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When I was younger, it became a tradition to go to Hershey Park each year on my birthday. Sadly that tradition ended about 10 years ago but it was always so much fun!  Hmmm…. yes… most of us can not turn down chocolate so how can you not love a day spend smelling it? I can’t forget tasting it through out the day either. Hershey’s is an amazing company that has so many different products out there. Unless you are a complete chocolate scrooge, you are bound to find something you will love. The Hershey Company is the largest producer of quality chocolate in North America!

Chocolate lovers have a reason to celebrate!  Hershey’s Simple Pleasures Chocolates is a new delicious line of chocolates with 30 percent less fat compared to the average of the leading milk chocolates.  They are individually wrapped for easy portion control, making them the perfect afternoon sweet snack.

This new line is available in 3 varieties which includes, Milk Chocolate with Chocolate Crème, Dark Chocolate with Chocolate Crème and Milk Chocolate with Vanilla Crème.  These are a very smooth and creamy chocolate. I am not a big fan of Dark Chocolate so all I can really say about these is, it’s not the worst I have ever tasted. The boys liked them as their second choice. The Milk Chocolate with the Chocolate center was my favorite. It’s not a rich chocolate where you eat one and can’t tolerate another. I actually found myself going back for more on more than one occasion. The Milk Chocolate with the Vanilla center, none of us liked this one. It seemed to leave a film in our mouths. The center flavor wasn’t very appetizing.

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How do you pick what kind of cereal you buy each chopping trip? Do you tell the kids what they are going to eat or do you let them pick? I generally let them pick, but, it is from a selection. I refuse to let them just grab whatever they want. Biggest reason being the amount of sugar lot of the ones they want contain. I also think it is insane to pay $4+ for a box of cereal that lasts 2 days. I am picky about my cereal. I only eat mainly Cheerios, Chex etc.

Ready to go nuts over fiber? Introducing the newest flavor in the Fiber One cereal line-up, Fiber One Nutty Clusters & Almonds! With the perfect combination of crunch and sweetness, this new cereal is a great (and tasty!) way to help get fiber you need. It contains 11 grams of fiber (43% of the Daily Value), 23 grams of whole grain (at least 48 recommended daily), and 180 calories per serving. Not to mention, chock full of delicious crunchy nut clusters, real sliced almonds and whole grain flakes! Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans don’t get enough fiber in their diet?
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I don’t know any kids that don’t love fruit snacks. We even have a supply of gummy vitamins! That boys love taking those. There are so many different kinds of fruit snacks on the market today, it’s hard to decide which to buy. Aside from the prices, some of them just taste horrible. How would I know you may be thinking? I always steal the orange ones I don’t even really have to steal them anymore, now the boys just automatically say, “Mom! Orange one!” lol

We took a lot of road trips this summer and I always look for “help yourself” snacks to pack. Mott’s® now has a delicious line of fruit snacks available in Assorted Fruit and Berry varieties, Mott’s® Medleys Fruit Flavored Snacks are the ideal blend of great tasting and quality ingredients that will make both kids and moms happy. They are made with real fruit & vegetable juice and natural colors and flavors. They are made with pear, apple and carrot juice concentrate.  They are of course not intended to replace fruit or vegetables in a diet. I also love that they are available with year round Double Box Tops!
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I used to drink a lot of soda and even though I tried to find something else, I never had much luck. I really love iced tea but I am not a big fan of fresh brewed tea. It has to have lemon in it. I tried making it at home but it took to many lemons to get the flavor I wanted. Let’s face it, if I have to spend $5 on lemons, it’s not really cost efficient anymore.

One day I went to have lunch with my “Local Mom”, Victoria, and she ordered an Arnold Palmer. Right away I thought it was an alcoholic beverage. When I asked what it was, she said it was half lemonade and half iced tea. I had never heard of this drink before.  I tried it and I loved it! This is what I drink 90% of the time now. It is rare that I order or buy soda anymore. I even discovered a few months ago that Starbucks sells a Tazo® Black Shaken Iced Tea Lemonade that is good too. However, at $3.95 a pop for the Trenta and that “liquid sugar” they pump into it, I had to figure out a way to make these to drink at home.
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