Grab Your Free DQ “Sweeter Vest” with a Pocket for a Pie Blizzard This Week

by Sarah ShebekSeptember 13, 2021

It’s always ice cream season, even when the temperatures start to drop. Chilly temperatures are no match for DQ, thanks to a fun new fall roster of blizzards and a sweet new giveaway. Yes, there’s a sweater vest involved!

If you’ve always dreamed of owning an article of clothing that’s perfect for carrying a blizzard, you’re in luck. DQ is giving away a limited edition “Sweeter Vest” that includes a pocket for the treat and a separate smaller pocket for the accompanying spoon! Vests are first come, first served and totally free, so make sure to bookmark this page and enter starting at 9 a.m. ET on September 15.

What to carry in your new vest? A pie blizzard! You’ll no longer have to debate whether pumpkin or pecan is the best pie flavor, because you can buy both with a DQ spin. The new Pecan Pie blizzard features brown sugar pie pieces and caramel and the Pumpkin Pie blizzard has real pie pieces and is topped with whipped cream.

But if you’re not really a pie person, not to worry. Look for two more new blizzards on the seasonal menu: Reese’s Pieces Cookie Dough and Sea Salt Toffee Fudge. The first one includes chocolate chip cookie dough and Reese’s Pieces blended together and the second has real salted toffee pieces.

All of the treats are available now for a limited time. Head to your nearest DQ or place an online order to get your ice cream even faster! And with any luck, hopefully you can tote it around in your own Sweeter Vest very soon.

—Sarah Shebek

Featured image courtesy of Dairy Queen

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Flying Cauldron’s Butterscotch Beer Is Coming to Cans & We Didn’t Even Have to Cast a Spell

by Sarah ShebekJuly 27, 2021

Your beach time and barbeques are in for a magical upgrade! Flying Cauldron’s Butterscotch Cream Soda, which riffs off Butterbeer, is coming to 16 ounce cans. You’ll be able to buy it online through the Flying Cauldron Web Store and on Amazon.

The delicious brew was previously only available in glass bottles, but fan feedback made aluminum cans a reality. It features flavors of butterscotch and vanilla, will all-natural ingredients and no artificial preservatives or caffeine. Currently you can pre-order a 12 pack for $35 and it will roll out on Amazon later this summer.

If that’s not enough, you can enter to win a year’s supply of the soda thanks to Flying Cauldron! Enter the online giveaway through August 15 for a chance to win 12 cans a month, plus limited edition toasted mallow treats. Be sure to sign up your resident wizards and Muggles!

––Sarah Shebek

Feature image courtesy of Flying Cauldron

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Hop into Spring with Lowe’s Free Garden Kits for Kids

by Erica LoopApril 2, 2021

Are you looking for a way to get your kiddo into gardening this spring? Lowe’s has an answer! The home improvement store has Garden-To-Go Kits that feature new activities each week.

Even though in-person events are out for the time being, Lowe’s new kits are a way to entertain and educate your children—all in one one convenient place.

photo: Maggie My Photo Album via Pexels

The kits change by the week, featuring different fun, family-friendly themes. Kits that are soon to come include a Mystery Garden Pinata Kit with a biodegradable piñata filled with mystery seed bombs, a Tree Giveaway with a real sapling and a Butterfly Quest Kit that comes with the wood needed to assemble a butterfly house, paint, a paintbrush and seeds.

To get your kiddo’s free (yes free!) kit, visit Lowe’s website here. Families must “register” for the free kit online, with one kit given out per family. You must sign-up for the kit at least one week before the kit distribution date. Parents can pick up the kits curbside at their local participating Lowe’s store between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Apr. 15, Apr. 22 or Apr. 29.

—Erica Loop

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IHOP Offers IOU’s for National Pancake Day Promotion

by Erica LoopFebruary 16, 2021

If you’re not-so patiently waiting for your free short stack from IHOP on National Pancake Day, you’ll have to wait a little longer. With Covid concerns a top priority, the iconic eatery has chosen to postpone its annual giveaway.

This year, IHOP’s National Pancake Day free pancake offer will look a bit different—kind of like just about everything else in 2020/2021. Instead of a one-day deal, IHOP will celebrate with a month-long event.

photo courtesy of Business Wire

Jay Johns, President at IHOP said in a press statement, “At IHOP, our top priority is the safety of our guests and team members.” Johns continued, “Given nothing about this past year has been ordinary—and while we look forward to celebrating National Pancake Day with guests under our blue roof in the future – we recognize it’s not possible to gather millions of our closest family and friends in our restaurants on a single day this year. As a result, we decided to flip National Pancake Day on its head and give our guests an entire month to redeem their free Short Stack with an IOU, while also continuing to put purpose behind our pancakes by giving back to those most in need: our charity partners.”

MyHOP email club members and customers who register for MyHOP by Mar. 31, 2021 will receive an IOU for a free short stack of buttermilk pancake goodness. You can redeem your coupon in IHOP restaurants, on IHOP.com, or through the IHOP mobile app starting Apr. 1, 2021. Use the coupon any day in April for in-restaurant or to-go orders.

Don’t worry if you forget to register for MyHOP. Non-members can get a free short stack in April (limit one per customer) with a $10 or more purchase.

—Erica Loop

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Nutella Is Giving Away a Cooking Sesh with Hilary Duff & Here’s How to Win It

by Karly WoodJanuary 27, 2021

Nutella fans rejoice! World Nutella Day (Feb. 5), is around the corner and Nutella is giving its biggest fans goodies to celebrate.

First up, one super fan will get a chance to win a live remote cooking tutorial from Hilary Duff! To enter the giveaway, you can enter by sharing how much you love Nutella on social media and including #WorldNutellaDaySweeps and #WorldNutellaDay in the caption.

photo: Chris Liverani via Unsplash

Five lucky winners will be chosen and will get a cooking tutorial sharing Hilary’s favorite Nutella recipe. You’ll also also receive $1,000 to spend at Williams Sonoma and a Nutella meal kit to prepare you for the experience.

But don’t worry if you aren’t chosen! Five hundred winners will also have a chance win a custom Nutella name jar, plus awesome recipes on nutelladay.com.

––Karly Wood

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Your Favorite Breakfast Cereal Is Bringing Back a Heart-Felt Makeover

by Jennifer SwartvagherJanuary 25, 2021

We have some buzz-worthy news from the cereal aisle! For a limited time, Cheerios is once again transforming their iconic “Os” into happy heart shapes in celebration of its new heart healthy campaign. You might get heart eyes just looking at them!

Cheerios will also be giving away a free box of Honey Nut Cheerios via rebate during the month of February, while supplies last, to drive awareness of National Heart Health Month.

With more than 100 million Americans having some form of heart disease, Cheerios wants to help bring the heart health conversation to the forefront in a fun, lighthearted way by changing up the shape of their iconic “Os” in boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios and original yellow-box Cheerios, along with new additional flavors including Blueberry, Chocolate and Cinnamon starting in late January.

“When we launched the happy-heart shaped O’s last year, it helped to educate millions of our fans about the importance of not only following a heart-healthy diet, but also about the benefits of eating Cheerios,” said Kathy Dixon, Senior Brand Experience Manager, Cheerios. “Cheerios is on a mission to not only put a smile on people’s faces but to inspire them to find new and fun ways to support their hearts.”

The limited-edition Cheerios boxes with happy heart shapes will be available at major retailers nationwide starting in late January, while supplies last. They retail for $3.99 / 10.8oz box or $4.99 / 19.8oz box.

The Honey Nut Cheerios free box giveaway will also be available via rebate up to $7.00 excluding tax. Americans can redeem by scanning their receipt during the month of February, while supplies last, to receive their rebate via Venmo, PayPal or US mail.

—Jennifer Swartvagher

Images provided by General Mills

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It’s Not Delivery, It’s Free DiGiorno Pizza During the Super Bowl!

by Karly WoodJanuary 20, 2021

Last year, DiGiorno pumped up pizza fans everywhere with its Super Bowl giveaway. Now, the pizza purveyor is back with a 2021 freebie!

In honor of game day, DiGiorno is giving away free pizza if the Super Bowl score hits 3-14 or 14-3 at any point during the game. So how do you snag the free pizza pie?

photo: Courtesy of Digiorno

If the score hits the magic numbers, DiGiorno will tweet a link where fans can enter for a chance to win a free pizza! Click on the link, then register for the coupon that will help you bring home free pizza.

Make sure you pay attention though––the tweet only stays live while the score is 3-14 or 14-3. Once it changes, you’re out of luck!

Free pizza is only available while supplies last.

––Karly Wood

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Hotwire Is Giving Away an IOU Trip to Help Make up for Canceled Holiday Plans

by Jennifer SwartvagherDecember 10, 2020

It’s hard to break the news that you won’t be home for the holidays this year. According to a recent study by Hotwire 80% of Americans are planning on altering or cancelling their holiday travel plans. The online travel site wants to do something to help make things up to your loved ones who will be missing you this year.

Telling your mom that you won’t be making the trek home has to be one of the hardest parts cancelling your travel plans. Nearly one in three of Americans dread breaking the news to loved ones, with 28% noting they’re procrastinating picking up the phone as long as possible, at least until mid-December.

Hotwire is launching its “Happy Next Holiday” generator and giveaway, to take some of the pressure off letting your loved ones know you can’t travel home this year. To make it up to them, the travel brand is giving one participant the ultimate “IOU” trip worth $25,000 for the whole family to enjoy when they’re ready to reunite and get back to traveling! Hotwire will cover travel expenses like flights and hotel. Plus, since experiences are what make a family reunion one to remember, they’re throwing in $15,580 in cash so you can make up for those activities missed in 2020.

For a little extra comic relief, Hotwire will help the winner remind Mom (or whoever they’re letting down this year) that they still love them, even from a distance. They’ll create a personalized can’t-miss billboard, flyover plane banner or equivalent somewhere your loved one will be sure to notice.

Head to happynextholidays.hotwire.com and follow the prompts to create your ‘Happy Next Holidays’ message. Messages are created when you complete and submit the registration form to enter Hotwire’s Happy Next Holidays Sweepstakes. Select how you’d like Hotwire to generate the news for you: email, text message, postcard or share to social.

The first 100 participants will also receive a special coupon to apply toward future travel on Hotwire.

“We know that this year has been tough on everyone, to say the least, and people are really feeling the stress as we head into the holiday season — a time that under normal circumstances, we reunite with family and friends from around the country,” said Nick Graham, head of Hotwire. “While a trip home might not be in the cards this year, we’re committed to giving travelers something to look forward to and a little comic relief in the meantime. Hotwire’s awesome deals will be there for you when you’re ready to get back out there!”

—Jennifer Swartvagher

All photos courtesy of Hotwire

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This Company Is Giving Away 100 Gallons of Hand Sanitizer––Per Week!

by Karly WoodNovember 19, 2020

‘Tis the season and all-natural eco-friendly brand for skin and body products, Green Goo, is sharing the joy. The company has announced its Season of Goodness, which involves $100,000 worth of giveaways!

For the next eight weeks until Jan. 6 2021, Green Goo will give one winner a $500 gift basket of products. The randomly selected winner will then pay it forward by choosing an organization such as a hospital, school, restaurant, fire station, shelter or other group to receive a large allotment of Green Goo’s FDA-compliant hand sanitizer.

photo: Green Goo

In addition, Green Goo will also select its own hand sanitizer recipients to meet their 100 gallon donation of hand sanitize per week commitment. So, do you want to win one of those $500 baskets?

You can visit the entry form page on the Green Goo website. You’ll also be able to nominate a worthy organization for donation consideration without entering the giveaway by completing the alternate submission form. It’s time to pay it forward!

––Karly Wood

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OREO Honors LGBTQ+ History Month with an Emotional Video & New Rainbow Cookies

by Jennifer SwartvagherOctober 9, 2020

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month this October, OREO has released a heartwarming Pride video that tells the story of a young woman, Jen, introducing her parents to her girlfriend, Amy, for the first time. Made in partnership with PFLAG National, Proud Parent was filmed to promote the importance of LGBTQ+ allyship and create a more accepting world. The brand is also releasing a first-of-their-kind Limited Edition #ProudParent OREO Rainbow Cookies to reward acts of allyship for the LGBTQ+ community.

The emotional film ends with, “A loving world starts with a loving home” celebrating the important role of parental and community support in fostering greater LGBTQ+ acceptance.

Beginning Oct 9, only 10,000 packs of the first-of-their kind limited edition cookies will be available to fans via giveaway to reward acts of allyship for the LGBTQ+ community. Each pack features seven different colored creme fillings, inspired by the colors of the Pride flag.

To receive a pack of the limited-edition OREOs, fans must participate in the #ProudParent campaign by sharing a photo of what allyship means to them on Instagram or Twitter, tagging and following @OREO, and using the hashtags #ProudParent and #Giveaway will be eligible to receive a pack, provided their registration forms are among the first 10,000 received.

—Jennifer Swartvagher

Featured photo: OREO

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