I found this delicious double chocolate cupcake at my local Starbucks when I was in there yesterday getting my early release sampling of the dark chocolate cherry hot chocolate. Usually I walk right by the Starbucks bakery section because after losing 40lbs and managing to keep that 40lbs off for two years I consume my sweet treats in moderation. It is particularly difficult to maintain self control when standing face to face with a refrigerated case packed full of beautifully decorated goodies as opposed to standing face to face with a single chocolate bar. That said, yesterday I was feeling particularly brave and took a double chocolate cupcake back to my office with me to sample.
The Chocolate: Starbucks Double Chocolate Cupcake
Type of Chocolate: Milk Chocolate frosted Cupcake
Cocoa Content: Unlisted
Best Eaten With: A cold glass of milk
Price: $2.25
It is particularly difficult as a chocoholic to resist a chocolate cupcake frosted with chocolate icing topped with a chocolate candy and after giving in to temptation at my local Starbucks I regret resisting the temptation for so long.
Taste:
My concern when I purchased the Starbucks Double Chocolate Cupcake was that it would be disappointingly sweet or artificially sugary as is the case with a few of their baked treats. I even postponed eating my cupcake until after dinner, keeping it in the refrigerator for a few hours to prevent softening of the icing, for fear of ruining what I hoped the delicious treat would be.
The chocolate disc shaped candy that topped the cake was not overly sweet and eating this piece first I was pleasantly surprised. The first mouthful of cupcake I ate was simply chocolate sponge cake from the base. The cake itself was moist but certainly not as flavorful as I would have liked. Resolving to be a little less compartmentalizing about my food I slipped a sliver of icing on to the fork with my second bite of the sponge cake and found that the delicate cocoa powder taste of the icing meshed well with the sponge cake and made up for the lack of bold flavor in the cake itself. The icing was creamy and sweet without being overpoweringly sweet and the low hum of cocoa powder just melted in my mouth as I quickly finished off half of the cupcake.
The after taste of the Starbucks Double Chocolate Cupcake is a delicate chocolate memory rather than the overly sweetened sickly scream that I experienced with the Madelaine chocolate sitting rabbit yesterday. An almost refreshing hint of cocoa lingered softly on my palate and there was a distinct lack of sugary icing coating in my mouth.
Ingredients:
The ingredients in the Starbucks Double Chocolate Cupcake are somewhat of a mystery but include: milk, egg, soy and wheat.
The Bottom Line:
The Starbucks Double Chocolate Cupcake is pleasantly satisfying and were it not for the mind blowing nutritional data or the significant price tag I truly believe that this surprisingly delicate cupcake could have rated as the first five pod chocolate treat.
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You can buy Starbucks bakery products from your local Starbucks found using their store locator here.
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