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Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift Box Review & Giveaway

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Are you looking for a great gift for relatives or for people you will be visiting for the holidays? I know from personal experience that one of the best gifts to give is food. And you get bonus points if it’s good, gourmet food, like what you can purchase from Hickory Farms. I remember there used to be a Hickory Farms booth in one of the shopping malls I used to visit where I would regularly pick up their sausage or their colorful meltaway mints. Those gifts always got Ooohs! and Aaahs!

About Hickory Farms

This holiday season, Hickory Farms invites you to take part in the tradition of giving. Hickory Farms has long been an expression of warmth and generosity, with signature sausages, savory cheeses and gourmet treats that have brought friends and families together since 1951. We are pleased to introduce you to some of our most popular signature offerings as well as some exciting new items that are sure to delight loved ones this holiday season.

The Hickory Farms Party Planner gift box is a welcome favorite and helps fight childhood hunger in America. Lucky gift recipients will enjoy savory treats like our Signature Summer Sausage, Original Cheese Ball, mustards and crackers. Plus, for every Party Planner Gift Box sold this year, we will contribute $5 to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign.

The Review

The title of the Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift Box is perfect – it is just the sort of thing that will help you host, or will help someone else host a party that has delicious gourmet appetizers. The gift box contains three different sausages (two beef and one turkey), two mustards (cranberry and sweet hot), an original cheese ball, four cheese blends (Creamy Swiss, Big Barn Cheddar, Smoked Cheddar, and Mission Jack,) a box of Sesame, Caraway & Sea Salt Crackers, and eight strawberry candies. That is a serious box of perfect sausage and cheese appetizers with a flavor for everyone! (Note that not all of the items included in the box are shown in the picture below. SOMEONE broke into some of the goods and started eating before I could take the picture.)

Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift Box

But I have to warn you – as the hostess serving these sausages and cheeses, there is as very high percentage that you will eat a lot of cheese and sausage before they even makes it to the serving platter. As soon as I cut open the Beef Summer Sausage, the delicious sausage smell wafted up to my nose and I simply had to eat some. I mean… I just had to. And it was good. A perfect blend of meaty flavors followed by a mild spiciness. The crackers were almost savory and had the perfect crispiness. The cheeses were smooth and creamy.

Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift BoxCombine them all into one bite and it’s appetizer heaven. Meaty, spicy, cheese, crispy. If I could change just one thing, it would be to have more of the Sesame, Caraway & Sea Salt Crackers. Those are just too good to have just one box.

Overall, if you want to serve a gourmet sausage, cheese, and cracker spread at your party (or ensure that the party you are going to is serving one) then I definitely recommend the Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift Box. It is available online for $40 – which is a real bargain for what you’re getting, in my opinion – and they are currently offering free Christmas shipping for orders of $35+. In addition, in the spirit of giving, they contribute $5 from every gift box to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign. So your gift will help support others this holiday season as well.

Hickory Farms Online

The WiC Project Hickory Farms Giveaway

Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift BoxThe Prize:
One winner will receive a Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift Box.

To Enter:

  1. Visit www.hickoryfarms.com and leave a comment with the gift box you want to give or receive the most.

    2. For up to TWO Bonus Entries

  2. For ONE bonus entry, follow Hickory Farms on Twitter and leave a comment with your Twitter handle or “Like” Hickory Farms on Facebook on Facebook and leave a comment with your FB name. Feel free to drop a note telling them The WiC Project sent you. 🙂
  3. For ONE more bonus entry, subscribe to The WiC Project via reader or via email and/or “Like” The WiC Project on Facebook. Leave a comment letting me know that you have.

The Rules:

Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST, December 31, 2010.

Visit our Giveaway Rules page for general giveaway rules that also apply to this giveaway.

Disclaimer: This post consists of my (and/or fellow tester) opinions only. Your experiences may be different. No compensation was given for this review/giveaway. I did receive a free product from the manufacturer or their representing PR agency to use and test for the purposes of this review. This did not affect the outcome of this review.

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  16. At Hickory Farms the Deluxe Smokehouse Collection Gift Box (item #62) would be the item I’d most like to receive and also most like to give.
    lfhpueblo at msn dot com

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  18. I subscribe to The WiC Project via email and I Like The WiC Project on Facebook.
    Lauralee Hensley
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  46. I “Like” Hickory Farms on Facebook on Facebook and posted on their wall you sent me
    (Tamara Bennington
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  48. The Home for the Holiday Gift Box is the product I would love to receive the most. I would love to share this with my family while watching our favorite DVD’s in the den on weekends!

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  58. Isn’t this a coincidence? My husband was just bugging me to buy him a summer sausage trio. We usually give a box to my father and his father and then he asks me to buy him one too.

    teechbiz at gmail dot com

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  59. My father in law sends us the Deluxe Smokehouse Collection Gift Box from Hickory Farm EVERY year which we always look forward to receiving.

    abfantom at yahoo dot com

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  65. Summer Sausage and Cheese Box. Sausage and cheese makes me think of British pub food, hence I’d combine the cheese and sausage with a few pints of lager.

    Hope to win!

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  66. I know this is a big one, but I love the Picnic Basket. I have always wanted a picnic basket like that…and who wouldn’t want one filled with Hickory Farms goodies. lol.

    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    [email protected]

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  87. I’m going to send The Perfect Picnic Gift basket to my sister who lives in New England and seems to always go on a picnic with her family. Thanks for the great idea.

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  92. I would love to get and receive the Perfect Picnic Gift Basket. All that yummy food and a nice basket to reuse with it! You just can’t go wrong!

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  121. I think I would like the cheese ball combo gift box to give or receive Pretty sure my hubby would be excited to see that under the tree!

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  128. Hi there! I’d love to get my dad the Party Planner Gift Box. I’ve been tight on money this season and wasn’t able to grab him something and he loves cheese and sausage!

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  129. I just liked Hickory Farms on FB, everyone should join in as they’re putting $1 towards fighting childhood hunger for every like!

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  130. forgot to leave my FB name in the last comment, but I also liked WIC on FB so just letting you know it’s Marica Molder! 🙂

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  144. I would love a Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box…It has all my favorites…if I could I’d send one to everyone I know!

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  154. I follow Hickory Farms on Twitter and I “Like” Hickory Farms on Facebook. My user name is simplydab on both.

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  180. follow Hickory Farms on Twitter
    I’m a twitter follower
    camper223

    “Like” Hickory Farms on Facebook
    I’m a facebook fan/like
    Tammy Kennedy

    camper223[at]live[dot]com

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  181. subscribe to The WiC Project via reader
    I’m a feed subscriber
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    “Like” The WiC Project on Facebook
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  210. I would most like to receive the Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

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  251. I’d love to either give or receive the Perfect Picnic Gift basket or the Hickory Smoked Whole Turkey!

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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