Vosges Haut-Chocolat Baking Mixes
September 21, 2010 As promised I finally got to review two of the new Vosges baking mixes. The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix is quite rich. The directions call for two sticks of butter so you know the end result will be beyond delicious. The box yields 12 giant cookies (or about 3 dozen regular ones). I could only eat two regular-sized cookies and my sweet tooth was more than satisfied. The S.O., on the other hand, managed to gobble down at least six in one sitting. We gave away some to our friends and they were inhaled within minutes.
If you do make the smaller sized cookies (about 1 tablespoon raw dough), you might want to check them at 8-9 minutes. The jumbo ones take about 13 minutes to bake. I love the recipe - it's crispy on the outer edge and chewy in the center. Perfect.
I think I gained a pound just by looking at the Caramel Toffee Chocolate Chunk Brownie Mix. It's more like a molten chocolate cake when it first pops out of the oven, but as it settles it becomes a gooey, dense mass of toffee swirled with fudgy chocolate. Vosges founder Katrina Markoff did a superb job at finding that part cake, part chewy brownie middle ground. I love how the toffee chunks melted into these slightly chewy bits of caramel. These brownies are so rich that you really have to eat one small piece at a time. I didn't think the box would yield 16 servings but unless you wanna go into a major sugar coma, it's wise to eat the recommended serving size.
As much as I love sweets, I didn't have time to bake the Love Goddess Cake Mix just yet. I'll report on it when I do. In the meantime, I need to go burn off five thousand calories...
Buy these new baking mixes at www.vosgeschocolate.com.
For editorial consideration, product samples were provided for this review.
Reader Comments (2)
I've given Vosges products as gifts to chocoholic friends who have just loved them. I'll have to add these new items to my Christmas list. ;)
You're a good friend to have! :)
Your buddies will love these mixes.