GU Chocolate Brownie

Hi all - this is my very first review on Dooyoo..and it had to be Gu brownies. Now, I'm not a chocoholic, workoholic or anything else ending in holic...so there was no reason at all to buy Gu brownies....other than Sainsbury's were doing a 2 for £5 for 2 (normally £3.98 for box of 4) and I thought it would tempt my son to help me with the shopping if there was a wicked treat at the end. This is the important bit: Each bar contains 50% cocoa chocolate, 200 kcals per square (rectangle, actually), 5.6% fat and 14.2 gms sugar (which is approx 3.5 teaspoons) So appearance is deceptive, you feel you could eat the whole box, but you ...

I absolutely adore brownies. I like them best with nuts in them, so when I saw these in the chiller cabinet at my local supermarket I had to try them, as someone who already loves the Gu brand anyway. I did wonder why they're in the chiller cabinet, not the bakery aisle, but I think it's a testament to the freshness and quality of the ingredients. The need for them to be refridgerated does have a downside; having to let them warm to room temperature before being able to eat them. This can take a while and is frustrating when you are so ardently craving one!! The flavour is rich and you can tell it is well made with quality ...

If there's one thing I do like it's a nice chocolate brownie with a cup of tea, but finding a perfect one to suit my taste is hard as I enjoy the US style brownies which have THAT texture that screams 'Brownie' at me - I don't just want a square of chocolate cake that calls itself a brownie. I was in Waitrose yesterday and by the tills there was a pile of individually wrapped brownies priced up at 40p each, the girl on the till said they were part of the GU range and these were being sold so cheaply because the outer boxes had been damaged. Well, as soon as I heard GU I knew I had to buy one (or 10!) because I have yet to meet a GU dessert that I don't ...