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10/04/2009

Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Cheese Crisps – Review and Contest!

This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Cheese Crisps

Last week the doorbell rang. It was Fedex, with a huge box.

I get stuff to review all the time, but this box was way too big to be the usual eco-friendly laundry detergent or the latest lip-liner sensation. It was excitingly large. But puzzlingly light. What could it be?

I was all aquiver with anticipation.

Hacking away at the tape with my handy box cutter, I was delighted, and a bit overwhelmed, to find 20 boxes of the new Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Cheese Crisps, ten of each flavor:

Four Cheese is made with Aged Cheddar, Asiago, Romano and Parmesan
Italian Herb is seasoned with flavorful herbs and spices

I called my (competing cheese cracker snack addicted) husband at work to tell him the good news:

Me: Twenty boxes of Pepperidge Farm cheese crackers just arrived for me to review
Him: Sometimes I love your job

Here’s how Pepperidge Farm describes Baked Naturals Cheese Crisps:

Natural, preservative-free snacks, made with an artisan blend of real cheeses golden baked to bubbly perfection on top of a thin, crispy, crunchy cracker.

And their tagline:

“Real Taste, Real Crunch, Real Goodness - Naturally, the best things in life are real”

Here’s how I describe them:

Dangerously addictive cheese crackers that are mercifully free-of high-fructose corn syrup and other junk. But don’t leave 20 boxes of ‘em out when your husband and his friends are drinking beer and watching football because you’ll only have seven boxes left at half-time.

My tagline:

“ZOMG, goldfish for grownups, only with enough cheesy-salty goodness to taste right with wine! Or beer, if you must."

To sum it up: We like them. A lot. Or I should say, we liked them, past tense, because they’re gone now. But we will be getting more, and plan to like them again, in several ways, including using them as cheese croutons in a salad.

More Reviews and a $100 Prize

As part of this review program, Pepperidge Farm and BlogHer selected eight bloggers, including me, to review the product, and hold contests to give away a $100 Visa Gift Card.

Visit the BlogHer review and giveaway round up page to check out the other reviews, and get seven more chances to win a $100 Visa Gift Card!

My Contest: “What Wine Goes with Pepperidge Farms Baked NaturalsCheese Crisps?”

To enter, leave me a comment below sharing which adult beverage you think should accompany these deliciously tasty Pepperidge Farms Baked Naturals Cheese Crisps.

Do you go with a nice Merlot? Or perhaps a Margarita? I’m partial to the versatile vodka tonic, and I know several dudes who can vouch for how well they pair with an imported lager or five.

The contest will begin at 10/5/2009 and will end 11/2/2009. Make sure that the e-mail address you leave is correct, or someone else will wind up with your prize.

You get extra chances to win by tweeting and blogging about the contest!

Rules:

No duplicate comments
You may receive an additional entry by linking on twitter and leaving a link in the comments
You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments
This giveaway is open to US-residents age 18 and over
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will notified by e-mail
You have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected

Please see the official rules here: Official Rules