Local New Orleans Winn Dixie stores are baking KING CAKES for the Mardi Gras Season and the TASTE is great!
So in my quest to try out King Cakes this Mardi Gras season, I was given the opportunity to try a King Cake from Winn Dixie!
And I am doing a KING CAKE GIVEAWAY for one too (scroll down to enter below)
When
browsing for the perfect king cake, the first thing I had to decide was
which flavor to choose. There were soooo many options to choose from:
Cinnamon (regular) - Cream Cheese - Chocolate - Strawberry - Apple - Praline Pecan - Blueberry - Lemon - Raspberry - Pineapple - Bavarian - Cherry - and more!
AND THEN they take those flavors and combine some of them - like
STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE and APPLE CREAM CHEESE! Although
I am sure the combined flavors available vary by store - they seem to
always have cream cheese combined with something amazing!
When I visited the Winn Dixie in Mid City, I was in for an extra special treat that day as CHEF STALLONE was in town and I was able to talk king cake and groceries with him!
One of the most interesting facts I learned was that Winn Dixie does not bake King cakes in a central location and then drop them off at stores -
EACH store bakes and makes their own king cakes DAILY! So they are truly FRESH baked in store!
Chef Stallone also explained how
Winn Dixie selects QUALITY ingredients for not only their king cakes, but all the items made for the store brand groceries! We also talked about drive-thru daiquiri shops and beignets (he was visiting from Florida so the necessities of a NOLA trip), but then we got back to business and got to picking out KING CAKES!
With Chef's help, I selected two of the NEWEST flavors that Winn Dixie offers this year - BOSTON CREME and STRAWBERRY BRIOCHE! See below for my taste test reviews!
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TIFF'S DEALS KING CAKE REVIEW
STRAWBERRY BRIOCHE - This king cake is cut in half and filled with A LOT of strawberry filling! If you are the time of person that likes the end piece of cake with all the icing, then this king cake is for you! And the fresh strawberries swirls on top is the icing on the cake (pun intended!)
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BOSTON CREME - This king cake is for the CHOCOLATE lover...in lieu of regular icing, its chocolate with a creme filling - super moist and great tasting! As a choco-holic this is my favorite! I It was a great breakfast treat (no judging - it's Mardi Gras so calories don't really count!)
So now you can ENTER TO WIN your own WINN DIXIE KING CAKE - see details below! LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER!
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LAGNIAPPE INFO
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| Just in time for parades are PARADE PARTY PACKS - fried chicken, chips, and more! |
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- From February 8-13, 2018 Winn Dixie has partnered with Ochsner Hospital for Children for a community donation partnership where customers are invited to
make donations at stores throughout Louisiana from 2/7/18 - 2/13/18. In
addition, Winn-Dixie is also donating a percentage of ALL King Cake
sales this Mardi Gras season to Ochsner Hospital for Children.
Winn-Dixie Community Mardi Gras Ladders
Locally commissioned Community Mardi
Gras Ladders will be on display at Mid-City, Uptown and Veterans Blvd stores
for customers to “Enter to Win” one of the hand painted Mardi Gras Ladders from Jan. 31–Feb. 9
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| Mardi
Gras Ladders
designed by "Young Artists Young Aspirations, (YAYA)" artist Quinton
Gilmore with the help of young patients at Ochsner Hospital for Children. |
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Winner will be provided (1) complimentary king cake from Winn Dixie - flavor of your choice! TWO WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED! King
cake must be picked up from a New Orleans area Winn Dixie before
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - pick up must be coordinated in advance with
Store Manager.
Giveaways ends at noon on Thursday, February 8, 2018. Winners will be selected at random from comments posted at the following link:
NOTE: All opinions listed above are my own. King cakes were provided by Winn Dixie for review and giveaway purposes.
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