MagicallyDelicious

It’s that time of year – I have a window unit air conditioner, so it is officially too hot to bake.  That doesn’t mean I won’t try, but on a regular basis it’s just not practical.

But I love cookies, so what’s a girl to do?   Enter Sara Snacker, the very next best thing to homemade cookies.

Sara Snacker has some really unique flavors, including summery goodies like Lemonade, salty sweet Chipnetzel – with and without chocolate!  They were kind enough to send me an assortment to try out, and even nicer to offer some to give away to a lucky reader!

The cookies are made from ingredients I can pronounce, all natural, and I like the fact that they aren’t all “perfect.”  The lemonade cookies were all a little differently shaped, just the way mine come out of the oven.  So if I wanted to (not that I would ever do such a thing mind you), I could pass them off as something that came out of my kitchen.  If I put them on a plate, they did technically come out of my kitchen, right?

It’s tough to pick a favorite, but since I like salty/sweet/chocolate, it’s probably the Dark Chocolate Chipnetzel.  But a very close second is the very lemony Lemonade, which tastes like lemon meringue pie to me.  Or the S’mores, which are a perfectly sweet bite of goodie that reminds me of sitting around the campfire.  Or Vanilla Milkshake.  Or the regular Chipnetzel.  Oh…ok that was all of them!  So I guess I just won’t pick favorites and say try them, you’ll like them.  They’re like you’d make, but you don’t have to heat up your kitchen on a hot summer day.

The Giveaway – Beat the Heat & Enjoy Something Sweet!

Enter to win a bag of both Lemonade and Vanilla Milkshake (which taste great together with a tall glass of milk, by the way).  Just click a button in the contest below to do one of the following to win:

• Leave a comment – tell me what sounds like your favorite flavor of Sara Snackers
• Tweet – Tweet @magicdelicious the cookies that sound good to you and a link back to the contest.
• Pin it – Pin a picture from the contest and mention what cookies look the best to you

Winner will be chosen at random – enter below by the end of June 8, 2012 for your chance to win!
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It’s good to be the life of the party, and the cocktail is at the heart of it. That’s why the World Bartending Championship is looking for new and unique cocktail recipes from their fans and guests. The T.G.I. Friday’s® WBC Cocktail Recipe contest will help celebrate the 21st birthday of the World Bartender Championship and what better way to celebrate being 21 with some amazing new drink recipes? So, whether it’s a twist on a classic favorite or your grandfather’s uncle’s secret family recipe, they want to see what you’ve got.

Click for details and enter by 2/26/12

Serve up your best slice of perfect pie for a chance to win $500 in the Taste of Home Country Woman’s magazine Perfect Pies contest.

Each of the winners in the Country Woman “Perfect Pies” contest receives a wonderful prize:

• GRAND PRIZE: $500; Pie Contest in a Box by Gina Hyams, containing everything you need to host a pie contest of your own.
• 2nd Prize: $300; Pie Contest in a Box by Gina Hyams
• 3rd Prize: $200; Pie Contest in a Box by Gina Hyams
• Runners-Up: A free year of Country Woman for themselves or a friend.

Get baking – contest entry deadline is February 1, 2012.  Click here to enter and for more details.

Thanksgiving isn’t just about that delicious bird – it’s also about the desserts.  What are you having for Thanksgiving dessert?  Tell @RespectTheBird and win this week’s giveaway!

The winner will get an Allrecipes.com reusable bag, Turkey Pop-Up Timers, Turkey Baster and a Chef’n Switch It Spatula. (US Residents only, please).  Here’s what you need to do:

1. Follow @RespectTheBird on Twitter. (If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can great one here: http://twitter.com/)
2. Starting tomorrow (11/8) at 9am PST through Friday (11/11) at 3pm PST, tweet your favorite Thanksgiving dessert to @RespectTheBird. Be sure to include #RTB and you’ll be entered to win!

• My favorite #Thanksgiving dessert is Pumpkin Pie! Three slices please! #RTB @RespecttheBird
• #Thanksgiving isn’t complete without pie and ice cream #RTB @RespecttheBird

Check @RespectTheBird’s Twitter feed at 3 PM PST to see if you’re the winner, winner, turkey dinner!  For all the details on this giveaway, check out RespectTheBird.com.

Food, bourbon (ok not really grog), gaming, white sand beaches…food…bourbon…did I mention food & bourbon? – what more could you ask for?

The weekend of September 24 in Biloxi, Mississippi, culinary connoisseurs from across the country will face off in Southern Gaming Magazine’s Casino Cook-off presented by Four Roses Bourbon. The event will showcase the talents of top casino chefs in a “Live Cooking Competition” that will take place as the marquee event of the 28th Annual Chefs of the Coast Culinary Weekend, the premier culinary event of the Gulf Coast.

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