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Christmas in July With Strawberry Shortcake!

July 30, 2017 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Strawberry Shortcake

There’s something about the holidays that makes us nostalgic for our childhoods—the excitement and anticipation we felt as the holidays approached, our early morning wake-ups, and our wide-eyed wonder. Classic Strawberry Shortcake is part of that nostalgia, too…so it’s a perfect match to celebrate Christmas (in July!) with an adorable pair of classic Strawberry ornaments and a sweet vintage t-shirt.

 

The 3.5-inch blow-mold ornaments will bring sweetness and fun to any Christmas tree—and the sparkles in her eyes will brighten the season for the entire family.

 

Available for the holiday season at: http://shop.christmasplace.com/Strawberry-Shortcake-Ornament

 

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Strawberry Shortcake: Berry, Merry Christmas

December 18, 2016 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry, Merry Christmas

Our favorite part of the holiday season is seeing the delight that the kids take in it. Whenever shopping and gift-wrapping and parking and crowds threaten to get us down, all we have to do is look at our kids’ excited faces and everything is worth it!

 

And that’s exactly what this new collection of Strawberry Shortcake holiday songs does—it lifts the spirits and puts the childlike fun into this time of year. “Strawberry Shortcake—Berry Merry Christmas” is a collection of holiday songs old and new, with that unique Strawberry flavor, of course.

 

Play it while drinking hot chocolate, decorating the tree, hosting sleepovers, or playing board games in the living room. You can sample the songs and purchase the music on iTunes.

 

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Strawberry Shortcake Apple Cider Scones Recipe & #Giveaway

October 21, 2016 by dadofdivas 13 Comments

Strawberry Shortcake Scones

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Can you believe it’s already October? I know plenty of kids who are excited for Halloween—anyone going as Strawberry Shortcake?!

 

And since there’s nothing better to warm you up on a chilly Fall morning than freshly baked apple scones, I’m providing Strawberry’s own recipe. They’re easy and fun to make as a family project (kids will love getting their hands in their to mix up the dough!), but best of all, they’re also absolutely delicious.

Strawberry Shortcake Scones

APPLE CIDER SCONES RECIPE

This is one of the trickier recipes I make, but if you are up for a bit of a challenge and you like to get your little hands in a big bowl of flour, maybe you can have a little teatime treat as well. You can even use all whole wheat pastry flour if you want these to be a little healthier, but don’t use regular whole wheat flour. Whole wheat pastry flour is your best friend when you want something healthy, but still light and fluffy. We’re trying to make light scones for teatime, not hard pucks for hockey.

If you are the Apple Dumplin’ type, go for the extra apples, if you are more a raisin type of gal, go for that instead. Or, if you’re like me, leave them plain and load them up with strawberry jam and a little butter, hot out of the oven. They are good for breakfast, lunch, a snack, or to cheer up any turtle companions.

1 – 1/2 cup  all purpose flour

1 – 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2  teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

 

4 tablespoons cold butter (half a stick)

 

3 tablespoons honey

1/2 cup apple cider

1/2 cup buttermilk

 

 

Optional:

2 apples, peeled and diced by your assistant

or 1/2 cup raisins

1 egg (for egg wash)

Strawberry Shortcake Scones

1) Preheat oven to 450 F.

2) Completely mix the flours, the baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.

3) Mix the honey, cider, and buttermilk in another bowl, we’ll get to them later.

4) Chop the butter up into small pieces, and add to the dry ingredients.

5) Now go wash your hands, or the next part is as yucky as a slug in a sorrel salad!  Don’t be shy, stick your hands in the flour bowl and go butter hunting!  Every time you find a big chunk, rub it between your finger and thumbs. Sometimes we want perfect smooth things when we are baking, but this is NOT one of those times. So, as good as you are at this, don’t rub them all away into nothing, you want gravelly bits of butter chunks at the end, and it doesn’t matter that some chunks are a little bigger or smaller.

6) Pour almost all the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, keeping about 1/8th of a cup, and add the apples or raisins if you want them.

7) Mix with a big spoon. We do NOT want a smooth ball of dough, instead we are looking for the two C’s, crumbly and clumpy. We want to mix until we get one main ball just barely sticking together with crumbs around it. If it’s not quite getting there, add more of the liquid ingredients a little bit at a time and try again. As lemon will tell you with her hair dye, it’s berry easy to add it, but it’s impossible to take it away.

8) Sprinkle some flour on a counter or a very large cutting board, and dump the ball of dough onto it. Then dust a little flour on top and smoosh the ball down with your hands into a flat disc. Again, it’s actually perfect if it’s a little cracked but still holds together, better than it being wet.

9) Roll it just a little until it’s flat and about an inch and a half thick.

10) Use your cookie cutter and cut out chubby little circles and put them on a baking tray or cookie sheet.

11) You don’t have to, but for a berry beautiful shine every time, beat an egg in a small bowl or mug until smooth, with a splash of water or milk.   If you have a pastry brush, lightly paint the top and sides of every scone. If you don’t have one, do some finger painting instead.

12) Bake in center of oven for 14 minutes, or until the tops are all golden brown. Have your assistant check on the oven and remove the scones to cool for a minute.

 

The scones will keep for a couple days in an airtight container, and they are good cold as well, but I love them when they are hot enough to melt a little butter, especially with jam.

I have a fun Fall giveaway for you. First, you can add to your Funko Pop! collection with their latest release: a ! Like the  I gave away last time, Strawberry features the patented big-eyed vinyl Funko style—paired with her own unique charm, of course. Plus a $25 visa gift card for you to use to purchase the goodies needed to create the above recipe for yourself!

How would you like to win this for yourself or for your family? All you need to do is the following to be entered:

  • Leave a comment regarding your favorite Strawberry Shortcake character
  • Share this giveaway on a social network and leave a comment where you shared it
  • ENTER THE GIVEAWAY – 

 

Winners are chosen at random, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

 

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A Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pieman Giveaway!

August 2, 2016 by dadofdivas 7 Comments

Strawberry Shortcake Pieman Giveaway
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Strawberry Shortcake and her berry best friends took a little vacation last week, when they ventured out of Strawberryland to visit the biggest pop culture event in the world: San Diego Comic-Con! And I have a special giveaway featuring two brand-new Strawberry Shortcake items that just made their debut at Comic-Con:

 

  • An exclusive, limited-edition Funko Pop! figurine of everyone’s favorite villain, the Purple Pieman and his Berry Bird henchman (henchbird?). Funko Pop! has brought its quirky, big-eyed, vinyl style to characters from Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, and even The Golden Girls.  Now these masters of pop-culture immortalization are lending their unique look to Strawberry Shortcake.The release of the Funko Pop! Purple Pieman is an especially big deal for those of us who’ve been fans ever since Strawberry’s 1980s incarnation—we remember the evil Pieman with the outrageous purple handlebar mustache who terrified kiddies with his dastardly plans to take over Strawberryland! Purple Pieman is famous for doing his tap dance while saying“Yah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah, tah-tah-tah-tah! Cha!” 
  • In addition, you’ll be receiving a Comic-Con exclusive IDW Publishing comic book, containing two original Strawberry Shortcake stories: “The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of,” in which Strawberry has a fantastical dream about becoming a detective with Orange Blossom in order to search for a mysterious suitcase; and “Yes to the Dress,” in which Strawberry and Raspberry help the Sour Grapes twins pick out new dresses. The comic book also features cover art of Strawberry Shortcake and Purple Pieman.

 

To enter my giveaway, simply do the following:

  1. Leave a comment to share your favorite Strawberry Shortcake character
  2. Share this giveaway with others and tell me how you have shared it
  3. ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

 

 

Winner must be a resident of the U.S.

Winners are chosen at random, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

 

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Celebrating National Strawberry Month with Strawberry Shortcake! #Giveaway

May 3, 2016 by dadofdivas 7 Comments

Strawberry Shortcake
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Strawberry Shortcake always reminds me of Strawberry season! We are getting not yet into the Strawberry season where I live in Michigan but that does not mean that my family can’t get into the fun with the strawberries we can find as well as what we are seeing on television with the continuation of the great Strawberry Shortcake cartoon too!

Growing up in the time when the original Strawberry Shortcake series was released I am excited that this series has come back and my daughters can also enjoy the fun loving characters that exist in the world around Strawberry Shortcake.

This past weekend my family and I took some great fresh strawberries to create an amazing treat for breakfast (yes it was sweet, but oh so good). One of the things that really helped with making these was the use of the DecoPac frosting sheets.

Strawberry Shortcake

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We also had fun watching some great Strawberry Shortcake episodes. Now, you might think that this is a show that parents will not enjoy, but you would be incorrect. The show is fun and the episodes have memorable characters, and even better, memorable stories too. The messages that I have seen in all of these episodes have been exactly what I would want my girls to see. Everything from themes of friendship and sharing, sportsmanship and more. All the the plots were developmentally appropriate and my girls and I loved watching them together!

Strawberry Shortcake

Giveaway

To celebrate National Strawberry Month I am having a great giveaway for all of you which will include:

 

  • A classic Strawberry Shortcake doll: This is a special-edition reproduction of the original doll from 1980 that includes all the original details from her hat to her shoes – including her berry sweet strawberry scent.
  • Strawberry Shortcake cake decorations
  • Strawberry’s brand-new comic book: Strawberry and her friends celebrate “A Berry Big Anniversary” in this all-new and original comic adventure.
  • Strawberry Shortcake movie: Take Strawberry’s adventures to another level of fun with an all-new digital movie.

 

How would you like to win this for yourself or for your family? All you need to do to enter is:
  1. Leave a comment of who your favorite Strawberry Shortcake character is (or your favorite strawberry inspired recipe too).
  2. Share this giveaway with others on a social media platform and let me know where.
  3. ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

 

Winner must be a resident of the U.S.

Winners are chosen at random, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

 

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Strawberry Shortcake Berry Tales Now on DVD

August 10, 2015 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Strawberry-Shortcake

I will be receiving a review copy of this DVD as a member of the Fox Home Entertainment Insiders.  All opinions are my own.

My girls love Strawberry Shortcake and her friends and this DVD is perfect for your Strawberry Shortcake fan too! With the newest  coming out on August 11, you do not have much more time to wait.

About the DVD

The spotlight shines on the importance of being true to yourself in Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Tales.  Join Plum in “Snowberry and the Seven Berrykins” as she learns to believe in herself when putting on a small and simple play for a young audience.  In “Berryella and Prince Berry Charming,” Huck agrees to be in a production, but then quickly realizes that he’d be happier behind the scenes.  Strawberry, Lemon and Raspberry star as three princesses on a quest to rule a kingdom in “The Littlest Berrykin,” and realize that they can never succeed without kindness and generosity.  With berry important lessons, it’s curtain up on good times and friendship!

If you love Starberry Shortcake, below is a fun coloring sheet to get you ready for this great DVD release! Click on the image to open it in a new window and print from there.  Enjoy!

Berry-Tales-Coloring-Sheet

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Tales will be available on DVD & Digital Copy on August 11th.

You can find this great DVD today on Amazon – 

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Tales DVD Giveaway

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Strawberry Shortcake Berry Best in Show DVD Giveaway

May 9, 2015 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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Join and some new furry friends in some delightful “tails” about being yourself and encouraging others to do the same. During his road trip to find homes for his orphan puppies, and his four-legged crew get stranded in Berry Bitty City. Luckily, Strawberry and her berry best pals decide to help out with the strays in “A Boy and His Dogs.” Blueberry Muffin and Huck become “Partners in Crime” when they try to write a mystery story together…with surprising results. And the fur is sure to fly when the girls try to help Huck start a dog shelter in “The Mystery of the Disappearing Dog Show.” It’s a howling good time with sweet doggy delights for everyone!

 

Giveaway

How would you like to win this for yourself or for your family? All you need to do is fill out the below form to be entered.  The contest will run for one week and will end on May 16, 2015.

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Best in Show DVD Giveaway

Winner must be a resident of the U.S.

Winners are chosen at random, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

 

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