We used to have nice lazy spring days, going to the beach or relaxing at home by the pool. However, now that my son is obsessed with baseball, we spend hours and hours during the week and weekend at the baseball field. I know so many of you can relate. But you know what? I actually love it. [rss-cut] Because we are at the field so much, we have not so fancy picnics at the baseball park. I wish I would say I brought a beautiful wooded thatched picnic basket and we sprawled out on a red and white gingham picnic blanket…yeah, that doesn’t happen. We’re stuck on the oh so comfy (not) aluminum bleachers. Which is ok, because if we were all cute and had our picnic on the ground, the ants and bugs would literally carry us away…the price of living in Florida. I have become a pro at packing our meals for our time at the field. Again, no cute picnic basket, we use thermal totes and the reusable ice packs to keep everything cool. We usually pack your normal….sandwiches, drinks, fruit, string cheese and chips. Chocolate covered potato chips!!!! Speaking of chips, don’t you hate when you pack chips and they get all squished? Annoying. I have some advice, switch to Kettle Brand Chips. I learned a long time ago, the thin chips are a no-go when packing for a picnic! Kettle Brand Chips are ULTRA crunchy and super sturdy. I have tried other “kettle cooked” chips but they don’t hold a candle to the Kettle Brand. Seriously. 
They have been batch cooked by real honest to goodness people in Willamette Valley, Oregon for over 30 years. I know people are all in an uproar about GMO. Well you will be happy to know that their chips are made using only the finest all-natural, NON GMO ingredients. They are actually the FIRST potato chip to be verified by the Non-GMO Project. Kettle Brand Chips is committed to its Natural Promise- all natural ingredients, non-GMO oil and potatoes, and no trans fats, MSG or preservatives. Their products are also gluten free. Ohhhh and mercy..their flavors… Some of my favorites are Sea Salt & Vinegar, Sea Salt (perfect for my Chocolate Covered Potato Chips), Backyard Barbeque®, Spicy Thai™ (AMAZING), New York Cheddar, Honey Dijon, Sour Cream and Onion, Sweet Onion, Fully Loaded Baked Potato™, Unsalted, Zesty Ranch, Buffalo Bleu™(my husbands favorite) and Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper. All of them are amazing. My grocery store doesn’t carry them in the normal chip aisle. Cause they are special chips. They are in the Natural section of my store. A word to the wise..don’t try chocolate covered potato chips with wimpy thin chips, they will get soggy and nasty. The sturdy, uber crunchy Kettle Brand Potato Chips are the only ones I trust to stand up to dipping in chocolate. 
- 1 /2 8.5 oz. Kettle Brand Sea Salt Potato Chips
- 1 cup semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
- Coarse Kosher Salt
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the chocolate chips in a bowl or large measuring cup.
- Microwave the chocolate chips for 30 seconds and stir. Cook in additional 15 second increments, stirring in-between until melted and smooth.
- Immediately dip the potato chips one by one in the melted chocolate and place on the lined baking sheet.
- Lightly sprinkle with Kosher salt.
- Allow to harden at room temperature for about and hour or until the chocolate has hardened.
- Store in a sealed container.
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sandwiches and lots of drinks!
Kettle brand chips are our favorite. I always stock up when they are on sale.
I include lots of fresh fruit in my picnic basket!!
My favorites to pack are Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches, bananas, pretzels and bottled water.
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I would have sparkling water, potato salad, french bread, cheese, chocolate chip cookies, deli meats.
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Must have potato salad to go with the fried chicken.
Potato salad to go with the fried chicken.
I always have to have chips! I love all chips and never buy them because i have zero self control. So a picnic is my splurge time!
I include sandwiches, fruit, chips and napkins
These chips look so delicious! We always have chips and soda in our picnic basket!
I’ve gone as “fancy” as fried chicken in the picnic basket, but the favorites are sub sandwiches. I always loved my time at the ballpark too.
My picnic basket contains cold fried chicken, Kettle brand potato chips and a diet soft drink.
A sandwich, some fruit, chopped up veggies and hummus, and plenty of water! My next picnic will probably include some of those chips, though…yum!
I pack our picnic basket with sandwiches, chips, grapes, brownies and lemonade. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sandwiches and sweet tea.
I tweeted https://twitter.com/anzhie_luv/status/336581188879777793
I love picnics! I like making lettuce wraps with chicken salad or other fillings. 😉
We pack Portuguese rolls, peaches, and water.
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Chocolate chip cookies.
I include hand sanitizer. I’m kinda a germaphobe like that. Food-wise I include chocolate chip cookies.
Pasta salad, fresh fruit, water bottles
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We always include chips and fresh fruit.
Pasta salad (not the mayo kind) with lots of veggies is my favorite thing to include on a picnic!
Now, I’m going to have to try making chocolate covered potato chips! They look too good to pass up!
Something healthy-but-not, like cinnamon apple chips. 🙂
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I love Kettle chips…never tried them dipped in chocolate! Grapes are always included in our picnics.
fruit kabobs!
Cookies of course!
I would have fried chicken, green beans, potato salad, chips, cookies, and drinks
Sandwiches, kettle chips, watermelon, cookies, lemonade & ice tea!
I always make sure there are chocolate covered strawberries for all picnics. A must.
Have to pack potato salad…can’t have a picnic without it!
We like to make wraps with sliced ham, chicken or roast beef, some thin strips of cheese, romaine lettuce leaves, Vidalia onions, cucumber strips, and mayo all wrapped up in flour tortilla. We usually include some carrot sticks, fruit of some kind and either juice or water.
I love Kettle Brand chips. They are so good. I definitely like to have sandwiches, chips, fruit, and water in my picnic.
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Potato Salad is a must!
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Pan bagnat (vegetarian), grapes, potato chips, brownies and cold drinks.
Whoa those are dangerous little critters to have in the house!
Best picnic food lobster rolls!
(keeping em cold? a whole other story lol)
Cheese balls and cookies
Deviled eggs are a must!
I always include strawberries!
Some fancier napkins, some pretty, umbreakable dishes I got just for the picnic basket. Wine, cheese, and whatever strikes my fancy!
I still love fruit roll ups!
Deli sandwiches from Zazus, fresh fruit and blondies!
Lots of veggies
gotta have bottled water
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yum! i want lemonade salt and vinegar chips and a blt!
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Sandwiches, pasta salad and chips for sure
Ucrustables (kids don’t like meat…ugh), fruit, brownies and lots of icy cold drinks.
I would put some cookies or bars in my basket. Thanks for the chance to enter.
I keep plenty of snacks, napkins and drinks.
Fried chicken and potato salad; standard picnic food that truly makes a picnic!
Pasta salad is a must for picnics!
chicken- with friend or chicken salad, grapes, cheese, crackers, apples, some sort of chips, lemonade and water!
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Wine and cheese!
Fresh fruit! Always the fruit of the season.
I love to include both sweet and salty treats…chips and chocolate chip cookies!
I always have some kind of salad!
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I pack sausage rolls, scotch eggs, bakewell tarts and crisps
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Crunchy peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches are a must!
Pickles!!!
Wine, grapes, cheese, hummus, flatbread…….and we’re set!
Egg salad,tuna,cheese,crackers,and cut up veggies!
Pasta salad, cheese, baguette, veggies and hummus.
Lemonade!
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Water and wine. What else do you need? Hydrate, dehydrate… 🙂
sandwiches, chips, sodas and usually something sweet.
Sandwiches, Diet Coke and brownies (gotta have dessert!)
Tweet: https://twitter.com/sharonjo2/status/337031887115673600
Sandwiches, BBQ chips, fruit and brownies.
I have to pack fresh fruit!
I have young kids I love to pack finger foods. We love uncrustables, string cheese, carrots, grapes, granola bars, dried fruit and caprisuns
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I include hot dogs and lemonade/iced tea!
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In my picnic basket is cheese, crackers, red wine, kettle chips (honey Dijon is my fave) and nuts and chocolate
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Chips…a picnic is not complete without chips!
Don’t forget the pickle spears!
it depends on my mood. i’m on a hummus kick right now!
I love the Kettle Chips too. Favorite here is the Buffalo Bleu. Yummy 🙂 Oh, and what do we always have in our picnic cooler? Beer! LOL. Goes great with Buffalo Bleu Chips too. 😉
I like a picnic with ham and cheese sandwiches, wine, and cookies.
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cold cut sandwiches, chips, and slice of cake
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I like to pick up falafel sandwiches, fries and sweet tea to enjoy in a shady spot
Sandwiches, chips and drinks! Maybe cookies if we have any around. It is almost time here in the east for a good picnic.
Lots of water!!!!! and fruit … grapes and strawberries are family favorites
Chips, fruit and water!
I’d pack a subway sandwich, chips and fresh fruit
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A good sandwich (like turkey, cheddar, and apple) and a sweet treat (like a brownie). Or a grill out picnic with burgers!
Cheese, baguette, red wine, and chocolate.
Various salads and fresh fruit.
Chilled white wine.
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Sandwiches, sweets and drinks! ^_^
What do you include in your picnic basket? We include, carrot and humus, fruit and homemade cookies. Nothing better than cookies for kids to run up grab and go.
Wine and cheese! Plus some fruit, crackers and chips for variety.
I always include fruit and pasta salad!
Sandwiches, hummus and veggies, fruit, and cookies. And iced tea to drink.
I always include something sweet (like summer fruit) and something salty (like chips), cheese, bread, and wine.
Sandwiches and chips!!
Sub sandwiches, grapes, and lemonade!
i always include cookies and sweets!
Cheese, nuts, potato salad, water.
Usually chicken.pasta or green salad. pickled beets, iced tea and brownies
I pack sandwiches, chips, and cookies.
Fried chicken, french bread, brownies, and lemonade.
I’d include some sandwiches, fruit, chips and some cheese.
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We have sandwiches, chips, and fresh fruit.
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potato salad
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I always include lemonade and cookies.
Oh wow! This is perfection 🙂 I love sweet and salty treats like this!
I always bring fresh fruit!
I always bring sandwiches and chips.
I really don’t go on picnics but if I did I would eat some kind of wraps, maybe a greek salad, some wine to drink and chocolate strawberries for dessert.
Brownie bites!
I would pack ham and cheese sandwiches, cole slaw and chocolate chip cookies.
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I always pack homemade salsa
I would include turkey sandwiches, grapes, and potato chips
I usually have ham and cheddar cheese sandwiches.
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yummy!
I usually get BBQ wraps, chicken fingers, cole slaw, and water for my picnics 🙂
I would include fried chicken, chips, fruit, and more.
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I would include turkey and cheese sandwiches, salt and vinegar chips, bananas, and a bottle of Merlot.
my perfect picnic basket would have a nice salad and some bread.
Homemade chicken salad sandwiches, fresh strawberries from our garden, chocolate milk boxes, and veggies with dip
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Salad and fruit
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Ham ‘n swiss, a piece of fruit, and a bit of gin.
We include fresh fruit and lots of drinks in our basket
Cheese, crackers, fruit and some sandwiches too! Oh, and some water bottles!
On picnics with the kids, there are always PB&J’s, chips, fruit and soda 🙂 Then we add other stuff based on what we have or what’s on sale 🙂
We pack fruit salad, water , brownies and trail mix.
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Pasta salad, sandwiches, and desserts in jars.
pita chips, hummus, veggies, feta
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I always bring a blanket. And the wine!
I’d pack carrot sticks, an Izzie beverage in Clementine, roasted red pepper hummus, and a Greek salad. 🙂
Fresh fruit, pasta salad, sandwiches, water
It varies but usually cold grilled chicken, my homemade macaroni salad and a fruit salad
I tweeted https://twitter.com/2BeFitBy50/status/339431957710643201
Finger veggies sandwhiches and crispy kale chips and fruit shakes!
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My picnic basket would include wine, cheese and crackers.
Sandwiches of course
sandwiches, fresh fruit, fresh veggies!
https://twitter.com/DesMoinesDealin/status/339843499778265088
Some sandwiches, some chips and some sodas
Lots of water! And lemonade if we can swing it.
Pickles and chips
Sometimes sandwiches, but usually finger foods.
Potato salad and ham n cheese croissant sandwiches are included in my picnic basket.
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we love cold chicken and potato salad.
We have a fun basket – jalapeno rollups crackers cheese olive and flavored beverages.
Thank you.
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I would include fried chicken, coleslaw, potato salad, and kettle chips, of course!
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I include grapes, brie, prosciutto wrapped melon and Triscuits! Oh, and wine!
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I always include fruit, iced tea, and some ham and cheese sandwiches!
I include lemonade in my basket.
My picnic basket always includes Kettle brand potato chips, homemade fried chicken, celery sticks, honey and peanut butter to dip the celery sticks in, deviled eggs, homemade brownies, and homemade strawberry lemonade!
We love Kettle chips in any flavor, pasta salad, pickles and lots of homemade lemonade.
water, wine, fruit, sandwhiches, chips, pickles, desserts
grape juice and pb j’s
always need something salty like chips and fresh fruit especially watermelon or cherries
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I like to include fresh fruit (cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes ), along with deli meat and cheese, and some really good bread.
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Bread, wine and cheese. 🙂
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sandwiches, potato salad and chocolate chip cookies
Fresh fruit, cut up veggies, artichoke dip , chips and cookies and sandwiches. With pop and juice boxes.
crackers, pub cheese, hummus, fruits, cheese, nuts, diet coke & beer!
My son is a fruit-a-holic, so fresh fruit is a must in addition to hummus, whole grain pita chips, cheese, nuts, and some turkey.
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Sometimes I put in fried chicken, salads and always chips!
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Are you kidding me? These chocolate covered chips look amazing and are soo easy to make! Love it! We usually take tortilla wrap sandwiches! 🙂
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I am ry your going to treat try your choclate chips! what a great idea! My husband love those two together!
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Salads and cookies (or baked treats) for sure!!
I haven’t had a picnic in a long time, but I always bring sandwiches, chips and cookies.
Chips, macaroni salad, potato salad and cold sandwiches and watermelon
I include sandwiches, chip, fruit and drinks.
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Our favorites are fried chicken,mom’s potato salad, homegrown tomatoes and homemade lemonade.
sandwiches or foil packs, fruit, chips!! Thanks for a chance to win, too! kmassman gmail
I like to add turkey wraps, veggies and dip, cheese, fruit and wine.
I like to take assorted sandwiches, fruit salad, potato salad, soda, and Kettle chips!
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Sandwiches and diet colas.
Can’t wait to try these chocolate dipped Kettle chip! What a genius creation!
I love to pack wraps, fruit, Kettle chip and iced tea in my picnic basket. Cant’ wait to also add these chocolate covered ones next time.
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deli meat nice bread, cheese,fruit salad, pasta salad
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I like to have finger foods like brie with cheese and some fruit.
fresh summer fruit salad!
I like to include shrimp cocktail, crusty french bread and brie.
My picnic basket always has potato salad, pasta salad, and cold cuts for sandwiches 🙂
my perfect picnic has some good bread, cheese, grapes (or better yet wine!)
https://twitter.com/mermont84/status/351473747057836032
Watermelon, cupcakes & sparkling water.
I always make sure we have watermelon in our picnic basket.
Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Potato Chips – the crispiest tastiest chip around!
lunchmeats and cheeses
potato salad and grapes 🙂
I always have lots of fresh fruit, subs, and pieces of dark chocolate in my picnic basket.
bread fruit cheese & wine
I never leave for a picnic without my deli salad…. I found this recipe out of my taste of home magazine and it’s become a favorite in my house!
I include chips and a box of Kentucky Fried Chicken!
Your dipped chips, of course! Also hummus, tabouli, baba ganouh and sparkling limeade.
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I always like to include fresh fruit.
I like to put blueberries and blt sandwiches in the basket.
Finger sandwiches, #kettlechips and fruit kabobs ps those chocoalte dipped chips look yummy
mini apple pies
I always have potato salad, yum!!
I include sandwiches, chips and Pepsi
i include cookies and fresh fruit in my picnics pry.school.1@gmail.com
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Sub sandwiches!
I would have sandwiches, hummus, fresh fruit especially pinapple its my familys favorite and sweet tea./water
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i include water and soda in my picnic basket, as well as chips with ham or bologna sandwiches. i also include kosher dill pickles, napkins, hand sanitizer wipes and lots of love
Gotta have fresh fruit!
We always have sandwiches, fresh fruit, corn on the cob and chips in our picnic basket.
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I always pack hummus and chips, coconut water, and grapes in my picnic basket! Yummy & Healthy! 🙂
I always include potato salad!
Mustard Potato salad!
chicken salad, cole slaw, chips, peach iced tea
there is something nostalgic about a simple PBJ, plain potato chips, with lemonade for a picnic!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/352428314427789312
I always make hummus for our picnics. It tastes great and it good for you too. I make a basic recipe then add jalapenos and roasted pasilla and bell peppers.
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I would have fruit and pasta salad!
I tweeted https://twitter.com/FloydSara/status/352435433327693827
We love Kettle chips… hubby would make sure they were the first things in the basket! =) Gotta have apples and water too!
fruit salad, sandwiches, chips, drinks, cookies, a blanket and napkins.
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iced tea, a summer fave
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I love kettle potato chips in my basket
I have sandwiches, chips, cookies, and drinks in my picnic basket.
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When I have time I add fried chicken, potato salad, chips and watermelon.
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seedless grapes and danimals yogurt drink
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Turkey sandwiches and chips!
I like to pack sandwiches, chips, dessert, salad, and drinks!
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I ALWAYS PUT A BOTTLE OF WINE IN OUR PICNIC BASKET. I ALSO LIKE FRESH FRUIT TOO!
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Always bring a fresh cold cut sandwich, made with two slices of whole wheat bread, mayo, cheese, turkey, salami and mortadella.
Also, I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/Cris_Giov/status/352490431940005889
My family is all about sandwiches so that’s usually what goes in our picnic basket.
One of my favorite picnic basket foods is Curried Chicken Salad with Apples and Raisins. It is super easy to make and holds up wel in hot weather. I like a little spice in my picnic basket 🙂
Sandwiches, chips, fruits, and drinks. Also tweeted- https://twitter.com/NikkiDugan/status/352548939343478785
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I always include iced tea in my picnic basket.
My perfect picnic basket would include fried chicken, potato salad and fruit salad.
I just like a turkey sandwich, a nice salad, some chips/dip, and some fruit!
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cold cuts, cheese ,bread and chips and dip
Normally I include lots of cheese and fresh fruit…but I’m gonna start putting these in there…omg they look so good!
Fried chicken and potato salad.
Cheese, grapes, strawberries, crackers & champagne
chicken salad sandwiches, chips and chocolate chip cookies
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