I'm pretty transparent with you guys when I have the opportunity to buddy up with a brand to create some themed or sponsored content for this blog. I'm not cool with shilling a product just because there's "something in it for me" unless I A: am already familiar with (and enjoy) the brand/product OR B: I think it's something cool that I think might interest you all. Sometimes an opportunity comes along that is just so perfectly timed and fitting for my blog that it almost seems like divine intervention. And this was one of those times.
Matt and I used to sit down together and watch movies or TV shows on the daily. What couple doesn't? Sometimes we'd even take our dinner plates upstairs to our cozy upstairs bonus room - set up as an office and den hangout area - and eat while we watched. Since having kids our backlog of things we want to watch together keeps getting larger and larger as it's become harder, sometimes impossible, to make ourselves sit down and enjoy an activity that used to be a big part of our relationship. After the kids go to bed we both have a mountainous list of things we aren't able to get done during the day, or some evenings we're just so tired that all we can handle is staring into space or blearily browsing social media on our phones until we fall asleep.
Then, as if the universe was trying to tell me that enough is enough and Matt and I need to make time for an activity we used to enjoy so much, this home movie kit arrived from G.H. Cretors, a company that makes some obsessively delicious bagged popcorn. I'm already obsessed with The Mix, which is a combo of cheddar cheese and caramel popcorn. I love it so much that my willpower goes to heck in a hand basket when I am around it.
Aw crap, my kit included a bag of The Mix. Whatever will I do? Don't get me wrong, "Just the Cheese Corn" is also very capable of tearing down my willpower, but when you pair that cheesy crunchy goodness with that sweet, crisp, buttery caramel... all bets are off.
Some info about G.H. Cretors: their popcorn is made in small batches using non-GMO popcorn and other non-GMO ingredients wherever possible. Their popcorn is gluten free and they have recently added several organic flavors to their line-up.
There's one thing I'm not going to tell you, and that's the fact that Costco sells a huge bag of The Mix. Like... it's a giant bag. And I'm not going to tell you about that because then you might do what I did a few months ago, which was to buy the huge bag, take it home, and watch the contents of that bag disappear at an alarming and embarrassing rate. But don't worry, because I'm not going to tell you about that. You're safe.
My kit was complete with two movies, the first of which was Moonlight. We didn't know anything about Moonlight other than, you know, it won Best Picture. It wasn't on our backlog of films and TV shows to watch, but now that we own it, it is now!
But the other movie I found in the box further cemented my suspicions that this kit could not have come at a more opportune time. Arrival is a sci-fi film that we have been actively trying (and failing) to carve out time to watch together. We'd tried many evenings to sit down and watch it (planning to rent it digitally) but, as always, something would come up to stop us. Now that the movie had arrived on our doorstep, we picked a Sunday night and declared that nothing was going to prevent us from having a movie night and finally, finally seeing this movie.
Wow, what a great film! A fan of sci-fi for most of my life, I find myself drawn to what I call "mellow sci-fi". While the pew-pew-pew and world-ending special effects of other movies in the genre can be fun when I'm in the mood for that kind of thing, most of the time I prefer something more low key that's more about an interesting story. Sure, there are always some little plot holes and the (pseudo)science doesn't always make sense, but I can overlook those things.
So now that I've made you crave a bag of G.H. Cretors popcorn, you can go use their store locator to see how long it'll take you to hop into the car and go buy a bag for yourself. Just stay away from that Costco bag (or if you buy it anyway, don't say I didn't warn you!)
Popcorn Giveaway!
Use the widget below to enter to win 2 bags of G.H. Cretors popcorn - one bag each of Just The Cheese and The Mix! This giveaway will end at midnight on Friday, June 2nd!
I received a movie night kit in return for creating this post. I do not accept free stuff or compensation in return for a fully positive review. My motto: if it sucks, I'll tell ya!
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I would love to try the Just the Caramel popcorn from G.H. Cretors Popcorn.
I would like to try the jalapeño white cheddar.
Omg honey butter kettle corn!?! Or the mix.
I'd like the most the Just caramel Popcorn ?
i would like to try the Cheddar
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I would love the caramel/cheddar!
I would love The Mix.
Just the Cheese would be my choice!
i think i would love the mix, especially the caramel!!
I would love the Organic Honey Butter Kettle Corn.
i think Organic Dill Pickle and
Just the Cheese sound so yummy.
I think I would like The Mix.
I would love the Organic Chile Jalapeño White Cheddar
I would like the cheddar cheese variety. Of course, any kind of popcorn, even plain is good to me!
Every Friday at work, our boss gives us buttered popcorn. We all love this act of kindness!
I would like to try the cheese flavor
We love all popcorn! But maybe the caramel! Thanks so much for the chances to win.
Would like to try the mix.
My favorite would be the Just the Cheese.
Just the Caramel
The mix sounds yummy
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The mix
Caramel sounds good.
I would like the mix.Yummy!
I would like to try the mix
I would like the Just the Cheese ones!
the mix for me. I have had it before.
I would love the mix
I would love the Organic Salted Butter one most!
I think I would like Organic White Cheddar flavor the best.
DEFINITELY THE CARAMEL FLAVOR FOR ME TODAY AND TOMORROW.
Just the caramel would probably be my favorite.
i would love to try the Honey Butter Kettle corn
I would like to try just the caramel flavor.
I think I would like to try The Mix the most
The Honey Butter Kettle corn sounds delicious! Thanks.
I was going to say Just The Caramel till I read the rest of the list and came across the Organic Honey Butter Kettle corn - YUM.
I like the cheesy popcorn. A little bit of caramel goes good too.
I would like The Mix most.
I would like Just the Cheese or Dill Pickle! All of them sound delicious
They both are my favorite
I would like to try the organic honey butter kettlecorn
I always pick the caramel out of the Costco muc????
Meant Costco MIX!
They all sound delicious, but Just the Cheese gets my attention.
The Caramel flavor sounds the best to me!
My favorite is cheese!
I would like The Mix.
Would love to try the cheese!!~
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I think I would like the mix the most. It is the best of both worlds.
I think I would like Organic Honey Butter Kettle corn.
I would like to try the mix
Caramel corn for the kids and I although cheese corn is pretty awesome too.
Please, I'd love to try the cheese!
Caramel for me
Just the Cheese would probably be my fave.
Organic Honey Butter Kettle corn
the cheese sounds great
The Carmel
"Just the Cheese Corn" would be my favorite.
Thank you for the giveaway. I really think that I would love the cheese flavor the best although, most of them sound delicious.
Just the cheese sounds great
I think I would like Just the Cheese or the organic white cheddar
This popcorn is sooo good! I'm addicted to it and my favorite is The Mix. I love it!!
I would enjoy the Just the Cheese flavor the most.
The white cheddar popcorn sounds great!!
Love the cheddar cheese flavor
I think I would like The Mix most.
I would love to try the white cheddar popcorn.
buttery caramel corn
I want to try the cheese one.
cheese sounds pretty great
I'd like to try the pickle flavor out of sheer curiosity. It sounds like the kind of thing you'll either love or hate with no in-between.
I think I would like the Cheese
Caramel always caramel.
I like it all but if I have to choose the Cheddar Cheese.
I would enjoy the Organic Chile Jalapeño White Cheddar flavor.
I would like to try Just the Cheese Popcorn.
The Mix looks DELICIOUS!!!!!!
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Caramel
I would like Just the Caramel the best.
Just the Cheese
mmmm all sound yummy. I'd pick Organic Chile Jalapeño White Cheddar.
I like the just the cheese corn the most.
The white cheddar popcorn sounds good to me!
I would like The Mix the best!
I would say they all sound great, I'll say white cheddar or caramel for my faves.
I would like G.H. Cretors' Carmel Nut Crunch because I love caramel and nuts.
I would like to try the Just the Cheese.
I think I'd like The Mix best! I like variety.
The mix! My favorites!!
white cheddar please!
I'd like to try the Organic Chile Jalapeño White Cheddar
The Honey Butter Kettle corn sounds good!!
I like the caramel flavor
I think I would like The Mix the most.
Yeah....you had me at honey butter kettle corn.
I love the mix - the samples of it at Costco are dangerous! Reminds me of the Chicago mix from Garrets popcorn.
i would like the mix the best. it looks really good.
I have had this and love it! The mix is my all time fave~
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Just the Carmel
The white cheddar variety would likely be my favorite.
I think I would like The Mix the best