Want to help kids in need get back-to-school supplies?
Want a chance to win some cool back-to-school gear from Nickelodeon at the same time?
Well, keep on reading!
Nickelodeon is taking back-to-school suggestions on their website for parents at giveback.parentsconnect.com. For every back-to-school tip or recipe you give, they'll make a donation to Feed the Children’s Kid's School Basics Program. Your ideas will help kids and parents all over the US get ready for school. You can leave tips on their site through September 25th.
So, I hope you'll take a minute to give back and my niece does, too. (Watch this video from her.)
In addition to the good feeling you'll have all day, knowing you helped children in need, you could also be the cool parent who wins this Back-to-School prize-pack donated by Nickelodeon.
Here's how to enter:
- Visit giveback.parentsconnect.com and leave a Back-to-School tip or recipe.
- Then, let me know you gave back by leaving a comment on this blog post and say "I gave back."
(You must include an email address or blog link with
your comment, so I can contact you if you win.)
your comment, so I can contact you if you win.)
- The deadline to enter this giveaway is August 31st at midnight.
- The winner will be announced sometime on September 1st.
I gave back and left a recipe suggestion for chocolate cake balls and here they are in Nickelodeon colors just for fun.
And, I made cupcake pops, too. (couldn't resist!)
140 comments:
I gave back with a recipe at giveback.parentsconnect.com
I hope you will too.
Bakerella
OMG they look so good !!!
I will go on the website tomorow :)
Sonia
I gave back :-)
AND those look yummy.. my girls would be stoked over them.
i gave back
Hi Bakerella,
I gave back. I love your blog! You are so talented and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Marcie
I gave back :) Can't wait til the weather cools and I can turn the oven on again to make your sweet treats!
I gave back! (with a parenting tip, at giveback.parentsconnect.com).
Emily
I gave back!
And you made custom Nick cupcake pops for the occasion! That's awesome!
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
I gave back with a recipe and a couple of tips!
Amber
ber_982@yahoo.com
You're just too awesome!
ur cupcake pops have become ur trademark!
I gave back with a recipe and lunchbox tip!
Thanks you! What a blessing this will be to the winner!
I Gave Back with our great tip on helping all kiddos get the supplies they need....it's under the gear tab at the nick site if you want to check it out.
love the pops!!
I gave back...
What a great idea! It got me started thinking about how lucky my kids are to have such a great school. Those treats look so good too!
camnkim@comcast.net
I gave back! I love back to school time. Seeing my kids get so excited with their new stuff. I'm glad to help out other kids.
www.creativecakesbyangela.blogspot.com
I gave back!
"I gave back..."
smurfett8@charter.net
"#299) happy meals
it's always a fun way to stay connected to your child during the middle of the day with a simple note in their lunchbox...sometimes I write on the napkin, the zip-lock bag or even on a little note card. MY kids always look forward to these random little notes.
Submitted by: angie, 08/14/2008
I gave back!
janine.n.brown at gmail dotcom
I gave back with fun lunch ideas. I was #303.:)
Thanks for telling us about it, what a great cause! I also followed the link to share it on my Facebook page. Let's spread the word!
I gave back with a parenting tip. This is a neat idea, and it's awesome that you're helping back it up :)
I'm at leighbra(at)gmail
I gave back with a parenting tip! :)
I gave back with a parenting tip! What a neat idea!
I gave back!
5 handy tips for making packing lunches easy and fun
I gave back! Tip #307 under the tab Scrumptious Lunches - this was a kind, generous blog post on your part - thank you for thinking of others :-)
I gave back. As a teacher, I see so many kids who come to school without supplies. Thank you so much for supporting this and getting the word out.
I gave back with a recipe
kdobben@neo.rr.com
Not a parent yet, but remember my own school days and my younger brothers. I gave back with 4 things - parenting tip, a handy list, a scrumptious snack idea, and a school gear tip.
Awesome idea!
I GAVE BACK.......
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK TO OFFER HINTS SUGGESTIONS AND LINKS..I LOVE YOUR SITE!
I gave back!
I love all your ideas, too!
i gave a suggestion.
I just offered a tip. I REALLY need to set time aside to attempt the cake balls. It looks so simple. And you make them look soooo yummy!
I gave back!
I'm going to have to try your cupcake pops soon. It still kills me that MS called them turds. ;-)
I gave back - and those do look yummy!
I gave back with a few time and money saving tips.
Suzy :)
I gave back with handy tips.
Misskittysmother@aol.com
Juliet (houston texas)
Hi I gave back!!! those treats look sooo yummy love the pops. XOXO from Puerto Rico!! onirawo31@hotmail.com
your niece has so much star quality! i will go to the website tomorrow. i'm still thinking what recipe and what tip i'm going to give. thanks for the inspiration bakerella! have a blessed weekend!
i gave back...yeah!
I gave back with some tips I picked up from my teenage brother. I saw plenty about small kids, but sometimes the big kids need some help too! I also just discovered your blog yesterday and am so excited to go back and read everything!!
Cassy
ohyoustealher@gmail.com
I gave back! Thanks for letting us know about this wonderful opportunity to help kids out. I always feel so sad knowing that some kids don't have the supplies they need for school.
I absolutely adore your blog! I am so hooked! I checked this morning even though I knew there couldn't possibly be another scrumptous treat already. I was greeted by those sunny smiley face cake balls and was cheered for the weekend. About an hour later I checked back (I couldn't help myself) and was thrilled with the orange explosion! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration and beautiful photographs!!
Charlie's Mom
I gave back with a fun lunch tip!
#342) Making sandwiches fun for the younger ones.
Use large cookie cutter shapes to creat fun sandwiches. Make the desired sandwich first then use a cookie cutter and carefully press onto the sandwich making a fun shape. Wrap up in foil to help keep it from getting smashed or place in a sandwich box.
Submitted by: rachelle, 08/15/2008
Cute pops!
"I gave back"!!!! And I can't wait to make some of your goodies!!!
The colors are so vibrant. I love these. I'm just going to have to go out and buy the orange candy melt to do these. Dieting and cake pops just don't go hand in hand.
I just gave back some organizing tips for parents and children alike. Thanks Bakerella for sharing your wonderful ideas.
Barb
Hi I gave back!!! those treats look sooo yummy love the pops. XOXO from Puerto Rico!! onirawo31@hotmail.com
I gave back with a recipe for healthy fruit kabobs. p.s. love love love your new cupcake pops, i still am trying to master the smiley face ones. whenever you are in NYC, I would love a private lesson on how you get the chocolate so smooth!! Keep up the great yummy work! :) ciao bella!
I gave back Bakerella! Alillisa53@aol.com
what a great cause. I love your orange cake balls! so cute!
I gave back! :) Love the Nick pops - I'm making some of your goodies next week for DD's birthday party. :)
I gave back! Yummy. Suddenly I want orange cupcakes!
I gave back with a supplies tip!
And your Nick pops are too cute!
sbahrendsen at hotmail dot com
I gave back!
I left a tip:
I make more time together with my 3rd grader in the mornings by packing lunches and snacks the night before. This way we have more time to have breakfast & talk about what the day ahead is going to be like. Spending the extra 15 minutes focusing on my little guy, instead of husting around the kitchen has sent him off to school very happy!
the.cupcakery at yahoo.com
I love seeing your new ideas and creativity. I tagged you on my blog. Check it out!
Ey sweetie! Thanks for the tip :D :D I have my own giveaway on my blog hihi not so cool maybe but still giving out something!
*hugs*
Gis
I gave back!
I gave back with a snack called "Shore Snacks" :)
I *love* the Nick-themed cake balls and cupcake pops - what a great color combo!!
I gave back! They look so delicious.
I gave back! The cake balls look especially great!
I gave back with
#367) Going the extra mile ,again is my post under personal essays,thanks
vlbelk(at)hotmail.com
That's for letting us know about it! Very nice of you to take the time to make special chocolate cake balls for it!
This stuff is major hot!
I just love your blog! I tried my first cupcake pops last week!!
Helena, Sweden
I gave back!
thanks for the chance to win! I'm new to your blog and I love it!
estupendisimo..el color del mediterraeno y del verano...total sun 100x1000...xoxo
LOVE TO WIN
Your niece is a sweetheart!
Your balls and pops are adorable!
And the cause is great!
That's why we all love Bakerella :)
I'm suddenly in the mood for cake.
I gave back!
How cute is she????? What a wonderful idea
Oh and I had to break down and my the cakepops..they turned out YUMMO
http://thehungryhousewife.blogspot.com/2008/08/cake-pops.html
I gave back, and great contest!
Bakerella, did you see the chocolate chip cookie dough "truffles" on Paula Deen's best dishes. I have been making the oreo truffles for several years and so I thought this was a great alternative. The only thing I thought might improve on her recipe would be to chill the dough and then roll into balls. Her dough was very very loose. Just thought you might like the heads up.
I gave back with a breakfast recipe!
urchiken at gmail dot com
I gave back!
Thank you for sharing the site and getting to look at your yummy cupcakes!
Alicia
leesha71@yahoo.com
I gave back a safe way to id you kids coats and jackets!
win or lose I need to make some cupcake pops!
I gave back with a recipe! :)
By the way...I notice that you still use your original design for the pops, not the peanut butter cup mold as you did once. Do you find one easier or better than the other? Just curious.
Thanks!
scottandmin@yahoo.com
I gave back... and it felt GREAT!
Thanks for sharing this post.. and the yummies!!
~Alisa
I'm love the orange! Thanks for sharing this information, I hadn't seen anything about the "give back".
I gave back.
and I think your cupcakes are absolutely adorable
I gave back! Thanks for letting us know about a great cause!
kimmydover@hotmail.com
I gave parenting tip #394, Magnets + Baking Sheets = Boredom Busters. Thanks for letting us know about this! I love your cupcake pops and cake balls, will have to try that some day!
I gave back! (a couple of times actually!) Mostly with ideas...
~Heather
I gave back with a breakfast tip.xh
Wow! I love these... that vibrant color is amazing! Cake balls and cupcakes pops are both so beautiful...
I gave back
I gave back :) (with a parenting tip!)
I gave back. My sweet tooth loves your blog.
Those pops look fantastic!
Just posted my tip! The title is Teacher Survival Kit. Thanks so much for letting us know about this great program.
http://pumpkinpetunia.blogspot.com
I gave back with a back to school shopping tip. Thanks for introducing me to the website.
I gave back!
(A parenting tip at giveback.parentsconnect.com)
I love the orange cake balls and cupcake pops!
Cassie
Aw I love what youve made!
Excellent!!
I gave back with a recipe for breakfast burritos. They're good for lunch too!
i gave back!
idk-em.blogspot.com
I gave back!
I shared our family tradition of a Back to school party. You can check out my blog to see some of the cakes I have decorated:
meetthe5robinsons.blogspot.com
I enjoy your blog!
I gave back :)
Love the little cupcakes.
I gave back, yet again! LOL! (besides, before I forgot to leave my email addy!)
Left some great lunchbox tips!
Heather
(h_miller-franco@hotmail.com)
Thanks for the tip...I gave back with an idea for keeping the mounds of paperwork that the school likes to send home, (in triplicate since we have three school age children)!!
I gave back ;)
I gave back-
I enjoy your blog. Your ideas are so creative and I feel a kinship as I love sweets too!
i'm commenting not to enter the contest but just to let you know how much i love seeing all the variations of your cupcake pops. just adorable.
I gave back !
I gave back with some organizational/craft projects.
This is a great idea. Thanks for bringing it to our attention:)
I gave back with a tip for pre-k, what a great idea, such wonderful ideas have been posted so far.
Just put in my 2 cents!
jhoneyk@hotmail.com
I gave back with my idea for the Nite Before Bin.
I gave back too! We started a private blog for my older elementary school kid. :-) She is getting all kinds of writing practice now.
I gave back! I gave my parenting tip on wearing my daughters out so they will sleep the night before the first day of school. They are so excited they haven't been able to sleep, now we have a big playdate with their best friends with lots of outdoor activities. Lots of excercise and fresh air will do it every time.
A very unique idea Bakerella. Your niece is amazing.
I just submitted my lunch recipe at
giveback.parentsconnect.com
I gave back! Take a picture of your child on the first day of school every school year. Then on their graduation day from high school, give them a mini-scrapbook with all of the pictures from K-12th grade, so they can see how they have grown up.
eliwimmer at gmail dot com
I gave back!!
that is such a cool thing too do too!! I loved reading others response too!! some great back to school ideas as well! thanks
I share my "bulk is better" shopping strategy. I've been hitting up the office supply stores each week for their super sales and we have quite the stash of notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, etc in the basement just waiting to be used. I also end up with pleanty of extra supplies this way and can donate some to the school for students who won't come with their own things.
ps - my 9 year old wants me to make your cupcake pops that we saw on martha the other day...he keeps asking me if i've checked out the recipe yet :) you have fans of all ages!!
Stef
cunninghamfamily@gmail.com
Hi, I gave back a tip and also a recipe for a yummy and VERY easy Cookie cake.
Thank you.
ooopps. I just left the last comment.... I gave back a tip and the cookie cake recipe.
Thanks,
Mary
Ladefly@aol.com
I gave back!
OK. So I left another tip. It seems that everytime I get off the computer.... I think of another!!!
Mary
Ladefly@aol.com
I gave back!! I'd be super mom if I were to win anything Kick!! Those chocolate balls look so yummy!! Thanks!!
I gave back!
brookeaheaton at hotmail dot com
I gave back with a recipe.
This is such a great cause thanks for let all us know about it.
I gave back with some lunch tips and a recipe!
www.vmjess.blogspot.com
I gave back - couldn't think of a recipe, so I posted an essay on letting kids be themselves. After all, "normal" is just a setting on a washer. :)
i gave back
knobbyknee at hotmail dot com
I gave back. :-)
Had to share my tip for getting my son out of bed in the morning. Heh.
brandi(at)brandibakes(dot)com
Hi! I gave back with a cool school tip!
I love looking at all the wonderful photos on your blog! Thank-you for all the great ideas!
I gave back with an easy quesadilla recipe.
I love your blog! The ideas and recipes are super yummy!! Makes me want to go into my computer and grab one ! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i gave back :)
i gave back
I gave back too :)
As a teacher... any child that comes in with extra supplies to share is a blessing!
I love your ideas!
I gave back
I gave back! And those are adorable cakeballs!
I gave back
I gave back with a get-out-of-the -house-fast tip. I also posted your contest on my blog here:
http://gussiedup.squarespace.com/smalltownfun/2008/9/10/back-to-school.html
Love your blog. Love your cakeballs -making them today!
i LOOOOVVVVEEEE these. how do you make them? i really want to make some!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks everyone for giving back!
vianetia - here you go.
http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/04/make-your-cupcakes-pop.html
Could someone out there please tell me the best way to store that chocolate cake balls?
Thanks.
kathy - they last for several days in an airtight container on the counter. You can refrigerate them if you want them cold.
Its a win-win!
Hoping to win one of these great gifts, in order of preference.
1)Jessie Steele Cupcake Apron
2) Cupcake Courier
3) Hello, Cupcake! Book
Dawntorti@gmail.com
Saw you on Martha, it was great!
Hi, I want to make the balls in our team colors for tailgating this weekend! Do you remember seeing "maroon" colored candy melts anywhere?? also how did you do the pretty white zig-zags on the top? candy melts or white choc. bark? did you use a piping bag, plastic bag or ??
THANKS! your website is BEAUTIFUL and if it doesn't make you feel like baking then nothing will!!!
I'm not sure about maroon.
Here's a guide to mixing candy melt colors that may help:
http://www.streichs.com/instructions/Merckens_color_chart.html
As far as the drizzle, I've done it several ways. This was probably with a squeeze bottle or ziploc bag with the corner cut out. You can also use the candywriters, though.
Thanks so much Baerella! I made the cupcake balls in our team colors of Maroon and White! Everyone thought I had used some great food coloring to get the cake that color but it was simply the red velvet cake :) I dipped them in White Bark and the zig zagged the candy melts (which was a combo of red and purple to get a maroonish tone) across the top. HUGE hit!! THANKS!
mamared - sounds like you were the hit of the party! Way to go.
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