My name is Monica and I am a recipe contest addict. Well, I guess there are worse things you could say about yourself than being a recipe contest addict, and this is one of the few addictions that you may actually win money from rather than lose. Well, honestly, I am sure most people spend more money coming up with the recipes than they will ever win in a contest, but it is a whole lot of fun and tasty too!
There is a lot of money out there to be won in these contests and you will never know if you have it in you unless you try! If you are interested in becoming a RCA - Recipe Contest Addict - below are a few contests to enter. If you are already an addict, and would like to share your addiction, post the contests you know about in the comments below along with any words of advice you have to offer.
Feel free to ask questions and whatnot and we can all try to help each other out. I hope that we all become winners! I'd be so proud to see any of us win! So come on now, get your thinking caps on and create some recipes!
Upcoming contests:
Martha White Cornbread Recipe Contest Deadline: January 31
Amateurs only, no industry professionals. Create an original Cornbread recipe, which includes Martha White Cornbread Mixes; Buttermilk, Cotton Pickin' Cornbread®, Mexican, Sweet Yellow, Yellow or Extra Rich Buttermilk or Cheddar Cheese Cornbread Creations® or Gladiola® Cornbread Mixes; or Martha White Cornmeal as an ingredient plus other ingredients commonly available at retailers. 4 categories: breakfast, main dish, side dish, appetizer.
PRIZES:
4 Grand Prizes, one for each category - A VIP trip for winner and 3 guests to the Grand Ole Opry® in Nashville, Tennessee.
40 First Prizes - a Martha White/Grand Ole Opry Gift Basket with merchandise with an approximate retail of $50 each.
Hershey's Cocoa Recipe Contest
Deadline: January 31, 2006
Show us what HERSHEY'S Cocoa brings to your recipes. Submit your most creative and delicious creation to our recipe contest today.
Recipe must include Hershey's Cocoa (any flavor) along with complete directions for preparation, utensils required, mixing, cooking/refrigeration/freezer time (microwave cooking time and power level, if appropriate), type and size of pans, and number of servings. List exact ingredients in standard U.S. measurements in the order of use. In order to be eligible, your recipe must be original.
Judging will be based on originality (10%), creativity (30%), ease of preparation (20%), appearance (15%) and taste of finished recipe (25%).
PRIZE: Trip for winner and a guest to Hershey, PA for 3 days/2 nights. Winner receives signature "Whipped Cocoa Bath" from The Spa at The Hershey Hotel, VIP admission to HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD, $500 spending money
Mix it Up with Betty Cookie Mix Recipe Contest
Deadline: February 1, 2006
Amateurs only, no industry professionals. Send us your recipe that uses at least one Betty Crocker Cookie Mix product (Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Sugar Cookie, Oatmeal, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Walnut Chocolate Chip, Rainbow Chocolate Candy, Double Chocolate Chunk or Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip).
The Mix It Up with Betty! Cookie Mix Recipe Contest will award prizes in the following categories:
* Cookie Bars: tasty cookie bars, from easy pan bars to indulgent dessert bars eaten with a fork
* Holiday and Special Occasion Cookies: cookies decorated to celebrate any holiday, season or special occasion
* Cookie Favorites: kid-friendly goodies, traditional favorites and home-style treats for the cookie jar
PRIZES:
Grand Prize: $5,000 (Winner chosen from 15 finalists)
Fifteen (15) Finalists will each be awarded $500 cash.
Deadline: February 15, 2006
Taste of Home magazine. We're looking for all kinds of meatball and meat loaf recipes. There are no rules when it comes to the type of meats you use for your entry. Beef, poultry, pork and seafood are just a handful of options.
Grand Prize: A KitchenAid stand mixer and food processor, together valued at $650.00, or $500.00 in cash. (UT-OH - You all know how much I have wanted a KitchenAid mixer - I may have to enter this contest!)
Second Place: Dinner for four at the restaurant of the winner's choice.
Smucker's Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest
Deadline: Feberuary 18, 2006
The makers of Smucker's jams, jellies and preserves invite families nationwide to dust off their cherished family recipes and enter them in the Smucker's Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest.
To enter the Smucker's Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest, families are invited to submit an original family recipe that has been passed down for at least two generations and contains at least a ¼ cup of Smucker's jams, jellies or preserves (including Low Sugar™ and Sugar Free products), along with a 100-words or less essay telling the story behind or memories associated with the recipe. Recipes and essays may be entered into one of four categories: 1) breakfast foods; 2) appetizers; 3) entrees; and 4) desserts.
PRIZES:
Four grand prize winners - one from each category - will receive a trip for four people for 3 days/2 nights to New York City, NY in April 2006. In addition, the four families will become a part of the online Smucker's Family Tree, which includes having their recipe and essay posted on www.smucker.com under the "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good" Family Tree section.
The Grand Prize includes round-trip airfare for four, complimentary transportation between their home/airport and airport/hotel and hotel accommodations for four (two double occupancy rooms). Additionally, the Grand Prize winner will receive one Create Your Own Gift Basket of Smucker's products (choice of any six flavors from the Smucker's Pantry listing).
The 47th National Chicken Cooking Contest
Deadline: October 15, 2006
- Submit recipe using chicken: a whole chicken, or any part or parts; fresh (raw) chicken; marinated raw chicken; pre-cooked chicken, such as rotisserie; or ground chicken.
- Recipe should be for 4 to 8 servings.
- Recipe must be prepared twice within 3 hour time period.
- Grilling recipes not allowed.
- The entry deadline is October 15, 2006. Your recipe must be original, and other restrictions apply. Click here for the official rules.
- Prizes: 1st - $100,000, 2nd - $10,000, 3rd - $5,000, 4th - $2,000, 5th - $1,000
Well, that's enough for now. Soon, there will be info on the Pillsbury Bake-off -a $1 million prize! Then there is the Southern Living Cook-Off that has a $100,000 prize. Cooking is fun and creating recipes for a contest can be fun too! Your family and friends will love to be the taste testers! Just be sure to read the rules very carefully - I have heard that most people LOSE because they do not follow the rules of the contest, and the rules can be quite picky! Don't publish your recipe until after the contest is over -- that is the biggest rule! If the recipe has been published elsewhere it is generally not eligible. Good luck and have fun!
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Comments: 15 ( 1 removed by Monica Kennedy )
Anyway, Monica, get out there and win that KA mixer. You'll love it.
Inspired me to enter some, thanks! People should also check out the Build a Better Burger Contest.
I won second or thrid place and got an elaborate GE Microwave with several cookibooks. Not of real use to me. So, I called the local appliance store and asked if they'd make an even trade for a VCR, which I didn't have.
After that we always joked about watching movies on the microwave.
It really was nice to win. I may do this again. thanks for the inspiration.