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Eggo® Awards Winner $10,000 Prize For Most Liked Waffle-Based Recipe
Winner from Florida wins grand prize for Eggo Your Way Contest
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Kellogg’s Eggo™ today announced the winning recipe in the 2014 Eggo Your Way contest, the “Cheesy Chicken Eggo-dillas.” Debbie Reid from Clearwater, Florida, created the dish by transforming Eggo waffles into a tasty tortilla, giving quesadillas a whole new look and winning the grand prize of $10,000 for being the most liked and delicious waffle-based recipe.
“We received a variety of creative Eggo waffle recipes from our fans, and we were particularly impressed by Debbie’s original spin on a classic dish,” said AnneMarie Suarez-Davis, vice president of Marketing and Innovation for Kellogg Frozen Foods. “Eggo waffles are a versatile canvas and our entrants stretched their imaginations with dozens of sweet and savory recipes that show just how easy it is to be creative and make delicious recipes with Eggo.”
The Eggo Your Way contest invited waffle fans and families to get crafty in the kitchen and create recipes that showed how they enjoy waffle-izing any meal of the day and to submit their out-of-the-box ideas on the Eggo Facebook page. In addition to the grand prize winner, two finalists each received $2,500, and four weekly winners receive a year’s supply of Eggo waffles. Those winners include:
- Finalist: Salvatore Tatta of Whitestone, NY – Molten Chocolate Eggo Lava Cakes
- Finalist: Sarah Leonard of Fredericksburg, VA – Eggo Waffle Blossoms
- Weekly Winner: Christine of Castle Rock, CO – Eggo Blueberry Lemon Trifle
- Weekly Winner: Jennifer of Irvine, CA – Day at the Fair Caramel Waffle Popcorn
- Weekly Winner: Olivia of Oklahoma City, OK – Go Fetch My Eggo
- Weekly Winner: Linda of Evanston, IL – Eggo Butterfly Treat
For more information about Eggo, products and unique recipe ideas, visit www.facebook.com/Eggo.
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Click to Tweet: Waffles and Cheesy Chicken Dillas. Thx, Debbie Reid, Love the combo! Get her recipe from Eggo Your Way contest here: http://on.fb.me/1kiTOMe
Click to Tweet: Love Eggo waffles? Love Quesadillas? Try the Cheesy Chicken Eggo-dillas winning dish from Eggo Your Way contest. http://on.fb.me/1kiTOMe
