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Holiday Gift Ideas from Hickory Farms (Gift Basket Giveaway)

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When I think Hickory Farms I think about their Meltaway Mints. As a young girl they were the one thing that I made sure to purchase for my Great-Grandfather (Grandad) every Christmas. Grandad LOVED those Meltaway Mints. They turned into a tradition in our household. Everyone always made sure that Grandad had the Meltaway Mints. Sometimes he received several packages of them. He was “good to go” for many months afterwards when he received multiple packages.

Grandad passed away in the mid-80’s.I have purchased another Meltaway Mint since then, nor have I received any as a gifts. They will always remind me of Grandad. Even though Hickory Farms offers so many products the mints will always be first and foremost on my list.

Hickory Farms usually has a kiosk at local malls set up for the holiday season. They are a great source for last minute gift ideas or when you are stumped on what to get someone. They have a nice assortment off meats, cheeses and sweet treats, including Meltaway Mints.

I received a delightful picnic basketfrom Hickory Farms willed with many of their popular treats. To my surprise the picnic basket contained a bag of Meltaway Mints! I can’t tell you how excited I was to share them with my children and tell them about their Great-Great-Grandfather. Even though I haven’t had them in about 25+ years they still tasted just as good as I remembered them. They are very creamy and have just the right amount of mint. The Meltaway Mints are topped off with non-pareils. My daughter said they are like minty Snow Cap candies, which in a way they are. My kids can’t get enough of them.

Also included in the picnic basket was some peanut brittle. I haven’t had peanut brittle in ages. I did try to make some once, about 5+ years ago, but it didn’t taste like peanut brittle at all. The peanut brittle that came in the picnic basket taste just as good as I remember. There weren’t many super hard pieces either. I hate it when peanut brittle is thick and hard. I’m always afraid I’ll break a tooth.

The picnic basket came with a variety of cheeses, Mission Jack and Creamy Swiss. Mmm… the Creamy Swiss is PERFECT for the Flat Bread Crackers that also come with the picnic basket. We just sliced off thin pieces and topped it on pices of the flat bread. It is real Swiss Cheese but it reminds me of something else. I can’t put my finger on it. It’s firm but has a soft, creamy texture like another type of cheese I’ve had.

The Mission Jack cheese was pretty good too. I have never had it before. It too is a nice compliment to the Flat Bread Crackers.

Hickory Farm is known for both its tasty cheeses and yummy sausages. The picnic basket also included three different sausages; Beef, Turkey and Beef & Pork.

I happen to like the sausages. I remember them from years gone by when we used to purchase them from Hickory Farms (when I was young and lived at home with my parents). My Mom used to slice it up and serve it along with the cheese platter.

The sausages tasted just like I remembered them. I honestly can’t tell the difference between them. If you asked me which was Turkey and which was the Beef & Pork I honestly couldn’t tell you.

I like the sausages either on crackers (or the Flat Bread) or even just by the slice.

A nice addition to the sausage is the mustard varieties included with the basket. The Sweet Hot Mustard was a nice change of pace from the hot mustard I am used to. It does have a slight sweetness to it. This went perfectly with the sausage.

My new favorite mustard is the Honey-Pineapple Mustard! I love it! I wouldn’t think that Pineapple and Mustard would go well together but it does. It provides a nice balance between spicy (mustard) and a tangy, tartness (pineapple and honey). I cannot wait to try this with on a ham sandwich. YUMM!!! That will taste amazing.

The beautiful Peterboro picnic basket is going to be enjoyed for many years to come. I plan on using it when our family goes on picnics near the Hudson River over the summer. Its just the right size for several sanwiches, fruit and some sweet treats.

Did you know that Hickory Farms sells whole hams and turkeys? I LOVE spiral cut ham for Christmas dinner. I’m drooling just thinking about it.

Hickory Farms also offers some lovely fruit gift baskets too. Pears are always nice to nosh on during the holidays. You can also dress them up with some cinnamon and nutmeg.

Hickory Farms has plenty of great gift ideas under $25.00, plus products for your holiday dinners or get togethers.

Do you have a friend or loved one  in the Military? Hickory Farms has several great gift ideas to send to our American Heroes. Best of all there is FREE SHIPPING to APO and FPO addresses. Why not consider sending a gift basket to a random troop. I”m sure it would be greatly appreciated. Their military gifts range in price from an affordable $22.00 up to $50.00.

Hickory Farms is a “blast from the past”. Now that I know our local mall has a kiosk I’m going to make sure to swing by and stock up on my favorite goodies, especially my beloved Meltaway Mints!

To learn more about Hickory Farms please visit www.HickoryFarms.com.

If you “Like” Hickory Farms on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/HickoryFarms) they will donate $1.00 towards the Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign.

Hickory Farms would like to give a lucky reader an amazing gift basket of their choice. The winner can choose from either of these two options:

Party Planner

Home for the Holidays

 

To learn about the contents of each prize package please click on the title to visit it’s page on the Hickory Farms website.

To enter please visit Hickory Farms, www.HickoryFarms.com, look around them come back here and tell me the specific name of another product not mentioned here that you would be interested in. Also please also include in your comment which gift basket you’d like to win.

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This giveaway is open to US Residents only and will end on December 19, 2010. The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winner will be notified via e-mail and will have three days to reply with a name, mailing address (no PO Box) and phone number (for shipping only) or a new winner will be selected.

Other great giveaways are found on the right side bar under “Win It”.

Kimberly

*I received a free product sample in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own. Hickory Farms will be providing the prize.

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  1. I would also like to try the delightfully decadent baklava.

    I would like the Party planner.

  14. I like the Summer Sausage and Cheese Gift Box. If I win your giveaway, I like the Home for the Holidays box.

  23. I would like the Home for the Holidays basket. I love Hickory Farms. When I was a kid I loved when the holidays would roll around because we would usually get a basket for Christmas.
    I love all the sweets they have to and I would especially like to try the Delightfully Decadent Baklava.

    ape2016(at)aol(dot)com

  29. Hello! I love the cheese ball! I remember when I was little, my older sister would come home to visit at Christmas and always brought a gift box with the sausages and crackers, and my favorite was the cheese ball.

    I like the party planner box (it has a cheese ball lol)

  34. This one sounds good – Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box

    I would like the Home for the Holidays one

  46. I would love to get the Deluxe Smokehouse Collection Gift Box for my hubby, he loves all the things in this gift box. Thanks so much for hosting this wonderful giveaway! I would also love to win the Party Planner Gift Basket, but both are truly wonderful!

    furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net

  51. I would like the Grand Gift Snack Tower

    If I won, I would like the Home for the Holidays basket

    abfantom at yahoo dot com

  64. I would like to try the double chocolate almonds.

    If I won, I would like the Home for the Holiday Basket

  70. I would like to try their ultimate turtles and truffles. If I were to win, I’d choose the Party Planner

  75. I’ld like to get their Cashew, Almond, & Pecan Perfection Gift Tin. If I won I’d like the Party Planner Basket

  82. The Fruitful Gift box is what I ordered for my brother’s birthday!
    My choice, if I win, would be the Party Planner.

  90. I went to the website and I would love the Traveler Snacker gift! From the two we can win, I would love the Party Planner.

  94. I would also like to try the heavenly fudge assortment from hickory farm, and I would like to win the home for the holidays basket 🙂

  100. So many great choices. I liked the “Orchards Bounty Gift Basket” I like all of their products!

  114. I love the dried fruit collection (though I wish you hadn’t mentioned the melt away mints…now I’m craving them!).
    I think if I win I’d choose the Party Planner.

  115. I would like to try the peppermint snow mint cookies and I would like
    the Home for the Holidays basket

  119. I like the Grand Gift Snack Tower. And the basket I’d choose would be the Party Planner. Thanks.

  121. I like the summer sausage and cheese gift box.

    Home for the Holidays gift box would be my choice.

  131. I’d pick Home for the Holidays
    Another item I’d like to try is the Perfect Picnic gift basket

  140. I would also be interested in the grand artisan gift basket! If I win I would choose the Home For the Holidays!

  141. OOh, I too LOVE meltaway mints! One year my mom found a cooie recipe that used meltaway mints as a kind of frosting (you placed them on the cookie for the last couple minutes of baking to melt, then spread after they came out of the oven) I REALLY want to find that recipe. Ok onto my actual entry:

    I would love the Grand Artisan Gift Basket

    and if I won I would chose the
    Party Planner Gift Box

  147. the Summer Sausage and Cheese Gift Box is another not mentioned and it looks yummy!! 🙂

    marci
    tristatecruisers at yahoo dot com

  152. I would like the Summer Sausage and Cheese Gift Box.

    I would choose the Home for the Holidays gift box.

    djeanq(at)gmail(dot)com

  165. I’d chose the Home for the Holidays basket and would love to try the Heavenly Fudge. Drool.

  166. I would like to try the Spiral Sliced Honeygold Ham! Please enter me to win the Home for the Holidays gift basket!

    skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net

  175. I also would like to try the CASHEW,ALMOND, & PECAN BASKET! (yummy chocolate-covered)

    If I am selected I would like the Home for the Holidays …I would like to try that Honey-Pineapple Mustard you were saying is so good!

    wendym at cableone dot net

  176. I “LIKE” Hickory Farms on Facebook…and they are donating $1 to “Share the Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign” for every new fan on facebook!

    wendym at cableone dot net

  188. I would choose the Home for the Holidays.
    I’d like to try the peppermint snow mint cookies! 😉

  192. Hi! I like the Party Planner box if I win. I also would love to try the Holiday Petite Fours. Thank you for a excellent giveaway! 🙂 Merry Christmas to you!!!

  200. I would be very excited to receive the Fruit and Cheese Fest Gift Box. Of the two options offered, I prefer the Party Planner Gift Box.
    momznite_at_yahoo_daught_com

  203. I would love to try the Heavenly Fudge Assortment. It does look heavenly! 🙂 If I won, I’d like the Home for the Holidays box.

  219. I found a basket called the Perfect Picnic Gift Basket. Lots of nice stuff in it. That would be my choice.

  220. I really like the Savory Sampler Gift Basket. It even has my favorite mini melt away mints in it! 🙂
    Thank you for the chance to win!
    tyson 2468 (at) charter (dot) net

  221. Subscribe via google reader!
    * forgot to put in above comment *
    I would love to win the Home for The Holidays gift.
    tyson 2468 (at) charter (dot) net

  231. Another gift I would like would be the Warm and Hearty Welcome Gift box.
    If I win, I would choose the Home for the Holidays.

  237. I would love to try the Hickory Farms spiral sliced honeygold ham. All of their other products are good- so I am sure this one will be too!

  243. We love Hickory Farms- we’d love to try the Heavenly Fudge Assortment and would love o win the Party Planner- thanks!

  246. Hickory Farms is a holiday tradition in our house – every year my aunt & uncle buy us a gift basket & we all look forward to it! It wouldnt’ be the same without our Hickory Farm Summer Sausage & cheeseball! One product I love is the little mini strawberry candies they include – small, but they add that perfect sweet finishing touch to their sets! I like the festive fruit & nut mix gift tin – I didn’t know they sold Nuts! If I won, I think I would pick the Party Planner box! Thanks!
    MusingsfromaSAHM at gmail dot com

  253. I really like the peppermint snow mint cookies! They look delicious!

    I would love the home for the holidays basket!

  258. I’d just love this – fruit & cheese fest gift box.
    & would like to win this one – The Party Planner.
    Thank you.
    barbara dot montyj at gmail dot com

  268. I love Hickory Farms and their smoked cheddar blend. But I’d definitely love to have a Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box!

  288. The ultimate turtles and truffles look awesome !

    I would choose the party planner:)

    jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com

  301. I added you and She Scribes on FB. I am also following She Scribes on Twitter. I read about the She_Scribes.

    I read about your “Our finest mixed nuts gift tins” on your webpage.

    I would like to win the first basket.

  307. I would like the Party Planner basket.

    My favorite basket not mentioned here is the Heavenly Fudge Assortment. YUMM!!!

  322. I’d love to try the heavenly fudge assortment!

    If I win I’d like to get the Party Planner.

    sarahjd766 at yahoo dot com

  336. We love Hickory Farms! In fact, my husband will be finding a little assortment from Santa under the tree on Christmas morning! A product I’d like to try is the heavenly fudge assortment (I didnt know they sold fudge!). Thanks for the review and giveaway!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

  364. I like the Catskill Maple Cutting Board gift selection from Hickory Farms.

    dchrisg3 @ gmail . com

  369. Google Friends Connect – following your blog publicly as Louis

    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  372. following @HickoryFarms on twitter @left_the_stars

    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  386. I like the Cheese Ball Party Pack Gift Box. If I won I would choose the Home for the Holidays Gift Box.

  388. I would also love to try the Fruitful Gift Tower. If I won, I would choose the Home for the Holidays gift.
    Thanks for the giveaway……..
    Happy Holidays!

  409. I like their Our Finest Mixed Nuts Gift Tin.

    I’d pick the Home for the Holidays gift basket. Thanks for the chance.

  441. I also like the Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box that sells for $36. If

    I won, I’d love the Party Planner box.

  456. I would love it if I got the Summer Sausage Trio from Hickory Farms!

    Of the two giveaway items, the “Home For The Holidays” box sounds great!

    susitravl(at)gmail(dot)com

  473. I would like to try the our finest mixed nuts gift tin.
    I would chose the party planner.
    stanleybilly(at)bellsouth(dot)net

  476. I also like the cheese ball combo giftbox. If I won I would choose the home for the holidays gift set.

  477. I’d love to have the yummy Home for the Holidays Gift Box! The peppermint snow mint cookies looks delicious too!

  485. I checked out Hickory Farms and I’d love to try their Spiral Sliced HoneyGold Ham! If I won I would choose the Party Planner basket, I like all the variety it has!

  491. I’d love to win the Party Planner and my favorite Hickory Farms item is Turkey Smoked Sausage

    kimbly at g mail dot com

  492. I’d also like the orchard’s bounty gift basket, looks delish!

    I’d pick the Home for the Holidays Gift Box. Thanks!

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