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EZER Snack Protein Mug Cakes

How to make mug cakes e-z-er? How to make getting protein e-z-er? How to make a vegan, protein, mug cake in 60 seconds? EZER! Let me break it down for you. EZER snacks makes protein mug mixes. Each mug cake has 20 grams of plant based protein. Yes, 20 grams to fuel your active life. They are also gluten free, refined sugar free, and vegan. They utilize pea protein which is a great vegan source of protein as it has 9 essential amino acids along with BCAAs for muscle protein synthesis. They come in 3 flavors: Coffee Latte, Dark Chocolate Extreme and Peanut Butter Blast. To make the mug cake, add two scoops of a flavor of choice, add cold water, stir until smooth and microwave for 1 minute. How easy is that? I first tried the Coffee Latte flavor. The water and cake mix stirred together quite easily. I popped it in the microwave and then used a knife to remove my cake from the mug. I topped it with whipped cream and mini chocolate chips! It was a tasty treat! The texture of

Sweet Chaos Popcorn

I love popcorn. I love sweets. With all the chaos in my life, you'd think I love that too. So why not wrap all that up in one delicious snack. I first spotted Sweet Chaos on the 'gram as the kids call it these day. Then  I spotted Sweet Chaos seasonal peppermint popcorn at The Dollar Tree of all places. I had to buy a couple bags obviously. Recently I had the opportunity to try three more flavors: Peanut Butter Chocolate, Cake Batter and Chocolatey Double Drizzle Before you ask, I honestly cannot choose a favorite. Peanut butter and chocolate is a classic combination, cake batter is delightfully sweet and fun and chocolatey double drizzle actually surprised me with how well it was executed. Each flavor had a decent amount of drizzle - enough to satisfy the sweet tooth, but not too much to overwhelm the popcorn. It makes you treasure those clumps of sweet drizzled goodness. Not only do these drizzled popcorns taste fantastic but they also happen to be non-gmo