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Amy's Vegan Chocolate Cake Review

Amy's Organic, one of my favorite lines of food, recently came out with a line of desserts in the form of cake (I have also seen some toaster pastries online as well but never in store as of yet) and I had the pleasure of inhalingtrying their Organic Vegan Chocolate Cake. I've actually been sitting on this review for quite some time, as I first tried this product a few months ago.  The first thing I noticed was that this cake is MOIST and dense, definitely stick to your teeth and the roof of your mouth moist.  I happen to love my cakes and brownies extra moist and creamy so this was by no means a problem for me!  The taste and aroma is definitely a deep chocolate, very very delicious!  You would never know that this product was made without eggs or dairy as it has the consistency and mouth feel as your typical cake, in fact this is better than many cakes I have tried in the past.  It almost tastes like a glazed chocolate cake donut.  Very decadent tasting.  Now on to the stats... one slice clocks in at 170 calories, 6g of fat, 130 mg of sodium, 27g of carbohydrates and 16g of sugar.  Each loaf contains 6 slices, and I recommend cutting the loaf in half, then cutting each half into thirds to help make evenly distributed slices and stick closer to the nutritional values.  If you are anything like me the prospect of having an entire loaf sitting in the fridge (refrigeration is recommended) and calling out your name while you sleep may be a bit overwhelming, so this is definitely something you want to share with friends or pass off as something you baked yourselfbring to a small party.  There are two other flavors, Orange and Lemon Poppyseed, but the chocolate definitely seemed most appealing to me.  If I recall correctly these are retailing for $4-$5 and should be in the freezer aisle near the vegetarian goods.  Bottom Line - B+

Sun Flour Baking Co - Pumpkin Spice Cookie

The vegan cookies that I ordered from Sun Flour Baking Co finally arrived today and let me tell you, they were worth the wait!! The two flavors I purchased were Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Spice.  I decided to try the Pumpkin Spice flavor tonight.  IT WAS DELICIOUS! Wow! You would never guess that these cookies were 100% vegan (and gluten free to boot!).  They are moist and delicious and taste like the most decadent pumpkin spice muffin/cookie you have ever tasted.  I am a huge pumpkin spice person, I use my Pumpkin Spice hand lotion all year long, so needless to say I know my way around this flavor!  It tastes exactly like a pumpkin cookie should, spicy and warm yet moist and rich! 

Now on to the deets.... these cookies are not low calorie, the pumpkin spice have 448 calories PER cookie (yikes!!!) so these are not an everyday food, and I think the 10 cookies I purchased will last me atleast a month, if not two!  I initially was going to just eat half of the cookie, but well, you know what they say about potato chips... yeah the same goes for these cookies, I couldn't stop at half!  I fit it into my calorie allotment for the day so I'm not worried.  As for the rest of the stats: Total Fat - 10g, Sat. Fat - .8g, Sodium - 188mg, Total Carb - 66g, Dietary Fiber - 3.9g, Protein - 4.5g, Sugar - 24g.  Bottom line, these cookies are DELISH but should only be eaten in moderation. If you can handle it split one with a friend because even with my iron will I wasn't able to resist eating the whole thing, they aren't that big though which also adds to the problem of being able to eat it all so easily.  All in all I give these cookies a solid A.

Justin's Nut Butter & Chocolate Glazed Donut Coffee

 So far this week I have tried two new foods, the first of which is Justin's Nut Butter packs.  Now I have been known to tear up a jar of peanut butter in one sitting so I was really interested in a single serve option.  Normally I am against those little 100 calorie pack type things because you can just do it yourself and you end up getting less product for more money.  However, peanut butter is a little more difficult to dole into single portions so this, to me, is the best option.  I was impressed with the amount of peanut butter in these little packets.  Each one is 200 calories so that is right around the typical one serving of peanut butter and I had enough to go in my oatmeal and on two slices of my Ezekiel bread this morning for breakfast.  I made sure to get every ounce of delicious peanut butter out and think I may have sprained my thumb but it was well worth it!  I'm glad I purchased four 10 packs of this because I know I will put these to good use!

I wish I was enamored with my second find as I was my first.  The author of one of my fave blogs, Lisa Paige, tipped me off to some of her recent Keurig K-Cup discoveries, the one that caught my eye was the Donut House Coffee Collection's Chocolate Glazed Donut.  My mouth is practically salivating at the thought of an actual glazed donut so I was hoping that perhaps this coffee has some of that delicious and rich essence.  Unfortunately I didn't love it (sorry LP!), it wasn't bad, but it didn't do much for me.  I am usually not a fan of flavored coffees, there is actually only one flavored coffee I have ever liked (Snickerdoodle coffee available @ Coffee Mill in Rehoboth Beach, TO DIE FOR), so I'm not too surprised I wasn't blown away by this.  But if flavored coffee is your thing then I am sure this would probably be good.  I usually drink my coffee black (I never thought I'd say that, it has been a long time weaning myself off the cream/stevia) so I would also imagine that this would taste better with at least a creamer if not some sweetness from stevia/xylitol.  No harm though because Bed Bath & Beyond has started selling K-Cups individually (!!!) which is genius because that way you can try out flavors without committing to a box of 18!  Each individual k-cup is 79 cents, but could end up saving you $8.00 if you end up not liking that flavor.