Introducing: The Picky-Eater Pleaser

We’re giving a big, low-fat welcome to Chobani Champions, the 1st (ever!) Greek yogurt for kids. Strained and blended to perfection, each 3.5 oz. cup of Honey-Nana and VerryBerry is 100 calories of pure deliciousness that we’re sure you and your little ones will enjoy.

And what better way to celebrate the introduction of the newest members of our family than to give the first taste to our fans? All you have to do is join in our little game of show and tell. In the youthful spirit of Champions, comment below with your favorite childhood memory- one of your own or one of your little champ’s. 20 lucky winners will receive an entire case of Chobani Champions- that’s 4 x 6=24 a heck of a lot of CHO!

Good luck!

[Entries for this giveaway will be accepted through Friday, 1/21/2011. Winners will be selected at random over the weekend and contacted on Monday, 1/24/2011.]

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Dawn Hutchins says:

January 22, 2011 at 5:25 am

One of my favorite childhood memories was of camping in Sandwich, cape Cod. We would pull up to a long boardwalk over the marsh and my cousin and I would jump off into the salty water as our family looked on. They would back the campers up, put lawnchairs out and sit all day!

cindy shipley says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:20 pm

My favorite childhood memory is finding the lucky egg in a tree at an Easter egg hunt. The winner got a camera…I was so excited.

Julia says:

January 21, 2011 at 8:05 pm

My favorite childhood memory is waking up to my mom’s french toast on Saturday mornings.

Laura says:

January 21, 2011 at 2:52 pm

This may sound cheesy, but watching my son grow and learn every day is my favorite memory. I love looking back through the past year and watching him grow. Can I just tell you he LOVES chobani like no other? Yesterday, he pounded 3 containers…3! And he’s only 22 pounds and 15 months. We could really use the case:)

Penney Chastain says:

January 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm

My favorite memories would be feeding the ducks in the pond. Fun.

Moe says:

January 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm

my favorite memory was playing with my friends!

Jill says:

January 21, 2011 at 1:36 pm

I have so many childhood memories. One of the top ones is when we would have “snacks for dinner”. Mom would cut up cheese, and sausage, veggies. We would have crackers and chips. We got to eat downstairs on tv trays and watch tv. It was the best. Now being a mom, I realize that my mom probably just didn’t want to cook, too tired, nothing in the house to cook. We have “snack” dinners in my house now. My kids are just as excited as I was. Making traditions is priceless.

Just wanted to share as a side note. I have a sensory child. There is only one kind of yogurt he would eat–yoplait dora( it’s thick and has a creamy texture)–because he is 7, he was getting embarassed about eating it at school. We got the champs this past week. He said “This yogurt is awesome, it tastes like ice cream!!!” Another wonderful product you produce. You guys rock!!!

Meg Dwyer says:

January 21, 2011 at 1:14 pm

My favorite childhood memory was when my neighbors slept over on a summer night. My brother joined us and we caught fireflies in our front and back yards until it was dark. We went for a late night swim in our pool and stayed up late watching the Jurassic Park movies and playing video games like Mario Party. Oh, the good ol’ days!

Lorna E says:

January 21, 2011 at 1:04 pm

It is winter in Illinois. My memory is of snow. So much snow that my parents could not pick me up after a day trip out of town because the lane at my Aunt & Uncle’s farm was drifted over, let alone the gravel roads leading there. The biggest reason I remember this though, is that it happened in mid-April. On my birthday. I think I was 6.

Carolyn says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:58 pm

I think because it’s snowing outside, I am remembering building snow forts in the huge drifts by our farmhouse with my cousins. It was surprisingly warm and cozy in there and we had a blast!

Theresa says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:58 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is spending the entire day swimming in my neighbors pool with my best friend (the neighbors were her grandparents). We would be in the pool from morning until night, only coming out for meals and bathroom breaks. It was so much fun to spend all of that time with my friend and it made me sleep so well on those nights, exhausted from the sun and the swimming :)

Jenna says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:58 pm

My favorite childhood memory is helping my mom cook when I was too short to reach the counter. (I had to stand on a chair!)

Robin S. says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:56 pm

My favorite childhood memories are all the times we would do things outside as a family. We use to fishing, camping and hiking a lot, and I hope I can make the same memories for my kids as they grow. I’ll never forget one hike that my grandmother accomplished. When I was around 13 years old, we all climbed Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine. She made it the entire way and I enjoy looking back at those memories.

Amy says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm

I have 3 sisters, so we did everything together. I remember during a huge snowstorm we made an iglo on the side of our house. And then my dad made us a sledding course using an old work bench. I’ll never forget the time when my sister went so fast, she missed the last turn and went over it into the river at the end of yard. We still joke about it to this day.

Lisa says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:48 pm

My boys love to help me cook, and I hope it’s something they remember and treasure as they grow up.

Christine says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:48 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories was the windy, spring afternoons at my grandparents’ home when my whole family went out to fly a kite. It would go so high that it could no longer be seen!

Tara says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:37 pm

I’m not gonna lie here. I don’t have many memories of my childhood. It was rough and my adult brain has placed them far beyond reach in my psyche.

I do have a few and one of them (and up there on the favorite list) is climbing one of the two cherry trees in my back yard during the summer as a young girl. I would spend hours eating cherries until my fingers were stained red. I wanted to stay up there forever….

Clare F says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:34 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is going over to my Grandma’s house when we’d have school vacations and spending the day baking with her. She passed down all her secrets and I still love baking with all her recipes to this day.

Emily says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:33 pm

my fav childhood memory was when my sister was born!

Megan says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:33 pm

My favorite childhood memory for my kids so far is last year, when we took our first family vacation… it was more like a mini-vaca, but my kids still talk about it. We went to an indoor water park and it was just great.

Dave says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

i loved spending time with my grandparents. i miss them!

Katrina P says:

January 21, 2011 at 12:25 pm

My favorite memories are of just hanging out with family. My family is spread over 3 continents, so whenever we had the chance to actually be together was amazing. We would put on family performances, play board games, and just enjoy being together!

Jackie says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:59 am

One of my favorite childhood memories is spending the day with my grandma, making italian food and then having italian ice for desert. As we were trying to scoop it out, it went flying across the room! So funny at the time and just a great day in my memory.

amy says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:51 am

This isn’t a favorite memory so much as a yogurt memory from childhood. My mom, bless her heart, tried very hard to be all DIY in the kitchen. She tried growing her own sprouts, making her own pickles, and, yes, making her own yogurt. It was awful. And I really do mean awful. It was a VERY LONG time, well into adulthood, before I was comfortable with yogurt again. I was the proverbial picky-eater after having been subjected to some of her culinary experiments. I wish the kid cho had been around when I was a kid. With such perfection, I think mom would have never even tried to make her own.

Selena says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:45 am

Spending the night at my grandparents house, having ice cream for dinner and staying up really late playing poker and blackjack with my grandpa.

Jenny says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:44 am

My favorite childhood memory is spending weeks every summer at my grandparents’ house. They lived in a small town, and my sister and I had plenty of freedom to ride our bikes all over the place until it got dark – very different than our everyday, living in the city!

Lori H says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:41 am

Attending the Rose Bowl Parade when I was six years old. I still remember camping out the night before and then being amazed by it all; sitting on my dad’s shoulders. A TV camera found us and filled the screen with my smiling face! We had just recently moved there from Iowa and our family was thrilled to see me on TV! ;)

alicia says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:40 am

When I was about 5 or six, I had a neighbor who made broasted chicken, something my mom never did. I would actually go help her wash dishes to get a piece of that chicken. Come to think of it, I went through a stage where I would ask my mom to call to se if she wanted help because I loved to play in the bubbles and my mom had a dishwasher.

Sabin says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:38 am

Having sleepovers at my favorite aunts house; and staying up late into the night watching movies, baking and eating.

Erin says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:36 am

Snuggling in bed with Mom reading stories – the world stops and all of our cares melt away :)

Kristina says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:35 am

My favorite childhood memories were our car trips to my great-grandma’s house. We’d stop at a fabulous family-owned donut shop on the way down and gorge ourselves on the best donuts in the world. Then we’d have adventures at great-grandma’s. She told wonderful stories and we thought it was really cool that she didn’t have running water or indoor plumbing. Great-Grandma’s house isn’t there anymore and the donut shop is long gone, but I’ll never forget the great times we had taking trips there.

Alicia H. says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:33 am

One of my favorite memories is my 12th birthday. It fell on Martin Luther King Jr day that year so I already got the day off and then we had a blizzard so I got the whole week off school. My friends came over and we played “figure skating” on my mom’s kitchen floor!

Carly says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:32 am

I always loved playing with Barbie’s. I had a million of them, and I could just never have enough :)

Amanda says:

January 21, 2011 at 11:31 am

Our house growing up was surrounded by woods. My siblings and I spent a lot of time creating paths to play on and ride our bikes. Definitely miss those carefree days!

Lynn says:

January 21, 2011 at 9:50 am

My daughter (now 20) has always had a very funny sense of humor. She went grocery shopping with her grandparents when she was about 3 yrs old. They put her in the shopping card and proceeded to shop. They stepped away (not very far) to peruse the meat selection. Kate proceeded to “holler” “LOOK EVERYBODY! THEY’RE LEAVING ME!” I just have no idea where she gets her sense of humor (wink, wink)

SarahT says:

January 21, 2011 at 8:55 am

Reading in the backyard during the summer school break…I could read a whole book outside! So relaxing and still one of my favorite things to do.

Emily N. says:

January 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

One of my favorite childhood memories was going to the local park and having my mom push me on the swing-set. I loved swinging.

Renee says:

January 21, 2011 at 6:43 am

So many favorite childhood moments to choose from! However, the first one that came to mind was visiting my great aunt, uncle & cousin in Long Island. My parents, grandfather, brother, cousin & I took the ferry from Long Wharf, CT and the ride alone was thrilling. However, once we arrived the food and the company were awesome. My aunt was a gourmet chef before we really had a term for such things. And, she made the best homemade chocolates and ice cream. After dinner, we’d walk the neighborhood and admire the beautiful homes. Get a little sand in our toes and take some photos. Great times!

Jos says:

January 20, 2011 at 11:50 pm

My favorite childhood memory is riding a pony nearby the beach!

Jamie Bullock says:

January 20, 2011 at 10:43 pm

Two of the of the things I remember most is when we got to go to grandma’s house for a sleep over. She would pull out the homemade playdough from the fridge, I remember that salty taste we would get if we accidently licked our hands and we also got to pick out our favorite TV dinner and could eat in the basement in front of the tv in these special child size chairs. Part of the whole thing was waiting for them to cook and be suprised with the desert as it was hidden under the tinfoil.

dana828 says:

January 20, 2011 at 10:40 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is starting a little club with my neighbor friends. My best friends parents were kind enough to allow us to paint a storage room door in their garage bright yellow with our”Honeybees” design, and that became our clubhouse. Man, I miss the ’70s!

Marlena says:

January 20, 2011 at 10:34 pm

It’s hard to pick a single favorite. I think I’m going to go with when I was about five. My family went to a fair and they had hot air balloon rides. The balloon stayed tethered to the ground, but they were letting people go up. I’m sure there were other people in the basket, but all I remember is me and my dad and him holding me up so I could look over the edge.

Lynn says:

January 20, 2011 at 9:43 pm

All the snow we’ve been getting this winter, reminds me of the snowy days back in the fifties, when I was little. I remember the snow accumulation being higher than I was. The icicles hanging from the roof would be so long that they would touch the drifts of snow on the ground.

Kristine says:

January 20, 2011 at 9:03 pm

My favorite childhood memory is watching my grandpa (who was an avid fly fisherman) tie his signature “Dewey Special” fly and then spending the afternoon catching rainbow trout. I wouldn’t trade those memories of him for anything!

Mark says:

January 20, 2011 at 9:02 pm

Riding in the back of the station wagon squished between my brothers, on the way to grandma’s house.

Kristin says:

January 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm

My favorite childhood memory is thanksgiving dinners. Every year we would have a ton of family members together and such great food. To this day it is still my favorite holiday. I can’t wait to instill that love of family in my daughter.

Katie R says:

January 20, 2011 at 8:50 pm

When I was a kid, my Dad and I would have a Daddy-Daughter date every few months. We’d both dress-up, and then we’d go out to a movie (and eat too much popcorn), and then go out to dinner. As a kid, I loved steak, so we’d go to a mid-scale steak house, and I’d feel so sophisticated ordering my own steak from the “Grown-up” menu. Fun times :)

sara says:

January 20, 2011 at 8:49 pm

i remember playing school with my younger siblings. I was always the teacher. Even at 4 years old. I would boss them around and give them homework. Funny enough, I did go to college and become a teacher!!

Kate says:

January 20, 2011 at 8:10 pm

My brother & I got a golden retriever puppy when I was 8 – I remember having the best winter playing with him!

Christina & Mesa Savitsky says:

January 20, 2011 at 8:04 pm

I smile everytime my daughter Mesa is covered in Cho! :) And this Christmas was my new favorite childhood memory…I had no idea is was MORE fun to be a Mom than a kid at Christmas!

Kim says:

January 20, 2011 at 7:55 pm

I loved going camping as a kid. It was a great time heading out in the pop-up camper. I hope my daughter will have fond memories of it as well!

Dana Delaney says:

January 20, 2011 at 7:45 pm

My favorite childhood memory is of my dad taking my brother and I to the gravel pit. Dad would throw coins into the crystal clear water and my brother and I would dive down and get them. We’d swim and dive for what seemed like hours on end.

Eve says:

January 20, 2011 at 7:39 pm

Some of my favorite childhood memories are of baking and cooking with my grandmother. I still call her now to check on recipes or ask her opinions with my recipes since we live a different state. Now that I have my own children, I try to cook and bake with them all the time…especially favorite family recipes. I hope that these times we share in the kitchen will become some of their favorite childhood memories.

jordi says:

January 20, 2011 at 7:18 pm

My favorite childhood memory is my grandparents house. My grandpa would pinch my cheeks and make a little squeel type noise, which i can never forget.

Jasmene says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:59 pm

I loved spending time @ my grandparents house. My grandmother always knew how to make my grilled cheese exactly how I wanted it! I love that my daughter enjoys them too!

Janet says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:49 pm

Eating chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bars on a hot summer day.

Karen says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:39 pm

I loved going to visit my grandparents house at the beach. My grandparents would get us up early and let us sip tea in bed with them. We tidy up and then head to the ocean and play for hours.

Jenny says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:35 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is finding a lost puppy on our front porch. I had always wanted a dog, but couldn’t have one because my sister was allergic. While we tried to find out where this puppy came from, we learned that my sister had gotten over her allergy to dogs. And I fell in love with the puppy, and was able to keep him!

mary-ellen says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:17 pm

My favorite memory occurred during a visit to my grandparents in the rural (and I mean rural) backwoods of TN where my daddy was born. My grandparents raised farm animals including pigs. I begged to go in and feed the pigs – well really they were hogs. I had my bucket of feed and was practically attacked by “Big Mama” – I hightailed it it out there losing one of my flip flops as I got out of her way. I screamed “I lost my flip flop and Big Mama ate it !!!” I still like the piggies though and parents, sister and I always joke me when I wear flip flops: “Hope Big Mama is not too close”.

Kelly says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:13 pm

My favorite childhood memory is from summers. My family would wait for my dad to come home from work and we would head to the public pool and play for a couple of hours before dinner. We loved it because all the daycare kids and others were home for the day and it felt like we had the pool to ourselves.

Chrissy Jadwisiak says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:07 pm

Favorite childhood memory and this may sound silly but I lost my dad this past year and he would get kegs when I was 4 and 5 years old and would send me out to the garage to get him a cup of beer. I look back now shaking my head saying what in the world was he thinking but it’s one of my favorite memories.

Nicole Pomeroy says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:02 pm

Favorite Childhood Memory: Apple picking with my Grandma, then returning to her house to make the best apple sauce in the entire world. I’ve tried, but I still can’t duplicate her recipe. I loved everything from the smell of the house to stealing a taste as soon as I could!

margarete says:

January 20, 2011 at 6:01 pm

My favorite childhood memory: Being on vacation with my family & having seafood lunch floating on the ocean on a raft. And, my dad teaching me how to float on my back on crystal clear ocean water using an empty liter soda bottle :)

Tracie says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:56 pm

One of my happiest memories was actually an every summer memory, my Grandparents would take me along up to the mountains with them once a summer, they would rent a family sized log cabin for a week and my Aunt and Uncle and cousin would go along as well. My cousin and I were the same age and we got along perfectly and we had a blast there every year. We would ride horses, go to the beach, walks through the woods, climb the firetower and overlook the area, spotting deer, fires outside at night, etc. At night, raccoons would come up on the porch and let us feed them, I remember my Grandmother pulling out crackers to give to them. My cousin was sadly taken from us a few years ago so I cherish each and every memory she and I had made together.

andi says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:55 pm

One of my favorite memories from my childhood is our annual family get-togethers with my mom’s side of the family. We camped across the state of Michigan together. The cousins would explore the grounds together, and we would all stay up past our bedtimes enjoying the campfire. Besides, who doesn’t enjoy celebrating an extra holiday (christmas in July)? :)

Becca B says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:53 pm

favorite childhood memory is swimming at my grandparents during the summer with my sister! we used to swim all day long and my grandmother would make home made ice cream and we got to lick the spatula in the pool! it was the best!

shannon walker says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:52 pm

Hands down the best memory is staying at my great grandma’s house. You could play in the tire swing, pick from the garden or swim in the lake. I hope my kids get to experience a childhood just like it.

Cyndy Bunn says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:41 pm

We were pretty poor, but didn’t know it. Dad was a painter, mom stayed home to care for us 6 kids. My favorite memory was dad and mom taking us to the capital city (Raleigh, NC) during the Christmas season to see all the lights on the way and at the mall. Great memories of us 6 kids enjoying the decorations with no thought of being poor!

Kristy says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:41 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is when I was 9 years old and I would be baking apple squares with my aunt. She would tell me all her baking secrets!

Alissa Angelo says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm

My favorite childhood memory are summers spent camping with my family. We’d camp, go boating, waterski, etc. Such a fun time and something I long to do with my girls someday.

eileenc says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:35 pm

A favorite childhood memory of mine is simply having time to play OUTSIDE.

Shelley says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:35 pm

My favorite memories involve camping with my whole family during the summer months in Washington. I hope that I can make new memories with my little champ on family camping trips like that soon.

Whitney says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:29 pm

Spending time with my brother who is 4 years older than me. I would always tag along with him and his friends and would spend hours playing games with him. He lives in a different state now, and I realize how lucky I was to have such a good relationship with my brother growing up.

Karen Sewick says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:27 pm

My favorite childhood memory, is riding with my best friend, on our bikes, in the summer, “hands free”, back and forth, back and forth on the street in front of our homes, to see who would have to grab the handle bars first!!

Michelle says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:26 pm

My favorite childhood memories involve camping in VT. Which included fresh homemade ice-cream, campfires, fishing, and my dad letting us “drive” (on his lap) down dirt roads.

Karen Sewick says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:21 pm

My favorite childhood memory is riding up and down our street, “hands free” with my best friend on our bikes, in the summer, back and forth, back and forth, to see who would have to grab the handle bars first!!

Roni Meador says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:21 pm

My favorite memory was accidently getting left by my parents at a Shoney’s resturant. We have a big family and drove two cars – my parents both thought I was in the other car. After 15 minutes they realized I was “missing” and drove back to find me. I was at the counter eating a gigantic ice cream sundae that the manager had given me free of charge!

Sue says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:18 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is playing down by the creek, or ‘crick’ as we called it. It was part of a 100-acre farm on the back part of our neighborhood in the suburbs of Philly.

Kristen S. says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:18 pm

One of my favorite memories is spending the day swimming at the ocean in Rhode Island, where I grew up. That favorite memory is followed closely by another favorite – falling asleep feeling like I was still riding waves.

Kaci says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:16 pm

My favorite childhood memory is my grandpa bringing me ice-cream and telling me stories.

Melanie Perdue says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:15 pm

One time, the phone rang, my husband answered, talked, and repeated the message to me that church services had been changed to a different time. My three year old son overheard and quickly asked if it was God who had called. It was a lady from church who had called.

Kim says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:15 pm

lying on the ground with blankets looking up at the stars with my parents and 2 brothers, trying to find different constellations!

Brad says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:14 pm

My daughter has been taking ski lessons and she was determined not to ski the bunny hill but the big hill. Up we went on the lift. Down she skiied successfully getting down the big hill without falling and having a good time. Proud moment for me and I’m sure a champion moment for her! Both my girls have been taking the new Chobani Champions to school and give it a thumbs up!

Whitney says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm

My favorite childhood memory is from Christmas. I was tasked with passing out gifts and announced that I had a gift for COW not understanding the pronunciation difference of COW And CAL with Cal being my grandfather’s name. The whole family got a kick out of it and it was a truly funny moment. Whoopsie!

Nikki says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:11 pm

My favorite childhood memory is helping my grandpa (who is a rancher) make all day cattle drives. We would move cattle from one pasture to another on horseback, it was a great way to spend a Saturday.

Jennifer C says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:10 pm

My favorite memories were from the days of being able to go outside, play with all the kids on your street, no parent watching and just jumping from house to house to play with different toys without a care in the world! Oh to be young again :)

Val says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:08 pm

One of my favorite memories: being the oldest, I always ended up keeping an eye on my sister ever since she was born when I was three. I remember catching her in the cleaning supplies cabinet, on the counter turning on the stove and oven, playing in the toilet and once she ate a whole container of green tic-tacs. My favorite time was when I, three years old, had to get my mother to announce that my sister had just eaten a stick of deodorant. Thankfully we have much healthier eating habits in our twenties!

Aimee says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:08 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is of going to Grandma’s house for Christmas Eve. All the cousins would play and we’d always break a pinata. Now my own kids break the pinata on Christmas Eve at their Great-grandma’s house (she 90, now!).

Brenda Sumner says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:08 pm

My favorite childhood memory is spending summers with my grandmother, who taught me how to cook. I’m already doing the same for my 5 year old twins. :)

Ambree Barrett says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:05 pm

My favorite childhood memories are going camping in the summertime in New Hampshire!! Everyone would sit around the campfire at night and me & my sister would sing different songs….its kind of funny because alone..we didnt sound so good…but together our voices sounded really nice!!

Teri says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:04 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories was riding down my grandmother’s huge, steep driveway in a red Radio Flyer wagon with my cousin. We’d get ourselves situated, push off and usually we would make it to the bottom without the whole thing falling over and dumping us out. We were lucky, since the whole thing ended in the middle of a (fortunately not busy) street. As a parent, I’d wince if I ever caught my kids attempting it, but I hope I’d let them be when I remembered what is was like doing it myself as a grade-schooler: for a brief minute, we could fly!

Heather says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:03 pm

My favorite childhood memory would have to be playing outside in the snow as a child and as it was getting dark laying in a snow bank watching the huge snowflakes come down and trying to catch them with my tongue! Also building snow forts with my brother and friends! Loved it!

Linda says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:03 pm

One of my favorite times was walking through the woods with my brother to get to Our Grandmas house early in the morning just to get toast with real home made butter.Then on the way home we always had to stop at a neighbors house to visit .Those visits always ended with her insisting we stay for english muffin pizza for lunch .How amazingly good the toast and muffins tasted .

Jill says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:02 pm

My favorite childhood memories are from our family vacations. We would all pile into the station wagon and drive to our destinations. We went to Colorado, Tennesse, Nebraska, and a few others. We would fight who got to sit in the “way back” that’s what we called the trunk! Now we go on family vacations with our own kids. We drove to Myrtle Beach for our last one.

Jill says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories in North Florida was going to pick fresh fruit with my mother and sometimes my father. I remember my father(now deceased) taking me out on the country roads to pick blackberries along the fence lines.Once or twice a snake would send me running back to the car. Mother and I loved to pick fresh Georgia peaches at Morven every summer.We took small bags of them to friends and then prepped and froze many quart bags to eat during the winter. Then , of course were the blueberries ! Oh, how I loved to pick them! Once I started it was hard to stop! So many wonderful memories of blackbery, peach, blueberry cobblers, ice cream, pancakes, etc. Those were the good ole’ days !

Carrie says:

January 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Family trip to Disneyland and seeing the castle in the Magic Kingdom for the first time! We had a great time together and I felt like a princess!

Karen says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:59 pm

One of my favorite memories with my little Chobani Champions was the day we took them to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World and they got to meet their favorite Princesses for the very first time. The look on their faces was absolutely priceless. It will be something I will never forget and I hope they won’t either!

Lindsey says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:58 pm

My favorite childhood memory is our family getting together at the beach every summer with my cousins.

Christine Schwarz says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:57 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is when my parents would go off for a weekend alone they would hire a local nun, Sister Harriet, to come watch my brother, my sister and me. The nun taught us how to make homemade bread, she read us stories and never yelled. Maybe it was because we were too afraid to do anything bad in front of a nun! She was such a kind old lady with a big heart for children.

Melissa says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:57 pm

One of my favorite memories was finding a poor little kitty that came to our backyard- it was either a stray or a runaway, and it had been ‘accidentally’ shot by my devilish little neighbors with a BB gun. My mom let me take him under my wing and we took him in as our pet- I named him Shish Kabob (weird, I know, especially since I was 5) and loved him to pieces! I guess I’ve always had the animal-loving gene!

Megan says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm

My brother and I loved temporary tattoos when we were kids. My brother would choose ninjas, Teenage Mutant Turtles, typical “boy” tattoos. I would choose dolphins, sunshines, – the “girly” stuff. My dad would buy them for us once a year at the beach and put them on us, asking if we “felt the burn” when he pressed the damp towel to make sure the tattoo adhered to our skin. We would gravely respond that we did, and it that it really burned. We loved it though. I think it was my dad’s way of trying to prevent us from getting real tattoos when we were older.

Lee Jacintho says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:52 pm

My fav childhood memory is actually many memories. I have a best friend, Dianne Charest. She lived across the street from me, and our mothers always made matching outfits for us.
We made a “telephone” of cans and string that acually worked, and strung it across the street from her tenement to ours!
Though not related in any way, we were always taken for sisters.
One day we were at the local animal park and posed for a picture in identical outfits. When we finished my mother was approached and complimented on such a beautiful, well-behaved set of twins!
I will always cherish that memory!

Sue says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:50 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is going ice skating with my family and friends. When we would come home we would make homemade hot chocolate. It was always a contest to see who could fit more marshmallows in their mug!

Cara says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:49 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is really believing I could fly! My parents used to show and breed Afghan Hounds, so we had plenty of dogs around all the time. I would go into their pen, with a cape on and run in circles… jumping around (probably trying to avoid dog poop), truly believing I caught some air… So funny. To this day, I tell my girls that grandma’s back yard is magical… You can fly if you try hard enough.

Mary Anne Dean says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:49 pm

My favorite childhood moment had to be when my parents took us to Cape Cod when we were probably 6,8 and 10. We were visiting friends there. We were on the highway when my brother had to go potty. He talked like Donald Duck to the people we were staying with saying “Connie I have to go potty” Everyone in the car was rolling

Rebecca says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:49 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is going fishing with my dad. Between me and my brother my dad was kept busy running back and forth to remove fish from our hooks, and replace our worms. He never even had time to get his own line in the water. He always had a smile on his face, and us kids always had a blast.

Lynda says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:47 pm

Visiting Disneyland for the first time at age 6 with my Mom, Grandma & Uncle~ I was awe struck. It was absolutely Magical~

Joyce K. says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:46 pm

We use to torment our babysitter. three of us shared one bedroom, and it had two doors, one to the hall, the other to the kitchen, we use to go out one of the doors, and run through the living room, in a circular route back to the bedroom with her chasing us. Years later I found out she didn’t really chase us. Just enough to get us tired and go to sleep easier. She got the last laugh.

c. says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:46 pm

One of my favorite memories from childhood is from a visit to my Grandparents. When I turned seven, my parents sent me to Florida for three weeks. On a sunset visit to the beach (where I spent many happy days collecting shark teeth) a Pelican spotted me on the pier and (this part of the memory gets hazy) for some reason I started running down the pier. I’m not sure why, but, the pelican started “chasing” me (from the air) and decided to drop a surprise….on my head. It was an interesting ride back home to my Grandparent’s house! My children love hearing that story!

Melissa says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:46 pm

My favorite childhood memories are all at the skating rink. Had so many good times there & made so many friends that I am still friends with to this day! Every weekend that is where I would be!

April says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm

Going to elementary school when I was as a little girl is a favorite memory of mine. I have many fond memories from that time…learning to read, the library, tootsie rolls (my teacher gave us tootsie rolls when we got math questions right), friends. Everything was so new to me.

Boo says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm

One of my favorite memories is having the neighbor hook all of our sleds to the back of his tractor and slowly pull us around the field on a sunny, snowy day. Nearly 60 years later this is still a great memory. If you fell off your sled, the tractor was going so slowly you could run and jump back on. We were out for hours and when we came back his wife had hot coccoa awaiting us. Oh, the fun I had with my “bestest” girlfiend, Caroline!

Susan Mills says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is going fishing with my Grandpa. He could do a duck call that would bring all the geese running to the shore. He taught us how to find a good fishing hole, how to bait a hook and how to clean them once we caught them.

Gayle Bernacki says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:43 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories was climbing my Grandpa’s orange tree in his back yard in florida and the little gecko lizzards that were surprised to see me!

Sarah W says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:42 pm

My favorite childhood memory is taking the train with my Grandmother to Coney Island during my summer vacation. She would ride the rides with me and play the games to win prizes. I would be on cloud 9 by the end of the day and couldn’t wait till the next week when she would take me back again.

Jennifer Peterson says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:42 pm

One of my favorite family memories is of taking our 4 kids (ages 8,6,4 and 1 1/2) on a road trip to Florida for Christmas (and we lived to tell about it). We went to visit family and surprised the kids with a trip to see Mickey! I was pleasantly surprised that particular theme park offered yogurt and fresh fruit for dining options!! Places like that sure have come a long way since I was a child.

Kim says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories was baking Christmas cookies with my mom. We’d make HUNDREDS of different types of cookies- I love that she passed down her passion for cooking along with the cherished tradition.

Jayci Thompson says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm

Loving Chobani here at my house!! Favorite memory that I love from my childhood is getting to feed the chickens with my grandma!

Kate Selner says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm

When my son was very young, he loved how soft loaves of bread were, and it was hard to keep him from squeezing them if he got his hands on one. At the store, I neglected during one visit to place the loaf of bread far enough away from him and he grabbed it before I could stop him, squeezing the life out of it, mashing it flat. I went back to the bread aisle, placed the mashed loaf on the shelf and grabbed another one. And wouldn’t you know it, if that boy didn’t do the exact same thing to the second loaf. I snuck back and placed it next to the other mashed loaf, then hightailed it to the registers and checked out as fast as I could. The whole time, my little boy is clamoring for me to give him the loaf of bread. Not a chance!!

Liz says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is of going to the beach every summer with my Grandma. She’d pack all kinds of great snacks that were healthy without us kids know it…if Chobani had been around back then, she would have loved it!

kirstie weidman says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm

i remember my oldest daughter who is now 13 reading the ingredients on a yogurt package and it said live cultures and she thought it said live creatures..refused to eat yogurt for the longest time…and my youngest she is not a pudding eater at all but she loves yogurt..i had bought a container of the chobani for me to try..and love it, my youngest wanted to taste it so i went to get her a spoon when i came back my container was empty…she said mommy that was the best yogurt ever…so now when i go back to the grocery store i guess i will be buying more…twice as more…lol

Jessica says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm

My favorite childhood memory is spending time in the kitchen with my parents. They let me help make dinner, bake cookies, and even let me help when they canned their own food. Those experiences are totally why I am a foodie today!

Richard Garcia says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm

One of my fond childhood memories has to be when growing up in san Francisco,CA, I used to live across the street from City College of SF and every day after school I would get my BMX dirtbike and ride it across the street to the college. Since the school is on hills, I would pretend I would be on a race course and I would ride my bike into the buildings and disrupt classes going on & I remember one time a professor asked if I would like to sit & join in?Well he scared the crap out of me and I ran and never went back into that building again!

Nathan says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm

Camping out by cape canaveral and watching a shuttle launch at 10 pm. It was like the sun was rising at night.

Melissa says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm

My favorite childhood memory was spenging Xmas Eve with my whole family. It was so much different when I was young. I waited for Santa with the rest of my cousins, and got tons of presents. Being older, all that innocence goes away, but it’s still fun to watch the little ones wait for Santa and open all their gifts!

Nathan says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Kayaking and hiking in the local national park

Alie Peverill says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:37 pm

One of my favorite memories with my 10 month old son was when I shared some Chobani with him for the first time. In our house, as soon as a Chobani container is open my kids’ mouths open like little birds waiting to be fed (the 3 year old and 10 month old). So when my son got the first taste (I didn’t think he would like it), he looked straight back and the container with wonderous eyes, probably thinking, “What is this wonderful substance?” Ever since, he’s hooked.

Carly says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:37 pm

I went with my parents and older brother to Disney World in Orlando, Florida when I was about 5 years old. We rode lots of rides, including the spinning cup one, and saw lots of characters.

Alaine Small says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:37 pm

When I was little, we moved from Massachusetts to Kansas, so we used to take these long roadtrips any time we were going to visit family. All 6 of us would pile in the minivan to make the two day trip, and before we’d go, my grandma would give us little packages of goodies for the car ride – games, toys, snacks, things to keep ya busy for 30 hours in a car. I’m sure it was a lot more fun for me than my parents, but it was great as a kid! Too bad we didn’t have any Chobani to pack in the cooler back then – luckily my kids won’t have to worry about that! :)

Penney Chastain says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm

My little Champs, that absolutely LOVE yogurt, recalled a great memory the other day. The loved spending Easter in the mountains. They have never had Champions because our store doesn’t sell it, but I’m sure they would eat it even faster than they eat regular yogurt!

meredith murphy says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:35 pm

One of my favorite childhood memories is riding bikes with my father and grandfather on the boardwalk at the NJ beach down to Atlantic City to get fresh squeezed OJ!

Holly says:

January 20, 2011 at 4:34 pm

fave childhood memory: jumping off the sand dunes in Duluth, MN while watching the lift bridge go up and down eating at Grandma’s Restaurant afterwards!!