{giveaway} $25 Visa gift card and 1-yr. Subscription to Food & Family Magazine (Twitter contest)

image credit: Kraft Cool Whip

First up on the giveaways is a fun opportunity for you to share your favorite recipes using Cool Whip!

Throughout the next week, I will posting my favorite Kraft Cool Whip recipes too.

Share a photo on Twitter of something you’ve made with Cool Whip, and use the hashtag #coolwhipislove.  

NOTE:  If you are unsure how to post a pic to Twitter, then go HERE. 

Details-Schmetails:

• You may enter as many times as you wish, using different recipes and pictures.
• Each Twitter post and pic must have the hashtag #coolwhipislove so I can keep track of the entries.
• Each Twitter post must also have @thegooddealgal.  So, your post may look like this: "My Fave Cool Whip Recipe @thegooddealgal  #coolwhipislove (and then the pic link)"
• Contest ends on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9am MST.  All entries will be closed at that point and I will announce the winner on Friday morning here on the blog and on Twitter.

I will select the yummiest photo (must have the hastag #coolwhipislove) and that winner will get:

A $25 Visa gift card and a one-year subscription to Food &  Family magazine (both prizes provided by Kraft)

I can't wait to see all of your pictures and see what you whip up!!!

Here's my (first) favorite recipe using Kraft Cool Whip...

image credit: Kraft Canada

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups crushed pretzels
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen Cool Whip, thawed
• 2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen strawberries

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Stir together crushed pretzels, melted butter and 3 tablespoons sugar; mix well and press mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set. Set aside to cool.
4. In a large mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Fold in whipped topping. Spread mixture onto cooled crust.
5. Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in still frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. When mixture is about the consistency of egg whites, pour and spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until set.

Disclosure:
Kraft Foods is providing the prizes for this program at no cost to me. This program is not administered or sponsored by Kraft Foods or its affiliates, but solely by Good Deal Gal.