{We're going to get to these in a minute.}
A year ago, I might not have written this post. I had let my Sam's Club membership expire. I'll be honest.....we went in 3 times a year and bought beer and giant boxes of potstickers.
Then, last month, I was offered a tour of our newly remodeled Sam's Club. I was impressed.
First, the store is much more open. They added a center aisle and there are no more trampolines hanging from the ceiling. (Those things always scared me.)
Second, they started listening to shoppers like us. Moms, bloggers....people coming in for personal shopping, not stocking a concession stand.
Now, this was when I decided to renew my membership....
{Pink Velvet Cake Balls: vanilla cake with AmeriColor Deep Pink food coloring.}
And an idea for the leftover chocolate...
Oh. And then there is this.
Red Velvet Cake,
Cheesecake,
White Chocolate.
{PS. Sam's Club did NOT ask me to blog about the club or compensate me for writing this post. The opinions...and the weight gained from the cheesecake...are my own.}
Do you belong to a Membership Club? What is your favorite item to buy there?
We have a membership to Costco and Sam's both. I have to say that I like Costco more, precisely for the reasons that Sam's is now makng changes. Costco has a great produce section, bakery, and seems to cater more toward the home shopper.
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It's just the two of us and we've had a membership at Sam's for a couple of years. I love their big bucket of animal crackers.
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We have memberships to both Sams and Costco. They are both so different. I like Sam's pizza better than Costco's. I also like Sam's produce section.
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Thats so funny that you just posted this because my husband and I just got our Sams club membership and I over looked all of these lovely items! I sometimes think that CostCo holds a bigger place in my heart but maybe because I only went there until now! I love all the samples at both places the best lol
ReplyDeleteLove Sam's. Love pink balls covered in chocolate. Love it when you send over cookies :) xoxo
ReplyDeleteHahaha! This is so funny because that melt and poor chocolate is one of the main reasons that I love Sam's Club. That chocolate is head and shoulders over the standard melt and poor. Last time I was in I picked up white chocolate. I can't wait to try it. :)
ReplyDeleteYour pink cake balls are beautiful against the dark chocolate! Love them.
ReplyDeleteYou could dye the cake batter almost any colour to match any occasion. (Valentine's, Christmas, 4th of July yada yada yada:)
We don't have SAMS's here, we have Costco and yes, we are members.
Love what you did with the extra chocolate too!
Pink cake?! Seriously, what more could a girl ask for?
ReplyDeleteLove the "Always be prepared for company. Or PMS." And while this may be TMI, since I'm riding the peri-meneopause wave, I'm always barely skirting the PMS curl. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteLike you, I used to have membership to sams club and totally forgot about going there, but there's a costco opening soon so i'll have to go there! I think it's the biggest one i've ever seen.
ReplyDeletei love those cake balls! they look so cute! and the red velvet cheesecake from CF is to die for
ReplyDeleteWe don't have a Sam's club(I can see why you renewed your membership!), but we do have a Costco. I love the roasted chicken:)
ReplyDeleteYour pink cakes balls look perfectly beautiful!!!
Hey Girl!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness!
I don't have a Sam's card!
But we have a COSTCO card!
We have a Costco card...so Greg can get his contacts!
But let me say!
A month or so ago...I went into Costco with a list!
OMGoodness!
I almost passed out!
Talk about oooohing and aaawing!
Unfortunately we were purchasing only HEALTHY foods! I could have gone nuts in there on SNACKy items!
But all the healthy foods we got were amazing!
Oh!
Excuse me!
Please don't think I'm ignoring those PINK Cake Balls!
OH~ME!
OH~MY!
So cute! So YOU!
OMGoodness!
Love them!
I would love to go to SAM's with you!
xoxoxoxoxoxooxox
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ReplyDeleteOMGoodness!
I don't have a Sam's card!
But we have a COSTCO card!
We have a Costco card...so Greg can get his contacts!
But let me say!
A month or so ago...I went into Costco with a list!
OMGoodness!
I almost passed out!
Talk about oooohing and aaawing!
Unfortunately we were purchasing only HEALTHY foods! I could have gone nuts in there on SNACKy items!
But all the healthy foods we got were amazing!
Oh!
Excuse me!
Please don't think I'm ignoring those PINK Cake Balls!
OH~ME!
OH~MY!
So cute! So YOU!
OMGoodness!
Love them!
I would love to go to SAM's with you!
xoxoxoxoxoxooxox
These are so pretty - I have always thought about making pink velvet! And we have a Sam's membership. Love it, altho we just get boring things there like chicken and water. Their baked goods are great too!
ReplyDeleteI would tell you what my favorite is but you named it all!!! I have recently bought all the same items that you did! I love the Honeycrisps. I spend all year waiting for the good chocolate to come out. FYI-STOCK UP! They only carry it at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYor funny!
ReplyDeleteThe cake balls and cheesecake look delicious. Who knew about that bark?
I LOVE sams Club
ReplyDeleteIt's the BEST. EVER!
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bB
Our Sam's membership is up-to-date, but I haven't been in forever. Looks like I need to remedy that ASAP!!
ReplyDeleteHaaa! You are TOOO funny!!!!! Great post, and I am loving your site!
ReplyDeleteSam's and Costco have become great places to shop! Pink is my favorite color so I LOVE the pink cake balls :)
ReplyDeleteI just recently purchased a membership at Sam's club (and I am anti-Wal Mart, go figure), and I was amazed at the changes that were made to the store. I haven't been in a Sam's warehouse for, I'd say, 10 years. Sam's club comes in very handy for the baking blog, and I was able to list my blog as a business. YAYYYYY!!
ReplyDeleteOh my, Bridget - those pink velvet cake balls just made my morning! So adorable.
ReplyDeleteI have a BJ's membership and stock up on baking ingredients, Greek yogurt, and snack foods! :)
I love Sam's! I think my husband would spend the night there if he could. My mother just bought an entire case of the Ghirardelli white chocolate for all her holiday baking! And I love the pink velvet cake balls! I'm cake ball/pop obsessed so I can't wait to try these!
ReplyDeleteWe have a Sam's membership and I have to say that I too LOVE the Ghiradelli Chocolate for dipping and candy making:) And I love how their Vanilla Exctract is SO big and for a good $
ReplyDeleteI'm a Costco fan. I grew up with it and now shop there with hubby. I don't know, there's something so comforting to walk down each of the aisles and look at all the sparkly things. :-P Thing is, we end up with more things than we anticipated getting, but the coupons they send out are definitely useful!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have a Sam's near us :-( but I have to say....I'm in LOVE with those pink Velvet cake balls!! did you you cream cheese frosting or vanilla?
ReplyDeletewe do costco around me, but very similar...love the pink velvet cake balls....i just did pink velvet cupcakes recently when I found a recipe someone posted. Fun!
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I am on a diet and this post killed me! Now I SO want to head to Sams! LOL
ReplyDeleteI let mine expire as well.... I was never happy with the selection of organic and fresh food...but I might have to pay them a visit!!
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Beautiful. I haven't done the bulk store bit in forever, but the pics make me miss it. ;)
ReplyDeleteI would love the recipe for your cake balls?
ReplyDeleteWow, those cake truffles look so smooth! Was there really that much of a difference using the Ghiradelli? That's amazing.
ReplyDeleteLove going to Sam's, mostly for the Ghirradellis, but also easy way to get ready for hurricane season!
ReplyDeleteI must try to make some cake balls this Thanksgiving or Christmas, they look tasty. Thanks for the post.
We have a membership to Sam's Club and like it for all the reasons I post here: http://gabbyrm.blogspot.com/2010/10/sams-club-trip-with-cady.html. I hope we have some of those products at ours! I'd love to try that chocolate!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, like the previous commenter, we stock up for hurricane season at Sam's, too.
ReplyDeleteI am Sam's Club member i go there for eveything. I dont even have to show my card at the door. LOL. Love the cake balls. and i also bought the red velvet cheese cake and it is so so good.
ReplyDeleteI love Sam's Club :) And one of my favorite new items there is that chocolate- the white kind too. It melts so easily and it's CHEAP!
ReplyDeleteWow - those cake balls look delicious!! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI have a membership to Costco and LOVE it!
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Love the pink cake balls! Yes, we have a Sam's card, and most often I buy the bags of Tyson chicken breast tenders, brown & powdered sugar, paper products, plastic storage items, and they have the best inexpensive half-sheet pans.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you're back to loving your Sam's Club! Personally, I am a die-hard, won't-step-a-toe-into-Sam's-Club, COSTCO girl!
ReplyDeleteBut I am still happy to see that your Sam's is treating you right... Because they better!
Your cake balls are gorgeous, and that's all that really matters!
Hi!! Sam's is great! I love stocking up on things other than foods(T.P., papertowels, etc.)-the food is just a bonus:)
ReplyDeleteYour cake balls are SO gorgeous! And they look so yummy! How did you make them so the cake batter wasn't so runny, but that it stuck together in a ball? You're so talented!!
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Those cake balls look amazing, I love the pink velvet cake! Yes, I have a Sam's Club membership and normally go there to get some baking needs like 5 pound bags of confectioner's sugar or mass quantities of butter! I didn't see pumpkin at my local Sam's but I may have to go back now and see if they have it, if so I'm stocking up!
ReplyDeleteJust to throw it out there b/c no one else has, we are now BJ's Club members. After being sadden by the Costco here in Charlotte and b/c of the fact their Enfamil formula is super cheap (compared to Target), they take manufacturers coupons (they are the only club to do so), and they sell over 20 Perdue Chicken items (my employer) we made the switch (plus they really cater to the home shopper). But I have been members at all 3.
ReplyDeleteyep, we do! and that's my secret chocolate ;) hope the honeycrisp's are at my sam's!!
ReplyDeleteWe belong to Sam's Club, and pretty much buy large quantities of fruit and water... and now I'll have to add Ghiradelli melting chocolate and Cheesecake Factory Red Velvet Cheesecake. I HOPE ours has both!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing =)
Oh my. I'm drooling!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have Sams Club here but I love Costco. We buy a lot there, bread, tortillas, fruit, dried fruit, veggies, cheese, meat.... I could go on...
ReplyDeleteI don't know if they have the CF cheesecake, but I'm gonna look!
LOVE the cake balls~I might need to make the pumpkin ones for one of the desserts at T-giving dinner :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in Houston too and the Sam's by me had Pumpkin Cheesecake the last time I was there. Yep, I have 2 in the freezer waiting for Thanksgiving right now!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to look for the Ghiradelli chocolate next time I'm there. Can I ask which Sam's in Houston you go to?
some of those products are really impressive! i am a huge costco fan and have been eyeing their red velvet cake for a while, but i just know if i buy it without other people around i'll get myself in a lot of trouble!!
ReplyDeletehow did you do the coating for the cake balls. do you have a recipe. can we do with candy melts. will that come out shiny. please suggest.also is th ecake from box mix
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I belong to both Sam's Club and Costco. I love Sams for their photo lab and books/magazines and Costco for their better selection of items that my family enjoys eating. I hope Sam's Club will step up because they are much closer to me than Costco!
ReplyDeleteThere's no Sam's Club near me...I am a Costco fan, but I'm a first time visitor to your blog, and wow, is it delectable!
ReplyDeleteToo bad I'm GFCF, but a girl can dream, right?
Mmmmm....those look so yummy!
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we love sams for things like ketchup and pizza crust. we buy a case of pizza crust and then any night i am tired they make a homemade pizza
ReplyDeleteSince moving to Texas I have resisted joining a Sam's Club down here, but stocking up on things that we really need and really like is appealing to me. Plus, now with 4 growing children things don't last long around here. Also, I just made some Halloween Oreo balls and was wondering about the integrity of the candy melts. Think I'll use real chocolate next time. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteRed Velvet Cheesecake - SWOON - I have never heard of such a thing and soooo feel like I have been missing out.
ReplyDeleteI have a bj's wholesale membership, hubby gets a discount with his job. I love that i can use coupons(unlike sam's at the time we were looking) and you can stack their coupons with manufactures. I tend to get friday night pizza stuff there(frozen pizzas and frozen snacks) I also like bottle drinks there too(stuff that you can get coupons for like gatorade) There rest depends on what i need and have coupons for.
ReplyDeleteI have been eye-ing that cheesecake for a while now in my local store. It looks AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteYou have officially thrown me over the edge!
funny - I just opened a Sam's club to buy the Ghiradelli chocolate... I usually need to have a friend pick it up for me Its the best and such a deal! OMG - thanks for the heads up on the Red velvet cheesecake.. I can't afford to buy the whole one at CCF often - so this will be perfect!!!
ReplyDeleteI love Sam's and soon we're getting a Costco and I will have a membership to that one too but I do know I love bag huge bags of chocolate chips and the huge bags of powdered sugar. I wish they carried unbleached flour though.
ReplyDeleteMy Sam's favs... two loaves of french bread for $2 and change (perfect for making peach french toast casserole), Eggland's Best Eggs, Lara Bars ( yummy, just dates and nuts) and right now; it's seasonal so GO GET SEVERAL BOXES...Cinnabon Muffin Mix!!!
ReplyDeleteLiving in the hometown of Sam's Club, with many friends employed by them, I may forward your post! Thought you might like to know that they sell more RV Cheesecakes than Cheesecake Factory! Also, they are now stocking unbleached flour for the holiday! Yeah!I too love their half sheet baking pans.
ReplyDeleteYou have the most amazing looking desserts! Yum!
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I LOVE the Ghiradelli dipping chocolate! It is hands down the smoothest melting chocolate and tastes great! Stock up now because they don't carry it year round!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the Ghiradelli dipping chocolate! It is hands down the smoothest melting chocolate and tastes great! Stock up now because they don't carry it year round!
ReplyDeleteWe have a membership, but it's been a while since we last went. I LOVE the pink cake balls!
ReplyDeleteThe cake balls looked great! Way to go! I wish our local Sam's would carry nicer day to day items as well.
ReplyDeleteI heart Sam's...maybe if I go in at the right time I can find a little Bridget to take home with me to make these ;)
ReplyDeleteIts sad, really, the cookie girl doesn not do a good job with anything cake =)!
OMG THIS RED VELEVET CAKE IS THEE BEST WE JUST GOT IT LAST NIGHT
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ReplyDeleteI just piggybacked off my daughter's membership there. That store can be lethal, and you can easily go in and scarf down a whole meal with all the samples. They carry (used to) chicken burgers with carmelized onions and swiss cheese. OMG they were so good! Now they've decided to no longer carry them. Oh well, more room in my cart for chocolate!
ReplyDeleteHi..went through all your truffle recipes...dying to try them out.
ReplyDeletei wanna know though your recipe for the chocolate. is it out a box or from-the-scratch?
Costco is the greatest! They even have their own brand of fair trade chocolate chips now! I always thought pink velvet was just lighter red velvet, thanks for clarifying, I will definitely be trying these!
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