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Pop-a-prune – Review and Giveaway
By TheAngelForever | November 19, 2009
My boys are not the best when it comes to eating. My oldest son (6) is better than my little guy (2), but that is not saying a lot. Trying to get them to eat healthy, nutritious food is always a challenge. The little guy loves to eat cheese and could live off of it, but to be blunt it constipates him. There is nothing worse than hearing your little guy say he hurts to do his business. We push fiber rich foods into all of our diets with a lot of options.
NHL (6) really likes most dried fruit, but JSL (2) has resisted it in the past. When I was contacted by Family Review Network to try Sunsweet Ones, I jumped at the chance to try something that my little guy may actually eat.
Sunsweet has teamed up with Cheryl Forberg, the registered dietitian and nutritionist from NBC’s "The Biggest Loser" to create the following video on what a Super Fruit is and why prunes fit into this classification.
Additional information about prunes can be found at Pop-a-prune.
Our Review:
JSL was immediately drawn to the package of Sunsweet Ones. Both of the boys hovered around me asking to try what was inside. Who was I to deny them a prune if they wanted to try it?! They each quickly gobbled up their prune and asked for another. I did a double take because this had never happened before when we tried prunes.
The little guy actually grabbed the container and tried to run off with them. He seriously told me that they were his. The word MINE was used frequently.
Before I gave him a second prune, I grabbed my camera to capture the moment. I wanted to be able to show this to him one day in case he ever refuses to eat them again!
The best part was the next day mid-morning. JSL grabbed my hand and led me into the kitchen. He pointed to the Sunsweet Ones container and asked me for a prune. I was floored and quickly gave him another snack. My little Cookie Monster was turning into a prune fan.
I think his smile and request says a lot, especially when you consider he is a fussy eater. On the flip side, I love prunes and have since I was a child. One of my main problems with prunes was eating through a container fast enough or they would get hard and lose the plumb, juicy goodness. The other part I disliked was putting my hand into the container and coming out all sticky. Sunsweet Ones does away with both of these issues. The prunes are individually wrapped so they stay fresh and your hands stay clean (unless you are a messy 2 year old).
We will definitely be buying more of these in the future because they are healthy, delicious and best of all everyone enjoyed them.
Giveaway:
Thanks to Sunsweet Ones five (5) winners will receive a Sunsweet reusable shopping bag and a Sunsweet VIP Coupon, which is good for ANY Sunsweet product up to $5.50 in value
Rules for Giveaway:
- MAIN RULE – Answer the following question: What Sunsweet product do you think you will purchase with your VIP coupon if you win?
- 1 Bonus Entry – Follow me on Twitter @TheAngelForever and Tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to include @TheAngelForever and Sunsweet Ones prize pack in the Tweet. Please leave a direct link to your Tweet in a separate comment for each daily entry. Example Tweet (feel free to use): Chance to win one of 5 Sunsweet Ones prize pack from @TheAngelForever Head over to learn more about the SUPER fruit http://bit.ly/2OZAr8
- 1 Bonus Entry – What is your favorite dried fruit?
- 1 Bonus Entry – Enter one of my other current giveaways. Be sure to leave a comment here telling me what you entered.
- 1 Bonus Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment.
- 1 Bonus Entry – What is something that you learned from the video (above) of Cheryl Forberg?
- 1 Bonus Entry – Leave a comment on any of my non-giveaway posts from the month of November. Be sure to leave a comment here to let me know which one.
- 3 Bonus Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog about the Sunsweet Ones prize pack giveaway. Be sure to leave 3 comments about this to get credit for all of your extra entries
To enter, please follow the rules above within the comment section. Contest starts today November 19th and ends at 10:59 EST on December 1, 2009. You do not have to be a blogger to enter, but must leave a valid e-mail address for me to contact you for mailing address once the giveaway is over. I will select the winner using random.org and contact you via e-mail. You will have 48 hours to claim the prize. If there is no response, another winner will be selected. Open to U.S. residents only.
Disclosure: This post was written as part of a program for Family Review Network and Sunsweet Ones, who provided the product for review and giveaway. I was not compensated in any way except for the complimentary product.
Topics: food glorious food, giveaway, jsl, photos, Product review, video | 35 Comments »
November 19th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Ooh, I’d really like to try those out, they sound delish! But I also love dried cranberries and see they have those too!
November 21st, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I would buy the Sunsweet Ones-prunes that sound and look yummy
November 21st, 2009 at 9:53 pm
my favorite dried fruit is dried cranberries
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November 21st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
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November 21st, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Nati loves raisins, craisins, sweetened dried dates and he’s just started eating dried apricots.
I may try dried apples and pineapple.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 12:33 am
I’d try the Sunsweet Ones, to see if my kids would eat them.
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 am
I like dried cherries the best.
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November 24th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
He is too cute!!! I love the Sunsweet Ones.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I would purchase the individual sealed prunes.
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:57 am
I would purchase the Philippine Pineapples from Sunsweet. We aren’t big prune fans but we do love pineapples in any form you can get them.
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:58 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:59 am
My favorite dried fruit is pineapple!
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:59 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:01 am
I would definitely get the prunes – I LOVE THEM!
December 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am
My favorite dried fruits are dried apples, but prunes are a close second!
December 1st, 2009 at 11:06 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:14 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:22 am
Learned from the video: prunes have twice the potassium of bananas! Who knew? Cheryl did.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:27 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:29 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I’d like the cherries
December 1st, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Cherries!
December 1st, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I’d probably get Sunsweet Prunes
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December 1st, 2009 at 5:14 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I would get Prunes if I were to win. My family actually loves prunes, especially those single serve wrapped up ones. Thank you for having this giveaway.
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Absolute favorite dried fruit is dried unsweetened Papaya. Used to get it at a natural food center, but haven’t been able to find it for a while.
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
I learned that a fruit doesn’t have to be exotic to be high in nutrients.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
Thanks to everyone that entered this giveaway. The comments are now closed and I will be using Random.org to select winners. E-mails will follow soon.