Sweet New Lunch Punches!

Today's the day! I am oh so delighted to be giving away a set of The Lunch Punch's brand spanking new Sweet sandwich cutters! And I'll get to that, but first, let me show off the sandwiches I made with them, and gush a little  :)

You saw the Cupcake in Tuesday's lunch, Wednesday's featured the Gumball Machine, and now for the last two...  so, how about a couple of Ice Cream sandwiches for lunch? Yes please! To be honest, I made this sandwich for Bella on the weekend - I just couldn't wait for a school day to try out these awesome Ice Cream Cone Lunch Punches!

To make this sandwich, I stacked a slice of white wheat and a slice of brown wheat and punched them out before making the sandwich. Then I flipped the cut out bread stack over and used the cutter again on the other side. Next I separated the 2 slices of bread and following the lines imprinted on it, trimmed the "ice cream" away from the "cones". I then spread peanut butter on the smooth sides of the bread, and put the sandwiches together with the bread colours swapped - so I had white "ice cream" on beige "cones".

Since the first time I pressed the sandwich there was no filling in it, the image wasn't pressed into the bread as deeply. So lastly, I used the punch one more time to re-impress the image on the side of the sandwich facing up. Yes, that means the bottom of this sandwich has a less defined white cone with beige ice cream - but who looks at the bottom of their sandwich, right?

And finally, the Cake. With candles!

This cake was for Pickle, who prefers his sandwiches plain (I couldn't resist "lighting" the candles with peanut butter "flames" though, and he loved that), but just think of the possibilities with this one if your kid isn't as picky as mine! This punch cuts the sandwich in two pieces, at the wavy line, so you could even do a "filling" layer :) Fun!

But why should the kids have all the fun?

I made myself a toasted ham & cheese cupcake sandwich for lunch!

For the cheese "frosting", I used the punch again on a slice of cheese, topping the "frosting" part of the cupcake-shaped sandwich with the "frosting" piece of cheese, and adding the rest of the slice into the sandwich. I did the same thing with a slice of ham for the "cherry". Then I toasted it in the toaster oven. Oh, and when I took it out of the oven I added some grated mozza "sprinkles" :)

Mmmm, looks good enough to eat!  Thanks Lunch Punch!

So there they are all together, the four newest, Sweetest Lunch Punches to join the Lunch Punch party in my sandwich cutter drawer.  Want a set too? Stay with me, I'm getting to that :)

Now, if you read my blog, you already know I love my Lunch Punches, but in case you're just here for the giveaway, I'll say it again: I love Lunch Punches. Not only are they the best sandwich cutters on the planet, (click here for all my posts tagged Lunch Punch if you want to see proof), but they are also an all-around awesome small business owned and run by the amazing Kiersten, inventor of the Lunch Punch, and a lunch-making work-at-home mum herself. 

Just a few months ago, when this blog was only weeks old, I sent The Lunch Punch a comment through their website, to tell them how much Pickle and I loved the Lunch Punches, and to share the link to this post about my 101 Peanut Butter sandwiches challenge. I didn't really expect a response, so I was totally surprised to get an email from the owner/inventor, and not just a form response, a real, personal, chatty email. And even more surprised at her offer to help me out with my challenge by sending me the Lunch Punch sets I didn't have yet. No strings attached, no request for a review... just because she is a kind and generous person who was genuinely pleased that her Lunch Punches made my little boy so happy. ♥ 

And today, thanks to her continuing generosity, I get to share some of the Lunch Punch love with one of you!  Oh, right, the Sweet Set Giveaway!  Yes, I'm finally getting to that :) 

HOW TO ENTER:  

1. Leave a comment on this post, and I'd love it if you'd tell me your favourite lunch that I've made, or make a suggestion of something you think my picky sproutlets might like me to make in the future. Or just say hi :)

That's the only mandatory entry - but you can make up to 2 more optional entries, by leaving a separate comment for each of these options, including if you're already doing them:

2. Like both Bent On Better Lunches and The Lunch Punch on Facebook

3. Follow me on Google Friend Connect 

* Make sure I have a way to contact you if you win! If you post as Anonymous, or your email address is not visible on your Blogger profile, please include your name and email address in your comment.

The giveaway will run until 11:00 PST Sunday night, December 4th. The winner will be chosen by comment # using Random.org. I'll announce the winner the following Monday morning.  Good luck!

Disclosure: I received 2 Lunch Punch sets, 1 as a gift to me and 1 to give away to anyone I wish.  No other compensation or payment was given. All opinions and descriptions are my own.