{Spotlight Friday} Orville Redenbacher’s SmartPop!

My month as an Orville Redenbacher’s SmartPop! Ambassador is coming to an end!  Where did May go anyway?  We’ve sure enjoyed grabbing popcorn as a quick snack!  We’ve enjoyed it so much in fact that we are completely out of popcorn!  But we’ve added it to the grocery shopping list so that we can pick up some more.  With the summer coming, the kids will be home all day and I want to make sure to have easy, healthy snacks on hand!

My kids have eaten Orville Redenbacher’s SmartPop! popcorn as an after school snack.  It is so easy to make…just 2 minutes and 20 seconds in out microwave.  Since the popcorn is in a pop up bowl, it is ready to go!  It’s a warm snack that fills them up and since 6 cups has only 100 calories they can eat a lot of popcorn!  My kids have a routine of eating a snack after school, like most kids do.  They have chosen popcorn over some of the other snack choices like crackers, chips or ice cream.  I have not deluded myself thinking that they will completely give up those things because we like the saying “Moderation in all things” but I like that they have healthy snack options like Orville Redenbacher’s SmartPop! available.  And they choose that as a snack, all on their own!

Their favorite thing about the popcorn is the taste!  They also really like the pop up bowl because it is something they can grab and go!  We’ve even eaten it in the car! They also like that it is a snack they can make themselves.  Also, unlike other snacks they get to eat a lot of it and when they ask if they can make popcorn, mom rarely says no!  I like that one serving of SmartPop! has 2 servings of whole grains, is 94% fat free and 3 times more fiber per 1 ounce serving than other snacks like pretzels or potato chips.

Last week, I hosted a giveaway in which 5 winners would receive their own box of Orville Redenbacher’s SmartPop! Here are the winners and the snacks they hope to replace with popcorn:

#4:  2busy said…I am a cracker snacker. haha, so maybe I would try to replace that.
#12:  Briana Richardson said…Popcorn is already my snack of choice!
#13:  keshakeke said…I would replace my Cheez-it cravings with pop corn!
#16:  Renee G said…I would be using it to replace cheese flavored crackers.
#17:  Jackie said…Thanks for the great giveaway!  We are big potato chip snackers, so I would replace chips.

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