Each customer can enjoy up to three scoops of ice cream for only 31 cents per scoop.  Baskin-Robbins is making a $100,000 donation to the National Volunteer Fire Council National Junior Firefighter Program.  Some locations will also provide you with an opportunity to donate to your local fire charities.

SmartSource also has Baskin-Robbins coupons in Sunday’s paper.  Some of them are buy 1 get 1 free or save $1.

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Visit Ben & Jerry’s for more information or to find a participating location in your area.

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As with all promotions, I recommend calling your local store to see if they are participating.

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Thanks to Baskin-Robbins for donating the gift certificates for the Bloggy Giveaways.  We have so much fun putting free things into the hands of our thrifty readers!

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You can also purchase Baskin-Robbins gift certificates at their site.  Don’t forget, Baskin-Robbins is having a fall ice cream sale.  You can save money and make your gift certificates go even further.

To win this giveaway, simply leave a comment below telling what you would use the gift certificates for or which menu item you’re wanting to taste.  I don’t know about you, but that cappuccino blast is calling my name. 

This giveaway is for those with a U.S. address only.  To see the complete list of giveaways, visit the bloggy giveaways site.

Good luck everyone!

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Baskin-Robbins is offering a special Buy One Get One Half-Off deal for the fall.  From September 15 – December 28, 2008, purchase any frozen beverage and get a second at equal or lesser value for half-price.  In addition, Baskin-Robbins is offering two pre-packed quarts for $9 or three quarts for $12.  Pick your shakes or quarts in your favorite flavors, or try the new fall flavors like Apple Pie a La Mode and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. 

Ummhmm.  Doesn’t that cappuccino blast look tasty?

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Today is Ice Cream Sundae Day – and since it’s sweltering outside, what better way to cool off than to enjoy a sweet – and wonderfully cool – treat! Okay, I have to admit, I’m a sucker for ice cream – it doesn’t have to be a sundae, so who’s watching? Enjoy your ice cream today in whatever fashion you like it!

Luckily, two of my favorite places to get ice cream also have some pretty good deals that make the indulgence a little more affordable! I love ice cream, but sometimes can’t eat but so much. It seems that getting older is catching up with my metabolism and my appetite for sweets, so I can’t do the double-decker ice cream cones of yesterday… Sigh.

First stop on my list: Sonic’s drive through. They have several really great choices for ice cream, and they usually have half-price drinks during the middle of the day, and right now they’re advertising 99cent shakes. What a great way to beat the heat! And, my favorite treat for special occasions: their ice cream sundae! Now that it’s officially summer, they also offer their sundae as a mini-sundae, and you can get a smaller version of the same dessert for a smaller price! (Funny thing is, I went to Sonic about a week ago and tried to order the mini-sundae and was told that they only offered that in the summertime. I was a little upset considering it was June and 90-some degrees outside – that counts as summer to me!)

My next stop would be to Wendy’s. They’ve got really great, thick milkshakes. I particularly love their chocolate shake, but I never can finish it by myself, so I usually don’t want to waste the money or the ice cream! But, I was there once and was practically pleading with them to offer me a solution, and they did mention they had a kiddie-size shake for about a dollar. The shake was really small, but it was really all I needed and wanted. It was perfect! (Although I have to warn, since this isn’t technically on the menu, you may or may not get a location willing to help you out on this one…)

And of course, there’s always the do-it-yourself ice cream treats – but I find these are best when shared with a group of friends or family. I’ve noticed several grocery store ads lately that are showing ice-cream on sale, sometimes buy-one-get-one. My husband’s favorite is to crunch up Butterfinger candy bars and mix them in with just plain vanilla, or he’s found my stash of Andee’s mint chips that I was planning to use in a specific recipe (Grrr…) and he mixes those with vanilla ice cream. I do have to admit though, he’s pretty good a making the milkshakes! His Oreo-shake comes close to rivaling Chick-fil-a’s! Maybe I’ll get him to try his hand at homemade sundaes!

Now if I could only convince Chick-fil-a to offer smaller versions of their milkshakes, I’d be set! Oh, and I need to find some kind of discount or coupon for Maggie-Moo’s Ice Cream. Better batter, here I come!

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I was shocked when I saw that most of the ice cream containers were 1.5 quart containers, rather than the usual 1.75 quarts.  There were still a few 1.75 quart sizes left, but not many.  I managed to get 1 larger size in the cookies ‘n cream, but they only had the smaller size in the espresso chip.

If I’m not mistaken, it was just a few years ago that ice cream was sold in 2 quart containers.  Those were decreased in size as well.

I’ve also heard that some food manufacturers are changing their ingredients to less expensive ones.  With the rising price of food, it’s possible that our normal favorites won’t be the same.  We’ll have to watch our labels to make sure we’re getting the same product.

Have you noticed changes in any products that you normally buy?

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Grab your friends and family and head to Baskin Robbins.  You may want to call before you go to find out if you local restaurant is participating.

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