CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!
Thank you President’s Choice for donating a $50 gift card to one of my lucky readers for the holidays!
In order to be eligible, I guess you need to be living in a place where you can redeem this gift card, of course. To enter, comment about your favourite President’s Choice product, preferable one that you like to pick up for the holidays or just your favourite PC product in general. I love getting recommendations!
Contest closes Sunday night and winner will be announced Monday! Now, here are some of my favourite PC things! Please note, some people have been having a hard time finding items from PC Insider Report at their stores so I highly recommend inquiring about the product ahead of time.
Big Box Chocolate & Toffee Collection
I am going to begin with the best President’s Choice deal I have come across this season. PC Big Box Chocolate & Toffee Collection appears to be an unending box of chocolate and toffee classics. For $9.99 you get a 900 g box filled with individually wrapped chocolate and toffee treats. Imported from England where they use traditional chocolate-making methods, there are no artificial flavours or colours in these beauties.
“Get two, keep one for yourself.” I totally agree! If you are going to a Christmas party that is a potluck and have no time to make your favourite casserole or you are a Secret Santa at work, buy this! You will save money and impress everyone. There is not a bad treat in the bunch. No, the chocolate is not Godiva quality but there was not one I did not like in the whole box.
Some were more forgettable than others but my favourites were the Milk Chocolate Covered Toffee and the Milk Chocolate Coffee Cream. The toffee takes forever to fall apart and melt in your mouth and the coffee cream is a mocha-lovers dream. Some of the colours of wrappers were so close that we were surprised here and there when we ate them. Many times I had the Orange Fondant expecting Coffee Cream but was never disappointed.
All those flavour, that volume of treats for that cheap a price? I have to give it five out of five wooden spoons. Reg and I tried, really really tried to get through the box over the weekend. Three nights of watching movies while I was sick chomping on chocolate. We did not get even close to halfway. Impressive!
100% Sparkling Fruit Juice Grape
100% Sparkling Fruit Juice Grape is the third of President’s Choice’s sparkling fruit juice line that I have tried and it is definitely my favourite. I can taste the white grape juice and especially the concord grape juice inside.
Best of all, it reminds me a little of the sleepovers I used to throw and we would get Pop Shoppe Pop. Grape was my favourite and all that dye would inevitably end up on our white living room carpet!
Now as an adult I can enjoy this subtle taste of nostalgia without the guilt. This is just fruit juice and carbonated water. No dyes but still a pretty natural colour and thankfully, I personally do not have a while carpet in my living room to worry about.
It is not exactly the same but it does make something that is healthier-than-pop remind me of one I used to love as a kid. I am so glad President’s Choice has reduced the price of a case of four cans to only $1.99. I will definitely be buying more of this from now on. I give this product four and a half out of five wooden spoons.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies
Imagine if you will a generous bite-sized Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cup with a shortbread cookie base, sprinkled with dry-roasted peanut pieces. That is what you get when you pick up this box of Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies.
Now what you do not get, is a ton of them. I think you get just over a dozen cookies but! The box is only $2.99 and these decadent cookies made my knees weak and I loathe store-bought cookies!
These are so cute and pretty, people will probably assume they are homemade, making them the perfect holiday nibble to give to guests and enjoy with tea and coffee.
As much as I love peanut butter cups, one thing I do not like about them is how they melt and fall apart in my hands. These you can devour in one generous bite or two delicate nibbles. The cookie and nutty crunch contrast wonderfully with the creamy peanut butter inside.
It was hard to even photograph these because they were disappearing so quickly! We both adored them and they are totally addicting. I just wish there were more of them so I can only give this product four and a half out of five wooden spoons.
Decaffeinated Dulce De Leche Flavoured Ground Coffee
Last but definitely not least is President’s Choice Decaffeinated Dulce De Leche Flavoured Ground Coffee. First, I was thoroughly impressed and pleased there was a decaf coffee that I could actually taste and review myself. Second, it smells heavenly! Third, it tastes as good as it smells…
It reminds me of those powdered flavoured coffees that Reg enjoys so much that I can not have because they contain instant coffee, which of course contains caffeine. Not only that, the one we have also contains sugar, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated coconut oil… This way I can control what goes into my flavoured ground coffee.
The list of ingredients does say “natural and artificial flavours” along with the 100% Arabica decaffeinated coffee but I would have liked to have seen a “Nutritional Facts” breakdown as well. One thing I love is that this decaf coffee is decaffeinated using the “Swiss Water Process” which is an organic and completely chemical-free way to get rid of only the caffeine, not the flavour.
I would like to know if there is a calorie count to this cup of coffee like there is for the powdered kind but nothing is listed. Regardless, this is by far the best decaf coffee I have ever home brewed and potentially ever had in my life. It is like a dream come true for me. Mostly I have to buy generic boring mediocre decaf coffee that has probably been chemically treated. As long as President’s Choice keeps making this coffee, I will be buying it. I may end up stockpiling it!
This product is off the charts delicious. If I could give it ten out of five, I would. And do! Now this product seems to be one of the ones that is hard to find so if you spot it, grab it! It is a little more expensive than other coffees. The bag is only 250 grams for $4.99 but that is now much I pay for the smaller, instant dessert coffee filled with sweeteners and additives.
You need to live in an area were you can redeem the PC Gift Card (AKA Canada, LOL) to qualify. Also, I want to hear about your favourite PC product in the comments. Make sure to include contact info. If you don’t and there is no email address associated with your blog or you are commenting anonymously without leaving your email address, you will not be included in the draw.
Hopefully some of my reviews will help the winner figure out what to go spend that gift card on!
Contest is open until Sunday night! Winner will be announced Monday. Good luck!
Some people wrote me directly. Please don’t do that! Comment here to enter. Here are some submissions:
Lynn: My favorite president’s choice treat is their egg nog
Tony: as for holiday treats, i like the decadent molten chocolate chip cookies; crispy lollipop shrimp; creamy havarti shrimp; and wash it all down with the winter blend dark roast coffee, made in my pc connoisseur 12-c coffee maker
I love the big box chocolates!
Where do I begin? I’m such a fan of PC products. Recently I tried their Blue Menu Banana Bread mix and it was a hit. Very moist and flavourful. For those who don’t drink or want to cut back on drink carbs, the PC Red Brew is surprisingly good. Oh, and the new Greek yogurt.
If I had to pick just one though it would be the PC Dine-In line of frozen meals. It’s really been helpful when I’ve been too tired to cook a meal in the evening after a long day at work.
I really love the ‘Memories of….” line of sauces. So easy to use, and so tasty!
april.maclean (at) gmail.com
I definitely want to try that coffee !
My latest PC favorite product is the red velvet instant cake. I’m terrible at baking so it was great to have a beautifuf cake made easy š
p.s. If I win, I’ll be back on the 28th of December only. Going on a trip š
I love PC Milk Chocolate covered Butter Toffee with Roasted Almonds, PC Decadent Chocolate Truffle Cake & PC Cranberry Ginderale….
i relly like their box of assorted holdiay buiscuts. impressive box, and a nice assortment of cookies. chocolate and other.
it is my go-to when i need to bring ‘something’ and i dont know the host/hostess well.
It is hard to pick just one product but here goes. One of my favorites is the President’s Choice Light Peanut Szechuan Sauce. It makes a quick dinner that is delicious!
Tammy Murnaghan
Wow, just one eh ?? Hmmm … I would say the PC Pink Lemonade Ice Cream. Refreshing, creamy & just the right sweetness.
I agree with a lot of the comments – there are so many PC products that I love! It is difficult to pick just one!
With that said, one of my favourites of their newer products is the Pumpkin Pie ice cream. It is so, so creamy with the perfect amount of spice, and I adore the graham cracker chunks sprinkled throughout. All in all, it is an amazing product, great for the holiday season (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas)!
What an exciting prize! I love PC Products but especially the PC Organics ones…. If I had to pick just one Id say the PC Organic Ketchup because it tastes like Heinz and the squeeze bottle it comes in is much better to use then the Heinz Organics one. Random I know… lol
my email addy is sherisse.doucette at gmail dot com
I just LOVE the PC LOADED Ketchup chips! They are my favourite because they are just saturated in ketchup. No other chip is like that. LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!
I just LOVE the PC LOADED Ketchup chips! They are my favourite because they are just saturated in ketchup. No other chip is like that. LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!
Hard to pick just one – but my current favourite are the mini fudge melts – I use them instead of chocolate chips in cookies & they are SO MUCH BETTER! Great giveaway – if I won, I’d head straight to the Loblaws @ Maple Leaf Gardens – what a magnificent store!
I love their Balsamic Glaze for all my roasted veggies!
I agree, just one! I buy a lot of the Presidents Choice brand, but my kids really like the PC chocolate chunk cookies(even more than homemade)
I am such a sucker for PC products! I have been meaning to try some of their new black label products, but they are so fancy, I can’t think of when to serve them… perhaps Christmas would be a good time to try them out? I have also been dying to to try the peanut butter filled pretzels… I have been buying them at Bulk Barn, but I think I might have to switch! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I LOVE the bacon Marmelade!!! it is awesome on a grilled cheese with old cheddar š I found it in the Superstore on Bramer Drive in dartmouth, they have all the Black Label products.
I would have to say that I love their egg nog and their Xmas ice cream… sorry forgot the name, oh maybe it is called candy cane…. Thanks for the give away.
Hi Suzie
I pretty much love all PC products – I’m absolutely fascinated by how they have changed our Canadian grocery market.
I must say, I adore their Blue Menu entrees, their “Taste Of..” sauces, and their new Ice Cream Shoppe flavours! I also adore their new Decadent Molten Chocolate Chip Cookies – so good with some PC Vanilla ice cream! But really, there’s nothing I haven’t liked about President’s Choice.
They’ve really upped their ante in the last few years – I always love reading the Insider’s report to see what they are cooking up! I also loved when the CBC used them in their documentary on food a few years ago – so interesting to learn how PC develops new flavours.
Thank you Suzie and PC for such a generous giveaway, perfect time of year for this!
I absolutely love their Hawaiian Coffee and I just tried the Dulce de Leche last night and it was amazing.
At this time of year I’m also loving their Butter Puff Pastry, very convenient and oh so good no matter what you make with it. Good Luck to all.
I love their Decadent Chocolate Truffle Cake! So much so that it will be dessert on Christmas Day!
I really love the PC butternut squash risotto. I usually get sick of squash pretty easily, but this is just do I could literally eat the whole box. And I have before, haha. I live right by a Zehrs and I love love love PC products. They also make delicious veggie burgers!
-Stephanie Peltier
spacey_steffi@hotmail.com
Hi Suzie,
I really love the PC Big Box Chocolate & Toffee Collection. Reminds me of the Quality Street candies my grandmother used to buy in England.
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A week before my wedding this summer, I picked up a froezn PC chicken pot pie fo that I had something to quickly through in the oven while we were busy making our bouquets š Everyone loved it, lots of veggies, sauce and a tasty, flaky crust. I unfortunately have not found it since, although I still look every time I go to the grocery store
…a PC gift card would make up for my loss I’m sure š
cassandrasiemens@gmail.com
I love all the President’s Choice
products,,,but especially the
Smoking Stampede Spare Ribs.
They taste just like my homemade
ribs, but cook much faster and
are ready in no time!!! It is
a nice change from all that turkey
over the holidays!!!
My favourite is the PC topping first Smokin’ Stampede Chicken
Pizza. YUM!
PC Candy Cane “Eat the Middle First” Cookies are very tasty. It is very chocolate meets candy cane. It’s got a nice peppermint smell to it. I recommend it.
beakholders (at) gmail (dot) com
For this holiday season, I would love to get PC Milk Chocolate Covered Butter Toffee with Roasted Almonds. They are basically creamy milk chocolate combined with roasted almonds and crunchy buttery caramelized toffee. I think they will be a hit with my family.
Thx, Pauline
pacificus1 AT yahoo DOT com
We discovered the President’s Choice Decaf Vanilla Coffee – my hubby loves it! It is also expensive and tends to be difficult to find. But it is worth every penny! If I win, I will head out and pick up the Dulce de Lece coffee for my decaf hubby and the chocolate peanut butter cookies for me! Great article! Thanks Suzie & Merry Christmas!
we love the presidents choice chia tea plus just picked up some dark chocolate almond.. should go well with the chia tea…happy holidays
we love the presidents choice chia tea plus just picked up some dark chocolate almond.. should go well with the chia tea…happy holidays
Deryck.. goodoutdoors@gmail.com
PC Shrimp Mini Hors D’oeuvres Collection are great for entertaining during the holiday season. I love them personally so I need to put out extra for others!
icgnetvigator (@) gmail (dot) com
Only one product? eek! I can’t narrow it down to just one.
I love their Egg Nog (the one in the black 1L container) and I am also very impressed with the bakeware we’ve been buying there.
Best of luck everyone, wishing you all the best for this holiday season, and the new year to come!
(Suzie, that includes health wishes for you!)
I have yet to find my favourite pc product but i think the peanut butter choclate cookies will be my favourite!
vivi3chui@yahoo.ca
Big box chocolate and toffee, to be honest there haven’t been any PC products that I wouldn’t buy again. The big box of chocolate covered cookies are are always a big hit!
The Red Velvet icecream is amazing — I’ve eaten waaaaaaay too much of it!
I love their hummous selection — I can never make it as good as they do! We only drink PC caffeine free diet cola .. Another fave for sure!
Hubby says our cupboards look like a nofrills as all we have are PC and noname products!
i like the PC Menu Blue 100% Whole Wheat Rotini with Chicken Pesto
I was surprised at how much I like the PC Vanilla Hazelnut decaf – I usually just tolerate decaf but the Vanilla Hazelnut is just lovely. I will have to try the Dulce De Leche now!
Merry Christmas, Suzie, and to all of your loyal readers, too! My favourite PC product would have to be their Spanakopita. It only seems to be available at Xmas-time.
I have not been in a Loblaws or related store since the summer so I obviously do not have a fave.
I did have a favourite which they discontinued. It was the Balsamic Pesto. Sigh. I have tried, without success, to replicate.
Based on your review, I will try the coffee.
Thanks for the reviews.
I highly suggest the Tuscan Goat Cheese Bites from President’s Choice. They were so popular at my last family gathering. This year I should have enough at least for one person!
Merry Christmas to Suzie and everyone else!
lwang12345 (at) gmail (dot) com
Oh yah, sure, look at all the comments today!!!!!!
I’m just about to go shopping and I’m going to look for some of the Dulce la Leche coffee… I’m wondering if they also have it with caffeine? (I need the jolt)
So many PC products are favourites that I pick up time and time again. It’s the reason our local Independent is my favourite place to shop. Right now one of my favourite things is the Light Memories of Szechwan marinade and stir fry sauce. it’s me and hubby’s favourite way of livening up a healthy weeknight stir-fry. Sounds like lots of people here like it too! (Waves to Tammy)
I cannot survive without the Smoking Stampede BBQ sauce. Love it on everything. Except possibly toast.
I am dying to try the bannock entry from the Recipes to Riches contest.. maybe I’ll pick some up tonight. Also, some of that Winter coffee that puckered up your Reg recently.
PC Decadent Molten Chocolate Chip Cookie is my all time favorite PC product. It really is decadent. This is such a great cookie that is sure to be popular with adults and kids, no doubt about it.
Kan
kanprichmond (at) yahoo (dot) com
Oh! And get well, OK? I mean, seriously! My Chrismas Wish for you is a pneumonia-free celebration. (Will that help me win the prize? Will it? Huh? Did I tell you you’re looking fab these days?)
PC Candy Cane Flavoured Ground Coffee is really refreshing for the holiday season. It is nice to have it in the morning with breakfast.
polipoline at gmail dot com
Big Box Chocolates rock! Bought a box for me and one for a gift. Soooo good! Thanks for the giveaway.
sorry suzie… was to tired to see straight at the time… but then, goes with the season, i guess!
off to get a few more goodies from my regular rcs store, tomorrow š
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hope you get well quickslike, suzie!
most of my food shopping is done at various iterations of the ‘superstore’, beginning with the ‘real canadian…’ when i lived out west, then ‘atlantic…’ when i lived in nova scotia, and, now i’m back in ontario, it’s back to ‘real canadian’…
of course, i shop other stores for things i can’t get with the ‘loblaws’ group, where i shopped in the olden days, cuz, like billy shatner used to say on the commercials: by gosh; the price is right! š lol
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merry christmas to you and yours!
-tony
Suzie my fav product is PC Light Extra-Rich Hot Chocolate Mix Made With Real Cocoa, which i like to add to coffee instead of sugar. I put it out in a sugar bowl and offer it to guests to try.
I have always had a sweet tooth and my favorite PC product would have to be the Decadent Chocolate Truffle Cake!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Darlene
darlene(dot)demell(at)sympatico(dot)ca
I know this is more of a summertime treat but the PC decadent chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches are so yummy!!
I LOVE the PC Kenyan Coffee with the Costa Rican being a close second. I also really enjoyed the PC alfredo sauce that comes frozen in discs so you can prepare a dish of pasta for 1 or 4 people in a flash. Finally the frozen souffle they sell is awesome, comes in chunks in a bag and you can make 1 big souffle or several little ones. YUM
Janet in Winnipeg
My favorite is PC Thick Cut Ballpark Hot Dog Flavour Rippled Potato Chips.
They are the best chips I’ve had.
They have great flavor, crunch and are quite addicting!
bd_657(at)hotmail(dot)com
If I won I would sure have to buy a bag of these,so yummy!
Hi Suzie,
Thanks for another great contest!
The one President’s Choice product that we do not go without is the Blue Menu Old Cheddar Cheese. It’s far superior to cracker barrel or black diamond, and as an added bonus it’s low fat! It’s great for not just snacking but melting and basically any use you can think of for a cheddar cheese! For anybody who hasn’t tried it yet, I highly recommend it!
Crossing my fingers on this contest, would be a huge help for Christmas!
Really hope you and Reg are feeling better soon!!
I’m not scrooge, but I don’t often buy holiday specific foods in the grocery store. I do, however, have a couple President’s Choice products I hold close to my heart (who doesn’t?!).
So with that said, it’s a tough decision, because I love a couple products almost equally. I will say however, that the President’s Choice meatless burger annihilates the competition!
You know a meatless (in this case, I believe the bulk of the patty is soy) burger’s successful when your carnivore husband eats not only 1, but 2, of these precious patties in a week’s time. THAT’s saying something!
So my favourite? The “World’s Best Meatless Burger” by President’s Choice! You’ll have to taste it to experience the textures and flavours in this patty. I can’t put them into words. So satisfying! I grill up some veggies in PC lite balsamic vinaigrette to put on the patty (and a bit of mustard to my liking), and I have 1 loaded burger that’s super messy, but very, very tasty.
There you have it Suzie, my favourite PC product. Not Christmas ‘fare’ to speak, but I ate one of these burgers last night at dinner, and still heavenly no matter what time of the year they’re consumed!
Laura Gud, dmphax@hotmail.com
oh my, i think i have fallen in love with the PC black label quebec wild blueberry fruit spread. my boyfriend and i easily go through a jar in no time b/c we eat it w/ just about anything, or sometimes a spoonful straight from the jar! i am going to be using it for the holidays to make tarts for dessert and i can’t wait to see how they come out.
-shira
blank.shira (at) gmail (dot) com
I love so many things I can’t choose just one. I’m a big fan of the blue menu products š
shannon_dunlop at hotmail dot com
There are tonnes of products that I really like but right now my favourites are the extra old cheddar cheese and the cream first pumpkin ice cream. I’m also a huge fan of the mint green tea.
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There are tonnes of products that I really like but right now my favourites are the extra old cheddar cheese and the cream first pumpkin ice cream. I’m also a huge fan of the mint green tea.
Sorry, I just posted this without a name. Not trying to enter twice but can the other one be deleted?
My favourite product right now is
the PC Organics Original Rice Rusks. They are for my (almost 11 month old) daughter. She loves loves loves them! And anything that she loves, of course I love.
She is just starting to learn a bit of baby sign language and I can get her to sign ‘more’ when she see the package.
Alexis
frogsarecool at gmail dot com
I thought I would like the PC milk chocolate covered butter toffee with roasted almonds. I was wrong…I loved them! Seriously addictive, ate the whole box myself in one afternoon.
Suzie, after reading your reviews and the comments here I can see there are lots of things I’m going to need to get this week before they disappear.
lbschulzy (at) yahoo (dot) ca
Great contest!
I love PC’s cheesecakes and yesterday tried the Red Velvet Cake cheesecake and omg, it was sooooooo delicious!! In love with it at the moment!
My favorite PC product is a toss up between their spicy hummus and the meatless ‘chicken’ fingers.. They are awesome! š
sbabij2 at shaw dot ca
Peanut Butter filled pretzels! Tammy_hardy@hotmail.com
Love love the new Lemon Pudding Cake yummo !
I love PC The Decadent Molten Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are so indulgent!
dftrew(at)gmail(dot)com
I am, just now, sipping a cup of your Dulce La Leche decaf coffee… the perfect antidote to an evening of putting IKEA stuff together. And you’re right, it is DULish!
I like the peanut butter chocolate cookies.
I love PC!!
My fav products, are probably the Blue Menu butter chicken sauce, and the new crispy shimp lollipops are quite tasty!
heather.eliott at gmail dot com
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I love the Candy Cane Eat the Middle First cookies. They are just minty enough and make amazing cookie truffles. I needed to buy several boxes in order to get to the truffles because my family found these incredibly good as well. Also the Triple Chocolate Candy Cane It was delicious,and crunchy
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the peanut butter chocolate cookies! My husband bought them for me and I hid them so my teenage boys wouldn’t find them. I wait for them to disappear then I sneak one out of the box with my PC Orange Pekoe Tea, by far the best tasting tea on the planet.