Trader Joe's Chocolate Mousse Eggs

An upcoming holiday can only mean one thing in the "bakery" section of Trader Joe's ... that is unique little desserts for the holiday. On one of my last trips to the store, I spotted and picked up a package of the Trader Joe's Chocolate Mousse Eggs. They were simply adorable and I figured it could be a nice little treat with a cup of tea/coffee.

 

The cakes are small ... a little bigger than a mini cupcake and come 6 per pack. The cakes are egg shaped and the tops and sides are coated in a thinner layer of chocolate. The tops of the egg cakes are little drizzled icing to give the appearance of colorful Easter eggs.  The cake layer is moist, the mousse is a rich delicate chocolate mousse and the chocolate is a smooth milk chocolate. Together, it's light, satisfying and a good dose of chocolate. They're not overly sweet, but I found them to be just right.

 

They had a refreshing quality to them, which is weird to say, but I want to say it was due to the fact it's just a very light dessert. I could have one and was satisfied.  I gave one to my niece when she stayed over and she enjoyed the cake, eating the whole thing. So, they're kid approved (but really, what child doesn't enjoy chocolate ... or cake?).

 

A serving, 1 egg, is 100 calories or 3 points plus values.

Angie's Lemon Drop Flavored Kettle Corn

On an afternoon stroll through Target I popped through their Easter section to see what goodies had made it out onto the floor. I love checking out the Easter goodies because Easter is one of my favorite holidays for candy. Or in this case ... candy and treats. I adore Angie's popcorn so when I saw the Angie's Lemon Drop Flavored Kettle Corn I knew I had to give it a try. I'm a sucker for lemon desserts and the only thing I could think was lemon popcorn? YUMMO?!

Upon opening the package, a sweet lemon scent wafted out of the bag and it kind of brought me to a moment where I felt I was standing in my local Italian bakery ordering lemon tarts for dessert. It's a deliciously sweet lemon fragrance which only makes wanting to try the popcorn that much more exciting.

The popcorn itself is crisp, which is coated slightly in a sweet/salty kettle corn mixture. The popcorn is then drizzled with a lemon "chocolate" drizzle. It was sweet, salty, lemony and just delicious. Although I did find if you ate it a little fast, the lemon flavor dissipated and was more of a white chocolate flavoring. Just because of the change in flavor, I found myself eating the popcorn a lot slower to savor the lemon flavor instead of bypassing it all together.

A serving, roughly 1 1/4 cup (28g), is 140 calories or 4 points plus values.

Funfetti Dip

Funfetti cake is probably one of the best cakes that Pillsbury produces and sells.  There’s pudding in the mix which makes the cake super moist and who doesn’t love cute little sprinkles of color throughout their cake and if you’re feeling adventurous cute color sprinkles throughout their frosting?  The downside … it’s one of the higher calorie cake mixes.

Now fast forward to the fabulous brain power in some Weight Watchers members, someone (apologies, don’t know who the first person who created this recipe was) came up with a DIP using funfetti dip and incorporated it with some guilt-free additions.

I made this dip as one of the desserts to put out on Easter and it was quite a hit.  I will say it makes a HUGE vat of dip, which if I were to make this again, I would undoubtedly cut the recipe in half.  I served it with animal crackers as well as two pints of fresh strawberries.  (Side note: My 1 year old nephew LOVES strawberries and kept dragging himself onto the table to snag the strawberries out of the bowl. So cute!!)

Now if you want to make this dip at home all you need are 3 very simple ingredients.

• 1 box of Funfetti cake mix
• 2 cups fat free plain yogurt
• 1 cup Lite Cool Whip

Mix the ingredients in a bowl and let it sit in the refrigerator for about 3-4 hours before serving.  It’ll make it into a thicker, frosting type consistency.

Serving size for 3 points plus you can have ¼ of a cup.  I found this serving to be very generous.  Of course, you’ll need to factor in the points for your animal crackers – or if you wanted to make it even more guilt-free eat it with strawberries.  Either way, it’s divine!

QUESTION:

Have you tried Funfetti dip?