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eCreamery Dairy-Free Sorbetto Give Away: The Perfect MSPI Friendly “Ice Cream” Treat!

Becky — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:42:38 +0000

Creamy delights and a giveaway, too!

This guest blog entry is from MSPI Mama, a blog dedicated to delicious MSPI friendly recipes.

One of the rites of summer that I always enjoyed as a child was the whole family piling into our rust-orange Ford LTD station wagon and driving to the edge of our tiny town to the lone drive-in hamburger joint. But we weren’t there for hamburgers. We wanted ice cream. Looking back at those memories, I know that there wasn’t anything special about those ice cream cones, but they were cold and creamy and they hit the spot on a hot summer’s night. Plus, it was a special activity for our family to do together, and now that I’m a mom, I covet those same opportunities with my kids.

But, there’s a tiny problem: MSPI. All of us going for ice cream isn’t an option when a member of the family is on a dairy-free diet! But, my friends, I got to take ALL my kids (including my MSPI girl Caroline) to an ice cream parlor last week! It was such a joy to see my little Caroline digging into a cone of her own. And this wonderful memory was made possible by a wonderful little shop in the heart of Omaha’s historic Dundee called eCreamery!

In addition to wonderful, freshly made ice creams and gelatos, eCreamery makes MSPI-friendly sorbettos! And, holy cow, are they amazing! If you live in the Omaha area, you MUST go visit their shop. It’s located right on the corner of50th and Underwood. It is definitely worth the trip if you live on the outskirts of town, and you will not be disappointed. Every day they offer four flavors of MSPI-friendly sorbettos that are beyond amazing.

But you don’t have to live in Omaha to enjoy this fabulous product … the brilliant masterminds ateCreamery ship their fabulous creations nationwide!You get to pick your own custom flavors, they mix it up right in their store, pack it up (on dry ice!) and ship it out their door. It comes to your doorstep icy cold and ready to enjoy. How awesome is that?! You can even have a custom label made. (They gave me a pint of “Andrea’s Pick Me Up” … decadent chocolate sorbetto. Yum!) You can order one of their Special Occasion Gift Packs or Create Your Own Flavor with fun mix-ins … just make sure they’re MSPI-friendly. There are so many options! You can even get cute little Individual Party Cups. Wouldn’t that be ADORABLE for a first birthday party?!

And I’m not the only one to have fallen in love with eCreamery. Martha Stewart, Nate Berkus and Oprah (as well as many, many others!) have raved about these delectable treats. If it’s good enough for Martha, you know it’s good enough for MSPI Mama!

But here is the absolute best part about all of this … eCreamery has graciously agreed to sponsor a giveaway right here on my little blog! I am just giddy with excitement about all of this! Thank you, eCreamery!

Giveaway Lowdown

One of you is going to be the lucky recipient of a New Baby Sampler Pack of Sorbetto – plus free shipping. The winner will receive FOUR pints of eCreamery’s cool and tangy MSPI-friendly sorbettos:

“Welcome Sweet Baby” – Lemon
“2am Feeding Fuel” – Raspberry
“New Mommy Sweet Treat” -Passion Fruit
“Naptime Nosh” – Coconut

The New Baby Sampler Pack includes 4 delicious dairy free sorbetto flavors. Shipped right to your doorstep.

How to Enter
To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment here on the MSPI Mama blog post, telling me which of the sorbetto flavors you are most excited to try. Also, make sure you leave an email, so that I can contact you if you are the big winner!

The giveaway will close at noon (CDT) on Thursday, May 17, 2012. I’ll randomly pick a winner from all the entries and contact the winner. (Make sure you leave an email!)

Extra Credit
Increase your chances of winning by doing a few things. For every one you do, leave an extra comment below saying what you did. (If you already do any of these things, that counts. Just leave a comment for it.) That means you have the potential of leaving a total of five comments!

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Rules

No duplicate comments.
Please be honest. If you leave an extra comment saying you subscribed to my blog, and then I find out you didn’t, I’ll be super sad. We want to keep it fair!
This giveaway is open to US Residents ages 18 or older. The prize must be shipped to an address (no P.O. box) within the 48 contiguous states. Sorry, shipping frozen treats to international addresses isn’t going to happen!
The winner will be selected via random draw and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

Good luck, everyone! Regardless of whether you win or not, please check outeCreamery! They are beyond amazing!

The Fine Print: I received three pints of eCreamery’s sorbettos for my family to try. Regardless, the thoughts and opinions expressed here are purely my own.

Allergy Warning from eCreamery: Peanuts, other nuts, dairy, soy, wheat/gluten and other common allergens are used at eCreamery. Although we strive to keep these items separate, it is impossible to guarantee that your eCreamery creation will be free of these ingredients.

Sorbetto Base Ingredients: Purified Water, Granulated Sugar, Dextrose, Corn Syrup Solids, Palm Oil, Modified Food Starch, Tri-Calcium Phosphate, Mono and Diglycerides, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Guar Gum, Maltodextrin, Polysorbate 80, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Sodium Alginate.

Congratulations to Another Ice Cream Contest Winner, Tanzida

Becky — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:41:46 +0000

With 139 votes, we have an April winner. We’ll send Tanzida Z. four pints of her custom creation to share with friends and family. Congratulations Tanzida!

Creator of "Sinfully Sweet," Ice Cream Winner, Tanzida Z., Arizona Student

The Winning Flavor:

Sinfully Sweet

Base: Gelato

Flavor 1: Cheesecake

Flavor 2: Dulce de Leche

Mixin 1: Graham Cracker Crust

Mixin 2: Macadamia Nuts

“I’m so excited to share this delicious sweet treat with all of my friends! Hopefully it’ll ease the pain of finals.”

How does the contest work?

Sinfully Sweet: Cheesecake & Dulce de Leche Gelato

After your entry is approved, share it with friends to gain “likes” or votes! Five new winners will be selected throughout the year based on the total number of votes and will receive a free order of the flavor!

Keep your recipe entries coming! We will send another lucky, high vote getting winner a free custom order soon!

See all of the creative and inspiring flavor entries here.*

* Each time a new winner is selected, we’ll start the contest fresh! All previous vote counts and entries will be removed from the contest. Click here to Enter!

Especially Sweet Thank You Gifts for Teachers and Coaches!

Becky — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:41:06 +0000

Personalized ice cream pints are a perfect way to recognize special people for all they do throughout the year. It’s a gift they’ll be thrilled to receive and won’t soon forget! (even after they’ve devoured the last bite!)

Take care of everyone on your list by choosing 4 or 8 different flavors from our “Pick Your 4 Pack” section and personalize the title of each pint. Give someone special ”Scoops of Thanks”, ”Teacher’s Sweet Treat,” or “World’s Best Coach” in your choice of bestselling flavors.

Or want to ship a “Thank You” or “Congratulations” Sampler Set of 4 delicious flavors? See our Special Occasion collections of flavors, each titled for the specific occasion and say it with Flavor!

Place your order before noon on a Monday and your order will be at your doorstep by Wednesday.

Order by noon on a Wednesday and your ice creams will arrive by Friday!

Send Sweet Appreciation with a Personalized Gift Pint for a Coach or Teacher!

Gender Reveal Ideas – It’s A Boy! For SURE!

Abby — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:28:12 +0000

Every once in awhile we get a request for custom ice cream that makes even our cheeks blush. A customer called and asked if we could have some custom labels ready for pick-up one evening. We said, ”No problem! What would you like the labels to say?” She explained that she would be using eCreamery custom Ice Cream as part of her Gender Reveal Party that evening and proceeded to list a couple adorable, “It’s A Boy” names.

The names were:

Snips & snails & puppy dog tails, that’s what little boys are made of.

Bouncing Baby Boy Smith

Daddy Mike’s Sidekick!

*real first and last name was changed.

She then asked if we had ever put ultrasound pictures on our ice cream labels. We had not but we wanted to give it a try. I have always heard that they distinguish the gender by examining internal body parts so I wondered what exactly she was going to email me.

For her 4th pint label we added an ultrasound picture.

It's A Boy, For Sure!! Gender Reveal Ultrasound Image

Thanks for revealing to us that there are always new things to say with eCreamery Customized Ice Cream Gifts.

Gender Reveal Ideas – eCreamery Gender Reveal Ice Cream

Abby — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:08:55 +0000

Have you heard about one of the hottest trends since giving birth? It’s having a celebration to reveal your baby’s gender! Yes!! Gender Reveal parties are one of the biggest trends around and they are so much fun! Everyone wants to be a part of the big Gender Reveal and especially if there is eCreamery Ice Cream involved. eCreamery Ice Cream as a Gender Reveal idea is one of the best Gender Reveal ideas around!

eCreamery is thrilled to be a part of the many special occasions in people’s lives and now with gender reveal parties/announcements becoming a common part of the new baby trend, we want to be a part of this too!! You plan the party and we’ll ship you the Gender Reveal Ice Cream Sampler Pack. Another great idea is to send the gender reveal ice cream as an announcement. Sometimes here at eCreamery, we know their gender before their Grandparents! If Grandma and Grandpa live far away you can still make the Gender Reveal special. Send them an eCreamery Gender Reveal Ice Cream Sampler Pack to let them know who is on the way!

We have an, “It’s a Boy!”, Gender Reveal Ice Cream Sampler which includes the following:

“We’re having a Boy!” - Chocolate Cake with Fudge Swirls and Brownie Bites
“Boy, are we excited!” - Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Peanut Butter Cups
“Bouncing Baby Boy” - Vanilla with Chocolate Chips & Cookie Dough
“Boy’s Rock” - Mint with Oreos
"It's A Boy!" Ice Cream Gender Reveal Ideas

And of course we have an, “It’s a Girl!”, Gender Reveal Ice Cream Sampler. It includes:

“We’re having a Girl!” - Chocolate Cake with Fudge Swirls and Brownie Bites
“Sweet Baby Girl” - Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Peanut Butter Cups
“Just a Little Girl Talk” - Vanilla with Chocolate Chips & Cookie Dough
“Girl Power!” - Mint with Oreos

"It's A Girl" Gender Reveal Ice Cream

If you want to get really creative we can customize your pints, your message, even your flavor! That’s what we’re about at eCreamery, customized Ice Cream & Gelato gifts. If you know the baby’s name and want to reveal that, too? No problem. We are happy to help with customization and making your Gender Reveal as special as that sweet little someone.

Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Gift Flavor #4

Abby — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:03:57 +0000

It’s possible we saved the best for last. Our Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirls. It’s like a cake and an ice cream all in one. All surrounded by loving swirls of the most decadent cream cheese frosting. Yum!

We call it “Love Potion #99″. We tried 98 times to find the right ice cream that will make you fall in love. This is it!

Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting

We can’t just show you one shot of this terrific flavor. You have to take another look. We have been selling out in the TO GO case almost nightly.

Eat your heart out!

Congratulations to Another Ice Cream Contest Winner, Rhyann from Tucson!

Becky — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:48:42 +0000

News from The Sweetest Ice Cream Give-Away: We’re thrilled to announce another winning flavor

With 151 votes, we have a February winner. We’ll send Rhyann B. four pints of her custom creation to share with friends and family. Congratulations Rhyann!

Rhyann B., February Winner

The Winning Flavor:

Salty, Sweet, Boozy Treat

Base: Gelato

Flavor 1: Sea Salt Caramel

Flavor 2: Tiramisu Cappuccino

Mixin 1: Chocolate Espresso Chips

Who is your “sweetest person?”:

I’m the sweetest person because I love to give back to others by baking special treats for them. I love being surrounded by sugar (which rubs a bit of its sweetness off on me) and making everyone a little bit happier with cookies, or candy, or cake.

Rhyann will receive four pints of her DIY ice cream (gelato) flavor, delievered right to her doorstep.

How does the contest work?

Design your own flavor on eCreamery.com and enter it to win by getting the highest number of Facebook “likes”. To enter, visit the “Create Your Own Flavor” tab to create your own delicious creation in four easy steps. After your entry is approved, share it with friends to gain “likes” or votes! Five new winners will be selected throughout the year based on the total number of votes and will receive a free order of the flavor!

Keep your recipe entries coming! We will send another lucky, high vote getting winner a free custom order soon!

See all of the creative and inspiring flavor entries here.*

Luckily for friends at University of Arizona, Rhyann loves to share!

* Each time a new winner is selected, we’ll start the contest fresh! All previous vote counts and entries will be removed from the contest. Click here to Enter!

Mmmm. The winning flavor is a hit!

Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Gift Flavor #3

Abby — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:09 +0000

The third Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Flavor is Mocha Almond Fudge. This flavor surpasses the expectations of all other Mocha Almond Fudge Ice Creams you’ve had in the past. We call it, “XOXO” and you will want to hug and kiss this ice cream until it is gone.

Mocha Almond Fudge Valentine's Day Ice Cream Gift

You probably won’t need a bowl to eat eCreamery’s Mocha Almond Fudge Ice Cream. Grab yourself a spoon and a spot on the sofa.

Mocha Almond Fudge Ice Cream

Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Gift Flavor #2

Abby — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:26:49 +0000

The second Valentine’s Day Ice Cream gift flavor is Double Strawberry. We call it, “Tub O’ Hugs” and every bite will feel like a hug for your tastebuds.

"Tub O' Hugs" - Double Strawberry Ice Cream

We take tons of fresh strawberries and blend them into the creamy ice cream base until there’s enough strawberry flavor that our tongue’s actually give us a hug. After we freeze the ice cream we mix in swirls of sweet strawberry to add even more strawberry flavor and bites of sweet, sweet strawberries.

Eat your heart out Double Strawberry Ice Cream

Our heart belongs to Double Strawberry Ice Cream.

Give it to the one you love.

Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Gift Flavor #1

Abby — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:12:42 +0000

The first Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Gft flavor is called, “Swirls of Love”. It is one of our favorite flavors at eCreamery Ice Cream & Gelato. Take a peek:

Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Flavor #1

Chocolate Chip & Amarena Cherry Swirls

We melt milk chocolate and when it hits the cold ice cream it creates a delicious chips. Our Amarena Cherries are imported from Italy. They are tart, sour cherries and add the perfect balance to the sweetness of the ice cream.

A view from the top.