Sometime in the last two years – without realizing it – we formed a tradition of family night. That’s what the girls call it, without us prompting them. They know Friday starts the weekend. Daddy typically rolls in a little earlier from work and they’re allowed to stay up a little later.
I don’t remember where I heard it or when, but sometime pre-offspring I heard parenting advice that recommended having a family night – some sort of routine when your kids could look forward to spending time with you. I kept it in the back of my mind as something important for tweens and teens.I realized a few weeks ago we’re already there. The kids get truly disappointed if we don’t sit down as a family on Fridays.
Family night may change over the next decade, but for now it usually includes a movie and sometimes a special addition, like a fire and marshmallows in the winter or special treats in the summer. When Breyers asked me to review two of their new flavors – Breyers Blasts! Chocolate REESE’S and Breyers Blasts! OREO Birthday Blast! – I knew this would be a perfect addition to our summer family nights, so I tried it out on them early.
The girls and Henry drove down from Pittsburgh to see Ryan and me for Mother’s Day. On Saturday night after a romp at Dupont Circle, we came back to Ryan’s room for Family Movie Night. We surprised the kids with Breyers Blasts! When I suggested some of the nurses share with us, Natalie said, “That’s very kind of us.”She said this sincerely, like she was impressed.
I tasted both kinds. The Chocolate REESE’S is very rich. It has strands of peanut butter and chunks of REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups and REESE’S Peanut Butter running through chocolate. Henry and Natalie chose this as their favorite of the two.
The OREO Birthday Blast!, in honor of OREO’s 100th birthday, it tastes like yellow cake batter (um, yeah, had me at that!) with chunks of OREO cookies and rainbow sprinkles running through it. Being that I very effectively lick my cake batter beaters and bowl when I’m baking, I wasn’t surprised this was my favorite. Ainsley loved it too. Ryan would’ve except he felt so yucky that he wasn’t eating anything that day.
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Comments (163)
um, yeah! i’ll enter for $100!! i don’t like ice cream, but my family LOVES it and kenny’s favorite is chocolate PB, so i’m sure we’d get the REESE’S flavor and the menfolk would eat it in one sitting. 🙂
how was your weekend at the conference last week? i’m waiting for a blog post about it1 😉
WOW – giveaways!? Awesome!
Ice Cream for family night at our house 1x/week too. We don’t have a set night – though it is usually Sat. unless Wayne and I are having a date night.
I think the Reese’s flavor would be our fav.
Mmmm…that Oreo cake batter sounds amazing! And I have a four year old little girl who would be all over those sprinkles!
In our family, we have a movie and sleepover night in mommy and daddy’s bed about once a month. Right now the little one is too young to participate but it’ll be even better when we get all four of us together! My daughter loves movie night because that means we get to eat ice cream in bed! I mean, really…is there anything more exciting in life to a four year old than that??
I know we would all enjoy these Breyers ice creams at our next movie night (next weekend…we’ll be watching Madagascar, the original one in preparation for taking her to see the third in the theater!!)
Mmmm….I was on a diet for a year, and have been working to maintain my weight loss for another year, so needless to say, I haven’t had much ice cream in quite a while. The Breyer’s Blasts look wonderful though. I may have to pick up either the Heath English Toffee or Klondike Krunch flavors next time I’m in the grocery. I think that it’s about time for a treat! 🙂
We had Friday night/Family night when my children were little, too!! They loved the time together! sometimes we played games, watched a movie, or listened to Dad tell scary stories around a backyard campfire! Whatever we did, it always included a sweet treat like ice cream or S’mores. My husband would dearly love the Reese’s ice cream!
We have a weekly Family Fun Night in the summer when we take a break from our usual mid-week church activities. Each week one family member gets to choose an activity. It can be anything from a movie out, getting pizza, going to the driving range, taking in a baseball game, etc.
Getting a carton (or two!) of Breyers and watching a baseball game at home would be a perfect choice for Family Fun Night! The hard part would be choosing which flavor. We love ice cream here!
Mmm, that sounds delicious to share with girlfriends on the patio.
My girls would LOVE the Reese’s ice cream. I can hear my baby shouting now, “BITE, BITE, BITE!” Ice cream is great to have on hand for hot Florida summers.
Sounds like a perfect treat here in sunny Florida. I’d take some along in a cooler to a soccer game and share with our friends.
Our family fun night is Fridays as well. We do something fun in the evening and then the boys get to have a sleep over in one of their rooms. I had not seen the Oreo birthday blast flavor, but my boys love the regular Oreo flavor so I am sure that would be a favorite in our house as well.
We would enjoy this as a delicious dessert!!! Thanks for a chance to win and have a great day!
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yummmmm! i would LOVE this! my family loves ice cream and right now we have the “Minnesota Twins Grand Slam” that has chuncks of monster cookies and m&m’s and chocolate. i would probably like the oreo better, but i’m sure i’d LOVE both!
We would enjoy Breyers Blasts after a family barbecue. Thanks!
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We would love this for my nephew’s birthday party in July as a side to the cake!
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We would enjoy it after our Sunday family dinner.
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in front of tv with my family watching a good family cartoon!
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Oreo for me please!!! I think my hubby and I would enjoy it for a midnight snack. We are both night owls 🙂 although with ice cream, it seems a snack always becomes the whole tub! YUM.
We would enjoy it by eating it outside on a hot summer day!
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we’d enjoy it out by the pool
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We would enjoy this as part of the dessert bar at my son’s birthday party.
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we would enjoy it every night on the back porch. My little girls love ice cream. amypugmire@live.com
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we enjoy it at the pool
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My family loves ice cream or frozen yogurt!!!!!! Oreo cake batter sounds delicious!!!!!!!!! Might have to go get some for tonite and try it out with the family.
Enjoy your summer!!!!!!!!!
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we would enjoy this after one of our huge friday night dinners!
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wed enjoy after a day at the pool! scg00387 at yahoo dot com
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We would love it when all my nieces and nephews are together during the summer on Gramma’s back porch.
Birthday Party!!!!
This would be a hit with my son, we could have a ice cream birthday party!!!
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yummmm!!!
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We love it in banana splits!
we love the oreo blasts! and we also have family fridays!!! the kids so look forward to dad getting home early and then having no bed time!
My family and I would enjoy Breyers Blasts with an ice cream bar all summer long. With different toppings, syrups and sauces to choose from, we can all get our favorites and have a blast!
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We would enjoy it anytime – ice cream is the best!
Yum! I have two girls in my house who would love these ice creams!
Yum! The Breyers Blasts are so good!
I can’t wait to try the Reese’s!
Wow, these sound great! And perfect for hot summer afternoon treats before dinner.
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Love your girls & Ryan! So cute & I miss them!!!
Love ice cream too! I’d enjoy Breyers with milk. It’s my favorite way because the milk kind of hardens the outside of the ice cream into a shell. I think I’d have to go for both of those flavors too. They sound great!
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love, love ice-cream!!
We would love the cake batter ice cream at one of the three birthdays we have this summer!
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I tried the Oreo and the Heath Bryera just recetntly and they were both very yummy. The kind you sampled sound wonderful too. Then again, there isn’t an I’ve cream I don’t like!!
My yum!!! We always have at leeast 3 flavors in our house… temptation!
We love Breyer’s! Especially since you can actually pronounce all the ingredients in it! the new flavors sound especially delicious. Thank you for sponsoring the giveaway. Marenvargas@gmail.com
We would enjoy this after a sunny day at the spray park….probably eating it outside on the back swing.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, so I think Reese’s would be my favorite!
I think that both flavors sound amazing and my family would love them!
I am always in for icecream!!
Looks like yall are making yummy memories with your icecream traditions.
We have tried the Waffle Cone Blast and love it! 🙂
Gail
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We love Breyers ice cream! And $100 would be fun, too!
These sound so yummy!!! I’m definitely going to have to try them. My hubby, daughter and I all love Oreo’s and Reese’s. We’d surely enjoy the ice cream on a hot FL evening in our backyard after splashing in the water. Makes me happy thinking about it! 🙂
SamD.
The new flavors sound wonderful-thanks for bring them to our attention-our kids are big ice cream fans and can’t wait to try the new Breyers!
I love ice cream and would be excited to try these new flavors. I think the peanut butter one would be my favorite!
Every night is ice cream night at our house! I grew up eating Breyer’s ice cream with my family, and now that’s a tradition that has continued in my own family. I think that I would love the Oreo the best, but my husband would love the Reeses. I can’t wait to try them!
My fave is the rave.
We would eat it anytime to beat the heat.
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my husband would die for this. he loves Reeses!
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We’ve tried the Reese’s before and it’s yummy!!
we would enjoy it after swimming
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Sounds so good! Our family believes ice cream is a great addition to any hot, summer day! Thanks for sharing!
How about at a BBQ!
we would eat this on the patio after dinner! Thanks for a super giveaway!
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yummy – we’d enjoy the Reeses ones after a family cookout!
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We would enjoy Breyers Blasts after a day out in the sun.
We just built a house so we have a ton of yard work to do. We could enjoy it when it is time for a cool-down.
You have a beautiful little family.
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Our kids hardly ever have dessert. They never ask and we just don’t think of it that often because we usually have our dessert an hour or so after they go to bed!
We’re pretty much the meanest parents ever.
YAY for Icecream!! my girls LOVE it!!!! thanks for the giveaaway!!
We’ll snack on it while watching movies or playing games. thanks for the review and giveaway.
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We’d enjoy Breyers Blasts after dinner time.
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The Breyer’s Blasts would be a perfect way to end our neighborhood pool parties
I would love to try the ice cream in a milkshake to beat the heat!
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This would be a grand treat after dinner after our walks. It has been so hot here it would be a motive to walk and then get home.
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Love ice cream and live your blog!
Love ice cream and live your blog!
Love ice cream and live your blog!
we’d love to eat this after a long hot day working on the farm. They sound delicious.
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My family loves Breyers ice cream!
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We have the Oreo Blast. I can’t wait to try it!
I love the Oreo’s Cookies and cream Blast!!
We would definetly enjoy it with lots of chocolate syrup, cool whip and cherries.
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My family and I would enjoy Breyers Blasts in the evening in front of the TV in our family room. We love Breyers ice cream with different toppings, we’ve been eating it for years. Thanks for this giveaway.
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We’d love to enjoy then after grilling on our new deck.
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I still love family night! So sweet that you’re kids are already there. We would enjoy Breyer’s Blasts after a night of grilling while the sun is hitting the mountains and the wind is picking up. Nice way to end the 100 degree days!
We love ice cream in cones.
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We would enjoy this after a family BBQ.
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I’m not a fan of peanut butter flavors, but there is a Mint Oreo Blast flavor that I love!
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My family and I love breyers blasts. Snickers is a favorite!!! We normally do ice cream on our family nights which are normally Saturday nights. Enter me!
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Thank you.
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We love the reeses.
I try not to buy ice cream because I like it too much! They both look great.
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My family would enjoy Breyers Blast in a waffle cone!
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I love ice cream and of course I’d love to win this giveaway!! 🙂
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We would love to have an ice-cream cone night at our house with Breyers!
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I would like it on top of some yummy homemade fruit dessert…cherry pie maybe
I’ll take the Beyers Reeses on the back patio after the sun goes down.
Thanks for the contest.
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On a hot afternoon relaxing under our big old shade tree.
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We would enjoy it for dessert!
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We would eat it for dessert on the weekends.
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We would eat Breyers Blasts as an after dinner treat — any night of the week!
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I would have my daughter and her family over and have an old fashion ice cream party!
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I love Breyers!! I’m sure I would end up using an entire $100 on ice cream, since I’d have an excuse. Thanks for the fun giveaway. 🙂
Oh we would love to have some after a day of playing outside! The weather is so hot, and the ice cream looks so good! Would be a wonderful treat!
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I would love to have a double scoop on a sugar cone! mmmm!
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We’d enjoy it on the patio on summer afternoons
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We’d like it while watching movies at home
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I keep Breyers in the freezer all the time. It makes a great treat for visiting grandchildren and they love it when it’s in a cone.
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We would enjoy them on the weekend in a nice big sugar cone!
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I would eat them with my family at a cookout we are having next month!
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My grandsons would love this for dessert in their blanket and chair fort they have built in my living room.
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We enjoy it while watching movies
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We would enjoy this as a dessert,grill outs etc. (snacks) lol
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thanks
yummy!
Ice cream isn’t a regular around here but once in a while my kids crave it. I like Reeses but my kids would probably want the birthday cake flavor.
We love ice cream around here, plus it’s a great cold treat in our sweltering heat!
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We have ice cream for dessert almost every night. We all love Breyers Banana Split.
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After reading your description of the Chocolate REESE’S one I can’t wait to try it. I especially loved the way you wrote “strands of peanut butter and chunks of REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups….running through chocolate”. I can almost taste it. I look forward to buying some soon.
we would enjoy it after dinner. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
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How did I miss this? Great giveaway!!
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I’d serve Breyer Blasts on a waffle with whipped cream.
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weekend treat after dinner
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