PRIZE DRAWING: Accumulated Swag Mystery Box Giveaway

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Over the years, we’ve received products from many brands to review. When they send it, sometimes it’s just the product, but other times it comes with other things that are not edible unless you’re a goat. These items include branded swag or cute/neat stuff that ties in with the product. Well, that stuff has accumulated in my office, and I don’t plan on using most of it, so I’m giving it away in the form of three mystery boxes that three lucky TIB readers can win.

Off the top of my head, some of the brands include Ben & Jerry’s, Chex, and Sour Patch Kids. Some specific items included among the three boxes are a bluetooth speaker, socks, sunglasses, drink cozies, a sparkly bag, a selfie stick, and a t-shirt. Oh, I almost forgot one of the more exciting items, a white plastic bowl.

If the idea of winning a white plastic bowl excites you, then you should totally enter our Accumulated Swag Mystery Box Giveaway.

RULES:

To enter this prize drawing for an Accumulated Swag Mystery Box, leave a comment with THIS post, and that comment MUST include the word “jambalaya.”

Don’t forget to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the three randomly selected winners for their mailing addresses.

We will stop accepting entries on Friday, August 27, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one comment allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents.

JUST A FEW OF NOTES:

If you post a comment and it doesn’t show up, it ended up in our comment spam folder for some strange reason. There’s no need to attempt to post another comment. I’ll be pulling those out of the comment spam vortex regularly.

Do not leave your comment using the blue REPLY button at the bottom of other comments. Please scroll all the way down to the section above the blue POST COMMENT button. That’s where you should leave your comment. You might think it’s a lot of scrolling, but it’ll be totally worth it if you win that white plastic bowl.

What’s in the boxes are random, and what box the winners receive will be random.

Good luck!

FINE PRINT:

The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you emails regarding an order you did not purchase. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you used Oral-B electric toothbrush heads. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or you not having a use for a white plastic bowl.

685 thoughts to “PRIZE DRAWING: Accumulated Swag Mystery Box Giveaway”

    1. Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
      ‘Cause tonight, I’m gonna see my ma cher ami-o
      Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
      Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou

  10. In 1968, Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen proclaimed Gonzales, Louisiana, “the Jambalaya capital of the world”. Every spring, the annual Jambalaya Festival is held in Gonzales.

  11. Jambalaya usually has okra in it doesn’t it? Will these boxes contain okra for making jambalaya?

  14. I have been a long time reader and visiter of this website! It’s always nice to be on top of all my favorite junk food. jambalaya !!

  17. It’s been a really long time since I have had jumbalya. Maybe I should make it next week.

  35. Jambalaya sounds good right now. I love anything with seafood and a little spice. Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to win. I love trying new products!!!!

  51. “White Jambalaya” is often called a “cheating Jambalaya” because the meat/vegetables are cooked separately from the rice. This jambalaya is basically only seen outside of the south.

  52. My mother-in-law for years now has called her jambalaya “gumbo” and it drives me insane.

  60. Would love to get a mystery box so I can sell it and be able to afford the ingredients to make my own jambalaya!!!!!

  63. My mother in law made risotto for dinner once and my father in law kept calling it jambalaya and she took his plate away.
    I love free swag.

  70. I haven’t thought about jambalaya in years and should really get around to making some.

  73. that white bowl will be perfect for my mother in laws jambalaya recipe… it’s almost that season!! even more of a reason to pick me!!! me me me!!!

  79. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten jambalaya. It’s too bad because it sounds pretty good!

  90. Hank Williams once said…..
    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

  91. Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filet gumbo
    Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
    Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou!

  101. I have no idea what jambalaya is, but when I find out I’ll put in my new white plastic bowl!

  123. Makes me think of Hank Williams!

    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
    Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou

  130. I can make a jambalaya of the goodies in the box – somehow – someway, and I’m sure it’ll taste wonderful! 🙂

  133. Jambalaya Pop-Tarts?

    Speaking of Pop-Tarts, I never have found the Lemon Cream Pie Pop-Tarts.

  135. Today I opened the door to some Jambalaya’s Witnesses.
    They asked if I would like to take a moment to buy some Cajun sauce to increase my chances of salivation.

  146. I just spent far too long trying to come up with a clever way to work jambalaya into this comment.

  147. Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou!

  163. The real question about “jambalaya” is that we need General Mills to make jambalaya spicy cereal or ice cream. I can already see the hate filled twitter comments….. who would want this….

    well this GUY!!!!!

  185. Something something something New Orleans something something something. And then she said, “yeah, but you tried the jambalaya?”

  191. Sorry, Marvo, but I refuse (REFUSE!) to mention “jambalaya” in this post.

    Just.

    Won’t.

    Do.

    It.

    (jambalaya)

  193. Jumpin jambalaya they may say
    As everyone wants to play
    For swag and to brag
    We’re all here to wag
    Posting comments in the box ya see
    What could those goodies be?

  204. Last night I had a dream that I was rocking out to Bob Seager on my bluetooth speaker wearing just sunglasses, socks and a tshirt while eating some sour patchkids kids jambalaya chex mix from a white plastic bowl when Ben tried to poke me with his selfie stick. This distracted me, and that damn Jerry stuffed my moms expensive crystal egg that was on the mantle next to the drink cozies in his sparkly bag, and he stole it!

    It didn’t make sense at the time, but now this…

  209. I make jambalaya using sautéd Adelle’s Andouille sausage, onions, peppers, celery, short-sticky rice, tomatoes, chicken, and Asian hot pepper. It’s delicious!

  210. This reply post must include the word … jambalaya….
    jam•ba•laya….which is a noun and is a Cajun dish of rice with shrimp, chicken and vegetables.

  214. Jambalaya….kinda sounds like the hodge podge of items in these boxes. I could use a plastic bowl to eat some jambalaya

  217. jambalaya, you’ve got me on my knees
    jambalaya, I’m begging, darling please
    jambalaya, darling won’t you ease my worried mind

  222. Someday, the history of this blog will grow long enough that Doritos comes out with jambalaya flavored chips or something and you’ll get to actually review it.

  225. Just sitting here, thinking about eating jambalaya on a playa on fiyah—as one does.

  228. Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
    Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou

    — R.I.P. Hank Williams

  230. I’ve never had jambalaya, but if I liked it as much as I like reading your reviews I would be happy!

  231. Oddly enough the wife and I actually made jambalaya for dinner last night! How fitting!

  233. I’ve never had jambalaya but I might try to make some and eat it in that white bowl lol

  237. What do you call someone who constantly orders smoothies and can’t tell the truth?

    A jambalaya!

  243. White plastic bowl?
    (Maces other commenters black Friday shopping style)

    Also jambalaya.

  245. Jambalaya For Everybody

    Give your mouth some joy Jambalaya
    Celery, onion, green bell pepper, shrimp, chicken, andouille
    Give your mouth some joy Jambalaya
    Hey Jambalaya

    Dale a tu boca un poco de alegría Jambalaya
    Apio, cebolla, pimiento verde, camarones, pollo y andouille
    Dale a tu boca un poco de alegría Jambalaya
    Hey Jambalaya

    Donnez de la joie à votre bouche Jambalaya
    Céleri, oignon, poivron vert, crevettes, poulet, andouille
    Donnez de la joie à votre bouche Jambalaya
    Salut Jambalaya

    Bay bouch ou kèk kè kontan Jambalaya
    Seleri, zonyon, vèt klòch pwav, kribich, poul, andouille
    Bay bouch ou kèk kè kontan Jambalaya
    Hey Jambalaya

  253. I think I’m due something from this site…as you won’t take me on as a writer. Sob…and jambalaya!

  256. As newman from Seinfeld says: “jambalaya!” Also those items sound amazing and it would mean the world to me if I won one of the mystery boxes! 😀

  257. I’ve never had Jambalaya before. Probably because I don’t have a nifty white plastic bowl to enjoy it in. If only…

  265. I love jambalaya and I bet my 6th grade students would love these mystery items as prizes for good behavior 🙂

  266. Jambalaya isn’t my favorite food, as I didn’t like it the first time I tried it. Granted that was at a hospital cafeteria so perhaps I didn’t experience the true flavor.

  273. “jambalaya.” okay, jambalaya you, too! gimme some of that sweet swag, ya jambalaya lovin’ jabronis!!!

  275. I’ve actually never had Jambalaya before. I want to try it but I want it from someone who knows how to cook it the right way.

  278. Goodbye, Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh
    He gotta go, pole the pirogue down the Bayou
    His Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin’
    Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
    Dressed in style they go hog wild, me oh my oh
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Settle down far from town, get him a pirogue
    And he’ll catch all the fish in the Bayou
    Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
    For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnrSvuOx3lk

  284. jambalaya in a white bowl would be awesome! Or in any other kind of bowl, for that matter.

  295. I live in the “backwoods” and you are my best way of seeing new products that might become available here in 4 or 5 years!! No one here knows what jambalaya even is!!!!!

  300. I would love to win one of the boxes, but if there’s jambalaya in them, it might not smell too good by the time it’s delivered.

  304. I am probably the only person who does not like jambalaya. I do, however, love mystery swag boxes! Thanks!

  312. Jambalaya traditionally contains any of the following meats: Chicken or pork. Sausage — andouille, chorizo or smoked sausage. Seafoods — crawfish or shrimp are the favourite choices.

  315. Jambalaya is similar to (but distinct from) other rice-and-meat dishes known in Louisiana cuisine such as gumbo and étouffée.

    1. Nothing makes me laugh more than people that entered the contest and did not use the word jambalaya.

  318. Coming soon 2022
    New Oreo flavors : Cajun Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya

    The Cajun chicken will be available for a limited time in January and will be a Walmart exclusive. The Shrimp Jambalaya will be out just in time for Mardi Gras and will be a permanent flavor. Can’t wait to fill a big white bowl up for my Mardi Gras festivities!

  319. Living in the New Orleans area, adding jambalaya to any message is pretty routine! ?

  338. The Oxford English Dictionary states that jambalaya comes from the provencal word “jambalaia”, which is a mish mash or mix-up.

  341. I’m interested in a mystery box instead of bills and flyers filling my mailbox. No jambalaya required, it’s bleechh!

  342. I kept asking my Cajun grandma to please give me a large bowl of gumbo, but she just kept giving me a small dish of jambalaya.

  346. Here’s to jambalaya, and here’s to a chance at winning a mystery box, my favorite kind of box!

  347. you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato. you got a jambalaya going

  360. I love white bowls and I look forward to my weekly email from TIB! I hope to see jambalaya on next weeks email! 🙂

  361. Honestly, I’ve never had real jambalaya. It has shrimp in it, right? I’m not a seafood person. But i’ve had eel sushi rolls. soooo idk.

  368. My favorite food as a kid was Jambalaya with shrimp but now I’m allergic to shrimp :’) Anyways this would be so cool to win!

  370. Had the best jambalaya at the Reading Terminal Market in Philly! Beck’s I believe. Soooo delicious, 10/10 recommend

  376. You need the holy trinity for jambalaya. It is different from mirepoix. I probably spelled that wrong. Mahalo!

  377. I’ve never won a prize, especially one with jambalaya. I’d be so happy, id yell huzzah! Oh ya! Huzzah!

  380. My mother is from Louisiana so I can always appreciate some good jambalaya but wondering why that was the word chosen

  382. Thanks for all the great news, reviews, and everything else that y’all do. It’s fine work, just like a fine bowl of jambalaya.

  401. jambalaya is best served while sitting in the grass contemplating the meaning of life

  413. jambalaya is best when heavy on shrimp, heavy on hot sauce, and heavy on a side of jalapeno cornbread. <3

    1. Life is like a bowl of jambalaya, could be mighty fine one minute and the next minute spewing into the crapper!

  441. A good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
    Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
    My Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou
    Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
    ‘Cause tonight, I’m gonna see my ma cher ami-o
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
    Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou

  458. Jambalaya tastes so fine
    With sweet plantains up in it fried…
    Serve this dish up nice and hot,
    That’s for sure to hit the spot…
    Of course you know that you’ll feel fine
    Won’t you sit down here and Dine!

  470. So in 1988, a cereal brand I don’t remember offered a Willow (the movie, with Warwick and Val) bowl and spoon if you sent in box tops or something. (I was four, I don’t remember the details.) I was so excited when my grandmother let me take them home a couple of years ago. And that is what I eat jambalaya out of/with.

  475. I really like the jambalaya recipe from the Simply Julia cookbook. Just made it again the other day.

  479. Really hoping there’s no jambalaya in that plastic bowl…

    Wait a minute…

    (….Jambalaya snack bites…)

    Update: Praying there’s some form of jambalaya in that bowl.

  492. I haven’t had jambalaya in a long time. My mother made a really good one, don’t know if it was considered authentic jambalaya, but I liked it.

  507. jambalaya
    balmy
    lamby
    alma
    balm
    jamb
    amyl
    blam
    alba
    lama
    lamb
    maya
    ably
    …and 18 three letter words and 11 two letter words

  508. Jambalaya – know that is how it is spelled, but it always looks like a fake or mispelled word to me.

  510. jambalaya is one of my favorite southern dishes. I wish there were better frozen jambalaya options in stores. Fun word jambalaya.

  516. jambalaya

    This is now part of my morning routine when I get to work 🙂 Open theimpulsivebuy, take a few “Large” sips of my coffee, check my email, and then greet everyone. Thank you for creating/maintaining this fun and informative site!!

  533. Y’all ain’t never got two things that match.
    Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly.
    Ham, no burger. Jam, balaya. jambalaya

  550. Boy could I use a big helping of jambalaya right about now. Maybe I will find a great review of some on the impulsive buy website!

  559. I can never think about jambalaya without thinking of Newman from the soup episode of Seinfeld 🙂

  560. My mother-in-law made jambalaya for the family recently…I don’t know how authentic it was, but I liked it either way!

  561. I would love to win a 1 in 3 chance in getting the box with a white plastic bowl inside. It’s exactly what I’ve always dreamed of eating jambalaya out of, and according to legend it is the only true way to receive the holy white plastic bowl of Lorde Swag

  577. I associate islands and dancing and luaus with the word jambalaya even though I know that they are not related.

  580. I can’t say that I want to eat any jambalaya, but I definitely want to try whatever is in that mystery box!

  591. I am not really a fan of jambalaya, but to be fair, all I have ever tried came out of a box.

  593. I would like to win a jambalaya of wonderful swag, at which point I will break into a rendition of kumbaya while eating a papaya!

  609. I love Jambalaya, but not a fan of the season anymore. Too hot. C’mon Fall!!!

  616. everytime i make jambalaya it boils over and/or i burn it to the bottom of the pot.
    ees my natural enemy but i just can’t stay away. Just like my ex-wife <:)
    mostly i just really want that white plastic bowl. my balls ache for it. please don't blueball me Marvo, that wouldn't be very poggers of you 🙁

  625. I had jambalaya the other night and kind of had a hankering for Sour Patch Kids for dessert. Alas, it was not meant to be.

  626. Haven’t had jambalaya in a long time. (Also, long time reader, first time poster; I really enjoy this blog!!)

  627. A local farmers market has a great jambalaya that I really enjoy. I need to get it more often.

  634. I didn’t want to ruin the 666 comments by adding another, but I can’t miss out on jambalaya.

  635. Jambalaya is a Creole dish brought by the Spanish to New Orleans in the late 18th century. Jamon is Spanish for ham (French is jambon), and this rice dish is a version of the Spanish paella. It is seasoned with cayenne pepper instead of saffron, and initially contained only ham, but Creole cooks soon added shrimp.

  636. two questions
    1.) how does your light shine in the hall of jambalaya?
    2.) How do I win ? I really need that white plastic bowl.

  637. I’ve followed TIB for years. From living in Georgia where I ate a lot of Chick-fil-A to Alaska, home to the Denali Mac to Louisiana where I ate at the nation’s best Popeye’s restaurants which had red beans and rice on the menu, but not jambalaya.

  648. I want to try-ah
    Jambalaya
    But as it stands
    I have empty hands
    And whaddaya know
    I need that white bowl
    or anything else
    you’re willing to send
    from Sour to Ben
    This poem’s gotta end
    so thanks in advance, Marvo.

  654. “What is Jambalaya?” one might ask…Well, “Jambalaya is a Creole and Cajun rice dish of West African, French, and Spanish influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice.” -Wikipedia

  658. One June afternoon, I will sit on the dock of a bay with a big bowl of jambalaya in one hand, and the latest soda flavor in the other. It will be magnificent.

  662. Well if I win the plastic white bowl I’ll be sure to eat some jambalaya out of it, it’s only right.

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