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Holiday Giveaway: Basket of Indulgence

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This giveaway is now closed!  Thanks for stopping by. The winners are Denise B., Angela Kohler, and Tammy!

I love to snack.  I could graze all day eat small, frequent meals every day if I had the time to plan them out.  What I don’t love are high calorie, high fat snacks that leave me feeling hungry.  General Mills has just launched their all-new Chex Mix Bars, a tasty combination of Chex pieces, pretzels, peanuts, caramel, and chocolate and will satisfy your sweet and salty cravings.  Don’t worry, one bar contains less than 150 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, and 8 grams of whole grains per serving.  That is the Weight Watchers equivalent of 2 points.  They’re YUMMY and hubbie liked them too!  They’re more chewy then crunchy and while sweet, still remind me more of a granola bar than a candy bar.

I love chocolate…and bubble baths…and massages!   If you do too, then read on!

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Win It!  I have a Chex Basket of Indulgence to give away to three lucky readers!  You’ll receive a box of Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials including a loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel courtesy of General Mills and MyBlogSpark.  To enter, just leave me a comment telling me what you like to snack on during the holidays.  Comments will close on November 20, 2008 at 10 pm PST.  The winner will be chosen on November 21, 2008.  One comment per person, please. 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.

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  4. my favorite thing to snack on is an old classic but still is a very tasty snack in my opinion: chips n dip, ( gotta be french onion dip) and I also like spinach dip/artichoke dip too and with those I prefer pita chips or crackers. Thanks for the fantastic giveaway and I am really hoping to score one of these chex baskets of indulgence, I love chocolate in just about any form and this looks so yummy

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  11. We make pumpkin bread and banana nut bread for the holidays and I like to warm up a slice and put butter on it…yum! Thanks!

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  12. Thank you so much for this giveaway. I love eggnog and I love fruit cake…yeah, I’m one of those strange people. Thanks so much for this giveaway.

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  14. I love popcorn-my favorite snack! Of course, for the holidays, we’ll dunk it in chocolate! Thanks!

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  16. Around the holidays I like to stuff my face with anything portable and salty, like regular chex mix and chips and onion dip.

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  18. Ferrero Rocher is my favorite chocolate treat to snack on right now. I also snack on a lot of pistachios. These new Chex bars look great. Can’t wait to give them a try. Thanks for the great giveaway.
    gugel98atgmaildotcom

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  20. Like you, I could basically live on snack foods. During the holidays my snacking opportunities are myriad. My favorite snacks are sweet treats and the one that I only make during the holiday season is rum balls. It’s just not the holidays without my rum balls.

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  26. My favorite Christmas snack is my Mom’s English Toffee. I know just where she keeps it during the holiday’s and get some everytime I visit.

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  29. I love snacking during the holidays! I always have to have brownies during the holidays. Ever since I moved into my own place a few years ago, I now make a pan of brownies to last me all winter! Well, at least I can try to make them last. 🙂

    orchestratenoise0726[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  32. I always have chocolate-covered prezels at the holidays. I love them, but that’s really the only time I eat them.

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  35. All the candy manufacturers put their stuff in red & green foil and it looks so festive — initially I buy it to put in clear jars for decoration, but as the jars empty, I have to admit… its for me!

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  41. I make my special Chex party mix — that is my favorite snack during the holidays, since I don’t make it any other time of the year!

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  62. I love to snack on different kinds of dips with veggies, chips, crackers, etc. Thanks for the giveaway.
    I’ve tried the Turtle Chex Mix and they taste great.

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  63. Anything I am not supposed to have–Christmas cookies, veggies and crackers with homemade dip, sausage balls, etc. Then I spend the rest of the year getting over it!!!

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  64. I love eggnog. It isn’t exactly food, but its thickness and the amount of calories qualify it as a snack for me.

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  68. Unfortunately I munch on Fudge that I make. I don’t care if it’s Chocolate or Peanut Butter Fudge. I even try putting Walnuts in it so I won’t eat it because of a Walnut allergy. Yet, you’ll see me picking out the nuts and still getting a nibble now and then. I don’t think I’ll make Fudge this year, even though Hubby won’t be happy about it. I’ll need to come up with something else to keep us both happy and a little more healthy when those temptations strike.

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  73. We participate in an annual christmas cookie exchange. So much fun & we bring home such a beautifully yummy array of treats to munch on through the holidays. We also love popcorn & fruit salad! Thanks for hosting!

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  78. I eat way too much during the holidays. My favorite snacks are cheese and crackers and chips and dips. Yum, I can’t wait!
    smchester at gmail dot com

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  81. I like to snack on popcorn and homemade chocolate chip cookies! Thank you for the giveaway – please enter me!

    hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

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  114. I try not to get into the “holiday snacks” unless it is lowfat, low sugar, low calories. I like plain popcorn and grapes when I want something to nibble on.

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  115. I like the holiday M&M’s or Rolos. It’s my time to splurge on candy (just before a resolution to lose weight).

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  119. Holiday snacks…well it is the only time of the year I dare to attempt making our own Violet Crumbles, since we can rarely find them and some of my kids and me LOVE them. That has to be a favorite treat!

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  121. My favorite f would have to be eggnog. I can’t wait to buy the first container of the season after waiting all year for it.

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  138. I love to snack on mixed nuts and any type of Christmas cookies. Also like making the Chex buddies for a holiday snack.
    Thanks for having the contest!

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  141. I like to snack on apples, oranges, and yogurt. Just kidding. Anything salty, sweet, and terrible for you. Hey…its the holidays!

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  142. Popcorn balls are our traditional holiday snack, but I don’t know if I can afford it anymore with the dental bills!

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  147. I love to snack on old fashioned chex mix – we called it “nuts and bolts.” I also love homemade fudge and cookies. I love it all!
    Thank you for offering such a wonderful giveaway.

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  152. I love the cinnamon-toasted nuts (almonds or pecans) they sell at stands in the mall during the holidays. Thank goodness they don’t do it year round because I can’t stop!

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  167. i like to snack on reindeer food. which is chex mix and m and m’s coated in white chocolate !!

    its so bad but so delicious

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  194. My husband just bought the 3 pack of the chexs at Sams. I know we’ll be having puppy chow at Christmas. Pumpkin pies at Thanksgiving.

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  195. I buy bags and bags of limited edition Hershey kisses. Hot cocoa, candy corn, and cherry cordial are just some of the flavors in my big ole bowl of chocolate on the table.

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  196. I like chocolate covered nuts and brownies–bad stuff. So think these chex products will be better for me.

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  200. I don’t know why I don’t do it all year, but around the Holidays I like to have nuts (in the shell) around for snacking. I like using the nutcracker and eating a variety of fresh nuts.

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  203. Looks super yummy! My favorite things to snack on are all things I probably shouldn’t, lol. Cookies, and cheese and crackers and dip! Thanks for the chance to enter and win!

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  224. We make a lot of homemade Chex Mix, white chocolate-covered pretzels, pumpkin chocolate-chip cookies and fudge during the holidays. And I snack on ALL of it! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  231. During the holidays I don’t worry about fat or calories. I like to make a big ole cheese ball with cream cheese, bacon, chives, etc. and whenever I need a nosh just cut off a chunk and spread it on some crackers. I usually have some homemade walnut fudge sitting around that’s very satisfying when I want something sweet. Thanks for the contest, I need the Chex snacks for taking off the weight after the holidays. 😉

    oinkmoobaa (at) yahoo (.) com

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  243. I admit that I am too one of those snackers who just has to try a little of everything. I make a lot of homemade peanut butter fudge and also the chocolate rice krispie treat bars. I always say I have to sample these just to make sure nothing is wrong with them and so far they have all been alright to eat!

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  245. I like to snack on cheese balls and crackers during the holidays, it is the only time i truly indulge so radically.
    I make chex mix recipe and i also snak on that frequently and serve it to my holiday guests too.

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  246. I only get this during the Holidays Marzipan candy. And Fruitcake. I will take all the unwanted fruitcake unloved fruitcake
    Thank you and Happy Holidays

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  248. I like to snack on M&Ms and holiday cookies the most during the holidays. This is a great giveaway and I really hope I win especially since I absolutely love the new Chex bars and would love to win some more of them. Thanks for the opportunity.

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  251. My favorite holiday snack are the peanut butter balls that I make myself. They must be good because all my family and friends love them too.

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  256. I love to snack on chocolate during the holidays 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!

    lucky[dot]ladybug[at]verizon[dot]net

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  267. Let’s just say that I turn into the Cookie Monster over the holidays. So yeah, it’s definitely cookies for my favorite holiday snack! Thanks for the opportunity and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

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  273. During the holidays I allow myself to snack on just about anything I want, but once they are over with I go back to my healthy eating and low card lifestyle. And, I don’t overdo it with the snacking during the holidays, I just pick here and there are my favorites. Want to know what those favorite are? I just love the traditional cut out holiday cookies whether they are butter cookies frosted or sugar cookies frosted. I love the taste of the cookies combined with the frosting and they remind me of when I was a child, so full of wonderment and being carefree. I also love to snack on all the great dips, like warm pecan dip that my sister makes or mexican layered dips that my husband loves to make. I also love traditional chex mix. That is always around during the holidays and I can remember loving to munch on that for years now. Thank you so much for this incredibly decadent giveaway!

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  276. Raw shelled sunflower seeds, love ’em! I grab a handful and put them in my ‘chipmunk cheek’ as my husband calls it and it lasts me a while to eat through them, for me it limits me so I don’t overdo the snacking and it satisfies my cravings. It also makes me thirsty so I drink more water. I have found this solution works great for me.

    Thank you for the chance to win the nice basket, would make a great christmas present…FOR ME! lol

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  282. We snack on chex mix covered with peanut butter, melted chocolate and powered sugar. It’s the best holiday treat around.

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  294. I like to snack on homemade Chex Mix, potato chips and dips, homehade fudge (no nuts, please — I’m on a diet), sausage cheese balls, pigs in a blanket, homemade cookies, shrimp with homemade cocktail sauce, and spiral cut ham. I think that is good for starters. ;0) Thank you for the opportunity to win!
    HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE !!!

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  297. I know this may be strange but I LOVE FRUITCAKE , there I admitted it. That and marzipan candy. I can always count on one of my 4 kids getting me some marizipan fruit or a little pig just before christmas
    Happy Holidays

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  298. I am really bad. I will eat practically anything that isn’t nailed down. I love chocolate, almonds, pecans, peppermints, cookies – but I do add a few healthy things occasionally. I love string cheese and milk 🙂

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  299. I love snacking on my mom’s puppy chow. I sure you have all heard of it, but some people call it garbage. However, I like the name puppy chow better.

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