Review and giveaway: Sundaes Best hot fudge sauce

As unabashed chocoholics, we were really excited about this product review. The task was simple: open up the box (a whole box!) of seven different hot fudge sauces from Sundaes Best and write down what happened.

The Bottom Line:
The hot fudge itself is great, but the variety of flavors makes it a party!

We wanted to get lots of kid opinions, so we scheduled a hot-fudge-tasting party with four twins in attendance, bought a bunch of vanilla icecream, and cracked open the jars. It was a blast.




The kids were a little antsy and could barely wait while TubaDad slowly heated the jars in hot water. They thought he'd never get done and practically writhed in agony before they got served.




When the icecream was finally served, the discerning tasting panel (Ree, Ro, H2, and S2) gave the sauces a resounding eight-thumbs up. They loved the stuff so much that they stuck straws in the bowls to get every last drop. (I should probably apologize to the H Family now that our girls have taught their girls that trick. Oops.)




The grownups at the tasting also had a ball testing all the different flavors. We had to taste each flavor several times for (ahem) scientific accuracy purposes. Hee! A hot-fudge tasting is just the best idea for a party, and the Sundaes Best sauces come in so many different flavors that there's something for everyone. Speaking of which, we had a resident technical dude at the party who tallied everyone's rankings and pronounced the official flavor winners: #1 was Sundaes Best Original, #2 was Marilyn's Mint, and #3 was Patty's Peanut Butter. Peanut butter was my personal and passionate fave, for what it's worth. I just ate some more straight out of the jar with a spoon. Just to, um, check and make sure my previous sampling was still accurate. Heh heh.



We did have a couple of suggestions for improvement, as always:
- How about a new sinfully dark chocolate flavor? Mmmmm.
- No one at the party liked the hazelnut flavor. Sorry. It placed in the very bottom of the statistical rankings by a long shot.

Giveaway:
Sundaes Best will send one lucky reader an entire case of hot fudge sauces (that's 12 8-oz jars, a $72 value!), in your choice of flavors, and they'll cover the shipping charges. To enter, just check out the Sundaes Best flavor page then leave a comment here with the 12 flavors that you'd like in your winner's case (there are 7 flavors to choose from, so double up on some or order an entire case of one flavor—it's up to you). One entry/comment per household, US and Canada residents only, entries accepted until 8am on Monday 8/24/09. The winner will be drawn at random, announced, and notified by email (if I have a way to contact you) that same day. The winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

Charity Donation:
Sundaes Best will also give a donation to one of my favorite charities: Half the Sky. From now until Sept 9, 2009, they'll donate 5% of all orders that have "Salsa in China" in the comments section to Half the Sky. So if you order some sauces to hold your own tasting party, or to give as fun gifts, don't forget to write "Salsa in China."

~~~ COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED ON THIS GIVEAWAY and the winner will be drawn and announced shortly (just as soon as my mom arrives to help with the girls and I have a minute to spend on the computer).