After spending too much time over at the Walmart free samples and trials page, I have recently been getting a tidal wave of free samples in my mailbox. Today I received a free sample of Betty Crocker’s “Warm Delights Minis” in Molten Chocolate Cake flavor. I have seen these products around for a while now, but never given them any consideration. As it turns out, free samples are definitely a worthwhile marketing effort, because if this cake wasn’t in my mailbox today, I may have never tried this product.
I was at first put off when I opened the box and found a plastic dish with two pouches in it - for some reason I didn’t expect to have to open a pouch of cake mix, mix it with water, and then open a pouch of fudge topping to squeeze on the top of the batter. The extremely lazy side of me was not impressed with how much work actually went in to preparing this “just add water and microwave” snack. On the flip side, it is a pretty impressive food technology when a bit of batter is mixed with water, and then microwaved for 30 seconds, resulting in a warm delicious chocolate cake. The low cook time, combined with the quality of the result definitely overrides my initial objection.
The cake itself tasted very good, it was fluffy, chocolatey, and warm. The fudge topping added a lot to the cake as well. As an easy and quick dessert/snack, warm delights minis are satisfying, and I would definitely be willing to try out the variety of other flavors that are available. Of course, I would likely not buy the mini size in the future, as they are too small for my appetite. I am not sure if these are a good value, since this was a free trial, but I have a feeling Betty Crocker may over-charge for this product, due to the convenience. If given the choice, I would definitely pick a home baked confection over a microwave cake - but these seem to be a good solution when you’re not in the baking mood.
4/5
Have you ever dried Warm Delights? Are the other flavors any good? Do you know the average cost of these in the grocery store?
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I’ve tried these before once. They tasted real good but for the price, it’s not worth it. I can’t remember the price of it but I know I wouldn’t buy it unless it was at a really good price. Yes, it’s more convenient than having to make it with the regular sized Betty Crocker cake mix but I’m not willing to pay the price for it.
I’ll agree with you on the price - since I wrote this review, I’ve looked at them again at the grocery store, and I can’t justify the cost.