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Giles & Posner Peanut Butter Maker

Alex — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:53 +0000

RE you a Peanut Butter Nut? Can you think of nothing better for breakfast than warm buttered toast with a thick layer of crunchy yummy peanut butter gooeyness?

With the Peanut Butter Maker from Giles & Posner, making home made peanut butter is as easy and convenient as it is fun. Literally stick the peanuts in the top, turn it on and out comes tasty good peanut butter!

And its not just peanut butter, oh no, this delightful contraption can turn any shelled nut from macadamia’s & pistachios to cashew into delightful yummy butter go right before your very eyes.

Simply select your desired texture, chunky or smooth (chunky all the way!) and watch as it grinds nuts into nutritious and delicious healthy nut butters!

With this easy to clean Peanut Butter Maker, why anyone would buy processed store bought peanut butter from the jar ever again, is beyond us!

Black and Blum Flow Stainless Steel Wine Rack

Alex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:26:48 +0000

If you’re looking for a gift for someone who has slightly posher than average tastes, who maybe considers them self sophisticated and loves a glass or two of the old vino, then there can be no finer present than the Black and Blum Flow Stainless Steel Wine Rack.

The Flow Wine Rack is a stylishly minimal rack that’s wall mounted and inspired by the flow of liquid to create something that is more than a neat space saving wine rack, but also a piece of art as well.

The Black and Blum Wine Rack holds up to 8 bottles of wine, and includes all the bits and pieces you need to attach it to the wall, and nothing is wasted, even the box torn in half and reused to make two eco-friendly wine racks (for use in your wine cellar or garage).

But while the present may be posh, thank’s to giftaholic.co.uk and our frugal money saving ways there’s nothing fancy about the price. We’ve even managed to find a £5 off discount voucher that can be used to get the stylish wine rack for under £20, what a bargain!

Rubik’s 360

Alex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:57 +0000

The curse of the 1980’s is back with a unique “twist” going all 21st century in 360 but gosh darn it that doesn’t make it any easier in fact one might say it’s even harder than you remember.

With over 300 million sold the original Erno Rubik’s Cube is the most popular toy ever and had the whole of the world scratching it’s collective head, and now it’s back we can begin all over again!

Be under no illusion, this is the hardest Rubik’s cube puzzle yet, are you up to the challenge? Or is yours destined to be relegated unfinished to a draw somewhere, if so you might want to leave the Rubik’s sphere as it arrives – pristine and complete, and put it out pride of place, pretending that you were able to complete it!

Thankfully one puzzle that has been made delightfully simple for you is where to buy Rubik’s 360 from. Here at Giftaholic.co.uk we’ve compared prices from a wide range of UK retailers that specialise in gadget wizardry to find the Rubik’s sphere cheapest.

So with that conundrum sorted, on your marks, get set, and ……. twist, or will the first true puzzle from Erno Rubik’s in the noughties be too much of a challenge for you?

The Magic Wand Remote Control

Alex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:01 +0000

If anyone in your house is into the bespectacled wizard known as Harry Harry Potter, then you’ll no doubt have a selection of books chronicling his years at Hogwarts School, you may even have a couple of wands lying around but you won’t have anything quite like this!

This beautifully crafted gizmo looks like something straight out of Diagon Alley and can control your telly, Sky digibox, Stereo or indeed any other infa-red device with an abracadabra swish of the wrist.

Totally button free simply swish, whirl and flick your wand, which can ‘learn’ up to 13 different codes from your existing remote controls and transform them into one of your very own 13 predefined gestures.

It may not exactly be magic, but we’ve yet to see Harry what’s his socks Potter use his wand to silence Katie Price on Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, or series link Eastenders!

As if a muggle being able to perform magic wasn’t brilliant enough, the Magic Wand Remote also features a ‘heartbeat’ like a real Harry Potter wand in the form of various pulses that confirm gesture recognition and tell you when batteries are low.

It’s difficult to emphasise how much fun this is, and how cool the effect is when you’re merrily commanding all and sundry around you. The Hi-Fi, the TV, the computer, the lights (if you’re fancy enough to have remote control lights), anything that needs flicking on or off in the room can be controlled by a wave of your wand.

Gorgeously packaged in a faux-dragon skin presentation box with chinese silk inlay, the Wand is set to become the remote control of choice for any gadgeteer with Potter-esque aspirations. So don’t be a Muggle, with giftaholic.co.uk comparing prices to find you the cheapest prices on totally wizard gadgets its time to get ordering!

Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin

Alex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:45 +0000

This is one cup cake that most certainly isn’t bite size, in fact you’d have to be seriously greedy to scoff down a whole one of these giant cupcakes.

So save your waistline and improve your social life by baking these at Birthday Parties and get togethers, or just invite a whole load of friends to marvel at your amazing baking skills. Just hide the Giant Moulds and watch their jaws drop in amazement as they try and work out how you made such a giant cupcake, is it magic?

The Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin is a professional weight, cast aluminium, non-stick pan. To make your giant cupcake all you have to do is simply whip up your tasty mixture (use your own recipe or follow the one that’s included), pour half in the base section and half in the top, then pop the whole thing in the oven for about an hour, and bobs your uncle (so give it to him for his birthday!).

Plus because we all know that cupcakes taste much better with mountains of icing you can use the moulded ridges of the top half of the cake as a base for your artistic icing skills, making you look like a skilled Parisian pastry chef, when really all you had to do was slap it on!

Giant Cupcake Recipe – Double Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons instant coffee
1/2 cup water boiling
1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 sticks butter softened
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour or use pan spray with flour to prepare pan.
In small bowl, dissolve instant coffee in water; stir in cocoa powder and mix well. Set aside to cool.
Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla; mix well.
Combine cocoa mixture and sour cream. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating after each addition until smooth.
Fold in chocolate chips. Spoon 4 1/2 cups batter into top of cupcake pan; spoon remaining batter into bottom of pan.
Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 15 minutes.
Turn cake onto wire rack to cool completely. To assemble cupcake ice top of cake’s bottom half. Place top half of cake atop iced bottom half. Decorate as desired.

Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera – Pro

Alex — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:33:58 +0000

The Pro Kidizoom Digital Camera is the super duper uber version of the Kidizoom Digital Camera, you can compare Kidizoom Prices at Giftaholic.co.uk, but we’ve got a fantastic offer on the Pro Version of the Kidizoom Digital Camera right now.

Get the Pro Kidizoom Camera at Amazon for £49.99 – thats £30 off the RRP of £79 making it the same price as other top UK stores are selling the standard Kidizoom model.

So what you waiting for grab one of these upgraded 2 mega pixel 25mb memory, 2x zoom, kid friendly digital cameras before they go back up in price and you’re young un uses your seriously expensive Digital SLR as an experimental toy!

The Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera standard model also comes in 3 different colours, blue, camouflage green, pink.

So use our price comparison table to get the best deal on your choice of Kidizoom Camera from the top UK online stores.

Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera – Green

Alex — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:57:34 +0000

Is your heart always in your mouth when your children grab you very expensive 10 million billion pixel all singing all dancing digital camera insisting that they be allowed to take the picture.

Every second feels like an hour, every fumble a potentially expensive accident, because lets face it no matter what the adverts tell us if your child drops your camera on the floor, sticks it under the tap and lets the dog chew it then odds are your camera’s not going to look like it just came out the box!

Which is why the Camo Green Kidzoom digital camera is set to be one of the most popular Christmas gifts this year. Get your child their very first robust digital camera with big chunky child friendly controls for under £50.

You can take and edit pictures, make videos and as with any child friendly device, play games. Capture images though the viewfinder and preview on the 1.8″ colour LCD screen then use the creative workshop to edit photos.

Link up to the TV or computer to view and edit photos or watch videos. Links to TV and PC.In-built games can be played on-the-move or via a TV.

The Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera comes in 3 different colours, blue, camoflauge green, pink as well as a Pro Kidizoom Version.

So use our price comparison table to get the best deal on your choice of Kidizoom Camera from the top UK online stores, for example right now you can get £30 off a Pro Kidizoom Digital Camera at Amazon.

Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera – Blue

Alex — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:51:25 +0000

Is your heart always in your mouth when your children grab you very expensive 10 million billion pixel all singing all dancing digital camera insisting that they be allowed to take the picture.

Which is why the Blue Kidzoom digital camera is set to be one of the most popular Christmas gifts this year. Get your child their very first robust digital camera with big chunky child friendly controls for under £50.

Link up to the TV or computer to view and edit photos or watch videos. Links to TV and PC.In-built games can be played on-the-move or via a TV.

The Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera comes in 3 different colours, blue, camouflage green, pink as well as a Pro Kidizoom Version.

VTech Kidizoom Digital Camera – Pink

Alex — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:37:43 +0000

Is your heart always in your mouth when your children grab you very expensive 10 million billion pixel all singing all dancing digital camera insisting that they be allowed to take the picture.

Which is why the Pink Kidzoom digital camera is set to be one of the most popular Christmas gifts this year. Get your child their very first robust digital camera with big chunky child friendly controls for under £50.

Link up to the TV or computer to view and edit photos or watch videos. Links to TV and PC.In-built games can be played on-the-move or via a TV.

The Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera comes in 3 different colours, blue, camouflage green, pink as well as a Pro Kidizoom Version.

Transformers 2 Voyager Figures

Alex — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:07:50 +0000

Transformers Price Watch – Very.co.uk are doing Three for Two on all Transformer Toys and Figures

Transformers has been a firm favourite among children since the dark ages when we were but knee high to a grasshopper and nothing has changed, Transformers, are still as popular as ever!

There’s something about a Robot that changes into a machine that captures the hearts of children, and not so little big kids the world over as proved by the phenomenal success of the Transformers Movie.

But if Transformers the movie was huge, then this years hugely anticipated sequel Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen has taken those “Robots in disguise” to a whole new level.

There won’t be a boy under ten who isn’t going to bed every night hoping that he’s going to get a Transformers 2 Figure for Christmas this year.

The good thing for parents is that there’s so many retailers stocking Transformers Toys that you’ve got an opportunity to shop around to stock that tree full of gifts without breaking the bank.

Our personal favourite right now? Very, who are doing 3 for 2 on all Transformers Toys, so if you have a plethora of children to buy for this is a very economical option!