Holiday Bakeoff

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Remember the I Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter holiday bakeoff? On November 12, I had the opportunity to go to the ICBINB test kitchen for a demo and the bakeoff. Even though I didn’t win the bakeoff (Congrats to Sara for winning!), I had a blast meeting some new bloggers and learning about ICBINB.

Check out the test kitchens!

Chef Normajean Longfield did a demo and answered questions for us.

These are the triple chocolate cookies that Normajean made during her demo.

This is the delicious lunch that I had while in the test kitchens. All of these recipes use ICBINB and are available on their website.

These are some of the desserts that were in the holiday bakeoff. Everything was delicious!

I snapped this picture of the George Washington bridge while we were heading back into New York City. Thanks again to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter for this amazing opportunity!

Travel

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20 Responses to “Hershey’s Trip Part 1”

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Chelsea — January 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm

Wow, that sounds like an incredible trip! I really hope to make my way over there someday. So nice of Hershey to do all that!
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Fun and Fearless in Beantown — January 19, 2011 at 5:37 pm

Wow, this looks like a fantastic trip! I went to Hershey World once when I was small and all I remember were the rides! 🙂
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Cupcake Kelly — January 19, 2011 at 5:48 pm

That chocolate tour sounds really fun! I went on a Callier facotry tour in Switzerland. It was pretty lame and not as high tech(they did have a tasting room though).
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Cupcake Activist — January 19, 2011 at 6:05 pm

How can I get in on this action next time?! How fun!! I think I would go crazy with that much chocolate.
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Sarah — January 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm

Hershey is a fun place to go, even as an adult. I go every 6 months with 2 friends of mine and we spend a day at the Chocolate Spa at Hotel Hershey (hopefully you had a chance to go – it’s AMAZING). The Hotel Hershey is gorgeous and is even better in the spring/summer, when the gardens behind the hotel are in bloom. And I love shopping at Chocolate World for all of the baking items that are so hard to find elsewhere! Can’t wait to hear about the rest of your trip.
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Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — January 19, 2011 at 6:11 pm

Wow! Totally jealous of that trip! And I am so going on a mini pb cup search soon – my kitchen needs them 🙂
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Kris @ everywhereorange.com — January 19, 2011 at 6:20 pm

I live about an hour from there and we were just there on New Year’s Eve. Looks like you had an amazing time. Don’t you just love how it smells like chocolate everywhere?!?!?!? I have never stayed at the hotel hershey because we live so close, but maybe hubby and i need to do a night away!!! can’t wait to see the rest of your trip!!!
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Daisy — January 19, 2011 at 6:28 pm

Chocolate bubble bath?! nice! What a great experience for you. I went on a family road trip here (and to Reading, PA – Amish Country!) when I was a kid. I had so much fun!!!
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Shannon — January 19, 2011 at 9:31 pm

how neat you got to make your own candy bar!! awesome choices 🙂

the shaws by me has cinnamon chips now, if you need any more 😉
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Georgia (The Comfort of Cooking) — January 19, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Wow, what a trip! I’m somewhere between insanely jealous and ravenously hungry now, haha. Thanks for sharing! It looks like you had a lot of fun. I’m so glad I found your blog. Looking forward to exploring your recipes and seeing what’s next! – Georgia
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Heather Lynne — January 20, 2011 at 1:02 am

I love Hershey:-) It’s always been one of my favorite places. It sounds like you got the royal treatment, jealous!
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aimee — January 20, 2011 at 1:52 am

i have to say, i never thought of visiting hershey…but it sounds like you fun, and i am a sucker for any “food factory” tour. it was so nice of them to show you ladies such a good time!!
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kitchenmisfit — January 20, 2011 at 2:41 am

Looks like you had a ton of fun! And now I want to take a chocolate bubble bath too
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Amy (The Petite Filet) — January 20, 2011 at 3:04 am

Your chocolate bar looks amazing! And the store looks pretty cool too. I’d love to go to Hershey at some point.
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The Small Boston Kitchen — January 20, 2011 at 12:45 pm

How cool! I love the make your own candy bar part and I agree with you, I would have wanted lots of salty pretzels in there! So fun!
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Leslie M. — January 20, 2011 at 1:00 pm

Great Post and we had a fabulous time! It was wonderful meeting you and your Blog is fabulous!
Leslie
Leslie Loves Veggies
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oliepants — January 20, 2011 at 9:57 pm

Talk about a delicious trip! You have totally made me want to go! I love the make-your-own. I definitely would be a toffee and dark chocolate person!
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Julie (thelittlekitchen.net) — January 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm

What a cool trip! Looks like you had fun. Can’t wait to hear about the rest of it!
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Megan — January 21, 2011 at 11:01 pm

This sounds absolutely fabulous. You might have to go into business with that candy bar. I was ready to buy one after the description… with more pretzels please. rom the accommodations to the shopping to that chocolate bath… wow!
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Kerstin — January 24, 2011 at 1:05 am

How fun! I want some mini Reese’s cups to bake with!