Hippity Hoppity! This year the Easter Bunny’s basket is filled with new offerings from Hershey’s and if you love a good fluffernutter sandwich you’re in for a treat.
The new Reese’s Mallow-Top Peanut Butter Cup features a marshmallow-flavored creme on top of the milk chocolate and peanut butter center you love.
“This Easter, our star is the Reese’s Mallow-Top Peanut Butter Cup” said Michael Reese, Senior Brand Manager, Holiday. “We’ve reimagined the classic Reese’s Cup by combining the top Easter flavors, milk chocolate, marshmallow and delicious Reese’s peanut butter, all into one amazing cup. Yes, it’s as good as it sounds.”
Available nationwide, for a limited time, in a standard 9.6 oz. snack size pack ($3.79) and in 1.2 oz regular ($0.99) and 2.4 oz king size ($1.59) packs. If you find them, BUY them!
Your other favorite peanut buttery treats are returning this year as well, including Reese’s Pieces Shake N’ Break, Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Bunny.
It’s even easier to break off a piece of that Kit Kat bar! Now fans have another way eat their beloved chocolate bar. This time with a smaller number of light and crispy wafers to give the Kit Kat Thins bar a new, thinner form.
The new Kit Kat Thins have only two, light and crispy wafers and thinner than the standard Kit Kat bar, which has three layers of wafers.
Kit Kat Thins are a great item for on-the-go snacking with their individually wrapped packaging.
Kit Kat Thins are available nationwide in 3.4 and 7.2 oz. bags ($2.39 and $3.89).
You might need to dig out the summer clothes to check this one! The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that Target has recalled around 181,000 Cat & Jack One-Piece Rashguards that were sold via Target.com and in stores from Dec. 2019 through Oct. 2020 for $15.
Target reports that the item in question has snaps that can break or detach. The recall includes the Summer Blue Lemon, the Coral Icon Story Hawaiian and the Moxie Peach Lemon Rashguards in sizes 12M - 5T. The product item number can be found on the white tag inside of the suit, click here to check the CPSC website in order to cross-reference your purchased item with the recalled products.
Target has received 27 reports of the snaps breaking or detaching, including one report of a laceration. If you have a recalled Rashguard, return it to Target for a full refund. Consumers with questions can contact Target at 800-440-0680 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT daily or online at www.target.com and click on “Recalls” at the bottom of the page, then on “Clothing” for more information. Consumers can also click the “Product Recalls” tab on Target’s Facebook page for more information.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that Target has recalled approximately 299,000 Cloud Island Rompers. According to Target, the snaps can break come loose from the rompers which poses a choking, laceration and pinching hazard.
Rompers included in the recall include the Cloud Island Waterfront Baby Boutique Romper, Cloud Island Little Peanut and True Navy Rompers, Cloud Island Little Wildflower and Joyful Mint Rompers, Cloud Island Oh Honeybee and Pink Rompers, and Cloud Island Floral Fields and Mint Rompers. The rompers were sold in sizes newborn to 12M.
Visit the CSPC website to see the complete list of rompers included in the recall. To see if your items are recalled, located the product item number on the white tag inside of the rompers.
To date, Target has received 16 reports of the snaps breaking, detaching, or missing from the rompers and one report of a child being pinched.
The Cloud Island rompers were sold at Target stores nationwide, Target.com, GoogleExpress.com and Shipt.com from Jul. 2019 through Oct. 2020 for $10 for a single romper and $11 for 2-pack rompers set.
If you have a recalled romper, immediately stop using and return them to any Target Store for a full refund. You can also contact Target to receive a prepaid return label to return the items via mail.
Idina Menzel, the Broadway star and voice of Elsa in Frozen and Frozen II, along with SB Projects, has just launched a brand-new kids series on YouTube called Idina’s Treehouse, and she films it in her son’s real treehouse! She reads books like The Day the Crayons Quit, chats with friends like Farmer Scott and Mrs. Roper, talks about words of the day with Aunt Cara and sings in that famous Elsa voice that’ll have the whole family wanting to listen.
Kids need meaningful connections even more these days, and parents need a break. Menzel says, “Just something I started working on during quarantine. Hope you all like it. In search of a little peace and quiet during the lockdown and stressful homeschooling I took refuge in my son Walker’s treehouse. Started talking and singing to myself. Delirium? Stir crazy? Mother gone mad? I offer up myself for your children’s amusement. Love you all. Hope you enjoy. Xoxo”
Candles may make your home warm and cozy, but it’s time to examine the brand you currently have on your mantle. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission recently recalled Sure Scents 2-1 Peaceful Stream/Moonlit Waves Candles for posing fire and burn hazards.
The candle (pictured above) is exclusively sold at Dollar Tree and according to CPSC, “the candles’ high flames can ignite the surface of the wax or cause the glass to break, posing fire and burn hazards.”
If you have this specific product in your possession immediately stop using it. Then call Dollar Tree for a refund. They can be reached at 800-876-8697 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at dollartree.com. If you go to their website to seek your refund, scroll to the bottom of the page and under “Customer Service” select “Contact Us” and then “Company Questions & Answers.” Next click on “Product Recalls” in the left column for more info.
Currently about 142,740 units are in circulation with the recall announced December 2020. To learn more visit CPSC.gov.
Cover your ears right now. Seriously: break out the earmuffs, the wooly hats and anything else you can find to keep you from hearing the “Santa Shark” Christmas song. Yep, that’s right. The earworm that your kiddos crave is back with a Christmas edition.
PinkFong’s “Baby Shark” is more than just a cute little ol’ kids song. It’s a tune that absolutely, positively will get stuck in your head. Hours after your tot danced around the family room to popular YouTube video, we know you’ll catch yourself quietly singing “Baby shark, doo doo doodoodoodoo doo” to yourself. Well, now the same can be said for “Santa Shark.”
Unlike the original, the holiday version was created by YouTubers Super Simple Songs. But that doesn’t mean it’s any less memorable. Instead of the original “doo-doo-doos”, the Santa-fied version has, “ho ho hos.” (Of course.) Aside from replacing the “baby” shark with a “Santa” shark, it also swaps out the shark’s family members for elves and reindeer.
So here’s the thing—you’ll probably want to pull your hair out on the second go-around of the YouTube video clip. But your littles will adore this cute Christmas song. Ah, the things we do for our kids!
You favorite Rebel Girls are getting ready to reach even more kids around the world. This week, the entertainment brand announced a new partnership with Imagine Kids+Family and Imagine Documentaries to create original and historical content, feature films, and short and long-form scripted and unscripted television.
The new formats will continue to share the stores of pioneering women and girls who are changing the world––and who have already. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and its more than 300 stories are the inspiration for the new content that will focus on the themes of creators, innovators, leaders, and champions that are key to Rebel Girls.
photo: Rebel Girls
Stephanie Sperber, President of Imagine Kids+Family says, “The trailblazing attitude behind Rebel Girls, which celebrates girls taking control of their own stories, breaking norms, and creating their future, resonates with girls and boys now more than ever. We are excited to work with Rebel Girls and build on what they started of celebrating pioneering women and girls, globally. With a focus on representation, we will create a dream team of diverse female writers, directors, actors, and crew to bring these extraordinary stories to wider audiences.”
Imagine Kids+Family was launched in January 2019 by Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and is run by Sperber. Stay tuned for more details on how you can experience Rebel Girls in the coming months
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!”
Spending more time at home lately? As we all head into the winter months and winter break, kidpik is helping families with fun new seasonal experiences to make the holidays even more special.
The leading clothing subscription box for kids, sizes 4-16, has launched Home for the Holidays, a weekly activity program that encourages seasonal experiences for the whole family at home. This program is the third installment of kidpik’s virtual event series and is perfect for navigating social distancing.
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This season is the perfect time for new traditions, and you can start a few that include a virtual baking class Melissa Ben-Ishay of baked by Melissa, a family movie night and crafts.