Apple Cinnamon Chex Giveaway

You see that in the basket? Yep, it's the all new Apple Cinnamon Chex. This makes not one but SIX gluten-free gluten-free cereals now produced by General Mills. How awesome is that? 

I have to say, I am not really a sugary cereal for breakfast kind of girl. I grew up eating plain puffed rice simply because there was no other gluten-free breakfast cereal on the market in the late 1980s that I could safely eat. Give me sugar in the morning and I am hungry by 9am. But give me some sweet cereal later in the afternoon and I am a very happy girl. I have a sweet tooth and these new Apple Cinnamon Chex are just the ticket! They are a good balance of cinnamon, apples, and sweetness. I was noshing on them all of last week during the slow afternoons at work. 

The new Apple Cinnamon Chex are hitting the shelves nationwide this summer. In honor of this newly launched cereal I am doing a HUGE giveaway. With help from some friends close to Chex, I am giving away  one box of the new Apple Cinnamon Chex to 5 lucky winners... AND I am giving away a grand prize breakfast basket including a box of the new Chex, a cereal bowl, spoon, and basket like the one in the picture to one lucky reader.

Want to win? Here are three ways to enter:
1. Leave a comment below with your name, state, and email address
2. Head over to my Gluten-Free Fun Facebook page, like it if you don't already, and leave a comment on my wall.
3. Visit my other blog, Gluten-Free Globetrotter, and give that page a like too!

Did all three? You are entered three times! It's as easy as that.

All entries must be received by July 6th. I will choose six winners using Random.org and announce the winners the week of July 9th.

Thank you and enjoy!


The contest is now over. Thank you all for your entries! 

Chex® Gluten-Free Cookie Pizza

This sounds like a really fun dessert to make with my nieces. I am sure they would love putting it all together and then devouring it when it is ready. They are three and have the biggest sweet tooth (teeth?!). They are also gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free so I would probably use egg replacer or flax meal in this recipe instead of eggs. I would also leave out the Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups, because I am sure my orthodontist would freak out if he saw me eating things like that!


CHEX® COOKIE PIZZA GLUTEN FREE

4 cups Rice Chex® cereal (gluten free)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla make sure this is GF
1 egg, beaten
2 cups miniature marshmallows make sure this is GF
1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped honey-roasted peanuts, if desired
1 or 2 rolls Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack (any red variety), unwrapped, torn into pieces

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and crush with rolling pin or meat mallet.

2. In large bowl, mix sugars, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and egg. Stir in crushed cereal. Spread in ungreased 12-inch pizza pan.

3. Bake 12 minutes. Sprinkle evenly with marshmallows to within 1 inch of edge. Bake 5 minutes longer or until marshmallows are light golden brown. Sprinkle chocolate chips, peanuts and fruit snack pieces over marshmallows to look like pizza toppings. Cool completely on cooling rack. Cut into 16 wedges. Store tightly covered.