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Brandy Nelson

Funny Face Dried Cranberry Fruit Snacks GIVEAWAY! 3 WINNERS! 9/20

8/23/2012

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I am constantly looking for nutritious, tasty snacks for my kids. Hey, someone needs to help counter-balance the damage their Daddy does by giving them random cookies and cakes when I'm not around. He thinks I don't know about this, but Mothers know everything, right? Just like he thinks I didn't know about the ice cream he left out on the counter overnight. If he'd have been more thorough cleaning it up, he might have fooled me. The tell-tale mint green sticky goo hidden under the Foreman grill gave it away. Yep, that is what I woke up to this morning.

Anyway, I am passionate about feeding my kids foods that taste great but are also good for them. I love fresh fruits and veggies, organic cookies and crackers, and farm fresh cheeses. Yum! Developing healthy eating habits at a young age is so important, and I want to give my kids the best possible start.

That's why I was so excited to learn about the brand new Funny Face Dried Cranberry Snacks that are hitting the market! These snacks are made by the Decas company, a trusted leader in the cranberry industry, and come in some kid-friendly flavors like Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry, Choo-Choo Cherry, Goofy Grape, and Freckle Face Strawberry!

Funny Face Dried Cranberry Snacks are kosher, and come in recyclable packaging. The cranberries themselves are gluten-free, but are processed in a plant that does handle wheat products, so there may be trace amounts of gluten found. Also, these are processed in a facility that handles nuts. Just a heads up for those with allergies or sensitivities.

Now I will be completely honest. I do not like cranberries at all. My kids on the other hand LOVE them. I do take a cranberry supplement everyday because they have some amazing benefits. The health benefits of cranberries are numerous and cutting edge research is unearthing new data on a regular basis. Cranberries contain nature’s most powerful antioxidant, proanthocyanidins Type A which are unique to cranberries. This compound has antioxidant and anti-adhesion properties which have been shown to help fight certain harmful bacterial. So when you hear that cranberries are healthy for urinary tract health, it’s because they prevent bacteria from sticking around inside your body and growing to cause infection. Only .7 oz. of dried cranberries has the same benefits as drinking an 8 oz. glass of cranberry juice with 27% juice!

So cranberries are something I definitely feel good about serving to my family, even if I don't particularly care for them. I will say that I am a very picky eater, though, and there are loads of things I don't eat. (eggs, onions, most seafood, sweets, pumpkin pie, turkey, and the list goes on and on and on....) I don't force my weird food quirks onto my kids though, and for this, I am sure they're grateful.

The awesome folks over at Funny Face sent me a great swag bag full of yummy cranberry snacks, balloons, a t-shirt, beach ball, stickers and lots more! My kids were so excited to play with all of the neat extras, and they were even happier to devour the Funny Face Cranberry Snacks! We received the Freckle Face Strawberry and the Choo Choo Cherry to try.
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The first thing I noticed was that these dried cranberries were much moister, plumper, and larger than most of the dried cranberries I have seen on the shelves. A lot of dried fruits get leathery and dried out. This is not the case with Funny Face Dried Cranberries!
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They are very juicy and have a wonderful consistency to them. They remind my son a lot of other, less nutritious fruit snacks available for kids. He also said that the addition of different natural flavors was a hit. My kids really loved the Freckle Face Strawberry and the Choo Choo Cherry. I served the strawberry flavored snacks as-is, but I found a more creative use for the cherry ones. I made oatmeal cherry-cranberry cookies! Yum! That's the great thing about Funny Face Dried Cranberry Snacks. They're incredibly versatile! Check out some recipe ideas HERE.

Overall, Funny Face Dried Cranberry Snacks are a HUGE hit in my household. My kids love these sweet, juicy treats more than the "junk" their Dad sneaks to them. I am officially declaring a Mommy victory here! Funny Face gives my children the taste they love and I can breathe a sigh of relief knowing these treats are as nutritious as they are delicious!

HOW TO CONNECT :

You can check out Funny Face on their website. There are fun activities, as well as info for parents.

You can purchase Funny Face products on Amazon.

Funny Face is also on Facebook, on twitter, and on Pinterest!

WIN IT !

I am thrilled to announce that THREE lucky readers will receive a Funny Face Dried Cranberry Snacks prize package containing assorted full-sized snacks, a t-shirt, stickers, a beach ball, and loads of other swag!

Simply enter using the easy Rafflecopter form below!

This giveaway is open to US Residents 18+ until 11:59PM September 20, 2012. No PO Boxes. Winners will be drawn using Rafflecopter's Random Number Generator. All entries will be verified, so play fair! I will notify winner via e-mail and they will have 48 hours to reply before I am forced to redraw winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. This contest is not affiliated with Facebook in any way. Thanks for entering, and Good Luck!

***Disclosure: I received complimentary samples for my review. No other compensation was provided and all opinions are 100% honest and have not been influenced in any way.***


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123 Comments
Penny Snyder
8/23/2012 08:23:39 am

In salads! grammypenny@frontier.com

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Ann Fantom
8/23/2012 12:12:09 pm

I like to bake cookies with them or put them on my cereal

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corrie
8/23/2012 01:18:37 pm

i just eat them straight out of the package.

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Jenny Stanek
8/23/2012 09:40:19 pm

My daughter always brings the dried cranberries in her lunches to school!

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ANN*H
8/24/2012 10:57:24 am

Love cranberry relish

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Christine
8/24/2012 12:15:00 pm

in bread

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Cindy Merrill
8/24/2012 07:33:11 pm

I love cranberry muffins

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Gena link
8/25/2012 01:34:47 am

I love to eat cranberries in my cereal!

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Christine
8/25/2012 10:04:10 am

in cranberry bread

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Ericka
8/26/2012 12:15:02 am

Cranberry bread is tasty.

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Christine
8/26/2012 10:14:30 am

cranberry relish

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charlene s
8/26/2012 06:13:12 pm

I like to eat dried cranberries.

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Cindy Merrill
8/26/2012 07:25:28 pm

Cranberries are delicious in stuffing for Chicken or Turkey!

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Paul T/Pauline T
8/27/2012 02:21:34 pm

mixed with dark chocolate, almonds, and pretzel - - - Paul T/Pauline T aka Paul Tran..... emscout9 at Hotmail dot com

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Sarah W
8/28/2012 02:33:53 am

I like to eat them dried, by the handful, or in cranberry jelly or relish. Thanks!

fs4sarah at gmail dot com

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Christine
8/31/2012 09:57:30 am

In salads

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Deborah Wallin
8/31/2012 01:28:00 pm

I like putting them on a salad.

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Christine
9/1/2012 07:42:37 am

like in in cranberry bread

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Deborah Wallin
9/1/2012 11:04:57 am

I like to put them on salads.

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adrienne warren
9/1/2012 07:25:49 pm

cranberries are my favorite, that and blueberry. in breads cookies cakes dried jams jelly, jam today but no jam tomorrow, whoo tooo much coffee.

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Christine
9/2/2012 01:18:44 am

in stuffing

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polly
9/2/2012 04:29:14 am

i have tried a cranberry cheesecake that is awesome!

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Christine
9/3/2012 02:15:26 am

in cranberry jelly

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Deborah Wallin
9/3/2012 01:14:48 pm

I like them on a salad.

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ANN*H
9/4/2012 12:58:39 am

cranberry relish - yum

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Christine
9/4/2012 01:56:02 am

like in stuffing ..

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Kristen
9/4/2012 03:42:12 am

I eat them in my oatmeal all the time along with raw cashews and a little brown sugar.

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Christine
9/4/2012 10:02:55 pm

cranberry jelly

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Marianna
9/4/2012 11:51:52 pm

Cranberry oatmeal cookies

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ANN*H
9/5/2012 05:06:13 am

cranberry relish I like best

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Christine
9/5/2012 11:39:07 pm

in my cereal

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ANN*H
9/6/2012 10:59:58 am

I like them dried too

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Deborah Wallin
9/6/2012 11:34:20 am

On a salad.

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ANN*H
9/6/2012 11:50:23 pm

in salads

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Christine
9/6/2012 11:50:45 pm

in a tuna salad

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Ellen Levickis
9/7/2012 10:35:57 am

chunky cranberry sauce and cream cheese on ritz crackers

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Deborah Wallin
9/7/2012 10:59:43 am

I like cranberries on a salad

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Michael Drew
9/8/2012 04:21:37 am

On top of Sugar Cookies!

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Christine
9/8/2012 04:28:48 am

in chicken salad

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ANN*H
9/8/2012 06:38:27 am

plain out of the bag

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Ellen Levickis
9/8/2012 12:28:06 pm

i love them in cookies

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Christine
9/8/2012 11:30:13 pm

love Cranberry bread

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Tawnya S
9/9/2012 12:20:54 am

I love cranberries on salad. My son loves them straight up!

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Deborah Wallin
9/9/2012 01:22:09 am

I love cranberries on salad

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ANN*H
9/9/2012 06:01:31 am

in granola

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Christine
9/9/2012 10:36:05 pm

cranberry sauce

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ANN*H
9/10/2012 01:51:42 am

cranberry relish

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Deborah Wallin
9/10/2012 10:11:24 am

I like them on a salad. 9/10

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Michael Drew
9/10/2012 01:00:04 pm

muffins...

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Deborah Wallin
9/10/2012 09:57:57 pm

I like adding them to cookies.

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Christine
9/10/2012 11:16:52 pm

love in bread

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ANN*H
9/11/2012 06:35:45 am

cranberry bread

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Michael Drew
9/11/2012 01:16:10 pm

sugar cookies more though...

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Deborah Wallin
9/11/2012 10:07:58 pm

I like them in muffins.

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Christine
9/11/2012 10:17:45 pm

in cranberry bread!!

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Amanda Jorjorian
9/12/2012 12:04:10 am

I love them in salad

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ANN*H
9/12/2012 01:04:47 am

out of the bag

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Michael Drew
9/12/2012 12:04:10 pm

In Muffins

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Christine
9/12/2012 11:03:33 pm

in a tuna salad

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Cody Anderson
9/13/2012 05:39:59 am

I love to eat cranberries in my salad.

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amy beth marantino
9/13/2012 07:42:12 am

jellied from a can, on top of Mom's turkey and gravy. yummy!

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ANN*H
9/13/2012 08:07:18 am

cranberry salad on the side with turkey of course

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Deborah Wallin
9/13/2012 11:25:49 am

I like to eat them on ice cream.

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Michael Drew
9/13/2012 01:50:26 pm

ON SUGAR COOKIES

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Christine
9/14/2012 01:05:58 am

in a trail mix

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Auri Lae
9/14/2012 02:01:15 am

I put them in oatmeal!

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Michael D
9/14/2012 06:27:35 am

sugar cookies

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ANN*H
9/14/2012 06:33:55 am

salads

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Deborah Wallin
9/14/2012 11:06:11 am

i just eat them straight out of the package.
wallindeb@yahoo.com

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Ellen Levickis
9/14/2012 11:14:16 am

in muffins or quick bread

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Traci Lynn Butler
9/14/2012 02:31:28 pm

I like dried cranberries right out of the package

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ANN*H
9/15/2012 07:25:11 am

put peanut butter on celery then dot with cranberries on top

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Amanda Jorjorian
9/16/2012 12:08:04 am

I love to eat cranberries in salad

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ANN*H
9/16/2012 09:02:26 am

with granola

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rebecca day
9/16/2012 12:20:48 pm

Cranberries are delicious in stuffing for Chicken or Turkey!

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Alicia Ponce
9/16/2012 01:59:29 pm

would have to say salad.

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Deborah Wallin
9/16/2012 08:55:49 pm

I love cranberries in jello.

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Christine
9/16/2012 09:48:03 pm

just love in cranberry bread

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ANN*H
9/17/2012 04:48:20 am

in my cereal

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Ellen Levickis
9/17/2012 09:58:59 am

i love all kinds of cranberry sauces

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Jodi Kershuk
9/17/2012 10:49:44 am

I love them in pancakes

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Michael Drew
9/17/2012 12:02:58 pm

cookies

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Deborah Wallin
9/17/2012 08:51:06 pm

love to eat cranberries in my cereal!

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Christine
9/17/2012 09:22:44 pm

love in a trail mix

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Gianna
9/18/2012 01:31:12 am

I like them mixed into rice krispies treats with diced dried apples.

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Paula Tavernie
9/18/2012 03:45:25 am

I love them in my salads!
ptavernie at yahoo dot com

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Michael Drew
9/18/2012 08:09:41 am

muffins

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jennifer
9/18/2012 01:09:38 pm

I love cranberries in my oatmeal!

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Sarah L
9/18/2012 01:35:32 pm

cranberry jelly
Thanks for the contest.

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Christine
9/18/2012 08:51:51 pm

cranberries in my cereal

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Deborah Wallin
9/18/2012 09:44:27 pm

I just tried them in cereal and liked them.

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Audra Weathers
9/19/2012 02:50:47 am

I like dried cranberries in salads.

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katfam
9/19/2012 06:21:05 am

I have this banana bread recipe that has dried cranberries in it. I absolutely love it.

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Virginia Rowell
9/19/2012 07:00:12 am

on cheesecake!

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Jessica A
9/19/2012 08:38:03 am

Mixed in with oatmeal, yum!

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kathy pease
9/19/2012 08:51:58 am

I love jellied cranberry sauce

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Sammantha De La Rosa link
9/19/2012 11:14:07 am

I like to use them in oatmeal cookies.

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Michael Drew
9/19/2012 11:41:42 am

Pancakes!!!

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Sarah L
9/19/2012 11:43:38 am

cranberry relish

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Gianna
9/19/2012 02:49:34 pm

I like them on their own.

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Michael Drew
9/19/2012 03:21:50 pm

Cake topper

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Sarah L
9/19/2012 06:10:10 pm

cranberry jello

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Christine
9/19/2012 08:07:38 pm

9/20-in salads

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Kerrie Mayans
9/19/2012 08:13:29 pm

I like them in a spinach salad with pecans and feta cheese.

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Deborah Wallin
9/19/2012 08:22:32 pm

in cranberry bread

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Trisha McKee
9/19/2012 09:32:32 pm

I love making cranberry muffins!

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Sherry Conrad link
9/19/2012 09:46:37 pm

We make a very tasty taste of thanksgiving ring with most of the components of t-day (stuffing, turkey and cranberries).

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kathy pease
9/19/2012 10:36:24 pm

I love cranberry bread I usually buy the pillsbury quick bread because I cant make it myself..lol

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ANN*H
9/19/2012 11:23:13 pm

with cereal

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susan smoaks
9/19/2012 11:59:01 pm

i like to eat cranberries in cranberry bread!

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Shannon
9/20/2012 12:31:45 am

in salads

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LUCINDA HABEL
9/20/2012 12:36:22 am

love them on cereal!

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Sarah
9/20/2012 12:45:38 am

In a snack mix w/nuts and raisins

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Sarah
9/20/2012 12:46:25 am

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Susan Climan link
9/20/2012 01:16:27 am

I like to eat cranberries in salads and cookies.

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Kim Stone
9/20/2012 01:18:09 am

Awesome in homemade granola bars!

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Cheryl Reinhardt
9/20/2012 01:38:47 am

I like to eat them on my Salad

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Sharold Friedrich
9/20/2012 02:54:03 am

In my oatmeal

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Ed Nemmers
9/20/2012 04:57:40 am

I like cranberries with vanilla ice cream!

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Jennifer Peaslee
9/20/2012 05:22:22 am

I like cranberry juice, and cranberries in cookies :)

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Sarah Yurga
9/20/2012 06:27:26 am

In chicken salad with walnuts and grapes

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Alisha L.
9/20/2012 10:21:05 am

Cranberry Salad!

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Gaines Simmons
9/20/2012 01:21:07 pm

Hello, how are you? Thank you for this opportunity. I like cranberries in pies, muffins and cakes.

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