**CLOSED**GIVEAWAY: Yoplait Splitz Prize Package

Growing up my mother never purchased snacks for my sister and I. Rarely did cookies find their way into our cupboards and forget candy; one time my sister ate an entire package of chocolate Ex-Lax she found in the bathroom cupboard because she thought it was candy and my mother was hiding it. The only splurge my mother would buy was yogurt; she was a huge yogurt fan. I think if yogurt had a street team, my mother would have been Ambassador of Yogurt. Of course, when I was younger, yogurt didn't come in all those great flavors. We were lucky if vanilla made it into our Amana after my mother went shopping.

So my love of all things yogurt followed me to adulthood and I've passed that yogurt-yearning on to my children. My 14 year old daughter isn't happy unless she has a yogurt in her lunchbox. Thank to the folks at MyBlogSpark, we had the opportunity to sample the new Yoplait Splitz yogurt for free. Yoplait Splitz comes in three flavors: Rainbow Sherbet, Strawberry Banana Split, and Strawberry Sundae.

I picked up the 4-pack of Rainbow Sherbet. Yoplait Splitz claims it is the "yogurt that tastes like a sundae" and you know what? It does! Both my daughter and I loved the creamy taste and the Rainbow Sherbet reminded me of real sherbet. My daughter said tasted like pudding. According to Yoplait you can even freeze it, but we didn't make it that far..my daughter and I consumed all 4 in two days. I was glad that it was only 90 calories per cup since I've been trying to watch my weight. For my daughter, I was glad it's a good source of Calcium and Vitamin D since she rarely drinks milk from a glass.


Yoplait wants one of you to try it free too! I have a Yoplait Splitz prize package to giveaway to one of you. You'll get a coupon good for a free 4-pack of Yoplait Splitz in your choice of flavor, a roll-up fleece picnic blanket, and a awesome insulated tote bag. I really love that tote bag...it's large enough to pack my Pyrex bowl when I'm transporting my famous pasta salad to parties and keep it cool and help protect it from breaking.

Mandatory Entry:

1) Just tell me which of the three flavors of Yoplait Splitz you and your family would like to try. (1 entry, mandatory before any extra credit)

Extra Credit:

2) Follow my blog with Google Friend Connect (left sidebar) or take credit if you already do. (worth 1 entry)

3) Follow Yoplait on Twitter and tell me your twitter name. (worth 1 entry)

4) Like Yoplait on Facebook and tell me your Facebook name. (worth 1 entry)

5) Tweet the giveaway and leave me the link. (worth 2 entries-leave 2 comments each time. You can tweet daily).

Easy tweet you can use:

Get your yogurt on; win a Yoplait Splitz Picnic Prize Package http://bit.ly/bOYBB7 #myblogspark #giveaway Ends 9/12.

Rules:
US residents only. Giveaway ends on September 12, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond with shipping information before there's a do-over.

Many thanks to MyBlogSpark for providing me with a free coupon and picnic prize pack for my review and one to give away to my readers.

***CLOSED***Giveaway: Yoplait YoPlus

We're not big fans of milk in our house; normally a gallon lasts us an entire week for the four of us. Unless that milk is spiked with chocolate, of course! In order to receive the health benefits of milk, we substitute with cheese, ice cream, puddings and yogurt. Yogurt happens to be one of my daughter's favorite snacks for after school and also a frequent visitor to her lunch bag.

MyBlogSpark recently sent me a coupon to try their new Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt. YoPlus is available in six delicious flavors including Strawberry, Vanilla, Cherry, Peach, Blackberry Pomegranate and Blueberry Acai.

YoPlus now provides three important health benefits in each four-oz. cup:

1) Antioxidant vitamins A and E (now with 20% of your recommended daily value)

2) A blend of probiotic cultures & fiber (three grams of fiber per 4-ounce serving) for digestive health

3) Calcium and vitamin D for bone health

If you are looking for all the great health benefits of YoPlus with even fewer calories, YoPlus Light is the perfect solution, with one third fewer calories than the original. YoPlus Light is available in three delicious flavors - Honey Vanilla, Strawberry Banana, and Key Lime - all with just 70 calories per cup.



My local grocery store didn't carry all the varieties of Yoplait YoPlus when I was there, so I chose Strawberry. My daughter was thrilled when I came home with yogurt because she's usually my reminder to buy some when she shops with me. Both my daughter and I tried it and we agree, the taste is great and the yogurt very rich and creamy. The cup size was just enough and perfect to fit in her lunch bag. I had hoped to try the Peach flavor, but that was one of the varieties not available at our grocery store. I'm planning to look for it the next time I shop.

If you're interested in trying YoPlait Yoplus today, there's a printable coupon for $1.00 off available here. You can save $1.00 on any flavor of Yoplait YoPlus, YoPlus Light or Yogurt Multipacks and it expires 5/11/2010. The coupon is restricted in LA, NV, ND and the Giant Eagle on Snow Road in my city who has a case of the red ass with internet coupons.

In addition, one of you will win a Yoplait YoPlus "Better for You" gift pack like I received from MyBlogSpark:



This cute gift pack comes with a coupon to try Yoplait YoPlus for free, an insulated lunch sack, pedometer, and an on-the-go lunch container with utensils.
*This coupon offer for a free 4-pack of Yoplait YoPlus yogurt is not valid in some states, including California, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Tennessee.


Mandatory Entry

Super simple..just tell me what flavor of Yoplait you'd love to try with your new coupon!

Extra Credit:

1) Follow my blog or take credit if you already do (left sidebar: 1 entry, leave one comment).

2) Tweet the giveaway, daily if you'd like. (1 entry, leave one daily comment with your tweet url).

Easy tweet you can use:
Yoplait YoPlus gift pack giveaway; win free yogurt and goodies. Ends 4/19. http://tiny.cc/yoyum

3) Follow me on Twitter (1 entry, leave one comment with your Twitter name).

US residents only. Giveaway ends on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Winners will be drawn using the almighty Randomizer and notified by email. Please leave me a way to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Winners will have 48 hours to respond with mailing information before I pull a do-over and draw a new winner.



Disclosure: I received free product, information, and gift pack through MyBlogSpark and Yoplait for my review as well as the opportunity for one of my readers to win the same. The opinions expressed as solely my own and were not influenced by the sponsors.

Yummy Giveaways; My diet starts next week

My diet starts next week UNLESS I win one of these great, yummy giveaways going on around the blogosphere:

Mom Start has a giveaway courtesy of Cheryl & Co. Winner gets a Garden Tote of Goodies which includes a lot of yum and a little fun! Deadline: May 11.

Maybe that diet won't be so bad because if I win the giveaway at Just a Mom's Take on Things I'll have some Haagen Daaz Five Ice Cream in my freezer that's 1/3 less fat than regular ice cream. Pretty sure I can squeeze that into my diet plans. Three winners get a coupon to try out their favorite flavor: Mint, Brown Sugar, Milk Chocolate, Passion Fruit, Vanilla Bean, Coffee or Ginger. Deadline: April 30.