Double Chocolate Chews – 2 WW Pts

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Double Chocolate Chews – 2 WW Pts

So since I love to bake and I just rejoined WW, I’ve had to find “healthier” baked goods that are WW Friendly. These little guys are awesome. My only problem is that at 1 or 2 points, if I eat 20 of them, that’s still 20 points… I should have made 1/2 a batch because hubby doesn’t like chocolate, so he won’t be helping me eat them!

I put the recipe into the WW recipe builder and it calculated 2 pts for 1 cookie or 3.5 pts for 2 cookies. The original recipe says they’re 1 point, so just double check yourself. My batch only made 33 instead of 4 dozen. If I had gotten 4 dozen, they would have been 1 point…

Double Chocolate Chews – 2 WW Pts (makes 33)
(I stole this recipe from here, original recipe from Cooking Light)
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour – I use King Arthurs White Whole Wheat Flour
2/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate mini-morsels, divided – I used full size ones
3 tablespoons vegetable oil – I used unsweetened applesauce
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar – I used 1/2 cup Splenda Brown Sugar Mix
2 1/2 tablespoons light-colored corn syrup
1 tablespoon water
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 egg whites
Vegetable cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl; stir well, and set aside.

Combine 3/4 cup chocolate morsels and oil in a small saucepan; cook over low heat until chocolate melts, stirring constantly. Pour the melted chocolate mixture into a large bowl, and let cool 5 minutes. Add brown sugar, corn syrup, water, vanilla extract, and egg whites to chocolate mixture; stir well. Stir in flour mixture and remaining chocolate morsels.

Drop dough by level tablespoons (I used a cookie scoop) 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Let cool 2 minutes or until firm. Remove cookies from pans; let cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information (please double check with your ingredients and serving sizes – I use this recipe calculator)
1 cookie: 81.2 Calories, 1.6g Fat, 0.0 mg Cholesterol, 47.5 mg Sodium, 0.6 mg Potassium, 14.4 g Carbs, 0.8 g Dietary Fiber, 9.6 g Sugar, 1.3 g Protein
WW POINTS = 2

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17 Responses to “Fauxstess Cupcakes”

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Maryanna — April 9, 2009 at 3:16 pm

These are darling!
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Kerstin — April 9, 2009 at 4:04 pm

Adorable – I love the cupcake liners!
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Anali — April 9, 2009 at 5:57 pm

These look great! I’ve got to try them soon! ; )
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oneparticularkitchen — April 9, 2009 at 7:56 pm

How adorable! Oh The Yankee would just eat these up.
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Mermaid Sweets — April 9, 2009 at 8:20 pm

I have been wanting to try these too – nice post, I love the photos.
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Maria — April 9, 2009 at 8:52 pm

They look perfect! YUM!
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Jamie — April 10, 2009 at 1:12 am

Sooo freaking adorable! I have these liners, so I will be making these in the very near future!!! Well done!!!
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rickdog — April 10, 2009 at 8:54 pm

Find more Fauxstess Cupcakes in my recipe blog search:
HERE
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Sarah — April 10, 2009 at 11:41 pm

So cute and yum!
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Stephanie Wagner — April 11, 2009 at 12:03 am

Could these be any cuter?? I love the idea of home baking classic favorites like this!
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oneordinaryday — April 11, 2009 at 1:58 pm

This looks perfect! Yum!
Michelle
http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/
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kitchenbelle — April 13, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Great job! Your cupcakes are perfect! They look just like Hostess except SO MUCH BETTER! Your ganache is so nice and shiny!
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Jigginjessica — April 16, 2009 at 3:07 pm

I love these cupcakes! They have been on my to try list forever and I think that maybe today might be the day I finally try them.

Also, I didn’t even realize you had less swirls, shows how well I know a hostess cupcake!
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bcallegra — April 20, 2009 at 1:56 am

I made them this weekend and am now officially addicted to the filling – it reminds me of marshmallow creme! Although my cupcakes (and pictures) pale in comparison to your version, I need to thank you once again for supplying me with a great recipe.
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Simply Inviting Weddings — November 29, 2010 at 11:34 pm

I searched all over for a recipe like this and didn’t want to use marshmallow creme for the filling! These are amazing- my family was fighting over them. Thanks for sharing!
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Seantellc — April 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm

so in your recipe you say to put the batter into the wells of a muffin tin coated with non-stick spray. Does that mean not use cupcake liners, or does that mean to spray the liners with non-stick spray?
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beantownbaker — April 1, 2011 at 6:33 pm

Sorry, I’ll fix the recipe. You don’t need to spray the cupcake liners.