Donsuemor Madeleines Gift Box Review & Give-Away!!! {Give-Away Ended}

Donsuemor recently sent me a box of assorted, individually wrapped madeleines in a medley of flavors – Traditional, Chocolate, Lemon Zest, Dipped, and Dipped Chocolate, to review.  Let me tell you, this was one delicious review.  From the elegant presentation of the madeleines in the custom designed gold embossed gift box, we knew we were in for a treat.  We were not disappointed, these delicious cookies were just that and more.  My favorite was the chocolate dipped, Alexandra’s was the lemon zest, Jimi favored the traditional and the boys liked the chocolate best.  There is definitely something for everyone in this assortment.

So is your mouth watering?  Then you will be happy to know that Donsuemor is sponsoring a give-away on Mommy Ramblings.  One lucky blog reader will win their very own box of 16 assorted madeleines.  Thank you Donsuemor for the delicious review cookies and for sponsoring such a delicious and generous give-away on Mommy Ramblings!!!

Donsuemor  Madeleines Gift Box Give-Away on Mommy Ramblings Rules:

Mandatory Entry: Go to the Donsuemor Website and let me know another delicious treat you like.  Leave your answer in a comment on this post.  (If this entry is not done, all others will be deleted.)

Extra Entries-Make sure to leave a separate comment for each one or they will not count.

1. Like Mommy Ramblings on Facebook, and leave me a comment here that you did.

2.Like Donsuemor on Facebook, and leave a comment on their wall that Mommy Ramblings sent you.  Then leave me a comment here that you did that.

3. Follow Mommy Ramblings on Twitter, and leave me a comment here that you did with your Twitter name.

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5. Subscribe to Mommy Ramblings by email and leave me a comment here that you did.

6.Vote for Mommy Ramblings on Picket Fence Blogs (Button is on the side of our blog, “We’re on the Fence) and leave me a comment here you did.  (You can do this every day for an extra entry, just make sure you leave a comment.)

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Good Luck Everyone!!!  Give Away Ends August 29th  at 12am EST.  Winner will be selected by Random.org.

Cherry Chip Gooey Butter Cookies & The Oscars!!!

As the time for the Oscars to begin approached, it seemed we needed a sweet treat to munch while we watched.  With not much time to spare, I thought about gooey butter cookies that I usually make with a chocolate cake mix.  However, this time I decided to try cherry chip cake mix.  Cherry chip cake mix is hard to find and not available in stores by us anymore so I buy it by the case online.  I have never used it to bake these cookies but since it says you can use any cake mix, how could I go wrong?  So I grabbed my few ingredients and got to work.

The ingredients are very simple: 1 80z pack of cream cheese (softened), 1 stick of butter (softened), 1/4 tsp of vanilla though I use far more, 1 egg, the cake mix and confectioners, sugar (1/4 cup).

When you have everything except the confectioners’ sugar mixed together, you then roll the dough into balls and roll the balls in the sugar and place on a cookie sheet.  Then bake them in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.

Cookies will be soft so let them cool on the tray before moving them to cooling racks.

The aroma before baking which was heightened when adding the vanilla, was phenomenal, but cherry-vanilla has always been a good combination.  After baking the flavorful soft and gooey cookies were irresistible.  Hope you give them a try.  Please do not forget the give-away for the cutting board and bar boards ends tomorrow night.  We will hopefully have three winners but we need to get people to enter.