Graeter’s Ice Cream Party and a Giveaway
As many of you know, Hubby and I moved to Boston from Cincinnati. One of my favorite things when we lived there was walking down the street to grab some Graeter’s ice cream. I was recently contacted to review their ice cream, and they had no idea I already loved it when they contacted me. As you know, I rarely do product reviews on here, but since I already knew how much I enjoy Grater’s, I thought this would be a great opportunity.
Graeter’s uses high quality ingredients and makes their ice cream two gallons at a time to ensure quality ice cream with every batch. It is extremely creamy and decadent! They have 24 pint flavors including signature chip flavors and five seasonal favorites, which rotate throughout the year.
If you don’t live in Cincinnati, you still might be able to find Graeter’s at a grocery store in your town. A list of the locations where Graeter’s is sold can be found on their website. If you’re still out of luck, have no fear, you can order ice cream online. It will be delivered to your door step just like mine was!!
The foam cooler was packed with our six pints and some dry ice to keep it frozen on it’s journey. You can order the ice cream in 6 or 12 pint packages. I think this would make a great gift for Mother’s Day, a friend who used to live in Cincinnati’s birthday, or for anyone else who enjoys great ice cream.
I decided to invite some other bloggers over to my place to share this awesome ice cream with them. So last night, Aimee, Fiona, Renee, and Amanda came over for an ice cream tasting and sundae party! Graeter’s sent me a 6 pint variety pack of ice cream to taste. I requested my favorite, black raspberry chip, to be included in the pack. The other flavors included vanilla, mocha chip, caramel, mint chip, and strawberry.
For the tasting portion, I used a 1.5 tsp scoop to scoop tiny scoops of ice cream onto everyone’s spoon. We started with vanilla and worked our way through the 6 flavors. I’m usually not a fan of strawberry ice cream, but this strawberry ice cream was very fresh and light. The three flavors that had chips were great hits. I always say they should call them chunks. We all agreed that the strawberry ice cream would have been great with the chocolate chunks in it. Turns out Graeters does have strawberry chip right now.
The chocolate in the ice cream has almost the consistency of ganache, so it’s very smooth and easy to bite into. And, everyone once and a while you’ll get a bite with a big chunk of chocolate in it. The black raspberry chip was still my favorite with the mocha chip coming in at a close second for me. (As you know, I’m lactose intolerant. But, about once a year, I eat ice cream because I just miss it so much. I participated in the tasting portion of the evening, along with the help of some medication and it was definitely worth it!)
Once we all tasted a tiny bit of each flavor, we then made ice cream sundaes. Everyone else had brought some ice cream toppings including M&Ms, caramel sauce, and candied pecans. We chowed down on our ice cream sundaes and chatted the evening away.
Eating ice cream reminded me that summer is just around the corner! And if you’d like to try some Graeter’s ice cream for yourself, be sure to enter the giveaway below! Graeter’s has agreed to give a 6-pint variety pack to one lucky reader!! Here’s how you can enter.
First, you must be a follower of my blog, either through Facebook or an RSS reader. For the first entry, go to Graeters.com and check out the flavors they offer. Come back here and leave a comment telling me which flavor you would like to try, or if you’ve had Graeter’s before, which flavor is your favorite.
For an additional entry, either Like Graeter’s on Facebook or follow them on Twitter and come back here leaving another comment saying you’ve done so.
For another additional entry, Tweet the following about the giveaway “Enter to win a 6 pint package of @graeters ice cream from @beantownbaker http://bit.ly/gs2HKn” then come back here to leave a comment saying you’ve done so.
A maximum of three entries per person are allowed. All comments must be made by midnight on April 27th. A winner will be chosen randomly at that point in time. Graeter’s only ships to the US (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), so if you win, you must provide a US shipping address. If you’re out of the US, you can still enter the giveaway if you plan to ship the ice cream to someone within the shipping area.
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I’d buy cast iron cookware! I keep meaning to, and I really really need some!
I’m eyeballing this one: http://www.cookware.com/Emerilware-by-All-Clad-EC81121-EAC1034.html
Also, I’ve just followed you on Facebook!
I love, love, love kitchen ware, but I just found out I’m expecting my first baby so I would use $40 to buy an adorable crib set I saw on the site!
I am in desperate need of new cookie sheets – so I’d more than likely get a few of those.
We’re moving in a couple of months, so I’d probably save it to use on new furniture for the new house.
I’m a facebook fan.
I love these outside torches
http://www.cookware.com/Blomus-65012-RY1030.html
Completely random…but this laundry caddy would really come in handy!
http://www.csnstores.com/Venture-Horizon-4010-11WH-VHZ1004.html
I would love to buy some lighting for our daughter’s playroom.
Love the wine rack!
I would either buy a new spring form pan as mine is as old as I am, or those ramekin’s! I have wanted ramekins for a long time!
Great giveaway, I despserately need new cookware
Very cool, really could use a new cookie sheet, mine are lookin old!
I’m a fb fan too
well I’m either a facebook fan or I just like you. . . not sure. I could really use some new sheet pans. . . but I can always figure out something to spend $40 on relating to my kitchen;)
I would LOVE to get some new kitchenware or a new Kitchen Aid Mixer!!
I am a facebook friend!
I would buy a crock pot from their cooking site. I have been dying to have one and make some pulled chicken for a summer barbecue!
I think I’d probably get those ramekins that you posted! I’d love to have a set. 🙂
Also – I’m already a fan on FB! 🙂
I love the ramekins….I would love to have a set!!
I just followed on Facebook!!
I would buy the Haan Floor Steam Cleaner for Hard Surfaces because I have a 9 month old who is all over the place and my wife and I want piece of mind knowing that the floors are always clean and he wouldn’t be exposed to unnecessary germs 🙂 When my wife was pregnant, she would watch this infomercial all the time at night and she fell in love with this thing!
I would buy some wall art for our kitchen.. we have nothing
I am a fan on Facebook 😉
I’d use the $40 toward the purchase of an EarthPan cookware set!
I “like”‘d Beantown Baker on FB!
DH and I never registered for formal place settings, so I’d get some of those!
I have those ramekins and love them 🙂
I’d buy this mortar and pestle set http://www.cookware.com/Cuisinox-MOR12-CNX1236.html
I am also following you on facebook now.
I like their stuff, I am sure I can spend $40 on “something”.
I joined the facebook fan club.
I’ve been looking to get another paring knife for my kitchen, so I’d get the Zwilling JA Henckels Twin Four Star 3″ Paring Knife.
And I need a slicer, so the Jaccard Advanced Ceramic Hand Held Dual Direction Mandolin Slicer
Those ramekins!
I would get one of these cutting boards: http://www.cookware.com/John-Boos-2XX-JB1042.html
Thanks for this giveaway!
I’m already a fan on facebook. 🙂
I would buy a new 3.5″ paring knife because my mom decided it would be wise to use my old one (which I loved) to scrape old glue off of something. Since then I’ve been cooking with a knife that has no tip (go figure!). 🙂
I’d put it towards a Le Creuset French or Dutch Oven in Dune… *swoon*
I would buy some bakeware pieces or for a splurge a chandellier for the kitchen to replace my dingy white ceiling fan.
I am also a FB fan
I would also shop for dining chairs!
I would use toward the purchase of a French oven- although the hubs will have to pitch in for the difference.
Following on FB too!
I’d buy this rolling pin because I do not have one and always have to borrow my neighbors!
http://www.cookware.com/Paderno-World-Cuisine-47034-52-WCS2293.html
Just “liked” your site on FB!
I would put it towards a new cookware set for my sister! They will be moving soon and she could use new pots and pans!!
I like the “evening sun” pattern dishes and would love the pitcher or serving platter.
I’m already a fan of your page on Facebook!
I would put it toward some home accessories, I’m lacking in that department.
My sister is getting married in the fall so I would likely get her some new cookware.
I think I would use it towards the Bissell Little Green Compact Deep Cleaner. My full-sized carpet cleaner bit the dust.
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we are in need of a coffee table, and have been looking for a square one for ages. and lo and behold, i found one on the site! so i would order this:
http://www.allcoffeetables.com/Woodbridge-Home-Designs-1376-01-HE2870.html
and pay the excess to buy the coffee table.
i’m also a facebook fan
I would ABSOLUTELY use it toward a Le Creuset 2.75 Quart Round French Oven in Kiwi 🙂
I became a fan on FB
Awesome giveaway! I love CSN.
With $40 I would…probably get some new bakeware…there are so many shapes, colors, and sizes that I don’t have!
Those ramekins are pretty darn adorable, I think I’d have to go with those.
i know what I want…the white 6 quart stockpot! i have always wanted a stockpot and this is the one! Please, please, please!
How fun! I would get a new outdoor light for our lamppost! I cannot believe how many options there are!
Craftmade – Z285-04 / Z285-05 / Z285-07 – Cast Aluminum Outdoor Post Mount
That’s the one I have my eye on now!
Thanks!
Hard choice! I would probably put it toward a new griddle, or a Dutch oven!
I’d probably buy some slip covers for my sofas in the living room and some new pillows for them.
I’m a facebook Fan!!!
I would prob. also buy or put this towards a new grill.
Oh I definitely need a big ole skillet. I’m sick of trying to saute a mountain of veggies in my medium sized one!
Amanda @ WannaBe Chef
I am about to close on a house so I need everything!
I’m a fan on facebook too!
I have never had any cast iron cookware and would love to use it so I would definitely use it for that!
accent pillows…something I really need but never put the $$$ out for…
I’m a facebook fan 🙂
I would buy a new dog bed for my dog.
I’d get myself a waffle iron!
urchiken at gmail dot com
I absolutely love that wine rack! If I splurged and spent my own money too, I would have to put the $40 toward a TV stand. Hubby’s pride and joy is his 60-inch flat screen, which we currently have sitting on my college coffee table. We need a grown-up place to put it!
I really like this rug: http://www.diningsets.com/Nourison-ST17-GLD-NO10036.html
THanks for the giveaway!
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I am a fan on Facebook too.
I would love to buy the : Meco 9000 Series Pedestal Tabletop Electric Grill… because I can’t grill on my condo patio!
I have a small dining room myself, and have been looking for chairs to match our table as well. It’s is pub height which is perfect for the highchair to sit next to, but the chairs don’t have backs and they are SO uncomfortable. I would LOVE to have the $40 to buy some instead of having to put out for a whole new dining set.
I would buy an ice cream maker!! We’ve been down in the dumps since our son was diagnosed with a nut allergy, and have known that we can’t have those wonderful summer trips to dairy queen, or the ice cream shoppes. I’ve been wanting to get an ice cream maker so we can start our own summer-time tradition, allergen free 🙂 It would just be a bonus to get part of it free 😉
I’m a fan on facebook 🙂
Oh those ramakins are so cool. I love the color!
Hmmmm I guess I would have to say knives. My boys have taken the knives I have outside ….I am not sure why or what they did.
I’d probably use it towards a pot rack…not sure which one though!
I would get a dresser for our baby girl that will be here in a month! Love this one: http://www.csnstores.com/Powell-Furniture-407-005-407-020-PW3480.html
I’ve also became a fan, had done it just moments before I read this post!
Oooh… I’m all about the Le Creuset baking dishes:
http://www.cookware.com/Le-Creuset-PG051926-17-LEC2065.html
Signed up as a fan on facebook!!
I would choose a wall art called IMAX 4 Piece Bess Wall Decor Set
I just recently learned about CSN stores, and now I love it! I love that vertical wine rack you posted, but I think I’d go with a sushi set. I’ve been itching to make my own sushi, but have yet to buy the tools for it!
I think I would get either a wine refrigerator or exercise equipment.
I’d buy the cake wire slicer: http://www.cookware.com/Paderno-World-Cuisine-47031-44-WCS4130.html. Boy would that make my life easier! Or a mandolin: http://www.cookware.com/Jaccard-200421-JCD1004.html, which I’ve been meaning to get for a while. Or a julienne peeler: http://www.cookware.com/Cuisipro-747069-Julienne-Peeler-CPR1447.html for me and me friend. And if I was feeling generous, I’d get my friend a food mill: http://www.cookware.com/Cuisinox-MIL22-CNX1227.html. I could go on and on…
…and I just became a fan on facebook!
Hoping to find out that we are expecting soon, so I would use it for the baby 🙂
I am a facebook fan now too!
Man, I really need to prepare my giveaway post. I’m so lazy sometimes. lol
I’d get a larger pot. I have a small one and a giant one. I need something in the middle there 🙂
Because we are in need of one I would get a booster seat for our daughter.
I have been eyeing the Citron Duvet Set by Ashley for months and while $40 wouldn’t cover all of it, it would certainly help!
I’m a an on FB!
I love that wine rack–its perfect for our living room!!
i joined on FB!
I would love to get some more kitchen ware- new cookie sheets and cake pans, maybe the cool saute pan, or the ramekins! Or…or….or- there is just so much!
Following you on FB, too….
We just moved in to our house a few months ago so my list could go on for days! But I am really in need of some new bake ware!!
I’d buy cast iron cookware or glassware!
I am a follower on facebook!
I love that hanging wall wine rack!
I think I would have to put it towards a good saute pan.
I would DEFINITELY buy this mirror – I’m in the market for a new entry mirror and the price tag is almost perfect! 🙂
http://www.csnmirrors.com/Ashton-Sutton-STM034-ASH1133.html
i’d either put it toward my nesting – fiance and i are house hunting! or i’d use it to help my bakeware supply grow. i am in desperate need of some very useful pieces.
I would probably put it towards a pizza stone. I have been wanting one but need a push to actually GET one
We need some lights for the dining room, but selfishly I would want to get something for the kitchen!
I just liked you on facebook!
I would use the $40 to buy these:
– Paderno World Cuisine Non-Stick 4 Baguette Pan
– Paderno World Cuisine Cannoli Form in Stainless Steel
I love baking and these would give me the opportunity to try some new recipes!
I would get the little tikes wagon for my kids
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I’d get a NettoCollection Polar Bear Rocking Horse
I could use some of my own cookware pans. Thanks for the giveaway!
Chris
zekks at yahoo dot com
I’d like to get a huge bamboo cutting board!
We just bought our first house and need more space in my kitchen so I would buy this kitchen cart.
http://www.allkitchencarts.com/Home-Styles-5023-95-88324-HO1239.html
I would use it towards a Le Creuset Dutch oven…a guilty pleasure for me!
I would get the The Memory Company Boston Red Sox 12″ Art Glass Clock
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Carol Anderson Ezovski
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I would get Guidecraft Center Stage Tabletop Puppet Theater for my nephew!
Looking for a red kitchen hand mixer or a special housewarming gift. Each of my daughters move this next month to a new place, so I am shopping around!
Thanks,
Elaine
i’m a fan!!!! yaaaaaay!
I’d put it towards bar stools, we’ve been looking for a pair to put at our kitchen island!
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I’d probably get a wall clock for my sun room.
I’m a fb fan!
I would have to buy either new glassware or new cookie sheets! My poor neglected cookie sheets really should be retired 🙂
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