Wholes Foods Gluten Free Banana Bread

Is there anything more appealing than the smell of banana bread baking?

I absolutely love banana bread. I know shocking right? It's not like this whole blog is dedicated to my love of all things sugary & sweet or anything. Someone had tipped me off and said that I absolutely had to try the Gluten Free Carrot Cake (yeah, no thanks) and the Gluten Free Banana Bread at Whole Foods.

What really drove this home? The person is NOT Gluten Free.

This definitely demanded an investigation.

On a recent trip to Whole Foods I swung by their refrigerated gluten-free section and picked myself up a loaf. The first thing I noticed was that the bread has that same sticky-cake like outer layer of gluten-full banana bread and the smell was amazing.

I sliced off a piece and popped it in the toaster oven for a minute.

And HEAVEN.

This tasted EXACTLY like gluten-full banana bread.

I proceeded to inhale half of the loaf in one sitting. Not my proudest moment, but definitely one of the yummiest!

Verdict? YUMMY and hopefully you'll have significantly more self control then me.

Whole Foods Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

 

Peanut Butter cookies are my absolute favorite cookie. I love them. I love them so much that it sometimes hurts. They are everything cookies should be -sweet and decadent. Since getting diagnosed with celiac (7 years ago) I have struggled to make and purchase gluten free peanut butter cookies. The best GF recipes contain no flour and are really just an amalgam of peanut butter, butter and sugar - but they usually just end up tasting like a buckeye. So the search has carried on to find some baker somewhere who has figured it out. 

The epic search continues.

Like a lot of Gluten Free stuff its not that its necessarily bad, its that it just doesn't work based on what we believe something should taste like. Such is the case here. They are good - in fact I ate three yesterday so clearly they don't suck - but they just don't hit it home. I think I might be looking for more peanut butter - more flavor - I don't know.

These definitely do in a middle of a craving when you can't find anything else. But all in all if you are looking to really feel completed by a cookie - these are not the answer.

Verdict? Okay

Whole Foods Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes

Here's what you need to know: I checked the package FIVE times to make sure these really said "Gluten Free."

These are luscious, decadent, moist little cakes sent straight from the bosom of a celiac angel. The cake is divine and taste EXACTLY like a wheat cake and the frosting is totally perfect. I could have easily eaten all four cupcakes but I did restrain myself.


Verdict? YUMMY. Seriously, go get one.