I am now on week 3 of Rosemary Conley and am allowed to add a daily treat and a dessert to my usual food list. I'm not much on dessert truth be told, so I'm allowed to swap that for another thing from the treat category.
I was browsing the treat category for inspiration earlier and came across the following : Jaffa Cakes x 2

OMG. Allowable Jaffa Cakes. OMG x 10.

Now if only McVities sold them in packs of 2 I would be set. But no I have to sit here and apportion them into little bags and wrap them up for the rest of the weeks treats. This is like heaven and ****. Heaven that I can have allowable Jaffa cakes, but **** that I have to sit here, not eating them, to sort them out for the week ahead.

Ah well.... could be worse. I can also have skinny cow lollies as a treat - but at least I don't have to portion those. Jaffa Cakes are one thing, ice-cream is a whole other level of temptation!

Hope you guys are all doing well.

Fi
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Would you please tell me what a Jaffa Cake is? I've never heard of them, maybe it has another name here in the US?
Thanks!!

pic of a Jaffa Cake cut in half on Wikipedia. I think there is an orange filling between the chocolate and the cake that you can't see very well in this pic.



Better one.

They are a peculiarly british thing I think. But I expect there is some equivalent in the US.

They are a small flat round cake with a smaller disk of orange jelly on top and then a thin layer of dark chocolate over the whole top.

Some people call them a biscuit (or cookie) but this is wrong. In a legal case in 1991 their status was agreed with HM Customs and Excise as a "cake" which means the government cannot charge VAT on them! lol!

There is a website for them - google Jaffaholics to get to it.

erm a quick web search came up with them on amazon.com of all places. But I don't know if the nutrition info for the ones on there is the same as the british ones - the product does look similar though (the packaging is different as is the manufacturer name).

Jaffa Cakes is a generic name I think but the company who invented them, and the best known manufacturer in the uk is McVities (who own the jaffaholics website).

They are awesome and somewhat addictive. A bit like pringles in the sense that an open box is an empty box!

Thanks for the info. They look delicious!!

The best thing about them is that they are only 45cal each with 1g of fat in each.
Which is very good for treat type food.

Do Jaffa cakes even stay fresh for a week when you open the box. I don't think I have ever known a pack last more than 2 days in my house!

I've rewrapped them in sandwich bags which seal so they'll be fine. They do ok as long as they are in a sealed container. Left out they go a bit hard I think. (Having found one behind the sofa once - tragic waste!)

Fifi, I used to make myself some low GI blueberry muffins and freeze them individually - anything that you can freeze is good, cos it eliminates the temptation bit, just defrosting one at a time! Sounds like you're doing great with the jaffa cakes, though! There may be kiddies' snack jaffa cakes already separately packaged - am not sure?

Jaffa Cakes are crafted by fairies......

hmmmmmmm

No they ain't they be the Devil's work! Very nice they are too!!!

Do you remmeber a while ago they had different flavour ones. I think you can still get raspberry ones in Lidl/Aldi.

Weirdly they are the only choc/orange things I like. I normally hate chocolate and orange together.

im american living in england and no, there isnt anything in the states just like a jaffa cake.. but... for my american friends-

its a nilla wafer, flat side up with orange jell kinda like those orange sticks covered in chocolate.. that orangy stuff lol.. then the top half is dipped in choc.. they are pretty good.

Wow that's such a coincidence. My daily treat happens to be a jaffa cake mini roll --- ever had one of those ? yum. with a cup of tea. Heavenly indeed!!! They're individually wrapped so no danger of pringle-style attacks either.
Jaffa cake bars are just as nice but the mini rolls just can't be beat. drooling at the thought...

I tried a Jaffa Muffin the other day, never had seen them before -- very forbidden but couldn't resist. Have only found them in 1 tesco in all the shops I know. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. I am no muffin lover but this really did it for me haha. Still drooling...