It's a Loafy sandwich!!

Orange is the cheesiest color of them all! It’s the signature color of our award winning cheeses, the noticeable shade of paint on our tillatastic Baby Loaf buses, and the color to wear to the San Diego Zoo tomorrow. If you’re one of the first one hundred zoo goers to show up in Tillamook orange you’ll get yourself free entry! Anyone wearing orange after the first 100 will save $1 off zoo admission. So who’s ready for a cheesy fun-filled day at the zoo?!

With Halloween in just a few days, I’m sure your orange outfits will not disappoint! In case you need a few ideas to get you started, I’ve put my Tillamook cheesy thinking cap on and thought of some! If you’re feeling extra cheesy how about showing your Loaf Love by dressing up as a loaf of cheese? Mimic your favorite zoo animal like a tiger or an orangutan! Embrace the season by being a pumpkin or a candy corn! You can even represent your favorite teams who are all about the orange! The possibilities are endless so get creative!

The Loaf Love Tour will be there to keep your day cheesy! We’ll be handing out tasty Tillamook Cheese samples, delicious containers of Tillamook Yogurt, and games for the whole family to enjoy. Loafy will also be there ready to high five and give hugs! So put your orange on and come on down to the San Diego Zoo!

See you there!
Pepper Corny Pakou

P.S.
If you’re on Instagram, make sure follow @Tillamook to share your cheesy photos!

By Pakou

What better way to celebrate the fall season than with apples and cheese!!!

The month of October is a beautiful time. The leaves have begun to turn orange, pumpkins are popping up on front porches, and caramel apples have once again returned. As delicious as the traditional treat of the caramel apple is, as a cheese lover I had to ask, can it be done with cheese!? I grabbed three apples, removed their cores and twisted wooden craft dowels ⅔  of the way into their cores.

Experiment equipment
Three apples
Wooden dowels (found at a craft store)
Cream
Flour
8-ounce-bag of Tillamook Medium Cheddar shreds
Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar
Jar of peanut butter
Bag of dark chocolate chips
Wax paper

Directions
My first attempt was an apple dipped in cheese. I melted down some Tillamook Medium Cheddar cheese shreds in a double boiler. I had trouble getting the cheese to stick to the glossy apple skin, and it didn’t turn out as appetizing as I’d hoped.

I’ve been hearing a lot of fan chatter about cheddar and peanut butter. An unlikely, but, delicious combination. I decided to cover my second apple in peanut butter and roll it in Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese shreds.

The third apple I made was a sweet and salty combination of chocolate and cheese. I shredded some Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar with a fine grater and set it aside in a bowl. I thought the extra sharp flavor would be a good contrast to the sweet chocolate. I melted a bag of dark chocolate chips in a double boiler, continuously stirring, and dunked my last apple on a stick into it. I rolled the bottom of the apple into my shredded Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar and set it on wax paper in the fridge for an hour to set. This was my favorite, a salty and sweet fall treat, and my cheesy alteration to the traditional caramel apple on a stick.

What Tillamook products would you dip your apple on a stick into?

By Amalya

Flickr/wwarby (Creative Commons)

How are you celebrating Halloween this year? We’re celebrating with Tilla-Moos instead of candy and our very own Tillamook pumpkin carving. Oh, and a sale! Stop by the Tillamook Shop to get 10% off everything Orange and Black!* Frighten your family with some of the tastiest cheese they’ll ever taste.

*10% off all orange and black items on the Tillamook Shop. Sale is valid October 14, 2012 at 10:00pm through October 31, 2012 at 10:00pm. Only valid for online purchases at shop.Tillamook.com

By Katie

It’s that time of year again! Go pick out the perfect pumpkin and get carving!!!

Loaf-o-Lantern Carving Instructions

Gut your pumpkin and remove the seeds.

Print the Loaf Love pumpkin stencil by clicking here. Use a copier or adjust printing size if the stencil is too large or too small for your pumpkin.

Tape the Loaf Love stencil to your pumpkin.

Transfer the Loaf Love design to the pumpkin by using a pushpin. “Trace” the letters into your pumpkin by making pinpoint marks about 1/8” apart along the edges of the letters. The dots should create an outline of the pattern.

Remove the pattern from the pumpkin.

Carve between the dots using a pumpkin carving tool.

Place your Loaf-o-Lantern on your doorstep with a light or candle inside.

Let your Loaf Love glow!

By Loafy

Tillaween Winners: First to Third Place, left to right

Congratulations to all of the winners of our Tillaween Photo Contest!

First Place: Baby Loaf Sophia (submitted by Mom, Melissa)
Prize: Year’s supply (12 coupons) of Tillamook Cheese

Second Place: Susan’s Tillamook dairy cow and ranch hand
Prize: Tillamook sweatshirt

Third Place: Iliyana’s Baby Loaf
Prize: Tillamook t-shirt

Thank you to everyone who entered, and all who voted!

By Loafy

I know we have a lot of furry friends who LOVE Tillamook! If you happen to be the proud companion of one, take a picture of your pal doing a ‘trick’ for Tillamook and share it with us on Facebook! I can’t wait to see some fluffy Loaf Love!

By Loafy

By Scott

Tillaween Costume Contest
October 14 – 31

For those of you who have been dying (mwaa haa haaa) to dress up like Loafy, one of our dairy cows, or this year’s pride of the Loaf Love Tour, the Loafster convertible — now’s your chance!

Create a Halloween costume that represents Tillamook (cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, butter, cows, Tillamook dairy farmers, the Cheese Factory, Loaf Love Tour Brand Ambassador, or one of our Loaf Love Tour VW Baby Loaf Buses…you get the idea!) and you could win a year’s supply of Tillamook Cheese. Got an urge to do the Muenster Mash? Or channel your inner cow that goes…”Boooo!?” Tillamook orange and black are our favorite colors (hint hint)? Be creative, and cheesy!

How to Enter:

1) Read the official contest rules
2) Share a photo of your Tillamook-inspired Halloween costume on Facebook or Twitter (use @TillamookCheese and the hash tag #Tillaween) by midnight on October 31st.

Entries will be voted on by our Fans through Facebook by midnight Thursday, November 3.

• 1st place: Year’s supply (12 coupons) of Tillamook Cheese
• 2nd place: Tillamook sweatshirt
• 3rd place: Tillamook t-shirt

Three winners will be announced on Facebook, Twitter and our Blog on Friday, November 4.

Channel your inner Spooky Cheddar! Get creative…and have fun!

By Loafy