Showing posts with label 2008 Seasonal Favorites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 Seasonal Favorites. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Watkins Christms List


Don't forget to add Watkins products to your Christmas list for you loved ones! Watkins products makes fantastic gifts and stocking stuffers!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Don't be left out in the cold Watkins specials!



Get these incredible values before it's too late!

US SPECIALS

05702 Cream of Tartar
Regularly $4.99, Special Price $4.49, Save 50¢

05803 Turkey Rub
Regularly $6.99, Special $6.49, Save 50¢

20225 Pucker Up 2 Pack — Great stocking stuffers!!
Regularly $9.98, Special, $7.49, Save $2.49

20536 Holiday Sink Set — No house should be without one or two!
Regularly $17.99, Special $16.49, Save $1.50

05310 Cinnamon Cream Sprinkles
Buy one at $4.99, second one at $1.99!

05300 Pumpkin Bread Mix
Buy one at $5.99, second one at $2.89!

05400 Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix
Buy one at $5.49, second one at $2.89!

05543 Orange Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $5.49, second one at $2.89!

05623 Apple Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $5.49, second one at $2.89!

05707 Baked Potato Soup
Buy one at $8.49, second one at $4.29!

CDN SPECIALS

05702 Cream of Tartar
Regularly $6.39, Special Price $5.49, Save 90¢

20536 Holiday Sink Set — No house should be without one or two!
Regularly $21.99, Special Price $19.49, Save $2.50

05310 Cinna–Cream Sprinkles
Buy one at $5.99, second one at $2.99!

05300 Pumpkin Bread Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05400 Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05543 Orange Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05623 Apple Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05707 Baked Potato Soup
Buy one at $9.99, second one at $4.59!


Pricing effective November 18, 2008.

Monday, October 13, 2008




Here in Canada it is the Thanksgiving weekend.

I just wanted to share with everyone how great the Turkey Rub is. It is so so so good. I made my turkey yesterday and oh my it was to die for. Everyone was thrilled with the taste. I will be using this product again and again!

Friday, September 26, 2008

Watkins 2008 Seasonal Favorites&Gift Giving Ideas

Anise Extract

Use in making holiday anise cookies or springerle cookies (one
of Germany’s most famous holiday sweets).
Use in making biscotti.
Recipe · Crystal Cut Candy

Gift Idea: Wrap Crystal Cut Candy in cello bag and give as a gift, along with Anise Extract and recipe card. Wrap in festive cello with raffia or in a festive tin with bow.

Gift Idea: Fishermen put Anise Extract on bait to attract fish. They tell us it works like magic! Place Watkins Anise Extract, Lemon Pepper, Insect Repellent and Sun Block in a tackle box, or wrap them in netting (like a fish net) and attach to a fishing pole.

Hazelnut Extract

Add to coffee (best when extract is added to coffee grounds before brewing).
Add to iced coffee or cappuccino.
Add to whipped cream, cream cheese or whipped topping for a dessert, coffee topping or fruit/bagel spread.
Add to oatmeal.
Add to fudge and brownie recipes.
Recipes HERE under Gift Line recipes:
· Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse
· Chocolate Truffles
· Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Pie
· Carol’s Drop Cookies

Gift Idea: Prepare truffles and give as a gift in a decorative package along with the recipe and extract.
Gift Idea: Give extract along with coffee.

Irish Cream Extract


Add to coffee (best when extract is added to coffee grounds before brewing).
Add to iced coffee or cappuccino.
Add to fudge and brownie recipes.
Add to ice cream and ice cream drinks.
Recipes HERE under Gift Line recipes:
· Chocolate Truffles
· Irish Cream Caramels
· Irish Cream Pie
· Vanilla Custard Tarts with Irish Cream Sauce
· Carol’s Drop Cookies

Gift Idea: Prepare truffles or caramels and give as a gift in a decorative package along with the recipe and extract.

Gift Idea: Give extract along with coffee.

Seasonal Favorites Bread Mixes


The following bread mixes are simple and easy to prepare and make a great breakfast or the perfect snack for an office, class party, or a wonderful welcome to a new member of your neighborhood. Add the pumpkin butter or a compatible recipe for dip spread, along with the required Watkins ingredients, and you’ll have a lovely gift giving set.

Orange Spice Bread Mix


Gift Idea: Combine the orange spice bread mix with some ginger, rum & orange extract with the Aloha Fruit Dip recipe to use as a delicious spread.
Wrap in a festive tea towel.

Apple Spice Bread Mix

Gift Idea: Give Apple Spice Bread Mix along with Watkins Cinnamon.

Pumpkin Bread Mix


Gift Idea:
Pair this delightful bread with Watkins Cinnamon and Nutmeg.

Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix


Gift Idea:
Pair with anyone of the Hot Cocoa Mixes and a Mug.

Pumpkin Butter

This sweet, rich spread is wonderful on Watkins Good Tastings Bread and
anyone of the seasonal favorites bread mixes.

Gift Idea: Wrap with Pumpkin Bread Mix in a festive cello wrapper and tie
with curly ribbon.

Limited Edition Hot Cocoa Mixes

Peppermint Stick Cocoa


Gift Idea:
Package with mug and chocolate dipped candy canes or peppermint sticks for stirring.
Gift Idea: Pamper with Peppermint – Place Peppermint Stick Cocoa, Watkins Peppermint Foot Scrub and Foot Cream in a decorative basket with a decorative towel.

White Chocolate Almond Cocoa

Gift Idea:
Wrap White Chocolate Almond Cocoa with a DVD you know your gift receiver will love along with a small bag of almonds or popcorn. Everything needed for a perfect movie night!

Raspberry Hot Cocoa

Gift Idea: Package with mug and a small box of Raspberry Truffles.

Cinna-Cream Sprinkles


Sprinkle on toast, oatmeal, French toast.
Mix with sour cream for a perfect fruit dip.
Mix with cream cheese for a bagel spread.
Sprinkle on apples or use in baked apples.
Add to coffee or coffee grounds.

Gift Idea: Wrap Cinna-Cream Sprinkles with Watkins Hazelnut Extract and your favorite coffee. You have just treated your gift-receiver to a hot cup of coffee that only tastes expensive.

Cream of Tartar

Gives a creamier texture to candy and frostings.
Will stabilize meringues in pies and cookies.
Essential for the perfect angel food cake.
The secret ingredient for making the best gingerbread houses.
Great for making candy canes and divinity.
Bread puddings and Irish soda bread will taste even better.

Gift Idea: Wrap with Hazelnut Extract. This will be perfect for baking fans on your list!

Nutmeg, 6 oz Collectable Tin

Great value size just in time for everyone’s baking season. Convenient tin is great for eggnog, custard, hot drinks and spice cookies.

Gift Idea: The perfect host gift during the holidays.

Baked Potato Soup

Use for making potato soup and cream sauce.
Use to flavor mashed potatoes, vegetables and meat.
Use for making cream sauce and onion gravy; use for biscuits and gravy.
Use to flavor hamburgers, meatloaf and meatballs.

Gift Idea: Package Soup Base with soup bowls, Good Tastings Bread Mix, Watkins Pepper and crackers.

Gold Medal Sampler

Gift Idea: Gift giving made simple. This assortment is packaged and ready to wrap, add a bow, or give as is.

Turkey Rub

Make seasoning your turkey a littler easier this year. This convenient pre-mixed rub is full of herbs and spices to enhance turkey’s flavor.

Gift Idea: Combine with Watkins Grapeseed Oil - makes a great
host gift for the holidays.

Food Coloring, 1 oz. trial mark
Available in red, yellow, green and blue.
Add a teaspoon into frosting mix for the perfect piping for all your holiday sugar cookies and cakes.

Gift Idea: Pair them with a frosting recipe or with Cream of Tartar and a recipe card for Watkins play dough for the “young at heart.”
Watkins Cooked Playdough
2 cups/500 mL all-purpose flour
1 cup/250 mL salt
2 Tbsp/30 mL Watkins Cream of Tartar
2 ½ cups/625 mL water
¼ tsp/1.2 mL Watkins Food Coloring
2 Tbsp/30 mL cooking oil
Watkins Extracts of choice: Anise, Peppermint, Almond, Strawberry, Orange, Banana, Coconut

Combine dry ingredients in a saucepan. Add water and oil. Heat stirring constantly until the dough comes away from the side of the pan and forms a ball. Cool. Divide in half and knead in
food coloring and 1 tsp/5 mL extract of choice until smooth. Store in a plastic bag or container in the refrigerator. Keeps for months! Makes 4 cups.

Home Care Sampler

Our #1 selling sampler kit for the season.
Gift Idea: Gift giving made simple – just add a bow or ribbon and
you’re set to go!

Pucker Up 2-Pack


The dynamic duo that’s a must for every stocking stuffer.
Combination of the Tickled Pink and Simply Mauve-lous Lip Tints that are 100% natural with a hint of color and the sensation from the peppermint oil is fantastic!

Gift Idea: Stocking stuffer, host gift, teacher’s gift. Pre-packaged
so all you need to do is add a bow or some raffia.

Total Body Gift Pack

Full size products of mango fragranced personal care. Complete with body oil, hand & body lotion and body cream.

Gift Idea: Perfect gift for everyone you know that could use some extra pampering.

Pomegranate Spice Sink Set

Complete with both natural liquid hand soap and hand & body lotion fragranced with the sweet aroma of pomegranate and a hint of winter spice. Don’t forget to replenish this sink set with
Watkins Natural Hand & Body Lotions and Liquid Hand Soaps.

Gift Idea: Combine with a bath/hand towel set.


Friday, August 1, 2008

Pumpkin Butter

This indulgent condiment has the homemade taste of Grandma’s. All-natural and absolutely delightful!

Cream of Tartar


Just in time for the holidays, the company who brings you the world’s best vanilla and spices now offers Cream of Tartar. Essential for holiday baking and candy making, it is essential for meringue pies and angel food cake, and is the secret ingredient for making candy canes and gingerbread houses. To give more volume and stability to egg whites and a smoother texture to candy and frostings, Watkins Cream of Tartar is your answer!

  • Gives a creamier texture to candy and frostings
  • Will stabilize meringues in pies and cookies
  • Essential for the perfect angel food cake
  • The secret ingredient for making the best gingerbread houses
  • Great for making candy canes and divinity
  • Bread puddings and Irish soda bread will taste even better

Cinna-Cream Sprinkles


Combine Watkins Cinnamon with the sweet, creamy taste of vanilla icing, and suddenly your morning toast tastes like a cinnamon bun! Just sprinkle on buttered toast; also great on cereal or oatmeal.

Gold Medal Sampler

Our classic assortment of the three products that made Watkins a household name! Original Double-Strength Vanilla (2 fl. oz.), regular-sized Cinnamon and Black Pepper are boxed and ready to give to the teacher, babysitter or anyone else who would love a box of superior Watkins quality. All products certified Kosher.

Special Edition Collector's Nutmeg


Few spices capture the essence of the holidays like nutmeg. Its intoxicating aroma enhances traditions like eggnog, custard, hot drinks and spice cookies. This collector's package contains our premium-grade nutmeg with artwork based on our 1920s Nutmeg tin, complete with its original color scheme. Get it while it lasts.

Baked Potato Soup Mix



Watkins has taken care of all the work for you in this instant soup base! This rich and creamy baked potato soup will make a delicious quick and easy first course for any gourmet meal. It will warm you up on those cold nights...and - no one has to know it's instant.

Pumpkin Bread Mix


Few things are as naturally warming as the aroma of real pumpkin bread. Give the gift of fresh-baked pumpkin bread without all the hassle!

Orange Spice Bread Mix

This delightful quick bread mix is flavored with a blend of orange and spice. Excellent for breakfast or part of a holiday buffet.

Apple Spice Bread Mix

This quick bread mix is flavored with a blend of apple and premium cinnamon. Perfect for breakfast or part of a holiday buffet. Delicious as a loaf or as muffins.

Limited-Edition Extracts

Hazelnut Extract
Irish Cream Extract
Anise Extract

Limited-Edition Extracts—NEW Trial Mark™ Bottle! Nobody does extracts like Watkins, and we’re proud to bring back some holiday favorites from years past in our new 2-ounce Trial Mark™ bottle!

Turkey Rub

Enjoy your Thanksgiving turkey with this expertly blended rub! This convenient, pre-mixed rub has all of the spices and herbs needed to make your turkey delicious. Combine with your favorite Grapeseed Oil and rub liberally on your turkey, cook and enjoy!

Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix

Snickerdoodles probably originated in New England in the 1800s, and nobody seems to know whether the name came from the Germans or Dutch, or if it was simply made up for fun. All we know is that they are delicious…and with Watkins, they’re easy! This traditional sugar cookie mix is back by popular demand; make plain snickerdoodles or jazz them up with our Cinnamon Holiday Baking Spice.

Watkins Hot Cocoa Mixes


Raspberry Truffle Hot Cocoa Mix (Limited Edition)

Our richest flavored cocoa yet! Perfect for cuddling up by the fire or relaxing after the holiday meal.

White Chocolate Almond

Peppermint Stick Hot Cocoa Mix

Perfect for cuddling up by the fire après-ski or after the holiday meal, this instant cocoa mix delivers gourmet flavor instantly. Get yours now—after the holidays, they’ll be gone!

Watkins Food Colouring

You will have so much fun with this line of food colorings. Perfect for all your decorating needs! Our red, yellow, green and blue food colors come packaged in our 1 ounce Trial Mark ™ bottle. Mix and match to create a rainbow of colors that is sure to brighten your cookies, frosting and cakes!


Food Coloring Tips:

  • Add to icings and glazes for colorful decorating
  • Add 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL to packaged white cake mixes for colorful cakes
  • Dye Easter eggs by combining 1/2 cup/125 mL boiling water, 1 tsp/5 mL vinegar & 1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Watkins Food Coloring of choice. Dip eggs into dye for at least 5 minutes or until desired color.
  • To make new colors mix the following colors together

    Red + Yellow = Orange
    Yellow + Blue = Green
    Blue + Red = Purple