Rockin Mama™

Motherhood, Giveaways and Product Reviews

Chuck E. Cheese’s New Pizza Recipe *Giveaway*

Posted by 281 Comments

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winners: Lori A, Cheryl, and susanlanai!

Two weeks ago, we visited Chuck E. Cheese’s for the very first time.  You might be thinking…how is it that you’ve never ever taken your children to the famed family entertainment center?  But then you might remember that my son has food allergies…hence the missed childhood experience.

So why now?  A few weeks before our visit, the mother of a child my son is friends with asked me if she could invite him to a birthday party in April…at Chuck E. Cheese’s.  My instinct was to tell her no.  But I started thinking about how many birthday parties (including several of my own) I had attended as a child at the venue and realized that I won’t be able to continue saying no.  I want my son to have friends…to spend time with them…to go to their birthday parties. I want to offer my son normalcy in spite of his food allergies.

In preparation for this upcoming party, I decided that we were going to visit as a family so I could scope out the atmosphere and determine how comfortable my son was going to be (both with the food and the type of entertainment available).  Coincidentally, I received an email around that time, alerting me to the fact that the establishment was changing their pizza recipe for the first time in 30 years, so I agreed to check it out and post about our experience.

In many ways, the nationally recognized leader in family dining and entertainment was just like I remembered it.  When we walked in, each of us were hand-stamped, which impressed me, because in order for a child to leave the facility, they have to leave with a parent who possesses the matching hand-stamp.   We were greeted with a spacious arcade area and open seating for dining.  While we did see Chuck E. Cheese himself live, the particular location we visited no longer had the famous show I remember enjoying as a child. Is this the case with all Chuck E. Cheese locations?

The menu itself primarily consists of pizza although sandwiches, salads, and a few sides are available.  I realize that most children’s parties will only have pizza, so we had decided to bring him vegan pizza.  Consequently, if your child suffers from food allergies, their website offers a comprehensive look at the ingredients used in menu items.

Speaking of pizza, Chuck E. Cheese recently changed it’s recipe for the first time in 30 years.  The “cheesier, crispier, tastier” pizza features fresh-made dough, zesty pizza sauce, and 100% natural mozzarella cheese.  I can’t say that I remember the former pizza, but their current version was tasty with a soft crust.  My husband and I ordered a veggie pizza and it included a generous assortment of tomatoes, green peppers, and onions.

If I didn’t have a child who suffers from food allergies, we’d likely go more often for rainy days and indoor play days.  But I feel comfortable enough sending him for the occasional friend’s birthday party…provided that I bring him his vegan pizza and stick around for the fun.

Have a question about the establishment? Their website is actually quite informative.

Win It! THREE of you will win a family pack which includes one large pizza (any kind), 4 drinks and 30 tokens.  Simply leave me a comment with your best memory at Chuck E. Cheese.  Comments will close on April 11th, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST.

US Residents only.  Duplicates and comments not including the above information will be disqualified. Comments are moderated. If you don’t see your comment in a reasonable amount of time, send me an email. Bloggers and non-bloggers may enter. If you don’t want to leave your email address, please be sure to check back for my announcement on the winner. Please note that winners must respond within 48 hours of being announced/contacted or another winner will be drawn.

Want an extra entry? Do any or all of the following and receive an extra entry for each one. Be sure to leave me a separate comment for each additional entry.

Follow me on Twitter AND tweet about the contest.

Like me on Facebook

Subscribe to my feed via email or reader.

Blog about this giveaway. It doesn’t have to be a separate post. Just include a blurb about it when you blog about other giveaways.

Click on one of the very cute buttons below and digg, stumble, fav, etc. Just let me know what you did in the comments!

No compensation was received for this post. Review and giveaway gift cards supplied by the company.

 

Caryn Bailey
Latest posts by Caryn Bailey (see all)

Sharing this!

281 Responses to Chuck E. Cheese’s New Pizza Recipe *Giveaway*

  1. We have lots of memories with CEC because my son always wants to have his birthday there. So we’ve had about 6 birthdays there now. LOL My favorite memory is from his 2nd birthday and he was crazy about the whack-a-mole game. He stood there and played it over and over and over again. We got lots of video of that. 🙂
    ljatwood at gmail dot com

    Reply

  20. my favorite memory was for my daughter’s 4th birthday, she is now 13……..my whole family was their with all their kids and it was a great time

    Reply

  22. My favorite memory was the first time my sister and I took our kids. We enjoyed our pizza while watching the show, then had a lot of laughs playing Whack-A-Mole with the kids. Thanks!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

    Reply

  28. My greatest memory of Chuck E Cheese is taking my daughter there for the first time. She had seen the commercials but her mouth dropped and she was overcome with excitement when she realized how “really, really” cool the place was.

    Reply

  30. My greatest memory at Chuck E Cheese was when I was little myself and I saw the live act, which back then was mechanical puppets and not a tv screen!! haha

    Reply

  32. I’ve only been there once and it was pretty much a nightmare with one child fearing the giant mouse that was walking around! My daughter has been wanting to have a b-day there though, so I’m willing to try it again 🙂

    Reply

  36. My best memory is the huge Chuck E Cheese we used to go to with multiple rooms – one for the concert and the one for the slides and one for the games (my fave the one where you whack the up and down purple heads) Haven’t taken my child yet either . . .
    tvollowitz at aol dot com

    Reply

  39. My best memory of Chuck E. Cheese is when we had my daughter’s birthday there!. She and her friends had a blast!

    Reply

  43. My kids used to love watching the animated gorilla play the piano. Now I look forward to taking my little grandson to Chuck E Cheese’s.

    Reply

  49. We have many happy memories at Chuck E Cheese’s, but the one that stands out most was the very first time we took our little boy there. He was smiling the whole 2 hours we were there!

    Reply

  53. I went last year for a friend’s child’s birthday party… I made the mistake of bringing my husband with me. I think he had more fun than the kids! He beat the high score for the football game there and insisted we take a picture of him standing next to the machine. I’ve never see him more proud! haha

    Reply

  57. My best memory is of my daughter’s second birthday at Chuck E Cheese. She was so excited to be there.

    Reply

  66. my 2nd child was scared to death of chuck E cheese when younger. When she got old enough to express herself well we asked her why she was so scared on him and she said it was because he was always following her. We still tease her about it.

    Reply

  72. I went to Chuck E Cheese so many times as a child. I remember when I lived in Plano Texas they actually had a ride in there that you sat in this seat and it took you around the whole room on it. I rode that think at least twenty times in one day. I will never ever forget that day. I had a ton of tickets too.

    Reply

  77. Our grandkids live out of state, whenever we go to visit them we always take them to Chuck E Cheese, it is a treat for them and they look forward to it!

    Reply

  81. My favorite memory is the first time i took my daughter to Chuck E Cheese’s. She was about 2 years old and had a blast! I took tons of pictures and will never forget how happy she was!
    aeris321 at gmail dot com

    Reply

  86. I follow everyone ONLYon the internet. There are two little boy next door that would love this prize, so I want to win, GOD BLESS YA’LL

    Reply

  87. We had my daughter’s birthday party there one year, the day of the party we ended up with a major snow storm and half the guests couldn’t come, although she was upset at first, she had so much fun with with all the games and everything, she quickly forgot and had one of the best birthdays ever

    Reply

  93. I have to be honest. I seem to remember Chuck E. Cheese having a bit more things to play in when my two oldest were little. After many years, we went with our two little ones last year and was a bit disappointed that it was more arcade than anything else; and, unfortunately, the pizza was not good and overcooked.

    I would be willing to give their pizza another try though.

    Reply

  99. We went for our niece’s bday a few years back. She had a blast. Sadly we couldn’t make it to her party there this year.

    Reply

  102. My daughter’s second birthday was at Chuck E Cheese. We had just moved and she only had one friend to invite, but we all had fun and she loved it!

    Reply

  105. My best Chuck E. Cheese memoriesare the birthdays parties we had there when my boys were little (they’ll be 31 and 29 next month!) Our grandsons love to go there now..
    someluckydog at gmail dot com

    Reply

  117. We took my kids for their birthday and they had a blast! Just loved seeing the big smiles on their faces.

    Reply

  121. my best memory would be having my daughter a birthday party there when she was little,,the kids loved it,,

    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

    Reply

  123. Best memory has to be of my god-daughters birthday last year. She had a blast the entire time we were at CEC but as soon as it was time to sing her the happy birthday song and Chuckie came over she completely freaked out. I know it’s not ideal but it was definitely memorable and she eventually got over being scared when Chuckie handed her a slice of cake lol.

    Reply

  133. best memory was probably when we suprised my son and nephew by pretending to get lost and ending up at chickie cheeses..my nephew still talks about it
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

    Reply

  146. Sadly I have never been to Chuck E. Cheese but my little boy went with his cousins and absolutely loved it. He has been wanting to go back-Thanks for the chance!

    Reply

  150. My best memory at Chuck E. Cheese is when we took our son, Ari for the first time when he was 11 months old to celebrate his cousin’s birthday. I don’t think I will ever forget his laughter that day at Chuck E Cheese.

    Reply

  159. We took my son for his birthday in February. It was a Tuesday night and there was hardly anyone there so he got to run wild–in the climber, out of the climber, whack a mole, up the slide, skee ball, pizza–continuous motion and a smile never left his face.

    Reply

  166. Every year for my daughters birthday I take her so every year is the best for me! It was pretty exciting this year on the ballon game where if you hit the spot to blow up the ballon you win 50 tickets and my daughter did it to see her face was soooooo cool!

    Reply

  171. I liked the show but they no longer have it at our local CEC either. My son had his 10th birthday party there and everyone had a great time.

    Reply

  174. My best memory is when my whole family showed up for my granddaughter’s first birthday. All the kids had such a great time!
    smchester at gmail dot com

    Reply

  177. One of my favorite memories of Chuck E. Cheese is the many birthday parties that I’ve attended there. I used to LOVE the show they had (I’m bummed they no longer have it). Loved playing Skee Ball.

    bakergurl02 (at) yahoo (dot) com

    Reply

  182. I used to love the animatronic (or whatever you call it) shows where the characters sang and moved with the songs. It was always my favorite part of eating at Chuck E. Cheese’s.
    jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com

    Reply

  187. I LOVE C-E-C! I just remember how happy I was to go there as a kid and I see the excitement my kids get when we go now!

    Reply

  188. Our first time there with our son, he only wanted to ride rides ! lol ! no games !
    but he sure loved the tickets that he ( I ) won him ! LOL !

    Reply

  192. i remember having my 4th bday party at chuck e. cheese. chuck e. came out and i remember the show and riding a rocket. oh and skii ball! best birthday EVER!

    ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply

  199. My best memory from Chuck E Cheese was when my son won a lil blue basketball with his game tickets…he was so excite, only about 2 years old..he still has that ball..it’s one of his prized possessions!

    Reply

  202. Actually the best moment was at my niece and nephews birthday party last year. I went there for the first time in almost 20 years. Funny thing is, they were playing “Oldies songs” from back in the 80’s when I was last there. lol. It make me feel old, but nostalgic. 🙂

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

    Reply

  209. Our Chuck E Cheese has a mini roller coaster and it was the first amusement park ride he ever went on and I remember it to this day.

    Reply

  214. I took my kids to Chuck E Cheese for a bday party when they were about 3 and 4. They had a blast! My daughter was petrified of the tunnels though. All these kids going in and out and she refused to even go in! It was pretty funny!

    coriwestphal at msn dot com

    Reply

  219. My fondest memory at Chucky Cheese was when we celebrated a friend’s birthday there and my three year old’s eyes lit up like the 4th of July when Chucky and Pals began to do their show.
    [email protected]

    Reply

  224. We love Chuck E Cheese and I remember when my son was younger he put about 20 tokens in the skee-ball game and walked away so I had to go and play it and felt like my arm was going to fall off! Thanks!

    Reply

  227. My fondest memory is of my son’s 5th birthday he invited everyone is his class and almost everybody showed up he had the best time being the special birthday boy.
    carolkfoster at comcast dot net

    Reply

  228. My best memory was an afternoon when it was really quiet and just my daughter and I went to Chuck E Cheese. It was so nice because we basically had the place to ourselves and she got to feel so grown up playing the games. She didn’t need me right by her side. She had a blast.

    Reply

  240. My favorite memory is when my daughter was about 3 and climbed up the skee ball machine to put the ball in. It was so cute. It’s still her favorite game there. Thank you!!

    Reply

  244. My best memory is when my girls had their picture taken on one of the rides. I’ve still got the picture.

    Reply

  245. Us having my yougest son birhday there he was about 10 thats been years ago hes 28 now he cried every time chucky came to our table and so did the rest of the kids at his party the funniest pics. ever.

    Reply

  249. My favorite memory happened at my daughter’s 4th birthday party, which was at CEC. My daughter did not want to go into the ticket booth to grab the tickets, so my husband did it for her. It was so funny watching my husband grabbing tickets.

    Reply

  252. we just took my kids there like 3 weeks ago and had such a good time,cant wait to take them back
    ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com

    Reply

  253. When my son, who is now 26, was little we had a big party for him there when he was little one year. The years pass too quickly. Makes you want to cry.

    spcale at yahoo dot com

    Reply

  259. My best Chuck E. Cheese memory was when I took my daughter there for the first time. In her own words “It is the best restaurant ever!”

    Reply

  265. We took my 7 year old thier on his first birthday and we had so much fun watching the chuck e cheese characters and little rides.

    Reply

  267. When my daughter was little we went to a local Chuck E Cheese and let me tell you, it is much much bigger than they usually are, it had this ginormous ball pit…..I mean really huge like a room…and my daughter was so excited and she ran and jumped in…and disappeared lol! Seriously this thing was like a pool. We had to dig down in the balls and pull her out, it was hilarious!

    Reply

  271. Watching my kids play in the ball pit for the first time. Also watching how much they all love to play skeeball.

    Reply

  273. My best memory is when we had my sons 5th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. We invited his kindergarten class and everyone had a blast.

    Reply

  275. My best memory was the first time the kids visited. They just lit up when they entered and played the games and romped around like there was no tomorrow. They forgot they were hungry!

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

    Reply

Leave a Reply