Devishlly Gu's chocolate puds (GU Puds Hot Choc Lava Tarts)

Member Name: Cheznal

Product:	GU Puds Hot Choc Lava Tarts
Date:	05/06/08 (214 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: creamy chocolately satisfaction

Disadvantages: a little sickly after a while

A while back, one of my colleagues told me to try GU pots because I love chocolate so much, but I totally forgot about them until I was in the supermarket last saturday!

Whilst browsing the chilled section for some yogurts for work, a small black oblong box caught my eye. The words GU mini puds in white writing stood out against the black background. The box was said to contain '3 saucy and cheeky pots au chocolat', made with 53% cocoa.

The base of the box gives you ways in which to enjoy these little pots of gu.

1: Serve chilled as a chocolate truffle dessert (which my review is based on
2: Remove lid and pop in the microwave for 20 seconds to make a rich chocolate sauce (fabulous over ice-cream I am told)
3: Melt as per option 2 and add to a mug of hot frothy milk to make 'proper' hot chocolate.

These pots are priced at £1.48 from Asda

I consulted my friend and 'slimming world' guru at work to see if I could have these as a treat on my diet, and was told that I could but at a large cost of 20+ syns for each one!! A bit more exercise was needed to burn one off! As i had already given up chocolate bars, crisps, fizzy pop and chinese takeaways and lost over half a stone, I decided it was worth saving up my 15 daily syns over a few days to give myself an extra special treat.

~~~ The taste test ~~~

Upon arriving home from my shopping trip, I proceeded to taste-test one of these pots of 'apparently' chocolate heaven. The pot was approximately 2 inches in height, made from black shiny plastic with a pop off lid, which is resealable. The pot seemed a lot smaller than I had imagined but reasoned that if it satisfied my sweet tooth then I would be happy.

I opened the lid and investigated the contents further. The sweet smell of the almost solid chocolate contents filled my nostrils. Positioning the spoon above the pot, I proceeded towards the solid chocolate, the spoon slipped in without any effort. My senses exploded as I rolled the truffle around my mouth. The taste too good for words. Rich, not too sweet, creamy chocolate flavour coated my tongue. Taste sensational! The chocolate begins to melt at room temperature so the chocolate melts on contact with your mouth too. The taste is incredible and very moreish but too much and it becomes sickly so the 50g pots are more than enough.

***Due to my aforementioned attempt at slimming world diet, I find it a lot easier to share a gu pot with my husband as an occassional treat. Half a pot = half the syns and half the calorie intake. They also last longer.

I recommend trying these pots but a word of warning - They are really addictive which is why I only buy these once in a while!

Thank you for reading my review.

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© cheznal 2008

Summary: Fabulous occassional treat - even for slimming world dieters :)