A Popcorn Lover’s Dream“0 Comments”
steve | 11:05 am | November 4, 2007 | Gifts for the Office, Snack Food, TheGift.com
The Popcorn Factory, based in Chicago, was a company that helped make the three-flavor popcorn tin famous. Hardly a Christmas goes by these days that you don’t see a couple of these tins around your office. We often have popcorn tins sitting around our offices, and the popcorn always goes quickly.
But it’s a little-known secret that The Popcorn Factory offers other flavors of popcorn than their standard butter + cheddar cheese + caramel?
Here’s a list:
- Butter
- Cheese
- White Cheddar
- S’Mores
- Almond Pecan
- Jalapeño
- Kettle
- Jelly Belly® Kettle
- Caramel
- Cinnamon
- Chocolate Drizzled Caramel
- Garlic Asiago
- Double Jalapeño
- Double Cheese
- Double Chocolate
- Ranch
- Wasabi
- Caramel Apple
My personal favorite is the Double Jalapeño, although I suspect that if whenever I get to try the Garlic Asiago, it might be a contender too.
Try all 18 flavors in The Popcorn Factory’s 18 Pack Popcorn Sampler. Then, when you find a couple flavors you crave, get some canisters of that flavor to refill your favorite popcorn tin.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007: Part Two“0 Comments”
steve | 6:38 pm | October 7, 2007 | Gifts for Mom, Electronics, Gifts for Daughters, Gifts for Nieces, Gift Baskets, Chocolate, Snack Food
Two of Fannie May’s signature products, which have been sensations in the Chicago area for decades, and are now starting to be discovered by the rest of the country, are their Mint Meltaways and their Pixies.
Mint Meltaways are small, bite-size square chocolates that have a rich, chocolate center, surrounded by a minty outer shell. 
Pixies are a mouth-watering blend of milk chocolate, silky caramel, crunchy pecans, covered by an outer chocolate shell.
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Fannie May has produced two pink versions of these signature chocolates. 10% of proceeds will go to support Chicagoland cancer organizations, including the Cancer Wellness Center, the Jennifer S. Fallick Cancer Support Center, Wellness House, Wellness Place and Gilda’s Club Chicago. And thanks to the generosity of The Coleman Foundation, your 10% will be matched by another 10%, for a total of 20% that will be donated.
As much of a Chicago treasure that Fannie May Chocolates is, Cheryl&Co Cookies are equally a treasure in the state of Ohio. Their Cookies for a Cure collection contains six incredible assortments of bakery-fresh cookies, brownies and cakes, snacks, and gift baskets. And of course, their famous frosted cut-out cookies.
You can choose an entire sampler of tasty treats, or get a box of their heart-shaped frosted cut-out cookies. They’re all dressed up in pink to support breast cancer research at two distinguished cancer research and treatment organizations in Ohio: the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and the Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University.
Last, but certainly not least, Problem Solvers by Plow & Hearth has this great pink desk lamp. A stylish way to remind yourself or a loved one to support breast cancer research and to get screened for the disease once a year.
10% of proceeds go to the National Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Everyone here at 1-800-Flowers.Com, Inc. is pleased to be part of the nationwide campaign to strike out breast cancer. Even if you don’t send one of the gifts above, we do urge you to please donate generously to the causes listed above, and to remind yourself or the important women in your life, especially those over 40, to get screened for breast cancer early.