I would not say I am a cake person. In reality, it is the rare cake for which I long. Mostly, I find them dry, overly sugary, and lacking in moisture. But a few years ago, when I was pregnant with my son, I started to crave cake. Cupcakes in particular, with their perfect portion that one really does not have to share have a strong attraction for me. But grabbing a quick cupcake at a coffee shop is always a disappointment for me. For one, I have to share it, and another, $2.00 for a dry, excessively sweet un-satisfaction. And if I buy a regular cake, not only would it be embarrassing, my son would insist on some and my afternoon would be ruined by the sugar high.
And if one is a parent of a toddler, it is only at work or late at night that one can enjoy the secret sweets in the kitchen, the leftovers from a party, or the stash that you managed to sneak in the grocery cart when your innocent offspring was holding his healthy cucumbers and bell peppers.
And then, I found the Trader Joe’s frozen chocolate on chocolate cupcakes.
Picked up the frozen dessert section, the baby blue box contains 4 frozen chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing. After letting the cupcake sit on the counter, untouched for about 40 minutes, I took the cupcake to the sofa as an accompaniment to Grey’s Anatomy. Ooooo, yummy. The frozenness, rather then dry the cupcake out, seems to keep the cake soft and moist. Not sticky or too gooey, the chocolate is none too sweet, but would easily fulfill the cravings of the most addicted chocoholic.
The cupcakes are listed as 190 calories each with 8 mg of fat, easily fewer calories than a portion of Haagen-Dazs. For a bargain $2.99 (in the San José market) for the quartet, cheaper than the dried out pastry from the local coffee shop.
Now, I just have to master sneaking the blue box into the cart between the frozen spinach and the frozen chicken.
Review of TJ's Sublime Ice Cream sandwiches coming soon…(as soon as our son goes to bed and my husband can open the box!)
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