Creating moments with Goldfish® crackers and my girls. Find out about how you can share your own “Goldfish Moments” for a chance to win fun prizes!
It’s hard to know what kind of mom you’re going to be until you are one. Even if you have a pretty good sense of who you are as a person…..there’s just something about being a mom that’s different. Four kids in, I think I have a good understanding of the kind of mom I am. (I also have a good understanding of the kind of mom I’d like to be…..but that’s a different story!)
When it comes to me as a mom, there are a decent number of things I’ve never been good at. Like getting down on the floor and playing make believe with them….or going outside and building a snowman with them…..or taking them to fun places filled with inflatables and trampolines. But there are a lot of things I am good at, and one of my favorites is having fun with them in the kitchen!
Maybe it’s because I spend so much of my time in the kitchen, or because it gets so much of my attention… or maybe it’s just because measuring and pouring and stirring is fun… but whatever it is, the chance to help me in the kitchen is something my kids wouldn’t dream of passing up. For the most part, they’ve been content to just help me with whatever I’m working on… but lately, they’ve been getting the itch to come up with some of their own creations using whatever they can dig out of the cupboards.
Like this fun Sweet & Salty Goldfish Cracker Mix! We made this one using all of our favorite salty & sweet ingredients: Goldfish crackers, pretzel flats, chocolate chunks, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, cocoa almonds, dried cranberries, and shredded coconut. To the girls, it’s the BEST snack ever. (When it starts with Goldfish crackers, how could it not be!?) And the fact that they had a hand in making it makes it that much better. For all of us.
Goldfish Crackers Snack Mix
Ingredients
- 4 c. Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers
- 1 c. pretzel flats
- 1/3 c. each:
- chocolate chunks
- peanut butter chips
- white chocolate chips
- cocoa almonds
- dried cranberries
- shredded coconut
Instructions
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Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
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Enjoy!
For them, it’s a chance to be creative. A chance to feel in charge. A chance to join me in my work and have FUN! And for me, it’s a chance to come together with my kids over something I enjoy. A chance to share some knowledge and teach some skills and hopefully pass on a love of cooking. And, on the best days, a chance for us to really connect. Because in between mixing the ingredients and snacking on the finished product, we talk. About school and friendships and hopes and worries and things we’ve all been thinking about…..and it’s like no other time in our day. It’s a moment – in this case, a “Goldfish Moment“- and it warms my heart. If I were to put it in a Haiku, it would go something like this:
Creating with you….
So much more than just a snack.
A priceless moment.
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Sherry Conrad says
Tweeted https://twitter.com/dddiva/status/600951104130535424
Ashley C says
Just recently we had a fabulous picnic at the zoo complete with goldfish and spent a wonderful afternoon exploring there. It was great!
Barbara M says
I fondly remember my sis and I playing Tic Tac Toe using Goldfish crackers.
thank you
Barbara M says
Tweet https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/601054923363643392
Anastasia Falling says
Our Goldfish Moments are doing mundane things together 🙂 Cooking dinner, household chores and other stuff that is usually “boring”. By making them fun with the kids, we’ll have time together and lots of great memories. Plus, the chores will be more fun too! 🙂
Anastasia Falling says
Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/601113533649014785
sarah hirsch says
my goldfish moments are eating goldfish crackers as a snack on the way home from my son’s baseball games
Lauren Olivia Wood says
We used to eat goldfish crackers on the way to show cows at the fairgrounds when I was a child!
Stacey b says
We take gold fish everywhere for snacking! I always alternate between the different flavors.
Stacey b says
Tweeted to share https://twitter.com/StaceyNNE/status/601473611971563521
Kathleen says
We play games and make crafts from Goldfish.
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Bruce says
snack in church
Debbie B says
i posted a tweet:
https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/602639928271327232
Debbie B says
goldfish were always a great after school snack!
Susan Smith says
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/602641040366030848
Jeffrey says
My kids have been eating Goldfish Crackers since they were very little and still grab for them when we take road trips, go hiking or hop on our bicycles. I enjoy them too, my favorite are the Pretzels.
Jeffrey says
I posted a tweet: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/602648010774990848.
mickeyfan says
I was recently in the store with my (20 something) daughter. She said “Oh, Goldfishes…so delicious” and grabs a bag and threw them in the cart. At least now she can buy them!
Richard Hicks says
One of my favorite moments is seeing the joy on the kids faces when they eat them
Richard Hicks says
https://twitter.com/ardy22/status/602715957962874880
Christina Sparks says
I used to like to take my kids up to the hills with our snacks of goldfish crackers and watch the thunderstorm roll in.
Leela says
It’s nice to share a fun snack with my kids.
Shannon says
I don’t think my kids have ever had Goldfish!
Stephanie Galbraith says
We used goldfish crackers for counting when the kids were little.
joni says
We take them on our road trips.
joni says
https://twitter.com/smilekisses/status/603797154524733440
rachel cartucci says
My goldfish moment is when my son leaves a few on the table and our dog climbs the table to eat them but is too scared to get back down.
rachel cartucci says
https://twitter.com/RayrayCrisman/status/604017818628018177
erica best says
my nephew like to count them with my niece teaching her colors and numbers
erica best says
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/604038962789912576
angie says
The first time I tried Goldfish, I was a high school junior. I bought the Parmesan ones while on vacation with my then boyfriend’s family (he is my hubby now :-D). I have been a fan every since!
Erica B. says
We take them on picnics.
Lisa Garner says
One of my Goldfish moments is snacking on Goldfish with my daughter on the plane.
Birdiebee says
Goldfish crackers are a great snack at the soccer field and a wonderful add-in to tomato soup on a cold winter day.
Kimberly Hilbert says
We usually take a snack with us, and Goldfish is one of them, so we can have a picnic in the car.
Ed says
We add this to macaroni and cheese!
Ellie Wright says
Goldfish crackers are often my boys’ after game snacks. So they love eating their goldfish on the way home and discussing the games.
Brenda Elsner says
We use goldfish as bingo markers than eat them up when we are done!!!
tina d reynolds says
I often have goldfish moments in the car since the calm my kiddos down
Claudia Davis says
I love adding crushed goldfish to my mac n cheese then baking it.
Kathy Pease says
We love to snack on them while watching movies together
s riches says
We like to use goldfish when we play counting games and then eat them when we are done.
Carolyn Daley says
A special moment with goldfish crackers is sharing them with my nephew while we watch a movie together when he visits.
Amanda Sakovitz says
I remember eating these as a snack in elementary school
Thomas Murphy says
My son and I love watching movies and eating the original Goldfish crackers!
joe gersch says
my goldfish moments are giving them as snacks to my daughter
WHITNEY says
We always take goldfish crackers when we go on road trips!
Jerry Marquardt says
Goldfish crackers take me to a heavenly aura because they are so delicious.
Sarah L says
No kids. I don’t like Goldfish crackers. I do like Visa GCs.
Thanks for the contest.
CharityS says
We have Goldfish moments with a picnic in the park.