Thursday 21 February 2013

Review: A Gu product I can eat!

A regular scene in a supermarket these days consists of me checking the ingredients of every single pudding in the dessert aisle (yes, even those with "cream" in the title), whilst Mr LFL looks on in an annoyed-yet-defeated manner. I am of the opinion it is always worth checking, because you never know when the ingredients of a product may have changed. 

On Valentines Day, Mr LFL was in Waitrose, tasked with finding a suitable dessert for our meal that evening. He must have wanted to impress, because he found himself checking each individual pudding as well. Which is a good thing, because we found a Gu pudding I can eat!! 

Before I go into more detail, I must point out that it does contain butter - so those with severe intolerance's or allergies will need to continue the search for a chocolate dessert they can eat. Because I am more mildly intolerant, I can eat some butter (and believe me, it's worth taking the risk for anyway!).

The pudding I can now eat - and will be at every available opportunity - is the Gu Chocolate Orange Melting Middle Puddings: http://www.gupuds.com/our-puds/after-dark-ramekins/chocolate-orange-melting-middles - available at most supermarkets. At £2.39 for 2 (when we bought them), they are not the cheapest pudding, but nor the most expensive, although you could sit and eat both in 1 go (or is that just me?) 

Both Mr LFL and I couldn't believe the only dairy was butter, and we checked the ingredients several times each. In fact, I was found to be checking the ingredients whilst eating it, because I couldn't believe something so yummy, creamy, and chocolaty didn't contain some milk or cream! The pudding needs to be heated for exactly 30 seconds, and apparently any more could lead it to be too un-melty in the middle. Both times I feel Mr LFL showed his microwave expertise, as they were done perfectly.

The pudding is basically a very soft chocolate sponge filled nearly to the edge with an chocolate orange sauce. It is gooey and yummy and very chocolaty and should definitely be tried by everyone! As said previously, I could have eaten both in 1 sitting, although I may have been sick as they were very rich. There is no bitterness from the dark chocolate thanks to the orange addition, and yet the orange doesn't overtake the chocolate flavour, hence  the rich texture and taste. 

Overall, I plan to buy many of these for any occasion I can think of, and enjoy every one of them!

LFLx

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