INTRODUCTION

I have never been a great lover of chocolate, but ever since starting my weight watchers diet in January I have been craving chocolate even thought this is something I have never been interested in before.

Armed with a points calculator I headed to Morrison's for me weekly shop, I went down the cake and sweet alley trying to find a sugary treat that would not ruin my diet if I was to eat it.

When I tapped out the point's values for things like Mars bars and cakes I throw them back on the shelves is disgust as they had extortionate point values, I then spotted these weight watchers chocolate and orange muffins for only half a point per muffin.

The only down side was that I had to actually make them, but this I could cope with as the point values were brilliant compared to buying the pre made muffins and cakes.

ORANGE AND CHOCOLATE MUFFIN MIX

This muffin mix was exactly what I was looking for it would give me the chocolate fix I was looking for and allow me to stick to my diet, without feeling guilty after eating them.

This mix makes 12 individual muffins, each equalling half a point per cake as they will only contain 42 calories and 0.5 grams of saturated fats. these are the guidelines for 12 cakes so if you only make 6 cakes you are looking at a point per cake.

In the muffin making kit you get everything to make the muffins, chocolate orange mix, 12 x cake cases and a packet of chocolate chips are included. So you can have guilt free indulgence.

MAKING THE MUFFINS

This is very simple to do and you don't need to be a certified chef to produce these great tasting treats.

1) Preheat your oven to 220 degrees of 200 degrees if you have a fan assisted oven.


2) Place the twelve cake cases on to a tray, ready for you to add your muffin mixture.


3) This is the easy bit, place your muffin mix and half of the chocolate chips in a bowl and then add 75mls of cold water. Mix the ingredients until it goes light a fluffy and then share the mixture between the twelve muffin cases.


4) Once you have filled the cases and all of the mixture has been used, sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on to the top of the muffins.


5) Now place them in your preheated oven for ten - twelve minutes, before you remove them insure they are firm to touch, if not place them back in the oven until they are firm otherwise they will sink and go very flat.


6) Allow them to cool and the scuff them up, it's as simple as that.

TASTE

As these are a packet mix I was not expecting that much but I have to say I was very impressed as they were very delicious, they reminded me of the chocolate terry's orange in taste and the melted chocolate chips on the top of each cake made them for me.

As this made twelve cakes so I froze six of them down, so I could have them at a later date. If I have not froze them I would have eaten them all I one go, as It happens I did eat all six within a day but I didn't fell guilty as these only cost me three points in total.

PRICES

This muffin mix cost me 1.59 for Morrison's, I have never seen this is any other supermarket so I am unsure if you can buy it elsewhere.

MY OPINION

Overall these cost me roughly 13p each, which I feel is very reasonable. Some may be let down by these as they are very small at only a few bite per muffin but if you are dieting you can't really expect anymore as they can be eaten without ruining you weight loss plan.

These were very tasty as I was expecting them to be bland, but they were very rich in flavour and satisfied my chocolate cravings instantly.

I would recommend these to any weight watcher as they are so simple to make, without taking up to much time and the only things you need to wash up are the mixing bowl, spoon and baking tray so they certainly get my vote.