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.)
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.
Combine 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
The Prize:
One winner will receive a Hickory Farms Party Planner Gift Box.
To Enter:
- Visit www.hickoryfarms.com and leave a comment with the gift box you want to give or receive the most.
- 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. 🙂
- 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.
For up to TWO Bonus Entries
The Rules:
Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST, December 31, 2010.
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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.
The summer sausage and cheese box looks good.
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I would love to receive a box of delightfully decadent baklava
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Grand Gift Snack Tower would be great to receive.
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I like the Cheese Ball Combo Gift Box. I’d love to receive it!
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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.
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I would love to receive the cheese ball combo gift box, because I love Hickory Farms cheese balls
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Deluxe Smokehouse Collection Gift Box
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I would love to get the Catskill Maple Cutting Board Box. Thanks.
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I like the Fruit & Cheese Fest Gift Box.
I’d like to have the Family and Friends gift box. kekagel(at)yahoo.com
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I would love the cheese ball combo gift box!
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The perfect picnic gift box looks good.
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I would like the Summer Sausage Trio Gift Box yum!
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I’d like to receive the Fruitful Gift Tower but all of them look yummy :). Thanks!
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I would like the Summer Sausage Trio Gift Box
I’d like the Celebration Day gift box.
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I’d like to give the Fruitful Gift Tower.
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I would do the summer sausage trio gift box since I love that sausage
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I would also love their Savory Sampler Gift Basket
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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!
The Family Reunion gift box sounds great.
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I wnat the Deluxe Smokehouse Collection Gift Box
I would like to get the home for the holidays gift box
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We would love the Grand Gift Snack Tower – thanks!
The Fruitful tower looks yummy too!
I would love to receive this – Fruitful Gift Box.
Thank you.
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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.
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My father in law sends us the Deluxe Smokehouse Collection Gift Box from Hickory Farm EVERY year which we always look forward to receiving.
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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.
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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!
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I like the Warm & Hearty Welcome Gift Box
I would love to bring the All Day Celebration Gift Box
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I would like to give the Fruitful gift box.
I would love to give the Perfect Picnic basket to my mom
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I would like the Home for the Holidays Gift Box.
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I would love the Family & Friends Gift Box
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I would like the summer sausage and cheese box.
The grand gift snack tower
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I would like to give the All Day Celebration Gift Box to my daughter and her family.
I want the Cheese Ball Party Pack Gift Box
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.
I also like the Home For The Holidays Gift Box
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I would love to give the dried fruit collection. It looks wonderful!
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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!
I would love to have their fruitful gift tower as a gift to my parents. Thanks for the chance 🙂
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I would love to receive the All Day Celebration gift box.
i want to give toys and clothes to kids in need-i want to receive lots of book sales so nwxt year i can give even more
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The Perfect Picnic Gift Basket is the gift that I most want to receive.
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I would love to have the gourmet double chocolate almonds gift tin.
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Even tho it’s sold out, I’d love the family reunion gift box!
The Gourmet Double Chocolate Almonds Gift Tin sounds delicious!
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I would love to give (or receive!) the Fruitful Gift Box. What a great gift!
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Summer Sausage and Cheese Gift Box looks tasty!!
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I’d like to give the Summer Sausage and Cheese Basket to my husband.
i would love the picnic basket
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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!
i like the orchards bounty gift basket
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i would love to get the perfect picnic gift basket
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Id love to give the home for the holidays box to my parents.
Thanks for the chance.
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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!
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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I like the Cheese Ball Combo Gift Box for a gift
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I would like to get my dad the Summer Sausage and Cheese Gift Box.
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I like the Family & Friends Gift Box.
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The Cheese Ball Party Pack Gift Box sounds amazing.
I’d love to get the Orchard’s Bounty Gift Basket.
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I’m an e-mail subscriber.
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I’m a facebook fan of Hickory Farms under username Jennie Tilson.
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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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I want to receive the orchard’s bounty gift basket – yum!
I want to try the Hearty Welcome Snack Tower
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I’d love to receive the “Deluxe Fruit & Nut Party Assortment” – #40445 – $44.00
I would like to get the Perfect Picnic Gift Basket.
I think my favorite would be the cheese ball combo.
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I would love to receive this! All Day Celebration Gift Box
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I follow Hickory Farms on Twitter and I “Like” Hickory Farms on Facebook. My user name is simplydab on both.
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I would like to try the All Day Celebration Gift Box.
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I like Hickory Farms on Facebook as Erin A-L.
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My Mother-In-Law would love the Snack Tower.
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I would love to get the Home for the Holidays Gift Box
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I’d love to receive the Beef and Turkey Hearty Hickory gift box, I love the smoked cheddar.
The Family Reunion Box sounds very nice.
I like perfect picnic gift basket
I really like the home for the holidays gift box! Thank you!
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All Day Celebration Gift Box
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I’d like to get the dried fruit gift box.
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I like the “Sausage Deluxe Collection”.
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grand gift snack tower for sure!
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I like the All Day Celebration Box. Thanks for the contest.
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Home for the holidays gift box looks yummy!
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Home for the holidays gift box looks yummy!
I would love to receive the perfect picnic gift basket
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Perfect Picnic Gift Basket
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Thank you for all your time, effort and hard work
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I really like the Dried Fruit Collection
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I like the holiday treasure chest!
I like hickory on FB! Trisha B
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summer sausage and cheese box
I would love to receive the Something For Everyone Gift Box!
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I’d love to have the dried fruit collection for my New Years party!
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The prefect picnic basket would be a great mothers day gift.
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my favorite gift box is the Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box
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I would like the perfect picnic gift basket!
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I would most want the Fruitful Gift Tower.
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I want a cashew, almond, & pecan perfection gift tin.
I’d like to receive the All Day Celebration Gift Box the most. Thanks!
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I would like to receive the Perfect Picnic Gift Basket.
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THe picnic basket for sure!
I like the Dried Fruit Collection
The gift box I would love to try is the cheese ball combo gift box!
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I would most like to receive the Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box. Please enter me. Thanks!
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I subscribe via email.
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I would like the holiday treasure chest
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The Hearty Welcome Snack Tower would be perfect as a gift for my new neighbors.
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I am a fan of Hickory Farms via Facebook as Jill Myrick.
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I like the Cheese Ball Combo Gift Box, thanks!
mmm reading this post made me hungry! 🙂
I would get the Cheese Ball Party Pack Gift Box because my family goes crazy for cheese balls!
My favorite is the Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box
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I would get the all day celebration gift box, for myself 🙂
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I would love to get the perfect picnic basket for a gift.Thanks!
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The Family & Friends gift pack would be great for my in-laws.
I like Hickory Farms on FB (Darcy Odden)
I would love the Home for the Holidays gift box.
I like the Perfect Picnic Gift Basket!
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I would like to give my mom the Home for the Holidays Gift Box and I would also like to get it.
I would like the hearty welcome snack tower
I would give the home for the holidays gift set to my Brother. He came home this year and I missed him soooo much! [email protected]
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I would get the Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box. Yummy!
I would like the All Day Celebration Gift Box
I would like the perfect picnic gift basket.
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I would love to receive the holiday treasure chest.
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I’d also like to try the Dried Fruit Assortment.
I like the hearty welcome snack tower.
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I like the All Day Celebration Gift Box.
I would love to receive the All Day Celebration Gift Box!
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The Holiday Treasure Chest would make a nice gift.
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I’d love to either give or receive the Perfect Picnic Gift basket or the Hickory Smoked Whole Turkey!
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I’d like to give (or receive) the Hearty Welcome Snack Tower
Thanks for the giveaway!
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hearty welcome snack tower
I would love to receive the all day celebration gift box, thanks!
I follow Hickory Farms on twitter as sbshortie
I am an email subscriber
The Grand Gift Snack Tower would be great to receive!
I like the Home For The Holidays gift set.
I would like the Holiday Treasure Chest.
I like the all day celebration gift box.
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I like the cheeseball combo party pack. would be great for a new year’s party.
I love the Hearty welcome snack tower.
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I think the Grand Gift Snack Tower would be awesome!!
i would love to give my husband the deluxe sausage collection
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the picnic basket is so cute!
I would like the Perfect Picnic Basket. Fun treats for a picnic and a basket to use for future picnics.
Beef & Turkey Hearty Hickory Gift Box would be a perfect gift for my parents.
I like the home for the holidays gift box and the peppermint snow mint cookies.
I’m following hickory farms on twitter (evenstarss).
id love the hearty welcome snack tower
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I like the “Hickory Smoked Whole Turkey.” I am following, liking, joining and subscribing.
I like the hickory smoked whole turkey. Jacob G. [email protected]
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I’d also like the dried fruit collection. Thanks.
Subscribed via google reader. Thanks.
I like the Cheese Ball Combo Gift Box. Thanks for the contest.
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I like the Cheese Ball combo gift box.
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I like the perfect picnic gift basket.
Email subscriber.
I would take the home for the holidays gift box.
I love the Deluxe Hickory Collection
I would love to receive the Deluxe Party Assortment Gift Tin or The Family Gathering Gift Basket
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