Cookies: Everybody Eats Chocolate Chip Cookies

Just want you all to know that I died and went to gluten free heaven after trying Everybody Eats Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Wow these are incredibly special. Not only do they taste exactly like regular gluten choco chip cookies, I think they might be better.

These cookies are crisp, buttery and are packed with juicy chocolate bits that are simply pure decadence. I can't get over how much they resemble gourmet hand-made cookies in size and taste. They are outrageously good- that's all I can say.

If you can stop yourselves from devouring the entire bag, it is highly recommended that the cookies be stored in an air-tight container.

Ingredients:
Rice flour, tapioca flour, cornstarch, potato flour, sorghum flour, butter, 0% transfat vegetable shortening, evaporated cane juice, molasses, baking soda, salt, vanilla, whole eggs, xanthan gum, chocolate.

Allergy Information: May contain soy, peanut or other nut oils.

New weight 11 oz.

Cookies: Nana's No Gluten Chocolate Crunch

I had the ultimate luck in coming across Nana's No Gluten Ginger cookie, so I went ahead and tried Nana's No Gluten Chocolate Crunch cookie. I think I found the perfect gluten free chocolate cookie. This celiac-safe delight is bursting with chocolate flavor and has a crunchy bite to boot. It is dense, not too sweet, and not too heavy a cookie that is perfect for satisfying chocolate cravings. It also has an utterly satisfying creamy chocolate aftertaste that simply hits the spot. Best of all, this gluten free beauty has no refined sugars, no dairy, no hydrogenated oils, no cholesterol, no eggs, no added salt, and no cane or beet products.

Nana's homemade gluten-free chocolate taste is to die for!

Ingredients* (vegan): Brown rice flour, tapioca flour, cocoa, fruit juice, gluten free whole grain dextrins (a natural and unmodified starch), gluten free puffed rice, expeller pressed canola oil, baking soda (non aluminum), pure vanilla.

*Grown from seeds that are not genetically altered.

"Made in a facility that also manufactures products containing wheat, peanuts and tree nuts."

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 1/2 cookie (50 g)
Servings per container: 2
Calories: 180
Calories from fat: 60
Total fat: 6 g
Sat fat: 0 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 190 mg
Total Carb: 31 g
Dietary fiber: 1 g
Sugars: 10 g
Other carbs: 20 g
Protein: 2 g

Cookies: Food-Tek Chocolate Chip

Ah the disappointment! I attempted to whip up a batch of Food-Tek's Quick-Bake, wheat-free, gluten free, trans fat free, enriched chocolate chip cookies, but had little success.

The gluten free chocolate chip mix, like other Food-Tek products comes with its own measuring cup, and multiple packs of mix- in this case 4.

I followed the directions initially which said to preheat the oven to 375 degrees, add contents of mix to a bowl, then add 5 cc of water and 1 tsp. of softened butter, then mix until well blended.

Perhaps I've stated this before with previous Food-Tek reviews, but the little cup needed to measure the water in never seems to have a clearly indicated mark. 5 cc's in reality is about a teaspoon's worth of liquid. So I put in the 5 cc's and mixed and mixed and not surprisingly I couldn't get it past a powder. How could I possibly drop by rounded teaspoons?? So natch I added more water, but of course it was too much water- like maybe a whole tablespoon? It just was so ludicrous.

In the oven, the rounded blobs all blended into one another, though I was still hoping for the best after 8 minutes of baking.

The cookies were uh rather crumbly, delicate would be the clear understatement here, with a taste that might have clearly begun as cookie-like, but soon became decidedly glue-like. "Glue" was Rob's term for them.

It has always been my opinion that Food-Tek products resemble more Easy Bake Oven snacks (anyone remember those?), geared for kids with celiac, than actual food products. So I guess I was left feeling utterly inept that I couldn't bake up some decent gluten free cookies. Yeah, easy for children, and impossible for adults!

So perhaps all you celiac readers out there will have a much better experience with Food-Tek's chocolate chip cookies than me.

Happy Mixing!

Ingredients
Corn starch, sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, vanillin), corn oil, nonfat dry milk, dried egg, baking soda, salt, vanilla, fumaric acid, niacin, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 23 g
Servings per container: 8
Amount per serving
Calories: 100
Calories from fat: 35
Total fat: 3.5 g
Sat fat: 1 g
Trans fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 10 mg
Sodium: 135 mg
Total carb: 17 g
Dietary fiber: 0 g
Sugars: 7 g
Protein: 1 g

Cake: Gluten-Free Pantry Decadent Chocolate Cake Mix

To celebrate a sweet gluten free Valentine's Day this year, I made Rob a Decadent Chocolate Cake from Gluten-Free pantry. I apologize for posting this so late in the game.

The gluten-free cake was simply stunning and unbelievably moist and delicious. I made it in one of those new silicon pans, which I'm still not completely sold on yet.

In any case, this chocolate cake was just divine. I topped it with a chocolate sauce concocted of chocolate bars, cocoa, sugar and butter- but I imagine it would be just as delicious without it.

Unfortunately for me, Rob had the entire cake eaten within 30 hours.

To make the cake, beat 5 tbs. softened unsalted butter, add the mix plus 2 eggs, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and 1 cup low fat buttermilk or low fat yogurt. (I used my favorite full fat Fage yogurt).

The celiac safe mix can also be made lactose free and egg free if desired.

Ingredients:
sugar, white rice flour, potato starch, cocoa powder, tapioca starch, sodium bicarbonate, salt, guar gum, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 3 tbs. dry mix (41g)
Servings per container: 10
Calories: 150
Cal from fat: 10
Total fat: 1 g
Sat fat: 0.5 g
Trans fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 15 mg
Sodium: 230 mg
Total Carb: 33 g
Dietary fiber: 0 g
Sugars: 18 g
Protein: 2 g

Chocolate: Glutano Chocolate Hazelnut Bar

Glutano’s Chocolate Hazelnut bars taste a bit like creamy hazelnut heaven. The bar is pure decadence with its rich milk chocolate coating, and crunchy wafer interior filled in with nutty cream. I do believe it will satisfy even the most discerning chocolate palette.

On first bite, the chocolate just melts in your mouth giving way to the multiple layers of cookie. It’s very similar to an elevated Kit Kat candy bar. Certainly Glutano’s Chocolate Hazelnut Bar tastes too good to be good for you, but this is definitely for any Celiac who needs to satisfy a gluten-free chocolate craving.

Ingredients:

Fructose whole milk chocolate 37% (fructose, dehydrated milk product, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, dried skimmed milk, emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural flavour (vanilla), unhardened vegetable fat (palm oil, rapeseed oil), sugar, maize flour, hazelnut paste (10%), potato starch, maize starch, sweet whey powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin), salt, thickener (guar gum), raising agent (ammonium hydrogen carbonate), antioxidant (L-ascorbic acid).

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 bar (25 g)

Servings Per Container: 3 bars

Calories: 140

Calories from fat: 80

Total fat: 9 g

Sat. fat: 5 g

Trans fat: 0 g

Cholesterol: 5 mg

Sodium: 0 mg

Total Carb: 13 g

Dietary fiber: 0 g

Sugars: 3 g

Protein: 2 g