Product: Katz Chocolate Cupcakes – $5.49; Sampler Pack – cost of shipping (varies per state)
There is this amazing and awesome feature on the Katz Gluten-Free Web site that allows you, for simply the cost of shipping, to receive a sample pack of some of their amazing products. How awesome is that? Well, that being said, my gluten-free life would have been incomplete without it.
I admit, this was actually the first thing I ever got from Katz. But after they introduced the donuts, those took precedence over my sampler. I mean…they are gluten-free donuts of awesome goodness™ and therefore were broken into first. And then more donuts arrived. And then there were the pizza shells (and I had been craving pizza). Oh, and the sprinkle cookies…
So, yes, it’s safe to say that I discovered my love of Katz Gluten-Free without even breaking into the sample pack. And with that being said, yesterday when I finally decided it was time to test some of these products, I was fairly confident I would be impressed with what I found.
I chose two of the items in the sampler to split with my roommate for breakfast. My roommate chose the Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcake and I chose the Gluten-Free Honey Muffin.
As I pulled these straight from the freezer, not really having planned ahead on this form of breakfast, I didn’t really give them a proper thaw on the counter overnight, as I do most products from Katz. So, I gave them each a nice heat in the microwave. And it didn’t detract from the texture of flavor that I could see.
Since it was the first thing I bit into, my first sampler pack review goes to the Chocolate Cupcake.
Despite not being able to be given a proper thaw, this cupcake was still fantastic. It looks just like a chocolate muffin. And here’s why – by the grace of the Gluten-Free gods, Katz left them unfrosted. This makes me a happy cupcake devouring girl because I don’t like frosting. I’m actually not even that big of a fan of cake, but do eat it in very small portions. It’s not a weight watching thing…it’s just I’m more of a cookie/brownie girl. Always have been. But, one thing has never changed since growing up and that is that I do not like frosting. I’ve always scraped it off…or given it to my sister or a friend. I’m an odd one, as most people prefer the frosting to the cake itself. So having an unfrosted chocolate cupcake is awesome. You can almost tell yourself it is a muffin.
I loved the taste of these. Rich with chocolate flavor without being too heavy. Especially in the morning, some chocolate products can just be too much and too heavy. I loved that this was had a good flavor balance. I found my sampler to be a little dry, but I think a lot of that can be attributed to going straight from the freezer to the microwave, instead of thawing on the counter overnight. So, I won’t hold that against Katz. If given a proper thawing, I could tell how these would be moist enough that if you pressed on them, they would rise back up and reform. Yeah…this was chocolate goodness.
This is the second gluten-free cupcake I have ventured to eat since going gluten-free a year ago. I liked this one better because it didn’t seem as heavy or as dense as the (frosted) vanilla cupcakes I got from Fresh Market Bakery back in October. Those had also been frozen before I consumed them and I also commented on how they were dry. So…there you go. Normally, Katz chocolate cupcakes come six to a pack, when ordered simply as the product.
When it comes down to it, Katz is on a winning streak with me. This non-cake-loving gluten-free girl was impressed with the chocolate cupcake. I really think Katz can take pride in the products they put out there because, honestly, they put a lot of care into their products and really strive to put out the best.
Hands down…they are achieving it. If you have a reason to celebrate, or just are craving one hell of a gluten-free chocolate cupcake, I highly recommend that you order from Katz. They won’t let you down and you will get simply the best. And if you are a frosting fanatic…now you can just top it off the way you want. No harm, no foul. Just good.
The Celiathlete 