Star Wars & General Mills, starting your day with the Force, review/giveaway

Do you have a Star Wars fan in your house?  My sons love everything Star Wars. From Yoda to R2D2, they love all the characters. With their light sabres, we battle the dark forces and ultimately prevail.

Did you know that Star Wars is out in 3D?  That's right. You can relive all the action and adventure in full 3D action. Check out the trailer to Star Wars 3D here.

To celebrate the release of Star Wars 3D, General Mills is joining forces with Star Wars to offer 8 collectible pens. These pens are exclusively offered in select General Mills cereals.

The collectible pens include iconic characters from Episdoe 1 including Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala, Yoda, R2D2, C3PO, Jar Jar Binks and Darth Maul

Participating Big G cereals include Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (12.8 oz.), Lucky Charms®(11.5 oz.), Reese’s® Puffs (13 oz.), Cheerios® (14 oz.), and Cookie Crisp® (11.25 oz)
 
Remember that General Mills cereals are a great source of whole grains and calcium.  So your kids can kick start their day with a good cereal and a little Star Wars fun.

How about a giveaway to get everyone excited about Star Wars 3D and General Mills

What will you win:

• 2 Boxes of Big G cereal
• 4 Star Wars character pens
• Star Wars sticker sheet
• Star Wars magnets

Please use the Rafflecoper form to enter.

Disclosure: I received this prize pack for myself and one to giveaway because of my relationship with MyBlogSpark and General Mills. All opinions are mine. For my complete disclosure policy, please visit www.more4momsbuck.com/disclosure. 

Get kids going with GoGurt

My kids love GoGurt. It's a simple and portable snack that comes in great flavors.

What's even better, is that GoGurt does NOT include high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors or flavors. Plus, it's made with good source of calcium and vitamin D and is made with low fat milk.

Pssst and General Mills gave me a coupon to use on my next purchase of GoGurt. I want to share the coupon with my readers. Click here to get your GoGurt coupon.

Thanks Psst and General Mills.

Pssst Network launches MyGetTogether

Are you a member of Pssst? It's a great program that lets your family try products like GoGurt, Yoplait Smoothies and more.

Pssst is launching a new program called MyGetTogether.

MyGetTogether lets members host gatherings to try new products from General Mills. There will be surveys, coupons and more.

Why not join Pssst and MyGetTogether now. Click here to register.

Retro General Mills Cereal Boxs are now at Target

Have you seen these retro General Mills cereal boxes at your local Target? I love the old-school designs, especially the Cinnamon Toast Crunch boxes. I used to love opening the box to find the special toy hidden inside.

To conincide with these fun retro design, General Mills has some great offers too!

Honey Nut Cheerios has a great giveaway. Enter every day for a class Atari 2600. They are giving away 200 and they are giving away 100 Atari Gear prize packs.

Cheerios is giving away 50000 boxes of cereal too! Go to Cheerios.com for tons of great offers like $5 off Multi-grain Cheerios or information about the new Chocolate Cheerios.

Thanks General Mills for all the great offers on your tasty cereal.

Free Cereal Winner Announced!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for two free General Mills Cereal coupons (ARV $12)

The winner was picked via Random.org. The number was 9. The winner is Krport207, who's favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

You will be receiving an email from me (more4momsbuck) shortly. Please respond within 48 hours or another name will be chosen.

Yoplait Smoothies - a great way to get kids to eat their fruit

It's constantly struggle to get my kids to eat more healthy. True, they love their chicken nuggets and mac n' cheese, but wouldn't it be nice for them to ask for some fruit or veggies.

One solution - smoothies. If you show my kids a bowl of blueberries, mango and strawberries, they will say no thank you. But put all those fruits into a blender, they are jumping for joy at their special treat - a smoothie. We use them as "special treats," a substitute for a sugary dessert treat.

Yoplait now offers a simple and easy way to get make a smoothie.

Yoplait Smoothies are convenient, delicious and nutritious. These packages of frozen fruit are the perfect two servings of smoothies for breakfast, lunch or a little snack.

A Yoplait Smoothie provides the following:

• One full serving of fruit and an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin C
• Live and active cultures
• Just add milk and blend
• Available in three fruit combinations: Triple Berry has strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. Also, Strawberry Banana and Strawberry Mango Pineapple

Would you like to try a Yoplait Smoothie - click here for a coupon.

Try a Yoplait Smoothie. You and your family will love it.

Make some changes in the New Year - win free breakfast cereal

We're all busy. Whether we're rushing out the door to get to work or get the kids off to school, the goal to find a healthy, quick breakfast is imperative.

Luckily General Mills understands the busy mom's desire to get a quick and healthy breakfast to her family.

General Mills announced that it is committed to reducing sugar in cereals advertised to kids under 12 to single digit grams of sugar per serving.

Here is some interesting facts about cereals:

• Did you know that ready-to-eat cereal eaters consume less fat, less cholesterol and more fiber than non-cereal eaters? Cereals also deliver important vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients, making cereal a top source of key nutrients in children’s diets.

• Ready-to-eat cereals, including pre-sweetened cereals, account for only 5% of sugar in children’s diets.


• Ready-to-eat cereal is the No. 1 source of whole grains in a child’s diet today.


• More frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights and lower Body Mass Index measures.

If you're interested in trying some General Mills cereals I have two offers for you.

First: print out a $1 coupon here. (A coupon printer coupon is necessary.)

Second, I have two (2) coupons for free General Mills cereals up for grabs.

To enter contest for two (2) General Mills free cereal coupons (retail value up to $12.00): Please post a comment in the comment section on which General Mills cereal is your favorite.

This giveaway will end on January 18, 2010 at 11 p.m. C.S.T. One entry per person/per email address.

Winner will be chose by random, using random.org. A single winner will be contacted by email and has 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chose. Please include your email in any post.

Disclosure: Any personal statements are based strictly on my opinion. General Mills, through MyBlogSpark, has provided cereal information/facts, as well as, free cereal coupons.