48-Hour Giveaway: Delicious Gift Basket from Cracker Barrel

One of our family's very favorite places to have our weekly dinner out is Cracker Barrel. The food is delicious, the service is excellent, and--my favorite!--the prices are just right. In fact, our family can eat there for under $25 including a tip. It's a fun family "splurge" that doesn't bust our budget.

We've always been partial to Cracker Barrel, but in the last few months, I've become a whole lot more excited about this restaurant. Why?

It all started back about five months ago. I was talking with a few frugal bloggers who are attending the Blissdom Blogging Conference in Nashville in a few weeks. We were saying how fun it would be if we could coordinate a frugal blogger's get-together.

Well, one thing led to another which led to another and pretty soon, we'd brainstormed up the idea of the Savvy Blogging Round Table Dinner and Discussion. We mapped out the event--which now had morphed into a dinner for 75 people!--and we got ready to contact potential sponsors since we knew an event of this size wasn't really in our grocery budgets.

Cracker Barrel caught wind of our idea and, before we even thought to approach them about sponsoring us, they generously volunteered to be one of the main sponsors of the event! We were floored and we quickly accepted their idea.

The 75 tickets for this event were spoken for within a few hours, and many of you who wanted to attend weren't able to get in. However, never fear! We're hosting a Savvy Blogging Twitter Party on Thursday evening (January 21, 2010) from 9-11 p.m. EST and you are invited to come.

There will be loads of information on how to become a Savvy Blogger and there will be prizes--lots of prizes! In fact, once you check out the prizes being given away, I think you'll know why everyone's abuzz about this Twitter Party.

But wait--there's more!

Cracker Barrel has also donated a gift basket for me to give away on my blog. This gift basket includes Cracker Barrel Coffee, a box of their Corn Muffin Mix, a box of Cracker Barrel Buttermilk Pancake Mix, 100% Pure Maple Syrup, Dickinson's Wild Main Blueberry Syrup, and some other fun goodies.

They sent our family one of these gift baskets and the girls and I made a really delicious batch of pancakes the other day for lunch. If there ever was such a thing as Cracker Barrel in a box, this was it!

Would you like to enter to win a gift basket from Cracker Barrel? There are four ways to enter. (If you'd like more chances at winning, you can do each of them for three separate entries into the giveaway!):

::Leave a comment on this post.

::Leave a separate comment telling me one of your favorite things about Cracker Barrel.

::Follow me on Twitter here and then leave a separate comment in the next 24 hours letting me know you've done so. If you're already a follower, just leave a comment telling me you already follow me.

::Subscribe to the MoneySavingMom feed by RSS or email and then leave a separate comment in the next 24 hours letting me know you've done so. If you're already a subscriber, just leave a comment telling me you're already a subscriber.

This giveaway ends at 6 p.m. CST on January 22, 2010. One winner will randomly be selected from the entrants and will be notified and posted on Monday, January 25, 2010.

Comments

[Abby]

I don't have a Cracker Barrel near me, but I went to one once while I was traveling for business. I thought it was great!

[Joy]

Thanks for the giveaway!

[Tia Ellison]

I would love to win this gift basket. I love cracker barrell.

[Wanda]

It has been a very lon time since I have visited Cracker Barrel

[Joy]

We LOVE Cracker Barrel & would love to win this! I am a subscriber. Thank you!

[Tia Ellison]

My favorite thing about cracker barrel is breakfast. MMMM-Yummy!

[Lindsay]

Great prize!

[molly]

we love cracker barrel and would love to win this basket!

[Lauren Dietrich]

i would love it

[Joy]

We love going out to Breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Our family of 8 orders 2 Country Boy Breakfasts at $8.99 each and it is enough for everyone to share! If we dine in, our restaurant gives us free refills on biscuits, hashbrown casserole and apples! YUM

[Tracye]

Love to go to Cracker Barrel! My daughter always loves to play in the store before & after dinner.

[Lindsay]

I just think their food takes like real home cooking!

[Lauren Dietrich]

i subscribe on yahoo

[nichole]

I'm in this is a favorite of mine also!

[Ashley B.]

Awesome! Thanks for the chance!

[mandy]

Wonderful giveaway!

[Kim]

Thanks!

[Lynette]

I love, love, love their sourdough toast! I miss living near one, I always loved the store too!

[mandy]

I love that breakfast is served all day long. I LOVE their breakfast (especially the french toast!)

[Arleen]

Thanks for the wonderful site!

[Lisa B.]

Cracker Barrel is one of my favorite places! This is a great giveaway!

[Julie J]

I would love to win a Cracker Barrel basket.

[mandy]

I follow you on Twitter!

[mandy]

I subscribe via RSS feed.

[Kim]

I like the Quality of their foods!

[Carol]

This Cracker Barrel giveaway sounds GREAT!

[Kirsten]

enter me, please!

[Kim]

I follow!

[Kim]

I am a subscriber!

[Arleen]

We don't have a Cracker Barrel near me but we always go when we visit my mom or grandparents. I love shopping in their store before eating! My students love their giant cloth checkerboard. Their food is great too!

[Florence]

Thanks for the opportunity to win!

[Stephanie]

This is an awesome prize Thanks for the chance to win!!!

[Stephanie]

my favorite thing about cracker barrel is their chicken and dumplings OMG they are amazing!!

[Couponator]

I love Cracker Barrell! I went there on my anniversary!

[melinda]

Excellent giveaway.

[Angi]

I love, love, love that place!! Reminds me of my grandparents!

[Carol]

I love to stop at Cracker Barrel when traveling. It's home-cookin' and the food is the same from location to location. You never have to worry if it will be like it was the last time you were there. You can get off the road for a break and relax. This is one of very few places that you can get "sweet tea" in the north! If there is a bit of a wait, you can browse in the shopping area. Always find something nostalgic from when we were kids!

[Kelly Truchsess]

I love Cracker Barrel, but the closest one is almost an hour away!

[Bekah Huet]

Sounds fun. My family would love that gift basket!

[Robyn]

Thanks for the giveaway! Gift baskets are the best.

[Jennifer]

This is one of our faves too!

[Kim]

I love the pancakes with fruit there.

[Rhonda]

Love, love Cracker Barrel . . . their chicken-n-dumplings are out of this world! and my daugther loves the French toast!

[Marie]

I love Cracker Barrel!

[Rhonda]

I always look forward to your giveaways. Your the best!!!!

[Robyn]

We don't have Cracker Barrel here in Southern California that I know of, but I've heard it's wonderful from my sister who lives in Virginia!

[Liz Crowley]

I love Cracker Barrel! Thanks for the giveaway!

[Marie]

My favorite thing about cracker barrel is definitely their mashed potatoes!

[Bekah Huet]

I love the great prices and family atmosphere at Cracker Barrel. My kids love browsing the gift stores!

[heather]

I heart Cracker Barrel. They are the make or break it deal for me when moving. Can't move to a city where there isn't a Cracker Barrel within at least 20 miles. LOL