As a follow-up to the recipe for Pick Your Flavor Cheesecake Bars, here’s a giveaway designed to liven up your holiday baking. The nice people at Smucker’s have offered gift packs of Orchard’s Finest to three Cookie Madness readers.
I’d never heard of Orchard’s Finest until I visited Smucker’s headquarters, but I really enjoyed our little tasting session which was done in the lab where they test things like viscosity, sweetness and chunkiness of preserves. While the machinery used for the testing was pretty high tech, the ingredients in Orchard’s Finest were simple and the preserves tasted like something I might make at home if I knew how to make preserves. Out of all the flavors, my favorite was the orange marmalade, but I also liked the Triple Berry and the Cherry.
Now it’s your turn for a taste test. For a chance at receiving a free sample pack of Orchard’s Finest Preserves, post a comment telling me whether you prefer jam, jelly or preserves and what your favorite flavor is. The cut-off will be this Friday at noon and I will announce the winner on this very same post Saturday morning. As usual, this one’s limited to USA residents.
UPDATED: Giveaway winner are Jessie, Giovanna and….
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My favorite flavor would be Red Tart Cherry – great on toast and scones.
Preserves = Yum. Any kind of berry – berrylicious! I love it all.
If we’re going store-bought, I love Smucker’s apricot preserves. My favorite jam, however, is my mom’s homemade peach or strawberry – num!
I can never remember the difference between jam, jelly and preserves. That apple cinnamon flavor looks really yummy though!
Cherry preserves just look and taste the most homemade and authentic, imo.
Cherry preserves is my favorite flavor!
I love to have little chunks or bits of fruit in my spreads – so would that be a jam or a preserve? Anyway, these all look delicious!
I love raspberry and apricot preserves, I bake with them alot and I only use Smuckers. I love the orange marmalade on toast.
I probably buy jam or preserves more than jelly, but I can’t say that I truly have a definite preference. My favorite flavor is blackberries.
My favorite is apple butter – not sure which category that falls into….
Jam! Blueberry first then apricot.
But really, fruit and sugar is just plain yummy!
Smucker’s strawberry jam. That’s the kind we ALWAYS have in the refrigerator.
I am probably pretty boring–my favorite is strawberry jam! I love that stuff!
I like grape jelly and homemade seedless dewberry jelly.
Orange marmalade is my favorite, but then after that would be the tart cherry. Yummy
I love Smucker’s strawberry preserves!
In the last couple of years I have become truly fond of apricot preserves. When I was younger I hated apricot anything so this is an interesting twist for me. I’ve used the Smucker’s Orchard’s Finest Apricot and Cherry. They were both really great. I’d love to try the other flavors too.
My favorite is Raspberry jam with seeds. Yummy. Homemade is best.
I love red currant jelly! Takes me back to my grandmother’s kitchen.
I love blueberry preserves! YUM!
My vote goes to the Apricot/Peach. Love to bake with those flavors.
Love preserves and jam equally, and my favorite flavor is cherry.
I love jam and preserves but don’t actually like jelly (my kids do, though.) My favorite flavor is strawberry, but I love to use orange marmalade in recipes.
Homemade Huckleberry jam can’t be beat!
Hmmmm…I’m torn between Orange marmalade and Cherry preserves. Both are my absolute favorites.
boysenberry jam!! i love the slight chunkiness and tartness from the berry. delicious on honeywheat toast!!
peach jam!
i prefer jam or preserves. (dislike jelly). saskatoon jam is my favorite, but i’ll take strawberry or blueberry too.
saskatoon jam is my favorite, or orange marmalade.
I like preserves. My favorite is Fall Harvest Cinnamon Apple Preserves. One day when I was making Carmelitas, I discovered (a bit late) that I didn’t have any Smucker’s Caramel Topping. I substituted the Cinnamon Apples preserves, and the resulting bars were very good!
Jams, jellies, preserves, I love you all so much, and prefer those with chunks of fruit. But my favorite is your cousin – Orange Marmalade. Sadly, the FAA regulation of 3 ounces or less has put a cramp in my buying local jams/jellies when on vacation.
I am more a jam girl. I tend towards a cherry flavor too.
Hands down, strawberry preserves. Nothing beats this classic. It’s the best dessert substitute while babysitting, when I want to avoid the kids getting too much of a sugar rush!
I love raspberry preserves. Usually I put it in some sort of baked good and combine it with chocolate.
I love peach jam!
Not sure if it’s a jam or preserve, but I love orange marmalade, love that bitter sweet taste.
Not sure if it’s a jam or preserve, but I love orange marmalade, love that bitter sweet taste.
I prefer jelly on sandwiches, but prefer baking with preserves. The cherry sounds awesome!
Peach is my favorite… and I think it’d have to be peach jam
I always reach for the strawberry preserves
I like jam because there is less sugar. Preserves I think have less than jam, but I dunno if preserves come in grape…
I know I would love the triple berry jam; but the tart-cherry preserves would be my second choice.
Raspberry jam is my hands-down favorite!
Jam is easier to spread in a pinch; however, preserves have a much richer texture and flavor in my opinion!
Oh I LOVE preserves! My favorite flavors are Blueberry and Strawberry! MMMMM!
Mmmm, preserves! Now that I’m a grown up, I do love marmalade on my toast! Is that jam or preserves? Who knows — I just like it!
My favorite is strawberry or blackberry Jam. YUMMM!
Always preserves, my favorite being apricot!
Side note: my fave banana bread recipe from KAF contains apricot preserves. perhaps that is why it is my fave?
I always buy Strawberry jam, but homemade I prefer fig! they all sound yummy though!
Cherry preserves are my favorite
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