Day 2: The 2012 Naptime Chef Favorite Things Holiday Giveaway! {Naptime Simple Tips}
Today I am thrilled to bring you my foodie holiday gift guide for 2012! Not only is this a gift guide of a few of my favorite foodie items, I also have the great fortune of being able to giveaway one of each of the items below. That’s right, it is kind of like Kelsey’s favorite foodie finds for the holiday season Oprah-style. I had so much fun putting this list together and hope it gives you some great gift ideas. Stay tuned for more holiday shopping tips and giveaways later this week!
1) Sarsaparilla Syrup from Kaufman Mercantile: I am not a big soda drinker but making homemade root beer floats with this natural soda syrup is right up my alley. A bottle would be the perfect stocking stuffer for your spouse or older kids. You could have so much fun making root beer and pouring it over freshly fallen snow for a sweet winter treat.
2) These gorgeous bowls from Kaufman Mercantile (one of my favorite online stores) are perfect for mixing up all kinds of batters and doughs with grandma. They are also pretty enough for displaying fresh fruit or vegetables in your kitchen.
3) A bag of Marge Granola (or the whole flavor trio!): My friend Megan makes the BEST homemade artisanal crunchy-salty-sweet granola in the whole world. Order a bag for the cereal lover in your life. With a shelf life of 8 weeks it is perfect for sending back to college with your kids, eating with warm milk during a snowstorm, or sprinkling over ice cream. (Also, stay-tuned for next year when Megan’s first cookbook about breakfast cereals is published in time for Christmas gift-giving!)
4) A box of Fannie May Sea Salt Caramel Strawberries: I love this surprising twist on an old classic. The salty sweet chocolate-caramel coating elevates the flavor of the amazingly ripe strawberries. They are the perfect gift for friends, colleagues, or sending to the in-laws you won’t be seeing this holiday season.
5) A selection of Whole Foods Market Chocolates: Giving chocolate is always a great idea but it is even better when you give them from Whole Foods Market. These chocolates are priced perfectly at between $7.99 and $12.99 per box and come in so many varieties. I could see giving a box of Whole Foods Market Milk Chocolate Covered Marshmallows to your neighbor with kids, and the Whole Foods Market Caramels Fleur de Sel to a respected colleague. For the hostess with the mostess bring along a box of Whole Foods Market Truffle Roasted Walnuts. She can set them on her mantel in a pretty silver bowl for guests to nibble on.
6) Peppermint Crunch from King Arthur Flour: Because there is nothing better than decorating your holiday baked goods with delicious crushed candy canes. This is the ideal stocking stuffer for kids and adults alike. If you open your stockings before breakfast you can even sprinkle some on your french toast!
7) Pineapple Juice Powder & Flour from King Arthur Flour: The baker in your life will adore this cool jar of pineapple juice powder. It will quickly become the “secret ingredient” to their most successful baked goods. Best of all, King Arthur Flour is also throwing in a coupon for a free bag of flour to get that special someone baking in the New Year!
I am thrilled that the following items from above have been graciously donated for this giveaway: One 10-inch mixing bowl from Kaufman Mercantile, one bottle of Sarsaparilla Soda Syrup, one bag of Marge Granola, one box of Fannie May Sea Salt Caramel Strawberries, one box each of the following Whole Foods Chocolate: Caramel Fleur de Sel, Organic Truffles, Truffle Roasted Walnuts, Pates de Fruit Gems, Belgian Petit Bouches, Milk Chocolate Marshmallows, Dark Chocolate Marshmallows, one jar of Peppermint Crunch from King Arthur Flour, one jar of Pineapple Juice Powder from King Arthur Flour, and a coupon for one bag of free King Arthur All-Purpose Flour.
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Top image of bowls courtesy of Kaufman Mercantile
I’d love to give my daughter the mixing bowls, she’s a college junior and will have her own apartment next year and is really enjoying learning to bake and cook.
The strawberries! Because who doesn’t love chocolate, caramel, and sea salt?
The pineapple powder is very intriguing!
I’d love to give the bowls to my mom and my MIL they’d both love them!
My daughters would love the peppermint crunch for decorating cookies, cakes and candy. I would love to give all the gifts, they look wonderful.
This is so cool that you’re doing this! I would give the peppermint crunch to my roommate because she loves baking and decorating her creations!
I would love to give the bowls to my mom, the pineapple powder sounds very interesting as well!
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I would love to give my daughter, a blooming baker, the Pineapple powder, She would definately come up with some great recipes to make with it and the King Arthur flour. I have a feeling she would help her self to the Granola also, since she absolutely loves it too. Thanks for such a great group of products!
I’d give the roasted walnuts to my husband in his stocking. He loves snacking on them.
I would love to give the roasted walnuts to my dad and mom they would find these awesome I’m sure.
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I am on your facebook and also subscribe to your newsletter! I will like Fanny May on Facebook. I Would like to have the jar of Peppermint Crunch to decorate with and also the walnuts I would love to give to my hubby, he loves walnuts!
Those gorgeous, gorgeous bowls! I’d love to replace the stainless mixing bowls my mom has been using for the last 40 years with something so beautiful!
I am a friend on your facebook, subscribe to your wonderful newsletter, will like Fannie May and I would love to have the bowls to give to my son, who will be needing them for his kitchen at college next year.
Would love to give my mom the strawberries for her birthday!
The bowls….sooo pretty!
I love the idea of the Peppermint Crunch! I’m already subscribed to your newsletter and like your page on Facebook as well.
My friend loves Pineapples. Whenever we have them over for summer grillin’ we toss some pineapple on the grill and she gets seriously… wow. It apparently works as an aphrodisiac for her. I would love to give her some of that juice powder and see how she reacts to that.
I think the pineapple powder would be perfect for my dad!! Fancy and fun desserts here we come!! I really want the granola for myself 🙂
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Who doesn’t like chocolate, I think the truffles would be a great gift for anyone.
The bowls would be perfect for a friend of mine who does baking and making of bread and they would be great for proofing the bread to rise.
I’d give the caramel fleur de sel to my caramel obsessed neighbor. She’d love them!
I would give the strawberries as a gift to my mother in law because she loves them!
I’d love to give my mom the Fannie May Sea Salt Caramel Strawberries because she’s a big chocolate and fruit lover!
I’d love to give the peppermint crunch to one of my friends b/c she’s always baking cupcakes and this would be a nice addition!
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I would like to give the Annie May Sea Salt Caramel Strawberries to my best friend becuase who doesn’t love chocolate covered anything?!
I would love to give the bowls!
Hands down the strawberries!!!
would give the peppermint crunch to my sister since she loves the stuff and will not a big fan
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I would love to give the Saraspilla Syrup from Kaufman’s Mercantile to my son, he loves saraspilla soda!
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I would give the bowls to my best friend who is quite a chef, but not a baker. I am trying to show her that baking is fun!
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i would like to give the bag of Marge Granola to my roommate so she can go camping with it
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Definitely the bowls from Kaufman Mercantile — my sister would love those for her baking forays.
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I would give my mom the bowls from Kaufman Mercantile. She would love them.
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It’s hard to narrow down the gift choices to one but I would give the Kaufman Mercantile Mixing Bowl to my neighbor, Stacey. I’d like to tangibly thank her for all the dinners and baked goods she’s made for me to conquer the blue days since my Mom died. Her gift to me should be larger pants! 🙂
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I think the peppermint crunch looks like you could use it in real fun ways. My sister would love it. x
I would love to give those Sea Salt Caramel strawberries!! My mom loves strawberries as well as anything with caramel, so I know she would absolutely love these!
My wife’s a baker, so I think she’d do something creative with that Peppermint crunch!
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I would love to win the bowls…I can never have enough mixing bowls!!
I would love to give the bowls to my Mom. She would love this
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I would love to give the Fannie May Sea Salt Caramel Strawberries to Paula. Because she is “berry” sweet to my daughter!
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Sarsaparilla Syrup from Kaufman Mercantile to my mom since she loves to try new things
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I would give boxes of sea salt caramel strawberries to volunteers of my favorite charity because they are rock stars!
I would choose the Fannie May Strawberries. Most people love strawberries.
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Roasted walnuts!
The Peppermint Crunch, because it also come in that great jar!
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I would love to give the gorgeous bowls from Kaufman Mercantile to my mom. These are perfect for her and so pretty!
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Iwould love to gift the beautiful bowls from Kaufman Mercanile to my Mom. She loves stoneware.
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I would give the Sarsparilla syrup to my brother-in-law…he’s the creative cocktail creator in our family. Sure he could put it to good use!
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My parents would LOVE the granola!
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The peppermint seems like a fun gift to decorate with
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I would love to give my mom the Peppermint Crunch from King Arthur Flour. She loves to bake and I know she’d enjoy making something yummy with this treat. Thanks!
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I would love to give the walnuts as a gift! (larkspurpurple (at) gmail.com)