Guacamole Day is coming and so are the prizes!
Guacamole Day is September 16 (yes, really) and we’re celebrating with a fun giveaway.  Three winners will each win a soft-sided cooler with 5 flavors of Wholly Guacamole (classic, spicy, pico, verde, and organic) and 2 flavors of Wholly Salsa (spicy and mild), chips for dipping and a guac/avo gift item (surprise).
There are two ways to win. Leave a comment here either pairing guacamole with a wine—which wine would you drink with guac and chips? (This is wine country after all, there has to be some great choices).
OR tell me what you like to mix in with your guac. Mango? Plums? Roasted garlic? OK, I admit I’m a guac purist…give me guacamole in great heaping unadulterated scoops…I love, love, love the stuff. But I know plenty of foodies that like to doctor their guacamole with added ingredients. So offer up your suggestions.
The drawing will be random, so go ahead and get wild with your pairing or mix-in suggestions.
Wholly Guacamole is all natural, with no preservatives (it’s 96% avocado and 6% spices). It’s made with high pressure processing to keep it food safe—like cold pasteurization—the guacamole stays fresh and green for 42 days unopened in your fridge. And yes, I know I could make my own. But it’s agonizing to wait for the store bought avos to reach the perfect stage of ripeness, and I like being able to whip out guacamole when unexpected guest show up–or just when I crave that smooth rich avo taste (which probably happens too often for my waistline, but hey, Wholly Guacamole was Winner of Shape Magazine snack of the year 2008 and it’s a great ice cream craving substitute, so I can justify it.)
They’ve also got 100-calorie snack packs that you can toss in a lunch box. In fact, if you freeze the snack pack, it will keep your lunch cool and usually thaw in time for lunch or an afternoon snack. Can you tell I’m a fan?
You can sign up online to be a Wholly registered guacfan (online e-club) and get $1.00 off coupons.
So go ahead, give me your wine pairing or guac mix in suggestions here by Sept. 16, 2009Â to be entered to win (sorry, USA residents only).
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Mix in some tomatos or cilantro, for a fresh taste.
I love guacamole!!! Try grilling the avocados first it adds a smoky, caramelized taste. Or add a little cheese to it. Just changes it up a bit but still super yummy.
I like my guac pretty plain, some avacados, sour cream, lime juice, salt, and some fresh garlic, yum!!
I just mix in whatever salsa I have on hand and a little sour cream! Yumm!
We love mixing it with sour cream and salsa and spreading it over tortilla chips.
I like avocados with lime & salt
yellow tail syrah is nice with guac.
I love guacamole with fresh lime and fire roasted tomatoes with garlic! Also like to use the lime tortilla chips!
love guac plain but love adding caramelized onions.
I add chopped tomatoes and onions.
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we love to add some rotelle to it!
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What’s quak without cilantro!! Or a good Old Vine Zinfandel from Girard…
I mix in lime juice, salt and salsa.
Guacamole plus canned chipotle peppers in adobo is a hot-hot-hot combination!
I add chopped red onion, diced tomatoes and have a little sour cream on the side….
I love sangria with mine
Turning Leaf Chardonnay is my favorite with Guac.
For the most part, I prefer my guacamole plain, but sometimes I’ll add some onions & tomatoes
I like to chop up some grape tomatoes and red onions and add them to already prepared guacamole
I would suggest a bottle of Ceja 1999 Pinot Noir
merlot from Mondavi or Sterling.
I mix in garlic and my own salsa (with cilantro). Vino Verde (from Trader Joe’s) would taste sooo good with the guac!
Nothing like adding minced red onions with fresh ground pepper and a shot of fresh lemon juice to the guac and a nice glass of cab to go with it! Mmmmmm…
I love to have Sangria! Mouthwatering just thinking about it.
love sangria
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Guac and chips and GewĂĽrztraminer wine for me!
I would serve a chilled gewurztraminer with guacamole.
I like to dip veggies in guac – mushrooms, carrots, tomatos!
clos de bois sauv blanc (light, dry and crips) with guac and chips. or maybe a stags leap cab with full on messy nachos (extra cheese, extra salsa, extra guac!)
What a fantastic giveaway. I love adding sour cream to my guacamole for a guacamole cream sauce. It’s yummy. I also like to pair it with a nice Reisling. Thanks!
What goes better with chips and guac than sangria? Yummy… and my neighbor just introduced me to a Spanish version that mixes red wine and orange soda. About a 50/50 mix. Sounds funny, but tastes great! I could do that with Guac.
I love to have Sangria with guacamole, and like you I prefer my guacamole classic.
I mix salsa with my gauc and it is delicious. It looks gross (weird color), but the taste is perfecto!
add a little grapefruit juice mverno@roadrunner.com
I would probably pair avocado with a wine like Chardonnay. Yummy!
I mix mashed black beans, sour cream and diced fresh tomato with my guac
I love guacalmole! I make my guacalmole with colby jack and chipolte peppers.
I like a little lime and pepperoncinis with my guac! Thank you!
I like cilantro
Mix carmelized onions and finely diced red and green peppers into guac. A tell glass of sangria goes will with guac.
Best guac add=in???? BACON!
Wholly Molly I add some bacon,tomatoes,and onions for a diiferent kick great on a burger
I like to mix in a little sour cream & pico de gallo, yum!
Navarro Chardonnay makes a special treat with guacamole.
Thank you for the contest.
I like it plain, but some lime juice would be nice
My favorite guac is smeared over a big midwestern angus burger cooked over the grill…..hmmmm and a cold beer
I’m a guacamole purist, too, but we’ve mixed in lightly grilled nectarines (yes, you read that right) with “the guac” and found it to taste surprisingly good. Thanks for the chance to win the awesome prize pack!!!
I like to add chili powder for a little zing.
I love to slice cherry tomatoes in half and add them into my guac!
I add a little sour cream (it makes it so smooooooth).
I like to add extra cilatro and chile peppers for a little heat!
Sangria goes great with guacamole!
I love avocodos and I love wine so any combination of the two would suit me just finr and I rhyme!
I always mix in a little Rotel Tomatoes with sour cream for a interesting twist on a dip.
A little extra chopped onion and some minced garlic – yum!
a lot of BACON!!!!!
extra lime
I am a guacamole fanatic – having subsisted (I am told) on a virtually exclusive diet of avocados when I was but a year old. (My young daughter has a similar habit.) I have found (what a surprise) that our own Ca’ del Solo Albariño has a great affinity w/ guacamole, especially when there is a substantive amt. of lime added.
In Oregon’s Umpqua Valley there is a winery called Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards that creates an Austrian varietal called Gruner Vetliner, and it goes SOOOO well with guacamole and chips (especially when you make guac like I do with hot salsa and diced serrano peppers) mmmmm… I should have bought more of that wine!
I love guac with a taco mix my mom has made since I was little. It is a mix of dried onion, dried garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and cornstarch.
I could eat guac and drink red wine sangria every night…
My secret ingredient for guac is ground cumin. Since margaritas are not wine, I would have to suggest a nice crisp Sauvignon Blanc or a dry Rose.
Tomatoes…mix in a lot of chopped up tomatoes for a little extra treat! mmm…
I love spicy food, so I try to put a little jalapenos in my guacamole!
The only things I like in my guac are lemon juice and salt, thanks for the contest
with jalepenos
I love to mix in lime, onion and garlic powder, chopped tomatoes, and sour cream
I think a good buttery Chardonnay would be yummy with guacamole
guac is so good
i like mine straight up no add ins i enjoy it with tortilla chips and chicken
I like to mix in lime juice and hot sauce in my guac. dip!
i add some salsa and chedder chesse and stick in the microwave for a cpl minutes and then dig in !
I’d serve the guac with a Kendall-Jackson Meritage from Sonoma county.
Love it on nachos and burritos
I like avocados with tuna and cottage cheese, but I like Guacamole with chicken enchiladas–they were made for each other!
I like my guac with onion and garlic
Guacamole with lime juice
I don’t worry too much about the fillings in my burritos, but they have to have guacamole in them.
I would pair my guac with Sangria of course!
peanut butter / dead ants / guacamole!
I would pair it with a White Zinfendel.
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Drop in some ancho pepper and really get it going.
I’d add walnuts to my guacamole!
I love to mix in garlic and a bit of sour cream! yummm!
I like my guac very avocado-y, usually, so I probably wouldn’t add much more than extra lime, or some cilantro…oh, do I love guac…
I love sour cream and tomatoes with my guacamole… *drool*
I would pair guac with a fresh pinot grigio.
I love the more pure type as well. I keep my guacamole chunky and barely smoosh it at all. Also I add tomatoes, cilantro, green onion or red onion or shallots, a bit of minced garlic, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne pepper and that’s it. Yummy. I am making this for dinner tonight!
OMG… wine + guac… i wish i knew… sounds like heaven
I’d like to mix in pomegranate seeds… Weird I know but I was eating some the other day and a couple dropped onto an open taco I was making and I took a bite and the combo of that tart flavor + the creaminess of the taco was AMAZING
I love to mix my Guacamole with salt, pepper, chillies, tomatoes…the list goes on! I LOVE Guacamole but, can you believe only 1 of my children loves it too and my daughter and hubby hates it? They must be crazy! Thanks for the giveaway.
i like mine with garlic, or garlic powder at least
I add shrimp and crab.
I like to keep it pretty simple, but lime or a little cilantro is a nice addition every now and then.
This one is for my husband who says if i was on a desert island and could only pick one food to eat, guacamole would be his choice with salt and pepper. What an awesome giveaway.
Sangria and guacamole, yummy.
I mix in finely chopped fresh homegrown tomatoes and just a little minced fresh garlic and onions.
Guac and salsa mixed is delicious!
I love to mix mine with salsa or pineapple. It sounds awful but tastes oh so good.
I love to mix mine with pineapple. It sounds awful but tastes oh so good.
I usually like mine plain but sometime I put garlic, tomatoes and chopped black olives in it. I’ve also stirred in some chunky salsa and chili powder.
I’d mix mine with garlic and use it as a dip for chips.
I’d like to spread the guac on toast and then I’d put tuns on it. It’s so good. It’s not really mixing them together but they’re eaten together.
I drink Sangria and it goes with everything.
I love GUAC!! I ususally add green onions to red onions.
I change it up a little, with all the other main ingredients!
We add ranch dressing to ours, it makes it very creamy!
Deffinitely like to have a good pinot grigio with Guac!!!
I love mixing in fresh garlic and chipotles in adobo sauce!
I like to add pico de gallo to guacamole to spice it up.
I like black finely diced olives in guac. I add black olives ot most anything, real olive fan here.
I always add garlic and cilantro and eat it with chips and (forgive me) beer. The best part is my husband and kids do not love it like I do so I get most of it for myself>>perfect!
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I love making guacamole with lots and lots of roasted garlic and roasted onions in it. yum!
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choped tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalepenos and/or cinlantro.
I like a dry champagne or sparkling wine with guacamole.
My son puts tons & tons of garlic in his.
It’s wonderful!
jalepenos
mmmm i looove guacamole!! i use sour cream, salsa, jalepenos,lime, garlic, red onion, cilantro, salt fresh ground pepper, and give or take whatever i may have in my cupboard at the time, and usually if its a fresh summer day I’ll make a fresh chardonnay wine spritzer…mmmm
I always add extra sour cream and tomatoes!
I love Sangria with Mexican food , which always includes Guac. at my house.
I love guacamole. I usually cheat and buy the spice mix that you only need to add the fresh avacado. I usually do add fresh red onion and jalapeno to spice it up a little.
You have to mix some Jalepenos in with the guac!
I add cilantro and garlic to our Guac!
I like to mix my guacamole with sour cream.
I actually like to mix in a little sour cream! It tastes heavenly!
A good Sauvignon Blanc with guac is a great pairing!
I’m with you.. I love guacamole naked like the day it was errr mashed… However, when I feel the need (hubby) to add to it I like to add a little lime, cilantro, onion, tomato, a wee bit of garlic, some jalapeno if wanting spice, and well it really depending what I have on hand… In fact, there was one time we added some fresh sqeezed orange juice and ooo it was heavenly… Odd I know
Sangria, if that counts as wine. Definitely a classic pairing!
I put shrimp in my guac
I love adding bits of cheese to my guacamole.
I use diced pickled jalapeno and diced tomato.
I would definitely pair my guac with a great homemade sangria made with white wine.
I like to add lime to my guacamole. It gives it a sweet little kick.
I’m not a drinker. Well, not since I was in my twenties. And then my favorite drink was a Brandy Alexander served with a sprinkle of nutmeg. As for my Guac…I too am a purist. But when I invite friends over who are not I usually add some coarsely chopped very firm Roma tomatoes to give the dish some color and I set a plate of cheese cubes of different varieties to tease their palates. And mine because the only thing I love more than avocado is cheese.
Love it as a spread on a toasted garlic, everything, onion or pumpernickel bagel!
cilanto, touch of lemon and tabasco
I like fresh lime juice in my guac.
MMMM….drooling…i love guac! my trick is the order I mix them in and having the right tools…i love my mortar & pestle set! grind olive oil, lemon, onion & garlic first, then add cilantro & grind, then the avocado & jalapenos
I’m pretty much of a purist when it comes to eating guacamole, but I do sometimes like diced tomatoes in it.
I really like it plain over shredded lettuce but sometimes I do add finely chopped tomatoes. Don’t spoint mine with too much flavor, I love it just as it is. Thanks for the entry
I Love Love Guacamole just as it is or sometimes I add garlic, tomato’s and onions. I would pair this with a Sunset Blush wine.
I like gauc a “frosting” on corn bread – delicious!
My husband likes it with garlic and roasted tomatoes.Thanks!
I love Cabernet with anything, so why not guac?
Not so much a wine pairing, but I like a margheritta or Corona with my guac and chips!
You mentioned my add-in, a little roasted garlic.
Cilantro, garlic, tomatoes, and jalapenjos
I would serve with some yummy Sangria. And I would probably add some roasted garlic. But I’m a huge garlic fan so I add it to everything. Sounds like a party in a cooler to me! Thanks!
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I love adding it to salsa. Thank you!
Garlic lovers here! Good friends and fun make it the best!
guac/chip & pinot nior or rose
Always homemade, chunky, with lots of garlic & love!
I like my guacamole plain.
I love to add a little bit of crushed red chili flakes to mine. I like to add a little heat to it!!
I love tomatoes and cilantro. Any really sweet wine such as a dessert wine. I know, strange, but I do! We love guacamole! Just delicious with so many things.
Nothing added for me. Straight up with chips and maybe some salsa on the side…YUMMM!
Thank you for the yummy giveaway!
I like to add fresh tomato & vadalia onion
I add cilantro and lime
I would add chopped tomatoes and green onions.
I really like cilantro so I add LOTS of cilantro
I think the logical wine with guacamole would be chardonnay (not sure why I think that) but since I LOVE guacamole and I LOVE merlot, I’d pair merlot & guac!! Thanks.
I put cilantro, lime, a bit of salt and pepper, garlic, green onion, and jalapenos in my guac.
Mine’s gotta be chunky! Lots of onion and habanero. I like to pair it with Red Tricylette Syrah. Or Patron.
i like to add chile powder and lime to my guac
garlic and pepper
I like to add salsa or fresh garlic and red onion. Yum!
I love guacamole! Lots of cilantro and red onions with a touch of garlic and some finely ground white pepper. I’d pair a good guac with a crisp Pinot Gris from Oregon. The citrus and pepper flavors would really pop with fresh avocados. Yum.
I love Beringer’s white zinfandel with guacamole and chips!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I don’t drink wine so I couldn’t answer that question and I like my quacamole as is, nothing added!
I add in some pico de gallo into my mashed avocado and that’s how I make guacamole.
I add garlic powder to my guac Love it
We make a mexican-style bean dip that just wouldn’t be the same without Wholly Guacamole! And the rest of the recipe? Well, let’s just say it makes a tequila chaser taste real smooth…
I like it with sour cream and salsa.
I love to add sour cream and cheese to my guac.
Extra red onion and jalepeno please! Yum.
I love the flavor of it so I don’t like to mix much in, just salt, lime, cilantro and garlic.
I add lots of cilantro, sometimes some garlic too.
I add chopped tomatoes,green peppers, and onions:)
Lots of diced tomatoes and sour cream
I like to add chopped scallions and lemon juice, and sometimes Worcestershire sauce.
I prefer a good chardonnay or pinot grigio with my guac.
I like to add garlic to guacamole.