Junk Food Care Package Giveaway by Gourmet Gift Baskets

When GourmetGiftBaskets.com asked me to review one of their Junk Food Care Packages (and host a giveaway) for my blog, I was really excited. I love to eat junk food, and the last time I received a care package was back in 1989, when I was a freshman in college. My care package arrived just a few weeks ago, and thankfully, I had a party to go to that same day, so I was able to share many of my mini treats with my friends, as well as my husband.

I was supposed to receive the following 28 mini snacks in my gourmet gift basket:

· Dorito’s Nacho Cheese Flavor by Frito Lay
· Rice Krispies Treats by Kellogg’s
· Oreo’s by Nabisco
· Easy Mac Microwavable Macaroni and Cheese Dinner by Kraft
· Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies by Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Co.
· Plain M&M’s by Mars
· Sour Patch Kids by Cadbury Adams Canada
· Pringles Snack Stacks by Procter & Gamble
· Snyder’s Pretzels by Snyder’s of Hanover
· Original Slim Jim’s by Con Agra Foods
· Cheddar Cheese Pretzel Combos by Mars
· Cheez-Its by Sunshine
· Cheddar and Bacon Potato Skins by T.G.I.Friday’s
· Ritz Crackers and Cheese Dip by Kraft
· Cracker Jack’s by Frito Lay
· Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink by Yoo-Hoo
· Lifesavers Gummies by Wrigley’s
· Welch’s Fruit Snacks by Welch’s
· Tootsie Pops by Tootsie Roll Industries
· Original Skittles by Mars.
· Twizzlers by Hershey
· Gobstoppers by Nestle
· Pixy Stix 3-pack by Nestle
· Smartfood Popcorn by Frito Lay
· Chewy Granola Bars by Quaker Oats Co.
· Planters Nuts on the Go by Kraft
· David Sunflower Seeds by Con Agra Foods
· Cinnabon Original by Kellogg

Instead, I received the following items, shown above, as GGB notes that they do substitute items as needed. Despite their warning, I’m still quite sad that the Cinnabon didn’t make its way to me, as it was one of the main reasons for picking this particular gift box. Thankfully, I gobbled the M&M’s and my mini Slim Jim to drown my sorrows in. As you can see, the size of the snacks are small, like the ones that you can buy for 50-75 cents at your local store. With a name like Gourmet Gift Baskets, I can’t help but expected a bit more for thirty-five dollars they normally charge for this package. At the very least, I expected the Junk Food Care package to come in some sort of basket, rather than just a slightly dented shipping box. To be completely honest, if I had paid for this item myself, I would have felt a little ripped off, especially since my Oreos were crushed and my Yoo-Hoo tasted slightly funny, even though it had a valid expiration date. However, I do realize that if you are the sort of person who doesn’t have time to shop for gifts and take them to the post office (or FedEx, UPS, etc.) to ship to your loved ones, then this is the way to go for those types of people. I’m the sort of girl who has a plentiful stock of a variety of gifts/gift bags/baskets in her basement closet. But if you aren’t me, then perhaps this item, and some of their other gift baskets are right up your alley. I certainly enjoyed eating many of the snacks sent my way, as I am a junk food junky, but I still wish the size of the treats were just a bit larger.

GourmetGiftBaskets.com offers a wide variety of gift baskets–you can find anything from Pet Gift Baskets to Italian Gift Baskets to Cupcake Gift Baskets.

Want to buy your own Junk Food Care Package? You can do so now for $34.99.

JUNK FOOD CARE PACKAGE GIVEAWAY BY GOURMET GIFT BASKETS– 1 LUCKY WINNER

RULES:

**Open to U.S. and Canadian residents only.

**No P.O. boxes, please.

**Must include your email in your comment, unless you signed in to leave a comment with your “real” email.

**All comments must be separate to count as separate entries. For example, if you follow me on Facebook and Twitter, leave 2 comments, one with your Facebook name, and one with your Twitter name. Or, if you posted about the giveaway on your blog, leave 5 comments, all with the link to your giveaway.

**Please read the additional rules here.

HOW TO ENTER:

**MANDATORY ENTRY: Like Gourmet Gift Baskets on Facebook. Make sure to leave me your Facebook name.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Follow Gourmet Gift Baskets on Twitter. Make sure to leave your @Twitter name in your comment.

+1  MORE ENTRY: Visit GourmetGiftBaskets.com and tell me which gift basket you would pick for yourself.

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+1  MORE ENTRY: Follow me on Facebook and share a link on your wall with the following comment I entered The Girl from the Ghetto’s Gourmet Gift Baskets Giveaway here http://bit.ly/jfOxCd. Make sure to leave a comment below with a link to your Facebook profile message, or at least with your Facebook name.

+1  MORE ENTRY: Follow me on Twitter. Make sure to leave your @Twitter name in your comment.

+1  MORE ENTRY: Follow me on Twitter and tweet the following RT @NerdGirlBlogger I entered the Junk Food Care Package #giveaway by @gmtgiftbaskets here http://bit.ly/jfOxCd. You can tweet 4x a day (Once every 6 hours) for even more chances to win. Make sure to leave a link to your tweet in a comment below.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Subscribe to my blog via email or Feedburner.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Enter one of my other current giveaways and tell me which one.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Comment here and tell me why you need to win this giveaway, or which item you would have liked to chow down on if you had received the same basket as I did.

+5 MORE ENTRIES: Write about this giveaway on your own blog. Make sure to post a link to http://thegirlfromtheghetto.wordpress.com, and leave me 5 copies of your link via comment here.

Contest ends Saturday, July 2, 2011 at midnight. Good luck to you all!

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