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Harry and David Easter Gift Basket Giveaway….

So Hippity-Hoppity Easter is on its way…end of this month in fact! I love Easter for the décor and of course the candy. Cute bunny and chicks everywhere. And it’s the holiday that fuels my addiction to jelly beans so there is that.

So when Harry and David asked if I wanted to give away an Easter gift basket I jumped at the chance. I loved Easter baskets as a kid (okay who am I kidding…as an adult). I immediately went and looked and was torn between two baskets but ultimately chose The Big Hopper Easter Basket as that came with candy corn and gummies and the bunny it came in was just too darn cute.

It comes with:

2 Royal Riviera Pears
Milk Chocolate Moose Munch Popcorn (6 oz.)
Gummi Flowers (4 oz.)
Candy Corn (6 oz.)
Chocolate Eggs (4 oz.)
Yellow Chick Shortbread Cookie (0.8 oz.)

And of course it all comes in the adorable bunny!

We have eaten everything but the cookie. It’s too cute for me to eat. Someone else will have to I can’t take it’s happy little chick face looking at me while I eat it. 🙂

So now’s your chance to get one for yourself. You have from now until noon (PST) on March 14th (Pi Day) 2013 to enter. All you need to do is leave a comment telling me what is your favorite treat to find in an Easter Basket? Open to US residents only, sorry. And please make sure that you leave a valid email. I have had a couple giveaways as of late that I had to go to the third or fourth pick because of bad emails or no response. And you don’t want to miss out on this adorable bunny basket trust me!

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Comments

  3. Generally not a big fan of untoasted marshmallows, but something about Peeps makes me go all gooey inside.

  8. My daughter would go crazy for the gummy flowers. Myself, I always love the munch mixes. The bunny could be a great tradition & put treats in it every year.

  10. My mom used to make the most adorable frosted sugar cookies that looked like little chicks.
    Ahhhh , brings back happy memories! 🙂

  13. Cadburry mini eggs or Russell Stover raspberry whip eggs are my favorite treats. Your giveaway is just too cute!

  17. My favorite Easter Treat are cadbury eggs. Actually, they’re usually a post Easter treat because I stock up for myself at post-Easter sales 🙂

  18. Those little chocolate coconut nests w the jellybean eggs. I like the pale green grassy ones (white chocolate) but only find the chocolate ones these days… with no eggs! :c

  20. Growing up my Grandma always bought us Whip Cream and Marshamallow eggs – they’re my absolute favorite. Grandma is not with us any more but we think of her every Easter when we’re eating our eggs! She spoiled us 🙂

  21. Reese’s peanut butter eggs, I love that they are mostly peanut butter filling with a itsy bit of chocolate. Thanks for the opportunity to win this awesome giveaway.

  22. I always look forward to getting Starburst Jellybeans! It’s not Easter without them

  24. I usually prefer anything chocolate, but this time of year I start craving jellybeans!

  25. Cadbury Creme eggs!!! Sooo junky but soooo good. Also, it is typically the only time of the year I have jelly beans so I like those too. The big and thick kind (not the small jellybelly kind).

  26. Definitely Cadbury Crème eggs. But also (and I’m a little ashamed to admit this) those super cheap chocolate covered marshmallow eggs that come 12 to a pack in the 99 cent Styrofoam cartons.

  29. My fave thing about easter baskets would be hand colored eggs or an egg coloring kit. Coloring eggs is messy but life is for those little things you do for fun. 😀

  51. CADBURY EGGS!! I LOVE THOSE THINGS. Apparently in other countries, McDonald’s makes a Cadbury McFlurry. I would kill for one of those.

  52. I love the Russell stover birds egg nests. Bit they don’t make them anymore. The green ones with jelly beans in them. Robins eggs and jelly beans are my favorites!

  56. I love the starburst jelly beans! my husband said I am crazy it’s the cadbury eggs 🙂 I love the basket and I am with you…but my kiddos would have NO remorse in eating the cute chick cookie!

  58. I love just about anything that involves Carmel. Like the Carmel Cadbury eggs 🙂

  59. I love getting baskets filled with presents. Reese’s peanut butter eggs were the highlight of an easter basket. Bite size Snickers are pretty darn good too.

  60. I LOVE black jelly beans. It’s so dissapointing when you bite into a purple one thinking it’s a black one….. 😀

  62. Love love love the pears. On the 7th day, God invented Harry & David fruit!

  63. I loved the non-candy treats – Easter notepads and Easter pencils. Weird, huh???

    I love Easter baskets! The Easter Bunny always did such a great job making them look so pretty for me and wrapping every little surprise 😉

  66. Cadbury Mini Eggs! Oh my gracious, are those things ever addicting…and delicious!

  67. Oooh I adore Lindor’s golden chocolate eggs. It’s the creamiest of all! Thanks for the giveaway

  68. Call me crazy, but I liked to find stuffed animals in my Easter baskets. The cute pastel colored bunnies or lambs were my favorite!

  72. Cadbury eggs. Peeps. Jelly Beans (classic flavors with no white or black, or not funky flavors). Those 3 things make my Easter basket perfect!

  75. A hunk of chocolate. My mom and I would always turn that chocolate into chocolate covered raisins.

  76. Dark chocolate now that I’m a (big) kid! Although when I was younger I loved Robin’s Eggs and Starburst jelly beans!

  79. Cadbury Creme Eggs. Loved them so much as a kid…shame I’m allergic to them now. This stuff, however, I can eat. 🙂

    Hint on the Chick Cookie: Eat the face first, then it won’t watch you!

  84. Jelly beans! I love jelly beans (except the black jelly beans – I save those for my mom).

  86. Hard to choose…! Have to go with a tie of Starburts jelly beans and the Cadbury Mini-eggs…

  92. Okay…in my house there is a debate. I love anything with caramel so the Cadbury eggs are a huge hit for me… though the new specialty jelly beans are a close second (Starburst flavor in a jellybean? Yes, please!) But the hubby likes Peeps, and I have a lot of fun turning those onto funky colored rice cereal treats. 🙂 So I guess it all depends on whether I am eating the treat or making it.

  97. I love, love, love jelly beans and robins eggs. But I wouldn’t pass up any candy really!

  98. Rabbit shaped chocolates totally do it for me. Even better if they’re stuffed with peanut butter. And followed with a cup of eggnog, because I like to mix my customs to maximize sugar intake.

  100. Cadbury mini eggs, Reeses peanut butter eggs, chocolate bunnies, Starburst jellybeans….you can’t go wrong with any of those.

  115. When I was a kid, the highlight of my Easter basket was Pop Tarts. It was the only time of year my mom bought them and I loved them. Now, it’s those little Cadbury eggs… the solid milk chocolate ones with the sugar shell… drool.

  118. Oh my GOD, the little bunny tail just kills me, too much cute! My ALL-TIME favorite Easter basket treat is Cadbury mini eggs, I am powerless against them.

  120. Yay! Easter! Candy! Woo hoo!! I love those robin eggs, I’m really into the Jelly Beans right now.. Jolly Rancher, Sweet Tart, lifesaver… jelly beans are rockin it, and of course I love finding those little Mr. Goodbars! Yum!! 🙂

  123. I was always so excited as a child to see the sugar egg with the frosting scene on the inside. Clearly not an edible treat, but that is always my very first Easter thought when it comes to baskets. Thank you for the chance Peabody!

  124. I love Reese’s eggs or Snicker’s eggs, they always seemed to taste better than the regular candy bars.

  125. Reese.s peanut butter eggs. They always taste better than the regular cups for some reason.

  132. I love cherry jelly beans. Kind of hard to find but they are great. I also .love milks chocolate eggs.

  134. When I was little, it was always Cadbury Creme Eggs. Now, they’re a little too sweet for me (one is plenty, or even better, the little ones, for a better chocolate-to-filling ratio) — I’d rather have one of those giant Reese’s eggs.

  137. I adore dark chocolate…..especially if it comes with cherries and almonds!

    If anyone knows if licorice WITHOUT wheat/gluten ingredients exsists anywhere, PLEASE tell me! I miss my black jelly beans so much……….:-(

  145. My favorite treat in an easter basket is definitely a cadbury cream egg, I LOVE them!

  148. I limit myself to one bag of cadbury creme eggs per season. They are SOOOOOOOO good!

  150. I’m an old school Peeps kinda guy. In fact, I might just have to make some peeps from scratch soon!!!

  159. My favorite Easter basket treat, or any Holiday treat for that matter, is Lindt Lindor Truffles or Godiva chocolates. Yum!!

  160. Aren’t Reece’s eggs just the best? Anything that is chocolate or peanut butter or full of nuts are my favorite treats.

  162. I always loved getting PB eggs!!! This basket is adorable!!! My children would love it!!!

  163. My fave are the candies that have the speckled paint on them. I think they are malt balls or whoppers. 🙂 This basket is adorable. My daughter is infatuated with rabbits 🙂 Thanks for offering this contest.

  165. I used to love the old fashioned tasted-like-their-color jelly beans, digging underneath all of the plastic Easter grass to find every last one!

    Nowadays chocolate wins the day – Dove’s, Reese’s Eggs…mmm…is it the end of March yet???

  171. those big chocolate meltaway eggs. yummmm. and of course we like to microwave peeps >: )~

  180. I’m going to be the outcast here…White chocolate bunnies. It reminds me of Easter mornings in NJ. I’m in Seattle now but still buy a small white chocolate bunny at Bartell’s every Easter. 🙂

  181. The Cadbury mini eggs are very dangerous in my house! Of course Reese’s eggs are awesome too!

  182. Peeps! (must be the yellow chick ones); in fact I ate some today! (I know, I cheated, but I’m the Mom)

  183. I’ve only gotten an Easter basket once but as far as candy, I love York peppermint patties! 🙂

  187. Hard to choose my favorite. Reeses eggs, PEEPS!!! or malted milk eggs are the top contenders!!

    Cute basket.

  190. Peeps! Any kind of Peep – soft, stale, rabbit, duck, peppermint with chocolate, microwaved, any kind of Peep!

  195. It’s been years since I’ve had these, but as a kid I loved the green Russell Stovers eggs with coconut filling. They were my dad’s favorite too, and I have fond memories of scouring drugstores with him after Easter looking for them at discount! Thanks!

  200. It’s a tie between Cadbury Cream Eggs and the malted milk balls that look like little Easter eggs.

  206. My all time favorite treat was a Disney Wonder ball. Now however, they don’t make them anymore, so I’d have to say Peeps!

    • @Emilly- I have never even heard of the Disney Wonder ball and now I kind of need one!

  209. I can’t pick just one – Cadbury mini eggs and peeps. Oh, and those chocolate coconut nests with jelly bean eggs. Candy is every damn thing.

  211. I love the hollow chocolate shapes covered in gold (or any other color) foil. For some reason, it tastes much better than the solid milk chocolate bunnies. One year I got a duck. It was so yummy. The beak and feet were colored yellow. Of course, the beak got eaten first.

  217. Hmmm I think my favorite now is a piece of citrus but when my mom was alive it was her banana bread aka the best thing ever!

  220. Those darn but delicious marshmallow chicks! Love them. Now I know I am invalidated asI live in blighty…if per chance I won…could I nominate my sister to have the prize? Is that legal? She lives in Oregon. (finger’s crossed!)

  221. I love to find cadbury eggs in an easter basket as well as peeps, and anything with chocolate and carmel combined!

  224. Cadbury Mini Eggs. My guilty confession is I can eat a whole bag of those babies by myself in less than a day. I love them. Love.

  235. I’m a chocolate girl so I always loved finding Reeces chocolate peanut butter eggs in there. They were always gone before we went to church as a kid.

  237. Milka L’il Scoops. Ate too many when living in Germany in the 1990’s thinking it was my only chance, but now so many things are so much more widely available. (And more widely available can mean a less wide figure when availability saves me from ‘eating more while I have the chance.’ ) Happy Easter

  242. I always loved getting my little chocolate Easter bunny. One day I decided I wanted to melt my chocolate bunny so I could dip my fingers in the chocolate and eat it like that. Well I kind of left the bunny in the microwave a little too long and the house smelt like burnt chocolate for two days, whoops 😛

    and yes that bunny is waaaay too cute! :3

  243. Gosh I have a few favorites.. starburst jelly beans, reeses peanut butter eggs and Dove chocolate bunnies.

  246. My favorite was always the big chocolate bunny! Biting off his ears was so much fun as a kid…..well it’s still fun as a grown up! 😉

  249. Hi Peabody, My favorite Easter candies are the Robins Eggs (MaltedMilk and chocolate filling) and Cadbury Mini-eaggs. (We used to enjoy Cadbury Creme eggs until our dog ate three of them, foil wrapping included.)

  250. Sorry for all the typos, including my e-mail address. Love your recipes. They are never fail.

  258. I loved the Kinder Surprise Eggs with the toy inside but they aren’t sold in the US. Cadbury creme eggs are heavenly too.

  266. Malted milk eggs! Love them when I was a kid and still love them at 52! Haha hoppy easter

  269. My favorite is peeps! Any color or shape but I have to open the package a little and let them sit for a day. ;)yummm

  271. Oooooh the Cadbury Mini Eggs. I avoid them in stores as long as I can, because once I cave and buy some, I’ll keep buying and eating (and buying and eating…) until Easter.

  273. I know everybody else was picking the resses PB eggs. As much as i love PB cups, I can have those year round. The eggs are not much different. My favorite was always the Cadbury eggs. I love those things. Can only get them this time of year. I still find myself getting all excited knwing Easter is coming and can get the creamy/chocolatey goodness. Except now as an adult, I have to buy my own. Still it doesnt take away from the excitement.

  277. Love Cadbury mini eggs and anything with peanut butter and chocolate is always an added bonus:)

  278. Those gold wrapped Lindt bunnies!!!!! They’re small but pack that chocolate-fix-punch!

  280. Oh…how gorgeous and adorable. What fun giveaway. My favorite treat from the Easter Basket probably is the chocolate egg…with that “runny yolk”. 😉 So much fun to eat. Thank you for hosting the giveaway. My baby girl is crazy about bunnies and I’m sure she’ll be over the top if I won this for her.

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  282. I’m crazy for these little chocolate eggs that are covered with a hard shell. I have no idea what they are called or where to find them but every now and then they’ll show up around Easter time and I absolutely cannot get enough of them!

  284. I certainly enjoy Easter chocolate treats, but I just LOVE a toasted and buttered Hot Cross Bun! I can eat those all day!

  286. My favorite treat is the hollow chocolate bunny with the yellow and blue eyes… anything else is unacceptable;) Also this is the only time to eat Peeps… there should be none available for any other holiday!

  289. My favorite is a tie between white chocolate bunny or Reese’s peanut butter eggs. Now, if they could combine both into one….

  291. I love finding peanut butter eggs in my Easter basket. But I can’t really say I discriminate when it comes to Easter sweets 🙂

  292. i love to find milk chocolate coconut eggs in my basket…if i don’t find them,,,, i am bummed all day..lol..i am as big a kid as the kids…oh,, and black jelly beans..not Easter without them…=D

  294. Anything milk chocolate. Even better if it has nuts, peanut butter, coconut or mint!!! Harry and David’s Moose Munch always puts a smile on my face!!!

  295. That is such a cute give away! My favorite Easter treat (that I only get once a year) is Cadbury Caramel Eggs, and any PB filled chocolate treats. Can’t have one without the other. 😉

  297. My favorite Easter treat is the Lindt Chocholate Eggs. Growing up though, I always loved getting the Brachs solid easter bunny. It would go right in to the freezer…. oh, the memories 🙂

  298. I can only pick one? LOL Ok, then it would have to be jelly beans. Brings back so many memories of Easter.

  300. Cadbury Cream Eggs! And Cadbury mini eggs.
    And Robin’s Eggs. And giant chocolate bunnies. (I have an Easter candy problem…)

  304. CHOCOLATE BUNNY EARS!! They were always the first to go on my bunny. Then I would trade my peeps for chocolate covered eggs!!

  305. As a child, the candies were delicious, but it was the surprise goodies that grandmother hid around the yard for us to find. She would choose things that little girls needed as they became young women. I remember things like a hair brush, hand mirror, nail products, and my first pair of panty hose.