Having a Blast with Breyers

Sometime in the last two years - without realizing it - we formed a tradition of family night. That's what the girls call it, without us prompting them. They know Friday starts the weekend. Daddy typically rolls in a little earlier from work and they're allowed to stay up a little later.

I don't remember where I heard it or when, but sometime pre-offspring I heard parenting advice that recommended having a family night - some sort of routine when your kids could look forward to spending time with you. I kept it in the back of my mind as something important for tweens and teens.I realized a few weeks ago we're already there. The kids get truly disappointed if we don't sit down as a family on Fridays.

Family night may change over the next decade, but for now it usually includes a movie and sometimes a special addition, like a fire and marshmallows in the winter or special treats in the summer. When Breyers asked me to review two of their new flavors - Breyers Blasts! Chocolate REESE'S and Breyers Blasts! OREO Birthday Blast! - I knew this would be a perfect addition to our summer family nights, so I tried it out on them early.

The girls and Henry drove down from Pittsburgh to see Ryan and me for Mother's Day. On Saturday night after a romp at Dupont Circle, we came back to Ryan's room for Family Movie Night. We surprised the kids with Breyers Blasts! When I suggested some of the nurses share with us, Natalie said, "That's very kind of us."She said this sincerely, like she was impressed.

Daddy dished out the flavors while Ryan and Natalie waited patiently.

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I'm not sure why Ainsley wanted her armpit involved, but she did. "Smell my armpit, Mom!"

I tasted both kinds. The Chocolate REESE'S is very rich. It has strands of peanut butter and chunks of REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups and REESE'S Peanut Butter running through chocolate. Henry and Natalie chose this as their favorite of the two.

The OREO Birthday Blast!, in honor of OREO's 100th birthday, it tastes like yellow cake batter (um, yeah, had me at that!) with chunks of OREO cookies and rainbow sprinkles running through it. Being that I very effectively lick my cake batter beaters and bowl when I'm baking, I wasn't surprised this was my favorite. Ainsley loved it too. Ryan would've except he felt so yucky that he wasn't eating anything that day.

You can check out all of the new Breyers Blasts! flavors by clicking here.

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