathersBytes reader Katherine C. who was lucky #56 for the $50 See’s Candies gift card giveaway from last week!

Katherine has been notified by email as of 1:00pm PDT September 13 and will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

Sep42010

Giveaway: $50 See’s Candies Gift Card


You all know how much I love chocolate, and especially how much I love See’s! That’s why it’s always as much of a treat for me as it is for my readers when See’s Candies generously offers up a $50 gift card to give away to one lucky HeathersBytes.com reader!

See’s Candies make the perfect chocolate gifts for the chocolate lover in your life, and of course they’ve got non-chocolate goodies as well, like the yummy peanut brittle that Mike can’t seem to get enough of (which is saying a lot because he’s not generally a sweets kind of guy!).

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>> How to Enter:

~ Leave a comment here telling me which See’s you’d like to receive as a gift (there is no right or wrong answer)!

>> Extra entries:

~ Retweet this giveaway on Twitter and get an extra entry! Just leave a comment with a link to your tweet each day. (And feel free to follow me, if you’re so inclined!)

~ Add a link to this post to social media sites like Facebook, Stumble, Digg, Kirtsy, Reddit, etc, and receive one extra entry for each one (be sure to leave a comment with the link to the posting).

~ Post about the giveaway on your own blog for an extra entry.

edit: All of the above can each be done once a day!

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>> The fine print:

~ Contest ends Friday, September 10, 2010 at 5:00pm PST.

~ You may enter once a day, per household. Duplicate entries in one day will be discarded for the entire duration of the giveaway.

~ Giveaway open to U.S. residents only.

~ One winner will receive one $50 gift card from See’s Candies.

~ Winner will be randomly drawn and notified by email, and will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

Good luck!