Check Dessert Off Your Holiday Preparation List: Visit BJ’s Wholesale Club + 60 Day Free Membership

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Chocolate seems to taste better this time of year. If you have been a reader of JustFindIt4U, you know a couple of things about me: I love shopping at BJ’s, and Alex and I are both chocoholics. When BJ’s offered me the opportunity to sample some of their desserts, what do you think I said?

Elsa's StoryWe picked out a box of Elsa’s Story homestyle cookies. The box contained 3 sealed bags:
Milk chocolate enrobed brown sugar cookie with chocolate cream filling
Raspberry strudel with dark chocolate drizzle
Brown sugared cookies

I liked all 3, the brown sugared cookies were my favorite, which is surprising since they weren’t chocolate.Brownie bites

The Wellsley Farms Mini Fudge Brownie Bites took care of the chocolate fix I needed.  I was very impressed with how fresh the brownies were when we opened the plastic box. I snacked on them a la carte, while Alex warmed up 3 of them, then added a scoop of chocolate ice cream to create her own brownie sundae.  Very yummy!
Art of Fudge

Lastly, we tried The Art Of Fudge: Double Chocolate Fudge Fudge. Everything about this fudge was double good. As you can see in the picture, when you open the box you are greeted by a  block of fudge, not small pre cut pieces. I chose the double chocolate, but the chocolate peanut butter tempted me too, there were about a half dozen flavors to choose from.  The fudge is creamy and smooth, and oh so chocolatey!Assortment
Since Alina is a cinnamon bun fan, we also purchased a box of Mini Cinnamon Rolls made by Just Desserts. There are many other dessert choices in the BJ’s Warehouse Clubs, and find others on the BJ’s website. Not a member? Sign up here to receive a free 60 day membership. Looking for a location in your area? Click here.

A product sample was not received for this review.  I was given a gift card used to purchase some of the products mentioned in this post.  The opinions  expressed are my own and were NOT influenced in any way. Your opinions may differ from mine.




Mid-day Money Minute 3/5: Buy In Bulk- Even Chocolate Chips

Do you shop at a price club? Studies have shown that you save on average 30-35% on the cost of groceries purchased in a price club vs a grocery store. The key is to only buy what you will be able to use before needing to throw it away. It isn’t a great deal to save 40% on a gallon jug of mayo, if you don’t use much mayo. Guess where your savings go? Down the drain (or in the can).

So what items are big money savers for us? Lets look at a bag Nestle Semi-Sweet morsels at Lowes Foods (a moderately priced grocery store), at Walmart, and at BJ’s Wholesale Club (the club I belong to).

So here is what I found out. Lowes sells Nestle morsels for 24¢ per ounce. Walmart sells a bag twice as big, for 19¢ per ounce. How did BJ’s Wholesale do? Their bag is 3 times larger than Walmart, 6 times larger than Lowes. The large bag price was less than 14¢ per ounce. Now you have to say to yourself, who could use 72 ounces of chocolate morsels?

Well, we do. How long do you have to use them before they are no longer tasty? According to StillTasty, morsels have a shelf life of 2 years. So would you use 6 of the small grocery store size bags in 2 years, to save almost 50%? And yes, price clubs accept coupons too.





Just A Giveaway: BJ’s Wholesale Club $325 Coupon Booklet For Young Families

If you have a BJ’s membership, you know how tough these coupon booklets are to get. You get one in the mail once a Month or so, but you only get one. Here is a chance to win a second booklet, chock full of coupons targeting young families. Coupons are for goods like diapers, formula, wipes, and more. A few of the coupons are expired, but the majority of them expire on 2/11/12, so you’ll have a couple of weeks to use them.

If you don’t have a BJ’s membership, you can print out a 1 day pass to try them out. I do more and more of my shopping at BJ’s every Month, especially for meat and poultry. For locations, click here.

To win the booklet, use the RaffleCopter form below to enter. The winner will be selected by Random.org, and will have 48 hours to reply to the email sent to them, or another winner will be selected.

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