OXOnians love summer for many reasons – longer days, summer vacations, and … fruit. All you have to do is take a quick gander at our Fruit Tools to know we’re slightly obsessed with pitting, splitting, hulling, scooping, coring and dividing to make the most of a deliciously ripe piece of fruit.

We’re pleased to offer a limited number of bloggers the chance to receive a set of five of our favorite fruit tools (worth over $50), each detailed below. If you are interested in being considered, please fill out this form by Monday, April 29, 2013 at 5pm ET. Thank you so much for your interest! We had an overwhelming response and will be in touch shortly with those bloggers that were selected.

As always, please familiarize yourselves with our guidelines on the left hand side of our Blogger Outreach Page. You can always reach out to us at marketing@oxo.com with any questions.

Strawberry Huller

Strawberry fans, rejoice! Our adorable Strawberry Huller makes it easy to enjoy this delicious fruit for dessert or snacking. A quick pierce of the fruit removes the leaves and tart hull in one easy step. A little button on top releases the waste, making for easy cleanup. Though one can use a paring knife for the task (we know, we know…), this tool is particularly great because it is safe for use with kids and reduces waste, so you have more of that sweet fruit to enjoy. Strawberries are grown in the United States from January through November, but they are at their peak from April through June. Learn more about OXO’s Strawberry Huller here.

Mango Splitter

Our Mango Splitter is a favorite among OXOnians – not just because it makes it so much easier to prepare this delicious fruit, best enjoyed in June, but because of how it came to be: a number of years ago, Pastor Kevin Walzac came to us with a “Frankenstein” prototype of a tool that splits and pits mangoes in one easy step. He fell in love with Mangoes while on a mission in Africa and figured many Americans didn’t enjoy this delicious fruit because of how cumbersome they are to prepare. We were floored, and not just by what a genuinely nice person he is. Learn more here.

Cherry Pitter

Would you believe we spent nearly two years developing the OXO Cherry & Olive Pitter We worked tirelessly to create a tool that is comfortable to use, works with a variety of cherry sizes (including Bing and Rainier), and helps control the spray of cherry juice and pits! With such a helpful tool, it’s great to know Cherry Season is so long - Northwest Cherries are at their peak between June and August.We had such great success with our Cherry Pitter program last summer, we decided to add it to the mix again this year – and in a new color! Learn more about this amazing tool here.

Pineapple Slicer

At OXO, pineapples were always something we loved to eat, but the preparation was something left to be desired. With the help of our handy Ratcheting Pineapple Slicer, we’ve been indulging in this prickly skinned fruit more often – thank goodness its season they’re pretty much available all year long, though the peak season for Caribbean Pineapples is August through September. What makes our Pineapple Slicer so special is its handle. Always focused on the tiniest detail, our engineers recommended a handle that worked like a ratchet – that is, one where you don’t have to remove and replace your hand with each twist. Learn more about this amazing fruit tool here.

2-Piece Fruit Scoops

Aah, our Fruit Scoops. Is there anything that these babies couldn’t tackle? Kiwi? Check. Mango? Check. Watermelon? Check. Cantaloupe? Check. Beyond just fruit, these tools are great for avocado, butternut squash, pumpkins… You’ll find yourself turning to them throughout the year. The Scoops were designed specifically to get right between the skin and fruit, minimizing waste. The edges are sharp enough to extract fruit, but safe for use with children (so it’s actually great for Pumpkin Carving time). A soft, non-slip handle is perfect for repetitive tasks – like when you’re making that Watermelon boat! Learn more here.

Who doesn’t love a good cookie? At OXO, chocolate chip may be our favorite type, but to be honest, we won’t turn our noses up at any other circular treat, especially when it’s helping a great cause!

If you’re also a cookie lover, join us in spreading the word about Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and OXO’s mission to help fund pediatric cancer research. To help you do this, we’ll send you two “Good Cookie” Spatulas, one to use and blog about and another to share as a giveaway. Just leave a comment at the bottom of this post with a link to your blog and how we can contact you. Multiple bloggers will be selected to participate!

Image from My Baking Addiction

We love Cherry Season! Not only do we get to eat delicious cherry deserts but we can also play with one of our favorite secret weapons: the OXO Cherry Pitter! This season, it seems like our secret hit the main-stage and became an instant hit. Check out some of the great tweets and posts we saw!

My Baking Addiction featured the OXO Pitter as one of her Kitchen Essentials! With amazing recipes like this one for Cherry Hand Pies, we can understand why the Pitter is one of Jamie’s favorites.

Mango & Tomato made a delicious Sour Cherry Compote recipe that included a beautiful shot of the Pitter.

Image from Mango & Tomato

We were also floored by all the love we received on Twitter! Check out a compilation of some of the top tweets after the jump.

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Have you figured out how to make perfect tomato soup… (and other creams, sauces, soups and baby foods)? Blogger Miss in the Kitchen tackled the soup question with the help of the OXO Food Mill. In a great post about Roasted Tomato Soup, Milisa shared how running roasted tomatoes through the Mill helps give the soup a more vibrant flavor than just boiling them down. Additionally, you have more control over the soup texture when using the three interchangeable disks that come with the Mill.

This is another great example of how OXO is currently working with bloggers. We loved this post and shared it with our Twitter followers and Facebook fans. You can find the delicious recipe here! Do you have any other creative ways to integrate a Mill into an original recipe?

Stay tuned for upcoming opportunities.