Hershey's makes Halloween Fun!!!

From pumpkin-shaped Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups to Hershey®’s Kisses® Brand Chocolates disguised in Halloween colors of silver, black and orange, Hershey treats are spook-tacularly festive this Halloween season. With more than 60 percent of consumers planning to pass out candy for Halloween 2010, Hershey has ‘dressed up’ classic favorites for the season and introduced new, frightfully delicious Halloween candy assortments to enchant trick-or-treaters and sweeten seasonal parties.

Hershey offers a wide array of new candy assortments perfect for trick-or-treaters, including:

• NEW – Twizzlers® Assortment 120 Snack Size Pieces (Mini Bars Candy Strawberry, Pull n’ Peel Candy Wildberry and Pull n’ Peel Candy Green Apple)
• NEW – Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Crème Jumbo Bag Snack Size Treats
• NEW – Hershey’s Chocolate Assortment with 100 Snack Size Pieces (Kit Kat Crisp Wafers, York Peppermint Patties, Hershey’s Mr. Goodbar® Candy Bars, Reese’s Pieces® Candy, Hershey’s Chocolate Lollipops, Milk Duds® Candy, Jolly Rancher® Doubles Candy and Whoppers® Malted Milk Balls)
• NEW – Hershey’s Candy Assortment with 100 Snack Size Packages (Reese’s Pieces Candy, Whoppers Malted Milk Balls, Milk Duds Candy and Jolly Rancher Lollipops)

Additional classic favorites for the season include:

• Reese’s Lovers 50 Snack Size Pieces (Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Reese’s Pieces Candy and Reese’s Fast Break® Candy Bar)
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins Jumbo Snack Size
• Hershey’s Seasonal Shapes Assortment with 50 Snack Size Packages (Hershey’s Tombstone-shaped Moulded Bars in Milk Chocolate and Cookies ‘N’ Crème flavors, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins)
• Harvest Hershey®’s Kisses® Brand Candy Corn Flavored Candy
• Harvest York® Peppermint Patties Pumpkin Shapes
• York® Peppermint Batty

Can’t decide how to “boo-tify” yourself for Halloween this year? According to a national survey conducted by The Hershey Company, personal candy preferences may provide insight into Halloween costume choices. According to the survey:

• About 30 percent of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Kit Kat Wafer Bar and Hershey’s Milk Chocolate lovers will do the monster mash this year as a vampire, witch or monster.
• Fans of Twizzlers Twists may get the chance to show their dance moves as they twist the night away dressed in garb from the 1950s.  More than 41 percent stated they plan to dress-up in period piece costumes from different eras of the 20^th century.
• Jolly Rancher lovers will most likely sport a cape on the holiday, as 23 percent expressed a desire to channel superhuman powers as their favorite superhero.

Hershey’s seasonal offerings can be found at retailers nationwide. For more information on Hershey’s Halloween products, as well as costume ideas, spooky screensavers, desktop wallpapers, delicious recipes, craft activities and party invitations, visit www.CelebrateWithHersheys.com.

My family Loves chocolate. I love the white chocolate Cookies N' Cream, Mr. Right is a Hershey's Dark Chocolate fan and my kids love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. And the Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins are a hit this Spooky season with all of us.  Visiting the Celebrate with Hershey's website is a must. It's packed full of recipes, Costume ideas with instructions, and even crafts to do with the kids. In addition to all that great stuff I just mentioned, there are party ideas, invitations, printable stencils for decorating and so much more!!

So have a Spooktacular time on Halloween. Enjoy the fun treats at Hershey's and stay safe!!

" I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by the Hershey Company and received samples of a variety of their candies to facilitate my candid review."

The Bryton Pick

 I recently reviewed the Bryton Pick, an alternative to flossing. I loved the convenience and the fact that it is so compact and thin that it doesn't take up any room in my purse.  It is reusable for 30 days... I personally alcohol it and rinse it off real well before I use it again. But it is effective. It got in-between teeth that regular floss wouldn't.  It is metal but not rigid like you would think. It's so thin that the metal is flexible. It is handy. Just put it in your pocket (in its carrying case), or your purse, go have dinner or lunch, and then clean your teeth. Pretty nifty for on the go, or even for use at home. I like that is has different angles so you can get in all the spaces of your mouth. I think it is a worth a try to see if you like it yourself!

Check out BrytonPick online HERE.

Wordless Wednesday - On the Next America's Got Talent!!!

Little Monkey goes to the Hospital

Little Monkey spent some time in the hospital last week. You see, when he was a babe he could not eat by mouth and was had a PEG tube placed in his stomach. It was removed when he was 18 months old but the hole in his stomach and his skin never closed. We opted to do fix this issue because the hole was leaking and bleeding all the time. And he would complain that his scar hurt.

We explained to him that he was going to take a nap and when he woke up that his tummy would be fixed. The anesthetists gave him Valium before they took him back to the OR. We just happened to video his progression as the medicine took affect. It's five minutes of entertainment just for you!

'Cause I'm nice like that!

While he was in recovery he kept trying to get out of bed. So the nurse had me sit on the bed so he wouldn't escape. Little Monkey continued to try to "escape" the entire visit. At one point in the middle of the night, I woke up to find him standing on the bed with his gown behind him and his arms stuck over his head. He apparently trying to undress but got stuck with the IV tubes. When he was asked what he was doing he said he wanted to get dressed and go to McDonald's. 

That's my boy!

He couldn't eat until 24 hours after his surgery and when he woke up the next morning they gave him the best breakfast ever. 

Popsicles!!

He was so hungry that he ate four of them!

Being with daddy was the ticket to keeping him calm.

There's nothing better than a nap with daddy when your not feeling well.

It didn't take Little Monkey long to get back to playing and his normal sweet self. He should be a pro at this after all the surgeries he's had in his life.

Sorry for the really small pictures. Blogger won't let me upload pictures from my computer and when I use PhotoBucket , the pictures are tiny no matter what size I tell it to upload.

Did YOU Win????

There were 116 entries . . .

That's a record here at Three Peas!!

Thanks to everyone who participated.

I wonder how many of you sang the "I'm a little Teapot" song and got some strange looks?

Anyone . . .

So . . . .

Are you on the edge of your seats yet?

Holding your breath in anticipation?


Are you getting tired of me  dragging this on to the point of ridiculousness?

OK!!!

And the winner is . . . .

(drum roll please)


Teresa Choplin of Non-Typical Mom !!!!

Congratulations Teresa!! Email me your mailing address and I'll get the prize pack to you!

Wordless Wednesday

The Spirit of Adventure

When I was 17 I spent 6 weeks in Australia and New Zealand and fell in love with both countries. They both has a sense of adventure to them. The people there love the outdoors, sports, and things that go fast.

Are you going to visit the land "Down Under" anytime soon? Do you live there? Do you need some help with gift ideas? Check out Adrenalin, Australia's largest adventure company, with over 2,000 exciting experiences and gifts to choose from throughout Australasia. From Sea Kayaking to SCUBA diving, Mountain Biking to driving Rally Cars, Skydiving to Helicopter Flights and everything in between.

 Use Adrenalin for those upcoming Christmas gifts. They will be the gift they remember for years to come.This site makes it so easy to find gifts for those hard to buy for people on your list. Personally I would love the White Water Rafting or the Trapeze adventure. Of course there are the more calmer adventures such as a massage, flower arranging classes, dance classes and even self defense classes.

Each experience will bring memories that will last a lifetime!

Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers

 

I had an opportunity to review Healthy Choice’s new Cafe Steamers thanks to Mom Central. I like to keep some variety in my healthy lunch options. I'm don't like to make a big lunch if I don't have to. And I normally eat a frozen entree of some sort for lunch.

Cafe' Steamers have more of a variety to bring to my lunch table. Since I was sent the Sesame Glazed Chicken to try I have bought the Honey Balsamic Chicken, Lemon Herb Chicken, and the Rosemary Chicken and Sweet potatoes. Are you catching the theme here? I love Chicken! And I can't choose just one favorite. They are all so good.

I tried the Sesame Glazed Chicken first. The directions for all of the Cafe Steamers are really quite easy. The hardest  part is not to puncture the plastic on top. I'm so used to doing that with all the other frozen entrees out there.  I was tempted to do it and had to read the directions at least four times to make sure I read it right.   It steams itself and turns out just perfect. The veggies were so good firm but cooked.  And they were so bright in color you could tell the vitamins were not lost on these guys. As far as the taste goes, it was great.

Does that not look so yummy????

I am pleased that I now have more variety to my lunch menu. I would suggest Cafe Steamers to anyone whether you are watching your calories or not. It's so full of flavor that you will be satisfied.   We have and will purchase these on our own again.

  I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Healthy Choice and received a sample to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.