OK Weight Watchers – listen up and listen good: When you are on a diet weight management plan all you want is dessert (ok – well that maybe that is just me). It doesn’t have to be decadent, but it does have to taste good. No one wants to eat dessert that looks like animal terd or tastes like it.
Yesterday, I made 2 Weight Watcher cookie recipes. One went straight in the garbage after the first batch finished baking (note to readers – that would be the angel food cake mix and jelly recipe given to me by my WW leader – if you get it – RUN, as fast as you can away from it!). The second cookie I made was this chocolate cookie. I printed my recipe directly from the WW website, so I know this is definitely one of theirs. The saving grace of this cookie was the fact that I used a very deep, very expensive cocoa. Otherwise it tasted like a weak ass, wannabe brownie. Last night, probably because I was SOridiculously in need of something sweet, I thought they tasted AWESOME. Today – not so much. I now understand why Cheezwaster took one bite and threw the rest of the cookie in the garbage. Is there no one at Weight Watchers that can design a dessert recipe that actually tastes like dessert? Previously, I had also made a “muffin” recipe from their cookbook, which 1) was not sweet at all and 2) was nothing like a muffin (more like a biscuit). Another disappointment. I think from now on, I’m just going to stop wasting ingredients in my pantry and just save points and go for the good/real stuff. A small piece of REAL brownie would satify me a million times more than the whole batch of chocolate cookies I made yesterday. Another Lesson Learned.
Chris wrote:
Yea. I hear ya. Their banana bread recipe is DRY. It’s 1 point, but so does not taste good. Blech! When I bake, I just use low-cal/low-fat ingredients rather than their recipes. Their cooking stuff is good. Baking not so much.
Have you tried/can you try No Pudge Brownies? Those are pretty good. It’s a mix that you just add yogurt to. It’s pretty good if the ingredient list is ok with your allergies.
Kristina wrote:
I haven’t tried any of their dessert recipes, but I try to stick to the good stuff for my dessert. I’ve found that one square of good dark chocolate goes a long way to satisfying my cravings. Or since I like ice cream the Skinny Cow Fudge Bars are 1 point and I think they are great, or Slim-a-Bear has some stuff that is 2 points that is pretty yummy. Cookies and brownies I just splurge on the real thing.
mamamamahoney wrote:
I know this, too. I’ve tried and tried to do the WW recipes, but they just don’t work out. I’m going back to eating 1 good dessert rather than trying to make a replacement. Thanks for the dessert suggestions!
mamamamahoney wrote:
I think I can do the No Pudge brownies. I know I have bought them in the past, but I’d have to double check again. Thanks for the suggestion. I’m just going back to eating one good dessert rather than the WW recipes.