Hungry Girl Chocolate Cake Recipe on Dr Oz, Hot Apple Pie In a Mug

Hungry Girl Club Soda Chocolate Cake Recipe (Shown On The Dr Oz Show)

A chocolate cake recipe on the Dr. Oz show?  Yes, I did do a "double take" when my eyes caught the preview before the commercial break.  Chocolate has always been a weakness of mine, but the more I have watched the Dr Oz Show, I have learned that you can enjoy chocolate if you prepare the meal properly.  I have noticed that using "Dark" chocolate is the key to these recipes.  In fact, Dr Oz says that Dr Oz is good for you and is a powerful anti-oxidant.  More the reason's to enjoy a recipe like this right?

Today Dr. Oz invited Lisa Lillien, who is the author of The Hungry Girl Books.  Lisa Lillien is a wildly popular author selling millions of books.  She even has over a million people subscribed to her email list. She is all about "eating more to weigh less"..  I just the love the way that sounds!  Here is the Hungry Girl Chocolate Cake Recipe that she shared on today's Dr. Oz Show.

Hungry Girl Club Soda Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

• 1 (18.25 oz) box of moist style dark chocolate cake mix
• 1 12 ounce can of club soda

Directions :

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• Using a non stick spray lightly coat a 9x13 inch baking pan
• Mix the dark chocolate cake mix with cream soda until smooth in a large bowl.
• Pour into the baking pan
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.  Lisa mentioned that a good way to know when the cake is done is to insert a knife. When the knife comes out clean you know that it is done.

Enjoy!

So, how much healthier is this recipe in comparison to  other chocolate cake recipes?  Here is the nutritional breakdown.

A traditional cake - 290 calories (for how small a piece?  They never said)
Hungry Girl Cake only has 171 calories
3.5 grams of fat
301 mg of sodium
34 grams of carbs
19 grams of sugar
1.5 grams of protein

Red Hot Apple Pie In A Mug Recipe

In case the chocolate cake recipe listed above wasn't enough to satisfy your sweet tooth, did you see the Hungry Girl Red Hot Apple Pie in a mug recipe?  This one looked delicious too :)


Ingredients :

• Medium Fuji Apple (core the apple and cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
• 12 to 15 pieces of red hot cinnamon flavored candy (Red Hots were one of my favorite candies as a child.. mmmmm.  I'm going to have to try this recipe too!
• 1/2 sheet (2 crackers) of low fat crushed cinnamon graham crackers

Directions :
Place the apple cubes in a microwave safe mug
Add that red hot candy pieces on top of the apple cubes
Cover the mug and microwave for two minutes.
Stir
Let the Apple Pie in a mug to cool
Add the crushed cinnamon graham crackers to the mug
Enjoy this delicious threat!

Ok, so what's the nutritional breakdown of the Red Hot Apple Pie In A Mug Recipe?  Get ready for this!

A normal serving of  apple pie is 490 calories.  The Hungry girl apple pie recipe is only 135 calories!  It also contains only .5 grams of fat, 44 mg of sodium, 46 grams of carbohydrates, .5 grams of protein, 3.5 grams of fiber, and 23.5 grams of sugar.