Name: Chocolate Fudge
Brownies
Company: Sweet Deceits
Bought: Online
There are two things
about this kit that are different from any I’ve tried so far: One is that it’s
a ‘healthy option’ kit, its packaging is covered if phrases like “deceivingly
good for you” and “guilt free indulgence” and it even has a section on the back
describing all it’s ingredients and how
they are good for you. So I am excited and a little wary of how it will stand
up to the taste test. Secondly, it’s the first one I have ordered online. I
decided to go online to see if I could find any other baking kit companies that
I was missing out on. It turns out there are LOADS but the lovely people at
Sweet Deceits gave me a 20% off code so that I could review one of their
gorgeous healthy kits for you! I was a little worried about ordering something
like this online but I really didn’t need to be, apart from a little denting in
the contents that had no impact on the baking at all, it arrived in one piece
and there were no problems whatsoever.
Part 1) Melt the
coconut oil over a pan of boiling water or in the microwave: I decided to go
with the microwave but the first hurdle was removing the slab of solid coconut
oil from its vacuum packaging. The box had been out on a shelf for a while and
it had slightly melted so I got covered in coconut oil and half of it stuck to
the plastic. I would recommend putting the coconut oil in the fridge for a bit
before opening it, to make sure you get it all out as one piece. The only other
thing was that in the instructions it says it should take 40 seconds but it was
more like 60 by the time it was fully melted.
Part 2) Mix the dry
ingredients, eggs and melted coconut oil together until combined and pour into
the baking tray provided: This is the weird part, mixing the ingredients is
gritty and a little…icky but once its combined its just like any other brownie
mix, pour it into the baking tray that COMES WITH THE KIT (Sorry, that bit made
me really happy, I’ve never seen that before.) and smooth the top so the mix is
level.
Part 3) Bake in a
pre-heated oven for 25 mins: Most of the time with these kits, the timing is a
little off. I often find myself having to put them back into the oven after the
time is up but not with this one! The 25 mins was perfect and the first skewer
test I did came out clean.
The instructions say
to wait until the brownies are cool to eat but of course I couldn’t wait! Now, I
have to admit something to you. I was wary of this recipe, with its weird
ingredients from the start. Three of the four ingredients have coconut in the
title. Maybe its because I automatically expect unhealthy things like brownies
to be full of unhealthy ingredients and these ingredients sound like a diet
salad rather than a dessert. The real shame and the thing I have to admit to
you is that I didn’t like the finished product. Though it looks like a really
good, chewy brownie and smells lovely the taste, for me, just doesn’t work,
they certainly don’t taste like any brownies I’ve had before. I made these for
a party with some friends and some of them agreed with me but not all of them! Some
people really liked these unusual brownies, which leads me to believe they are
simply an acquired taste. Ten points to Sweet Deceits just for the tin included
in the kit though. Very often these kits will ask for a baking container you just
don’t have, while its fine to use one that is as close as you can get, its nice
to have one specially made for this mix! (though, even after I lightly greased
the tin as per the instructions, the brownie still stick to it!)
Over all this is a
fantastic alternative kit, cutting out dairy, gluten and sugar and I love the
tin included in the kit. I would certainly recommend this to parents of
children with allergies or intolerances.
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