I’ve been quite hesitant about doing this review, but it has to be done.
On the shopping trip of which I have written before, I bought a Morrisons free from Syrup Sponge Pudding, because hot puddings are something I really miss – at least occasionally. I chose a golden syrup sponge because, I reasoned, there isn’t much that can go wrong with a “treacle pudding”, as I generally call them.
It comes in a sleeve, and is a miniature white pudding basin sealed with a piece of plastic sheeting. I took it out of the sleeve, added ventilation and stuck it in the microwave for the time stated on the packaging. When I removed the “lid” the pudding was about halfway or a little more. There was plenty of room to add anything you would like to. As I generally like a lot more golden syrup than is supplied, I added some, and then a good dollop of squirty cream.
I took a spoonful of the pudding, which had some extra syrup and some cream on the top. When I tasted it, I was surprised to find that it was disgusting. I scraped aside the additions and took a spoonful on its own. It tasted as if it had been eaten by someone else, who had quietly regurgitated it and put it back in the packet – in other words, it tasted like vomit, though the texture was completely different. I tried to eat another spoonful – well half a spoonful absolutely plastered in the extra syrup and cream, but it was inedible even masked in this way. So I ended up throwing it away, which was annoying.
What really got me about this product, apart from the vileness, was the fact that they have written all over the packaging the word “deliciously”. Which presumably means that somebody has taste tested it – but who? I think we should be told.
Having thrown this product away, I was still left with a serious hot-pudding-with-syrup craving – so I cut a slice off the Mrs Crimbles cake I reviewed earlier, poured on a couple of teaspoons of golden syrup and zapped it for a few seconds, then ate it with some cream. It tasted great. And the portion was probably bigger than the one I had just thrown away.
This pudding was priced around the £1.20 mark (can’t remember for sure), so it’s no great loss, but I would advise you – if you see this, do not buy it. You’ll regret it if you do.
Here is the ingredients list (probably a dead giveaway if I had read it before purchase):
