Seattle’s Best Coffee #RedCupShowdown
~ Do You Have What It Takes to Create a Fabulous Drink ~
I heard about the Red Cup Showdown last month, and ever since then I’ve wanted to create my own coffee drink concoction. What is the Red Cup Showdown you are wondering? Seattle’s Best Coffee is traveling throughout the country and challenging people at State Fairs to come up with the best coffee drink! Sandwich King, Jeff Mauro, from the Food Network is one of the judges of this fabulous State Fair inspired coffee event. He’s talked about how cool fairs are to inspire great drinks with their fried Oreo and other fried treats they serve there.
Did you know if you WIN the contest for the best drink that you could win $10,000? Now that’s a lot of dough, and not fried dough! The best part is you do not need to physically be at the fairs to participate. You can make your OWN recipe and submit it online! There will be one winner from each fair and one online winner that will meet in New York City for the final showdown! It could be YOU!!! Get your creative juices following! All you need to do is create your drink, submit it at the Red Cup Showdown App on Facebook, and then people will VOTE for the best drink! You need to HURRY and submit your drink though because time is running out before voting starts!
I decided I wanted to take my own try at creating a drink too! I decided to make a Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Frappe. I love when frozen drinks have a little crunch to them. YUM! I also love hazelnut coffee, so I thought I would create a recipe and give it a try! Here’s my recipe:
Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Frappe by, MamaLuvsBooks:
1 – Cup of Chilled Seattle’s Best Hazelnut Coffee
8 – Ice Cubes
1/3 – Cup of Baileys Hazelnut Creamer (yes, it’s non-alcoholic)
1 – Heath Candy Bar Chopped into Pieces (it made about 1/4 cup of candy to add in. You can do more or less depending on the level of crunch you want).
Simply put these ingredients into the blender and top with whipped cream, vanilla syrup, and some extra Heath bar chunks! It turned out AWESOME! I am very proud of my drink!
Drew Snagged My Drink to Get the Toffee Pieces Off the Top!
We were lucky that all our ingredients were found easily at our local Walmart! Check out our shopping trip at Walmart on our Google+ story.
Don’t forget to hurry and get your recipe in ASAP on the Seattle’s Best Facebook App. It’s super easy to submit through Facebook!
Make sure you learn more about Jeff Mauro and the Red Cup Showdown, and follow Seattle’s Best on Facebook and Twitter.
If you are around for the remaining State Fairs where the Red Cup Showdowns will be held, then be sure to attend! It would be a fun family day and you might get to meet Jeff Mauro in person as well!
Here’s the schedule:
California State Fair, Sacramento
- Seattle’s Best Coffee Exhibit and Free Iced Coffee: Friday, July 13-Sunday, July 15
- Red Cup Showdown with host Jeff Mauro: Saturday, July 14
Ohio State Fair, Columbus
- Seattle’s Best Coffee Exhibit and Free Iced Coffee: Friday, July 27-Sunday, July 29
- Red Cup Showdown with host Jeff Mauro: Friday, July 27
Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee
- Seattle’s Best Coffee Exhibit and Free Iced Coffee: Friday, Aug. 3-Sunday, Aug. 5
- Red Cup Showdown with host Jeff Mauro: Sunday, Aug. 5
Illinois State Fair, Springfield
- Seattle’s Best Coffee Exhibit and Free Iced Coffee: Thursday, Aug. 9-Saturday, Aug. 11
- Red Cup Showdown with host Jeff Mauro: Friday, Aug. 10
Iowa State Fair, Des Moines
- Seattle’s Best Coffee Exhibit and Free Iced Coffee: Monday, Aug. 13-Wed., Aug. 15
- Red Cup Showdown with host Jeff Mauro: Wednesday, August 15
You can submit your coffee recipe anytime from now until July 27th at midnight! The winner will not only receive the monetary prize, but they will also have their drink featured in Seattle’s Best Coffee Cafes. The contest is open to people 18 and older and who reside in the US or Canada. Six finalists (one from each fair and the FB winner) will win a trip to New York to compete for the Grand Prize on August 23rd. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!
I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Seattle’s Best Coffee #CBias #SocialFabric. All opinions though are mine and mine alone.
I’ll be right over to grab one of these! Look delicious!
They look very good and rich. How long to make? Are the components all available everywhere? -Jim F
Now this looks and sounds amazing!! I MUST make this thanks so much!
Sure looks DELICIOUS!
This looks so delicious and wonderfully chocolate filled!
Mmmmm! That looks so good!
OMG! I’m drooling now! It looks so yummy and delicious! 🙂
Mmmmmm – dessert in a glass!
Oooh My! That looks Yummy!
I really need to make this! Love hazelnut and Heath bar is my favorite candy bar, ever since I was a little girl!
yummmmmm
Oh, I love Heath. It’s the best. Pinning this!!!
This sounds so good and I’m not one that’s big on cold coffee! I pinned it!
Sounds absolutely delicious and not a calorie to be counted!!
Yummy! This looks so delicious! Great idea to put pieces of Heath Bars on top!
Beth Rayle McCubbins
We have the same taste! I love those ingredients ~ yum!
wow this looks & sounds so delish!!!
Sounds good are you able to drink out of a straw then?
Yep!! You sure can!!!
I would love to make Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Frappe, can’t wait!
It sounds like a great dessert deink/sundae
Sounds/Looks great!
Thanks for posting this, it looks delicious. I dont think we have that brand of toffee bar over here but im sure I could find a suitable replacement. Thank you.
SelectZen
This sounds and looks absolutely delicious!!! I’m definitely adding this to my list of recipes to try!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hazenut coffee is so my favorite so this looks heavenly! mmmmm…
wow, that looks DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!! Thanks SO much for sharing!!
Looks delicious! I am going to make it.
looks yummy!
wow, that looks so good!!!
Looks tasty, but how much did it cost to make one cup?
It makes about 4-6 cups depending on how big you serve them, so about $2-$3 a glass!!! =)
That looks so delicious! I think I need to make it!
Looks delicious!
Cecilia Nguyen
Sounds toooo yummy! Will def give it a try! (Kimmy Moore)
Looks super yummy! Will def give it a try! (Kimmy Moore)
I have got to make one of these ASAP..
looks so good!
Looks delicious! Think there’s a way to make it vegan??
Trying this tomorrow. Looks great!
Looks so good I gotta try it now love coffe and that sounds wonderful
Oh lord, I’m sitting here at work and happened to notice this recipe. It’s hours until dinner and man that looks great! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! I’m pinning this! I HAVE to try it!
That looks like something my hubby would love!
Looks yummy and full of calories 🙂
that looks great, i must pin it!!!!
It looks delish and I love Drew’s determined look while he was helping with the prepation!
The Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Frappe Concoction looks very tasty. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks so Yummy!!!!! Hope you Win!!
v.chrzanowski@comcast.net
Oh, this looks so good, would love to make it so Pinned for later, thank you!
Oh my, my husband would go nuts for that!
OMG! Your concoction sounds so decadent! I wish I could reach into my screen and pull out one for me. 🙂 It is perfect to cool me down in this horrible hot weather we’re having.
I’m not a coffee drinker but that sounds really good and I would definitely give it a try! Are you going to submit your recipe?
My mouth is watering….
Oh my mouth is watering that looks delicious!
Looks really delicious! YUMMY!
wow..I’m gonna try n make this…my family will sure enjoy it too!:)
i kind of wwant to add some real Baileys!
{Quanda} I would definitely have to try this delicious recipe. Thanks for sharing it! 🙂
Christina – xristya@rock.com – Looks scrumptious! Who could resist?
that looks fab! i love heath bars too!!!
That looks delicious
Yummy!!!! Looks amazing!!!!!
Ok that looks totally yummy and something that I could make for the bf and myself as a nice COOL and sweet treat! Thanks for an awesome recipe!
That looks pretty darn good. I am tempted to make it right now, lol. But then I will be up all night. Going to add to my pinterest though.
Looks delicious!
Can’t afford the calories, but it looks great.
Such a delicious treat!
yummmm
Oh wow this looks so good…if it weren’t almost 11pm I’d go make one! 🙂
I won’t be submitting a recipe, but this looks Yummy. Good luck.
As soon as I read your recipe, my mouth watered..it sounds delicious, good job!
Oh my sweet heavens, that looks AMAZING!!!
This is simply an amazingly delicious recipe…I would love to have one right now please.
shar(dot)donoho(at)comcast(dot)net
Looks YUMMY just from the ingredients!! I’m sold and I don’t even like coffee. 😉
Ok I’m so stealing this recipe for the next girls lunch. Yummmm
i’m not a coffee lover but a lot of people in our house are..they would love this! Thank you for sharing it!
yummy looks so good
Looks delicious!
Looks and sounds simply delicious!! I have the best drink recipe ever!! Going to go submit it now. Thanks for the information!!
Looks great for a summer treat!
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Looks so yummy with the pieces of candy in a cloud of whipped cream
sounds so good
LOVE that, it looks so tasty! What a cute picture of your son snagging the candy bits on top, too 🙂
Mmmmm! This looks incredible! {Am soooo going to have to try it!} And so does your new site! Now that you’ve switched its a new page add SU dream! 😀
This looks, oh, AMAZING! I love anything with toffee 🙂 I’m also jealous that you have Cabot brand whipped cream. I love their products but we don’t have that here!
That looks SO GOOD! Pinning for later!! Yum!
Dawn
Sounds and looks so yummy! Gonna have to try this one
OMG ! It looks delicious. Hope you entered this recipe and I wish you Good Luck. I love Heath candy, Bailey’s Cream etc. Now I ‘m going to try and surprise my daughter and make one. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I love it…
Carol L
This sounds super yummy! I’m definitely going to have to try it 🙂
ahhhhh looks so good !
wow now I know what to do with some leftover halloween candy~