Delicious Thank You Pastel Cupcakes, Delivered
By admin | May 14, 2008
There are few mail-order food companies that I love more than Mrs. Beasley’s. Every month or so, I’ll place an order with them and find a delicious package at my doorstep. I’ve purchased their cupcakes for several friends and relatives and they’ve all been crazy about them. Between the creamy icing and the soft, fluffy cake, they’re absolutely heavenly.
These Mrs. Beasleys Thank You Cupcakes are available for delivery in sets of 12 or 6 - The six pack is less than $30! Did your boss give you a raise? Send him cupcakes. Did your husband take you out for a romantic evening? Have cupcakes delivered. Did your kid’s baseball coach lead them to victory? Obviously, cupcakes are in order. They’re much tastier than baseball trophies.
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Bride & Groom Chocolate-Covered Strawberries Wedding Favors
By admin | May 8, 2008
If you’re the kind of person who oohs and ahhs over things that are made to look like other things, you’ll love these Bride & Groom Chocolate Dipped Strawberries. If you own a hotel, these would make a great way to greet newlyweds. Even cheap hotels can be dressed up with a simple gesture like that. If you’re planning a wedding reception, they’d make great wedding favors. And of course, if you’re a guy planning to propose, these chocolate-covered strawberries could be a cute way to help get the message across…
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David’s Cookies Key Lime Tart with Raspberry & Mango Sauce
By admin | May 4, 2008
Even if you’re not a fan of lime, you’ll probably like these Key Lime Tarts from David’s Cookies. It comes in a butter cookie shell and the filling itself is thick and rich. The tart weighs in at more than 1 pound, which is pretty amazing considering how thin tarts are usually made. Due to the richness, the Key Lime Tart feeds 12.
These Key Lime Tarts sound a lot better than alcohol rehab.
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Cinco De Mayo Pińata Filled With Candy
By admin | April 30, 2008
Sure, not everyone celebrates Cinco de Mayo, but those who don’t are about as much fun as a life insurance quote. If you haven’t started planning for your party yet, check out this Bull Pinata With Candy. Although I usually prefer to fill my own, this makes it particularly easy for the procrastinators of the world. Now all you need is a bag of tortilla chips and some margaritas and you’re good to go.
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Chocolate Ecstasy Cake - For a Birthday, Anniversary, Mother’s Day, Tuesday…
By admin | April 25, 2008
When it comes to gifts, I have a personal motto: “Always err on the side of delicious.” Given the choice between a fantastic edible gift and something you can’t eat, I’m almost always going to get the gift you can eat. People always stare at delicious food in bakeries and stores, but it’s not often that they treat themselves to a $20+ food that serves no practical purpose (though I’d argue for mood enhancement).
This Chocolate Ecstasy Cake is just one more example of an incredible gift cake that most people would never otherwise taste. It weighs in at **5 POUNDS** of fudge-y, chocolate-y goodness. The entire surface of the cake is covered in fudge frosting, chocolate wafers, some kind of extra icing, and crushed chocolate or cookies (or chocolate cookies) all over the sides. By the time you’re done, you’ll be so full and uncomfortable that you’ll need a sleep wedge to get a peaceful rest.
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Let Her Eat Cake - The Best Mother’s Day Cakes
By admin | April 21, 2008
Mother’s Day is one of those holidays that always seems to sneak up on me. This year, though, I’m going to be prepared. By compiling a list of the best cake choices for Mother’s Day, I’m getting a head start on looking for a gift. I don’t know if I’ll buy a Mother’s Day cake or not, but these certainly do look delicious…
Chocolate Saucy Cakes (6 pieces)
If you’re having a Mother’s Day dinner, these cakes are the perfect dessert. Instead of spending hours in the kitchen, you can move them from the freezer to the microwave and have them ready to eat in just a couple of minutes. Diameter: 3.5″ each Weight: 1 lb, 9.5 oz. Serves: 6
Miss Grace Lemon Bundt Cake
Price: $46.9
Each of these delicious lemon bundt cakes is handmade using fresh-squeezed California lemons, fresh-grated zest and fresh eggs, and Mrs. Beasley’s secret lemon glaze to give it the moist and delicious taste that has made it a true sensation. Each lemon cake comes in the classic Miss Grace decorator tin. This is the perfect cake for a light afternoon meal on Mother’s Day.
White Chocolate Lace Cake
If this cake is 1/10 as delicious as it looks, this gift will cause your mother to secretly declare you her favorite this Mother’s Day. It starts with a white cake layered with raspberry preserves, covered with white chocolate butter cream, and then layered with more white chocolate butter cream. The cake is then topped with raspberry glaze and the white spiral design you see above. Diameter: 10″ Weight: 64 oz. Serves: 16
12 Pc. Assorted Brownie & Crumb Cake Sampler
I’ve never been disappointed by a gift from David’s, and this 12pc Brownie Crumb Cake Sampler is not likely to be an exception! The reusable David’s gift tin will come filled with: (8) amazing 4 oz. brownies in Chocolate Chip, Pecan Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Blondie, Cheesecake, Rocky Road and Macaroon. (4) 6 oz. crumb cake slices in flavors like Original Butter, Triple Chocolate, and Raspberry.
Any other favorites I’m forgetting? After these Mother’s Day gifts, your mom may be ready for an Orovo detox - or just a run around the block.
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PMS - Party Monday - Sunday Gift Basket
By admin | April 18, 2008
In college, I remember a guy who would ask people at parties, “What channel are we watching tonight?” and then wait for a response. When the person he asked got confused, he’d yell out, “ABC - Absolute Beer Consumption! YEAH MAN!!!!” or something to that effect. He was insanely obnoxious, the kind of guy who needed a personality transplant and a large bottle of Leptovox to shed a couple hundred pounds. I have to wonder if he was behind the naming of this next gift basket.
The PMS - Party Monday-Sunday Gift Basket comes in at around $100 and includes cookies, pretzels, French Brie, Baby Gouda, some other assorted items, and your choice of wine. While I tend to think more of beer and hard liquor when it comes to “parying Monday through Saturday”, this sounds like a pretty nice gift basket.
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Rooibos Red Tea & the Health Benefits of Rooibos Tea
By admin | April 17, 2008
Until about 5 minutes, I had never heard of Rooibos Herbal Tea. Apparently, it’s an herb that grows in South Africa and is purported to offer a variety of health benefits that range from minimizing the effects of ulcers to delaying the aging process. Below, a more complete list of the health benefits of Rooibos Tea:
- Relieves nausea, constipation, ulcers, and heartburn.
- Strengthens bones and teeth (Rooibos Tea has a lot of fluoride, calcium, and manganese, apparently)
- Delays the aging process by attacking free radicals.
- Can be mixed with milk to calm colicky babies
- Rooibos Skin Care - Can be applied to the skin to lessen acne, eczema, and other skin problems (Rooibos contains zinc and alpha hydroxy)
- Rooibos tea contains no caffeine, so it makes a great bedtime drink.
- Can be used after sports or a night of drinking to restore minerals to the body.
That’s a lot to claim for a simple herbal tea, but Rooibos definitely has a strong fan base among those who know it exists. I was really surprised to see that no major franchise carried it, but you can buy Organic Rooibos loose as you see below:
Or, if you prefer, you can get something like this Rooibos Sampler that comes with 6 tins of different Rooibos varieties. This one includes Rooibos, Rooibos Berry, Rooibos Earl Grey, Rooibos Mango, Rooibos Tropics & Rooibos Vanilla.
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Nostalgia in a Basket - The 50s Candy Gift Basket
By admin | April 8, 2008
Although Father’s Day isn’t coming up for about two months, it’s never too soon to start gathering ideas. Oh sure, I could buy something useful like a cell phone repeater or a new weed whacker, but where’s the fun in that? I think my own father would get a lot more enjoyment out of something like this 50s Candy Gift Basket.
The 50s Candy Gift Basket includes over 30 full-size pieces of candy - roughly 5 pounds of wonderful processed sugar. You get Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles, Sen-Sen Breath Refreshment, Chuckles, Charms Ass’t Squares, Vanilla French Chew Taffy, Haviland Wintergreen Patty, Candy Buttons, Necco Wafers Chocolate, Cherry Mash, Necco Wafers Ass’t, Mary Janes, Zagnut Bar, Violet Scented Gum, Charms Pop Sweet, Walnettos, Bubble Gum Cigars, Smoothie Peanut Butter Cup,Teaberry Gum, Candy Stix Cigarettes, Oh! Henry Bar, Gold Mine Nugget Gum, Wax Lips, Skybar, Chocolate Moon Pie, Black Licorice Pipe, Abba-Zaba, Slo-Poke Jr. Sucker, Cup-o-Gold, Chocolate Cigarettes, Slap Stix, Sno-Caps, Chick-o-stick, Butter Rum Lifesavers, Clark Bar, Goetze’s Cow Tail, Vanilla Bun Bar, and Bubble Gum Cigarettes.
Funny story about the Goetze’s Cow Tails, though - As a child, I can remember my grandmother taking me out to the local Rural King (that’s a farm supply / clothing / toy store, for those of you who didn’t grow up in the middle of nowhere) and buying me a Cow Tail. I was pretty young, so I still believed…pretty much everything…and I spent hours squishing it around and feeling bad for the cow that lost its tail. As small as it was, I figured it had to have come from a baby cow…
So I guess the moral of the story is that even if you didn’t grow up in the 50s, this gift basket may stir up some funny memories from the past. If your dad (or mom, or friend, or whomever) did actually grow up in the 50s, I can pretty much guarantee that this gift will be a hit. Just make sure you have time to stick around and listen to stories about riding bikes down to the general store and how all the candy cost a nickel.
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A Barack Obama Cookie Cake?
By admin | April 6, 2008
This may be the strangest cookie cake I’ve ever encountered - The Barack Obama Cookie Cake. I’m not sure why anyone outside of his campaign would want a cake bearing his name, but I guess someone over at David’s Cookies thought there was a demand for it.
The $34.95 cookie cake itself weighs in at 1.5 pounds and has a 12 inch diameter. If you put one of these away, you’d probably have to chase it with something like Orovo for all the calories you’d have just taken in. Of course, if you’re having a party to celebrate the events of the election, this would be the perfect refreshment. I’ve never eaten a bad cookie from David’s Cookies.
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The Famous Mrs. Beasley’s Make Your Own Cupcake Set
By admin | April 4, 2008
Mrs. Beasley’s cupcakes are well-known as a favorite of the stars (though I’m not sure if anyone in Hollywood actually digests them…), but their mail-order business ensures that her delicious baked goods can be delivered to anywhere from Los Angeles to remote Branson lots and anywhere in between.
As I was browsing their site, I had initially planned to order some cupcakes to arrive for a relative’s birthday. Then I realized that they have this totally awesome Mrs. Beasley’s Decorate Your Own Cupcake Kit.
The cupcake kit comes with 18 100 calorie popper cupcakes, 4 colossal cupcakes, 2 tubs of frosting, pastry bags, and *9* different toppings. And it’s only $40. Not bad at all.
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The Most Expensive Picnic Gift Set Ever
By admin | March 31, 2008
Okay, so maybe this isn’t THE most expensive picnic ever, but it’s certainly not cheap. At $265, “The Picnic” set is perfectly stocked for a slightly snooty afternoon in the park.
So what do you get with your almost $300 picnic basket? Quite a lot, actually. It comes with a picnic basket with a green gingham liner, forks, knives, plates, plastic wine glasses, containers, a cheese knife, cheese board, a disposable camera, and napkins. As for the edibles, you get:
Santa Barbara Garlic Stuffed Olives
La Tempesta Chocolate Macadamia Biscotti
Tony Packo’s Pickles and Peppers
1 Bottle of Forest Glen Chardonnay
French Brie Cheese
Havarti with Dill
Carr’s Assorted Biscuits
Maille Mustard
5 Lindt Chocolates
Lindt Chocolate Bar
Of course, I think this gift set would be best enjoyed on patio furniture instead of the cold, hard, ant-ridden ground.
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Spanish Paella & Rioja Wine Gift Set
By admin | March 31, 2008
I’ve talked about the benefits of wine clubs before, but you don’t necessarily have to commit to an expensive series of shipments to get a good gift for a friend or business associate. This Spanish Paella & Rioja Wine Gift Set makes an astounding and exotic gift set for a very reasonable $70.
Given the fact that saffron alone can be a little pricey and hard to find, it’s actually a very nice gift. It’s also a great, self-interested gift if you happen to live with the intended recipient.
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Pears, an Underrated Fruit
By admin | March 31, 2008
Why is it that so many great artists have painted pears, but almost no one seems to care one way or another about them. Oh sure, they’re okay in a fruit cocktail with plenty of sugar-y syrup - but how often do you see a person snacking on a raw pear?
This Premium Pear Medley might make you think twice about passing up a juicy pear. For just under $40, you can get a beautiful (and healthy) gift in a signature watercolor gift box. You’ll want to put TSA locks on these pears.
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Movie Night Popcorn Gift Set
By admin | March 30, 2008
If you know someone who has everything, right down to the fancy home theater seating, this Movie Night Supply Box-Snacks & $10 BLOCKBUSTER Giftcard set is the perfect gift. It comes with buttered popcorn, licorice twists, malted milk balls, gummy bears, Kiddy Mix and a $10 Blockbuster gift card for the movies of your recipient’s choice. I’m not sure what’s in a Kiddy Mix, but the rest of it sounds pretty awesome.
A night in with a movie never tasted so good. Heres one of our giant scoop boxes filled with a bag of classic movie fare: Butter popcorn, red licorice twists, malted milk balls, gummy bears, Kiddy Mix and a Blockbuster gift card. Andaction! BLOCKBUSTER GiftCard/GiftCards Terms and Conditions: Membership rules and certain restrictions apply for rental at BLOCKBUSTER. BLOCKBUSTER GiftCards are subject to complete terms and conditions found on GiftCard and/or packaging. GiftCards cannot be used to
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Mother’s Day Gourmet Cookies & Gift House
By admin | March 26, 2008
Although Mother’s Day is still a bit over a month away, it’s never too soon to start looking for a tasty gift for the occasion. The Mother’s Day Ceramic Cookie Gift House set below includes 6 gourmet cookies in a decorative ceramic house that can be used later for storage. It could hold napkins, mail, paintbrushes, or kitchen utensils, among other things. It’s available for directbuy at The Cookie Garden.
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The Dom Perignon Champagne Gift Basket
By admin | March 24, 2008
I don’t think I like anyone enough to send them this “A Toast to Dom Perignon” gift basket, but perhaps you do. It would certainly make a good impression. For a mere $220, you get a 750ml bottle of Dom Perignon, 2 very festive champagne flutes, and 6 chocolate truffles. I think I’ve been on cruises that cost less than this set.
The only thing I don’t get is the truffles. Why just 6? Why not a good-sized box of them? You’re already spending $220, why not just add another $20 to the cost and include more chocolate?
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Omaha Steaks Lobster & Filet Dinner
By admin | March 20, 2008
Given the choice between a Patek Nautilus watch and a Lobster & Filet dinner for two, I’d definitely choose the meal. While either would make a great business gift, it’s tough to look at the picture below without getting very, very hungry. Surprisingly, the meal goes for just $69 over at Omaha Steaks (for now, anyway). Contents include:
2 (6 oz.) Lobster Tails
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Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake by Junior’s New York
By admin | March 20, 2008
If you’re a fan of cheesecake, you know that there’s more to good cheesecake than just The Cheesecake Factory. Junior’s New York makes some amazing cheesecakes that you can even get delivered. Their Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake is a great blend of regular cheesecake and a gooey raspberry puree.
At 3 pounds for a single cheesecake, you’ll have plenty for 10-12 people. They also have regular cheesecake, sugar-free cheesecake, chocolate mousse, chocolate swirl, fruity cheesecake, and a sampler that includes several flavors. The only way they could make it better is to enhance the health factor with something like vitamins or Astragalus.
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Sugar-Free Hand-Dipped Chocolate Strawberries
By admin | March 17, 2008
Diabetics and other sugar-restricted groups have a pretty tough lot in life. Delicious food is everywhere, and eating it goes hand in hand with most celebrations and holidays. Fortunately, someone over at ProFlowers had diabetics in mind with their Sugar Free Hand-Dipped Strawberries.
Each sugar-free strawberry is dipped in chocolate and then coated in nuts, coconut, or more delicious chocolate. If someone in your life has a sugar-restricted diet, this is definitely the perfect gift. Even on sale, the price is a little high (currently $45, regularly $75), but this is a present that tells the recipient that you went the extra mile to get something especially appropriate.
Also, as a note for some of you clueless guys out there - If you occasionally see your favorite lady eating sugar-free foods or dieting, that doesn’t mean you should buy these strawberries. If she CAN eat regular chocolate, this gift may be interpreted as a request to shed a few pounds. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
This picture definitely isn’t large enough to convey the full yumminess of these strawberries. Don’t grab your Panoptx glasses, just click over to their site and view it in a larger size.
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