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Shirley J Mugging and a Giveaway

Please note, this giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to Comment Entry #15!

I have an exciting product review and giveaway to tell you about today.

You know how much I love my mug cakes. Well, I recently sampled the Mugging! line by Shirley J.  Think box cake mix meets mug cakes. Cake mix flavors are packaged into individual servings that can be made in the microwave. Genius right?

I think my made-from-scratch mug cakes are already pretty easy, but these mug cakes are even easier. Most of them require only that you add a few tablespoons of water to the mix, whisk, and it’s ready to go in the microwave. 90 seconds later, your cake is ready.

There are currently eight flavors and I was lucky enough to try all eight.  I might have tried all 8 in just two sittings, which I wouldn’t recommend doing on a daily basis, but I wanted to make sure I taste tested them all before forgetting what one tasted like.

I was also provided with these cute oversized mugs. As someone who loves collecting mugs, I was so excited to add these to my collection. You’ll definitely be seeing them on the blog again. You won’t have to worry about the cakes overflowing because these mugs are really big.

The first one I tried was the chocolate brownie cake, which is their most popular flavor. It came out nice and fluffy. It tasted like chocolate cake more than a brownie but it was tasty.

I also really loved the walnut bread and old fashioned yellow cake.

The walnut bread tastes just like a quick bread and has a healthy dose of cinnamon. The old fashioned yellow cake was a very simple cake that did remind me of the old fashioned no fuss cakes. Some might find it plain (like Mr. K), but I really enjoy my simple cakes. If you want, you can add some fruit and other things and it’s a great base for a cobbler.

Like with any line of goods, there were some I liked more than others. The cornbread didn’t quite do it for me, the texture felt off and the cornmeal flavor a little too sweet. I loved the intense chocolate flavor of the gluten free brownie but found the texture to be too grainy.

I really enjoyed a few others, but they just didn’t quite make my top three.

So, onto the giveaway. Shirley J has generously offered one of my readers a chance to try their Mugging! line. One lucky winner will receive the following:

  • 4 Shirley J mugs (as pictured above)
  • One 5-pack box of chocolate brownie
  • One 5-pack box of walnut bread,
  • One 5-pack box of old fashioned yellow cake

Please note, this giveaway is only open to US Residents. I will use random.org to choose the winner. This giveaway ends on June 26, 2013 at 11:59 PST.

To enter, visit Shirley J’s Mugging! page for the descriptions of each of the eight flavors offered. Then leave a comment at the end of this post telling me which flavor you are most interested in trying.

For additional entries:

1. Like my post on Facebook and like Shirley J on Facebook. Then leave a separate comment from your first entry at the end of this post, telling me you’ve done so and provide your Facebook handle.

2. Follow me and Shirley J on Twitter and tweet the following message “Win @Shirley_J Mugging! cake mixes and mugs from @kirbiecravings https://wp.me/p17wwJ-4qI” Then leave a separate comment from your other entries at the end of this post, telling me you’ve done so and post a link to your tweet.

3. Follow me and Shirley J on Instagram. Like the giveaway post and then leave a separate comment from your other entries at the end of this post, telling me you’ve done so and provide your instagram handle.

Good luck!

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63 comments on “Shirley J Mugging and a Giveaway”

  1. Liked Kirbie and Shirley on FB

  2. Chocolate Brownie Cake……is there anything better in the whole world than chocolate? No I didn’t think so =)

  3. Facebook liked…Steve Zitur

  4. Yellow cake and cobbler

  5. i’d love to try quiche in a cup

  6. Liked your post on FB and Shirley J’s page – Christina Chang

  7. “Mugging! Chocolate Brownie Cake” looks the most delicious to me.

  8. The pancake ones look great.

  9. I have followed both of you and posted the link on Twitter 😀

  10. I love the way she described the flavors! My mouth is watering already! The walnut bread sounds the most delectable 🙂

  11. Chocolate brownie

  12. I liked your post on fb and liked Shirley J! (Katrina Belka)

  13. I liked your post on fb!

  14. I’d love to try the old fashioned yellow cake and maybe mix some sprinkles in!

  15. Liked on FB!

  16. Walnut bread sounds so good right now.

  17. liked your post and am already their fan on FB (Cassie M Dow) cassiemdowatgmaildotcom

  18. I’d kike to try out the quiche and the yellow cake most I think. cassiemdowatgmaildotcom

  19. Walnuts bread! Yummmy

  20. I tweeted! @mabelcchan and followed

  21. Liked both on fb! Handle is Meeble Feeble

  22. The mugs are so cute, they are just what I need – over-sized.
    I’d like to try the walnut bread.

  23. I’ll go against the grain here and say I’m most interested in trying the yellow cake flavor. 🙂 Seems like you could jazz it up with a variety of things! (Blueberries, chopped Snickers bars or peanut butter cups, etc.) Thanks for the giveaway, hope I win! 🙂

  24. I also liked the post on facebook

  25. Walnut bread sounds amazing!

  26. I like both on FB, I’m Alicia M Dushane

  27. Love this idea! I’m most interested in trying the chocolate brownie, because you can never go wrong with chocolate!

  28. follow you both on twitter – @Bless_Eliz
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    https://twitter.com/Bless_Eliz/status/347918351789604865

  29. liked you both on instagram and liked the insta giveaway post – blessnel

  30. liked your post on fb and liked them – Blessie Nelson

  31. I would love the walnut bread!

  32. Also, I liked the instagram post! My handle is @DesignLightning

  33. Quiche in a cup? Gotta have it!

  34. I’d like to try the walnut bread! 🙂

  35. You had me at “Gluten-Free Chocolate Brownie Cake”! I am salivating just reding about it…

  36. Yellow cake!

  37. Chocolate brownie sounds great!

  38. All the flavors sounds pretty good but I would have to say that I would love to try the corn bread the most. There is just something really nice about a moist cornbread.

  39. Tough one — I’d love to try the chocolate brownie or the pumpkin spice. Yum!

  40. Chocolate brownie sounds scrumptious.

  41. I would love to try the Pumpkin Spice Bread! Love anything pumpkin, but when I make a loaf, I end up eating it all. And, too fast, should last a few more days, but so delicious. So, I would love to win and I collect mugs and these look so cute. I would love to have them as well.

  42. Chocolate Brownie looks the most appealing to me!

  43. I also like yours and Shirley J’s facebook – Yan Cheng

  44. I want to try the chocolate brownie! Looks good

  45. Liked on facebook!

  46. I want to try the chocolate brownie cake!

  47. Chocolate brownies!!!!

  48. I “liked” your facebook post – Agnes Pelham. 🙂

  49. I’d like to try the pumpkin spice bread.

  50. At first, I thought a friend of yours named Shirley got robbed (mugged) 🙂 Those mugs are soooo cute! I would choose the chocolate brownie first.

  51. I’m following both on Instagram and liked your giveaway post @kay819

  52. I Liked your post and Shirley J on FB – kaoruy

  53. I would love to try the Pumpkin Spice bread!

  54. The pumpkin spice bread sounds good!

  55. I’d like to try to chocolate brownie cake!

  56. woud love to try chocolate brownie!

  57. I like your post and Shirley J. on FB and my name is Ana Devecka. 🙂

  58. I would love to try the walnut bread. I love nuts and walnut is my favorite.

  59. There’s no question. Chocolate Brownie. I’m a chocoholic.

  60. The walnut bread sounds the best out of all of them to me! Would really like the mugs!

  61. I would love to try the “Mugging! Chocolate Brownie Cake” flavor!