After the year we’ve had many families are looking forward to seeing what 2021 has in store. While New Year’s Eve celebrations might look a little different this year, we can still celebrate the end of 2020 and welcome a new year in a fun and delicious way. Jelly Belly Candy has several non-alcoholic treats to serve at your celebration.
Champagne Jelly Beans
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Packaged in a mini plastic champagne bottles for a festive touch, the Champagne Jelly Beans are a great themed treat for everyone’s champagne holiday. They have an iridescent finish giving them the “bubbly” touch.
Rosé Jelly Beans
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Inspired by the trendy, pink sparking wine, Jelly Belly created deliciously dry yet sweet Rosé Jelly Beans. They have an iridescent finish that suggests the effervescence of a real sparkling wine and come in mini bottles.
Cocktail Classics
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Inspired by the most elegant of shaken, stirred and poured cocktails, Jelly Belly bean mixologists blended the finest ingredients to transport you to the golden age of the cocktail. The Cocktail Classics includes five flavors: Mojito, Peach Bellini, Piña Colada, Pomegranate Cosmo and Strawberry Daiquiri.
Draft Beer Beans
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Jelly Belly's Draft Beer Beans took the authentic taste of a freshly poured draft beer (without the alcohol!) and turned it into a gourmet jelly bean.
These non-alcoholic products are also a perfect way for those who are participating in Dry January to indulge with a yummy treat.
National Cookie Day is the perfect day to indulge in a sweet treat. Cheryl’s Cookies and Harry & David are celebrating in delicious ways. They are offering seasonal flavors and festive gifts to creative ways to enjoy these gourmet delights in the comfort of home.
The countdown to Christmas begins with the brand new and exclusive Advent Calendar Cookie Box, the tastiest way for families to connect with one another and be merry.
Cookie artisans can reinvent the traditional cookie platter by crafting an Instagram and Pinterest-worthy holiday cookie board. Using gourmet cookies as the foundation, this dessert tray can be personalized with a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
photo: Harry & David
Starting today, Fri., Dec. 4 to Sun., Dec. 6, the National Cookie Day Sampler Box from Cheryl’s Cookies is on sale for $9.99 and includes free delivery. This assortment arrives with six popular cookie flavors and a $10 reward card to use on your next purchase.
Regardless of where you’re planning to spend your holidays, one thing will not be different this year. People will be hungry, and you’re probably playing a major role in feeding those mouths! Keep reading for our favorite Atlanta food bloggers for recipe inspo.
Sweet Savant
Chef Demetra Overton shares the lessons she's learned from cooking and entertaining professionally since 1995 with her readers at Sweet Savant. Having worked for reknown restaurants, such as Tappan Hill in Tarrytown, NY and The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Buckhead, Demetra is also a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. Explore her inspirations—from local farms, markets and fellow chefs—get her honest product reviews, helpful tips, and of course, recipes, on Sweet Savant.
This Buford-based food blogger serves up heaping helpings of homestyle-recipes that are as simple as they are hearty. A grandmother herself, blogger Lana Stuart knows how to please a crowd at the dinner table—and at the kids' table! With recipes for every meal, plus bonus recipes for canning and preserving, beverages, and desserts, you can plan an entire holiday weekend by digging into her archives.
Erica is an award-winning Atlanta-based blogger with a passion for all things dining, entertaining, and food. From her original foray into the Atlanta dining scene, Erica has since branched out into a blog with recipes, dinner party inspiration, and a line of custom candles. We particularly like her cocktail recipes, just in case you're looking for a few ideas for the upcoming months.
Blogger Shashi believes that eating-in can be tastier, healthier, cheaper and, most days of the week, spicier than what you might normally plan for. Many of her recipes are quick and easy vegetarian options—with plenty of curries to try—with a few indulgent ones thrown in, for good measure.
Lindsay Conchar is an author, photographer and recipe developer who provides tried-and-true recipes for all your favorite desserts—from cakes and cheesecakes to cookies and brownies. You’ll even find a sprinkling of appetizers, meals and cocktails on her website.
You'll find Kimberly Stroh at the helm of Savvy Mama Lifestyle, where the mom of two boys dishes on family-friendly recipes, along with traveling as a family, Disney and handy hacks for the Millennial Mom. We're really loving her recipe for Pumpkin Fluff Dip.
Chef Megan McCarthy incorporates nutritious Superfoods into an everyday healthy eating lifestyle in her approachable recipes. She is also the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden Chef, creating culinary delights freshly harvested right out of the edible garden. Meet her in person as she teaches her healthy cooking and lifestyle classes at Whole Foods Markets, The Cook’s Warehouse and Specialty Stores in Georgia.
Chef Melissa Pelkey Hass offers a collection of great recipes with a side of humor on her blog, The Front Porch Gourmet. You'll find everything from grilled lobster with burrata caprese salad inspiration to a made-from-scratch take on classic Spaghetti-Os.
Allyson Zea is a Domestic Superhero who earned her stripes in the kitchen during college, when she was a nanny for a family of 4—and was responsible for making dinner every night. Now, you'll find everything from easy, no fuss meal ideas to fancy with all the frills recipes on her blog, along with travel ideas and ongoing home project files.
Halloween may look a little different this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still celebrate the sweetest part about the holiday — candy! Dylan’s Candy Bar is here to satisfy all of your spooky cravings. From gummies to gourmet treats, these candies are perfect for trick-or-treating or a candy buffet.
Spooktacular Halloween Kebobs: ($6.00) You can’t do Halloween without Gummy Kebobs! Perfect for parties, trick-or-treating and more, these unique treats always go fast. Grab yours before they’re gone!
Body Parts Buffet Tackle Box: ($26.00) Take a bite out of life the creepiest Tackle Box yet! Filled to the brim with gummy brains, eyeballs and more, this box is perfect for Halloween lovers.
Harvest Happiness Paint Can: ($17.00) Take festive treats on all your adventures this Fall! Bring our paint can to the pumpkin patch, on a road trip or along on a hike—the possibilities are endless.
Fall Flavor-ites Tackle Box: ($26.00) Move over, PSL! Indulge in the flavors of Fall with this handpicked assortment of gourmet treats.
Jeepers Creepers Tackle Box: ($26.00) These creepy crawlers look almost too real to eat…we said almost! Use the creatures inside to decorate Halloween treats, spice up an everyday snack or satisfy your sweet tooth.
Apple-solutely Perfect Popcorn: ($12) – This apple flavored popcorn is the apple of our eye! With white chocolate and graham crackers, it’s almost as good as a trip to the orchard. Pair with a Halloween movie for the perfect night in.
Spooktacular Chocolate Bar Multipack: (10) – Get in the Halloween spirit with this 4-pack of bars in spooktacular shades. Perfect for trick-or-treaters or Halloween care packages! (Psst, more is more! Save $3 when you buy this Halloween chocolate bar multipack.)
If you’ve ever watched Tom Hanks dance Chopsticks on the floor piano, you’re well aware of the joys of FAO Schwarz. One hotel is taking the fun of the toy store and bringing it into the guest room.
FAO Schwarz has teamed up with the Conrad New York Midtown hotel to provide young guests a thrilling, toy-filled experience. Just for the holiday season the hotel will feature a guest suite filled with wall-to-wall toys from the famous toy store.
“We’ve always wanted to do something like this with a hotel. To imagine the joy and wonder that will captivate guests from the minute they open the door—it’s magical,” David Niggli, chief merchandising officer of FAO Schwarz, told Afar.
The 1,800-square foot FAO Schwarz Holiday Suite features a room full of toys including a toy gourmet kitchen, multiple train sets, working DJ turntables, hobby horses, 8- to 10-foot-tall stuffed animals, vintage Barbie dolls and yes, even that iconic dance-on floor piano. The room itself is essentially a private toy store because everything you see is available for purchase.
The special suite is now available to book between Nov. 18, 2019 and Jan. 5, 2020. Guests not staying in the room can still get in on the fun with the hotel’s in-room toy menu which will deliver on demand all season long. The FAO Schwarz Holiday Suite package starts at $3,000 per night. To book, email NYCCN.Sales@ConradHotels.com.
—Shahrzad Warkentin
All photos: Courtesy of Conrad Midtown/photographer Mark Weinberg
Even though Chrissy Teigen is a gorgeously famous SI swimsuit model, accomplished cookbook author and entrepreneur, she’s kind of like the rest of us mamas. Teigen recently tweeted about her recent purchase for daughter Luna’s preschool lunches—and it might sound familiar.
So your kiddo isn’t into gourmet cuisine? Their oddball preferences, such as jam on pickles or oatmeal with sweet and sour sauce, are just part of childhood. According to Teigen’s tweet, Luna’s no different.
I had to buy a bulk box of ketchup packets on amazon for her to dip her cucumbers in. 2000.
The mom recently had to buy a bulk box of 2,000 ketchup packets for her daughter to dip cucumbers into. Teigen started the Twitter thread by writing, “I’ve been looking up good lunches to put in my kid’s bento lunch box and while everyone’s lunches look cute, my kid will never eat this sh** without me bribing, in person.”
If that sounds like your fam, then the rest of Teigen’s tweet is probably pretty relatable too, “Everyone’s stuffed olive tapenade pita cat faces can suck it. Say hello to pizza bagel.”
Of course Luna isn’t the only preschooler who is totally into her own food choices. One pre-k teacher replied, “I have a kid in my preschool class whose parents pack him a container of ketchup for dipping that he just drinks, as a lunch appetizer of sorts.”
Cheese lovers rejoice! Disney recently announced a food crawl at Epcot—and it’s all for you!
Epcot’s 24th annual International Food & Wine Festival kicked off Aug. 29. The festival, which runs through Nov. 23, includes plenty of gourmet goodies from around the globe.
Along with plenty of cheesy awesomeness found in the festival’s marketplace booths, you can also eat your way around a world of dairy delights in the all-new Emile’s Fromage Montage. Named after the lovable rat from Ratatouille, the crawl features five different dishes, each featuring cheese.
Not only do you get to sample cheese-filled foodie fun from around the planet, but when you get your “passport” stamped at each stop (five stamps total), you can score a complimentary cheesecake. Just bring your stamped passport to Shimmering Sips for your dairy-packed dessert.
As if Emile’s Fromage Montage wasn’t reason enough to head to Epcot, this year’s festival will also include cheese seminars and 30 individual Global Marketplaces. Look for plenty of international foods, desserts, fine wine, craft beer, spirits and more! For a full list of what to expect at Epcot, visit the Disney World’s website here.
Your summer reading list just got that much longer! Amazon recently announced its best book picks for 2019—so far.
So how does Amazon pick the best of the best? The online giant’s editorial team pages through the year’s newest picks, selecting their faves. The Best Books of the Year So Far list features the Top 20 books published between January and June 2019.
Sarah Gelman, Editorial Director, Amazon Books, said in a press statement, “We’ve read so many great books this year—a heart-wrenching memoir of loss, an intoxicating novel of a ’70s rock band, a psychological thriller worthy of Agatha Christie comparisons and so much more.” Gelman also announced Amazon’s number one pick, saying, ”
But one book stood out for us, Elizabeth Gilbert’s City of Girls. It has so many elements that make reading fun – the sparkle of youth, indiscretions, sassy characters, and freedom in a city that doesn’t sleep—perfect summer reading in our book.”
Along with the top picks for adults, Amazon also rated The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunriseby Dan Gemeinhart as the best book of the year, so far, for kids!
Who wants a free vacation? If you just raised your hand (which we’re betting you did), Sandals wants to help you out. The super-posh resort chain is giving away a seven-day/six-night “Luxury Included” vaycay every day for the month of May.
Not only does Sandals’ Maycation giveaway score the lucky winners a seven-day/six-night trip, but the package is for two. That means one week away from the kiddos, alone with your honey—and for for four lucky Grand Prize winners that includes a stay in the Love Nest Butler Suite!
So how can you win an all-paid vacation to any Sandals or Beaches Resort? To start with, you need to fall into one of the qualifying categories. For this giveaway, Sandals is showing some serious love for those of you who do everything for everyone else. Specifically, the contest is open to deserving teachers, nurses, military members and mothers.
While the airfare isn’t part of the package, Sandals vacations do include unlimited 5-star global gourmet dining, the resort’s exclusive Robert Mondavi Twin Oaks wine, unlimited premium spirits, daily and nightly entertainment, an exclusive butler service, concierge service, PADI Certified scuba diving, unlimited water sports, unlimited land sports and fitness center use.
To enter nominate someone you know who fits into one of the categories (teacher, nurse, military member or mom) between Apr. 15 and May 30, upload a pic and explain why your nominee rocks in 250 characters or less. And don’t worry, you can totally nominate yourself.
Those colorful, plastic Easter eggs just wouldn’t be the same without the tasty treats tucked inside, but with so many options to choose from, what’s the best Easter candy to stock up on for that egg hunt?
CandyStore.com surveyed over 23,000 customers to rank Easter candy and here are the top selections.
When it comes to jelly beans, they’re not all created equal. Bypass the generics in favor of fancy and check out the top Jelly Bean flavors in every state for more ideas.
There is no candy that screams Easter more than a chocolate bunny. With a variety of styles and sizes available, every Easter basket should have at least one of these.
These Easter candy-coated chocolates don’t have the same storied history as chocolate bunnies, but they were by far the most popular choice for those surveyed by CandyStore.com.
