While you're dreaming of your next Disney trip, nothing helps get you more excited than bringing some Disney into your home. Here are some of my favorite kitchen gadgets that I use and have a Disney twist to them so your home can be even more magical.

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There are a variety of Mickey waffle makers on Amazon. The round red one with Mickey on it is the one I have, and while the waffles are more like a pancake, it still makes a fantastic Mickey shape! There are others though that do make actual waffles, some in a more round Mickey shape and some just like the ones at the theme parks!

This one cup coffee maker is a great way to add a little Disney magic to your day, whether its for your morning cup or an afternoon pick me up! It even comes with a matching mug.

If you already have a coffee maker but want to keep your mug warm, you can get a mug warmer that comes with a 10 ounce Mickey Mouse ceramic mug. It works on soups and hot drinks, and makes for the perfect way to treat yourself or a great gift idea for someone who loves their coffee at home or in the office.

Need something for your coffee to stay warm while on-the-go? Healthy Human provides sustainable stainless steel products like steins for keeping your water cold and coffee tumblers so it stays nice and hot.

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My slow cooker and InstantPot have been ultimate lifesavers on my weight loss journey, and even if you aren't watching your weight, they make it so much easier to have dinner ready on a busy day. Nothing beats being able to throw the ingredients in before I leave for work and having dinner totally done when I get home. There are a bunch of super cute slow cookers now that allow you to show off your love for Disney, Star Wars, Pixar, and Marvel!

Whether its to bring a smile to your own face with a classic Mickey on your bread or to encourage your kids to eat their breakfast, toasters with imprints are such a fun and easy way to add a little fun to your kitchen! You can get them inspired by Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Star Wars and Disney. I've personally tried this red Mickey Mouse one and always enjoyed seeing the Mickey face on my bread when it'd pop up.

I used these Mickey Mouse cookie cutters to make my two-ingredient dough beignets! These also work great for cookies or even to make fun shapes out of things like cheese or deli meats for a charcuterie board. Amazon sells different sets depending on how many sizes you want.
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There are so many more fun options, too, like popcorn makers, oven mitts, dishes, and serving sets that you can get to add a touch of Disney magic to your home! How do you like to bring the magic into your home? Let me know in the comments below!
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In case this is your first introduction to Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion, feel free to check out myfirst post where I share more about the diet and book and my second where I answer a few Q&As with the author. You can also check out my three week check in!

I’m on week 4 of following the diet presented in Always Eat After 7 PM, and I am thrilled. Not only have I finally started to lose weight that I’ve been struggling to lose (three pounds to be exaxct!), but I feel confident that these principles are things I can easily carry into my day-to-day life. The Acceleration Phase wasn’t as hard as I thought (that’s the first two weeks of the plan), and now that I’m in the Main Phase, I feel confident and like I’ll be able to finish shedding this stubborn fat and carry on into the Lifestyle Phase (you switch to this once you hit your goal weight).

This plan was pretty easy for me to follow, and different enough from what I’ve always done that it gave my body the shakeup it needed to break my plateau. I can’t wait until my gym fully reopens so I can take one of those body scans that tell you your body fat vs muscle percentages, since I took one not long before I started this diet plan. I can already tell just from looking at my body that the numbers will have shifted in my favor! 

Beyond the weight loss, the main thing I’ve noticed is that I feel more energy throughout the day and significantly more satisfied with my meals. Even though I’ve eaten a similar amount of calories in the past, I feel like I’m eating a lot more even though I’m not. I think a lot of that has to do with reintroducing healthy fats into my diet (something I touched upon in my previous post), and strategically combining them with carbs and fiber. 

As Joel explains in the book: “In general, healthy fats can also help increase feelings of fullness and satisfaction because they regulate appetite through a number of mechanisms, including the release of appetite hormones. What’s more, combining fat with fiber has been shown to further increase the satiating potential of fat. The satiating power of fats is often one explanation offered to describe why some weight loss trials have shown that low-carbohydrate (and higher-fat) diets tend to lead to greater weight loss than low-fat diets.” 

This has also helped me get my sweet tooth under control - which is even better because this plan has allowed me to enjoy dark chocolate and different dessert recipes every single day. Seriously, it actually tells you to eat dessert rather than avoid it, which is great to establish a better relationship with food. A win-win all around, if you ask me!

This is a sponsored post for Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight written by me; all opinions are my own.

This is a sponsored post for Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight written by me; all opinions are my own.

I’m three weeks into the Always Eat After 7 PM plan, and I just wanted to touch base on how it’s going: spoiler alert, I’m loving it. In case you missed it, here’s my first post explaining why I took on the challenge and also a Q&A with the author, Joel Marion!

My goal going into this was to find something new that would help me shed these last 10 pounds. I’ve lost 2 pounds in three weeks - which I am thrilled about and is a healthy weight loss! - and I’ve already started feeling some of the other benefits that Joel said we could expect in the book. 

I let myself ease into intermittent fasting, and now I’m up to a 15-16 hour fast every day (I shoot for 14-15, but sometimes get to 16 because I lose track of time with work). I feel more focused in the morning, especially since I’m not immediately thinking about food - something I didn’t even realize I was doing. I’m not even hungry in the mornings anymore! This is because, as explained in the book, “Late-night eating also curbs calorie intake the next day. In a four-week study, dieters added a snack to their daily regimen 90 minutes after dinner every night, and check this out: late-night eaters ate an average of 397 fewer calories per day.”

I’m also feeling so much more satisfied both in terms of fullness and fulfilling with my body’s needs. My past diets had me pretty low on fats, even healthy ones, so it feels good to have those back in my body. This is even more exciting because you usually hear that a diet has to be one or the other, that carbs are evil and fats are evil, but I’m having both now after the Acceleration Phase and still seeing success while feeling deprived of nothing. This program has made my eating day-to-day simple. Especially since you do get to have cheat meals, there’s been no feelings of, “Oh man, I wish I could eat this or that,” which is a first for me in my five years of dieting! My relationship with food has improved so much.

Having the meal/day where we can indulge in things we really want is helpful too, and even with intermittent fasting Joel doesn't force you to be super strict - even he said he enjoys weekend breakfast with his family. I think it's great because he takes into consideration what real life is like, and it helps me feel like I"m not missing out on anything because I still can enjoy pancakes on a Saturday morning if my husband makes them. 

The recipes that Joel has provided are delicious and simple. It’s seriously one of my favorite parts of the book. Nothing has a crazy amount of ingredients, nothing weird or hard to find, and they’re so flavorful. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I really love the Cheesy Ground Beef Skillet (I make it with ground turkey since I don’t eat red meat, and it’s super tasty) and my husband couldn’t get enough of it either! We also really both love the recipe for chocolate buttons since it makes for a quick and easy dessert. We plan to make the fruit tarts next!
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Happy #NationalDonutDay! Seeing the posts all across my social media feed had me craving a donut... but not wanting to buy either a massive one from Joffrey's at Disney Springs (in case you haven't seen them, they're the size of my face... literally) or a box at Publix that would tempt me all week. I wanted a day-only indulgence (which is allowed on my current Always Eat After 7 PM plan!) and I did a really intense workout this morning, but didn't want to set off a trigger food. So, I decided to take what I had in my fridge and pantry and see what I could whip up - and voila, massive chocolate peanut butter donuts! 

I made four of these for 5 SP each, but you could very easily make eight smaller ones. They're seriously huge!

The secret to these is adding some things to the two-ingredient dough (which I've used to make cinnamon rolls and beignets) like Jordan's Skinny Syrup and sugar-free fat-free chocolate pudding mix. The Skinny Syrup is a great way to add a sweet flavor, kinda like vanilla extract, but with a more specific taste. I used cookie dough in this one, but there are different chocolate varieties and peanut butter ones if you wanted to strengthen those flavors even more.

1. Mix Greek yogurt, chocolate pudding, Jordan's Skinny Syrup, cinnamon, and self-rising flour together until well-combined.
2. Divide dough into quarters or eighths and roll each section until it's a smooth cylinder. If you have a donut pan, put them in there. If not, you can just shape them like Os. 
3. Bake or air fry for 20 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. While donuts are baking, combine powdered sugar with a drop of water until it makes a glazing. Add powdered peanut butter and cocoa, and mix with water. The amount of water you'll need to add may vary from time to time, so start small, and do so until it makes a nice glaze consistency. Refrigerate. 
5. When donuts have cooled, apply glazing and serve.

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In case you missed it, I started reading and implementing practices from the new book  Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion. Check out my first post about it here! 

In this blog post, we get a few questions you may have (I know I did!) answered by the author, Joel Marion. He’s a best selling author, fitness expert, and nutritionist debunking the myths underlying traditional dieting.

Anyone else feel like the most challenging times to curb hunger are just before bed and in the morning? By following the Always Eat After 7PM program, I’ve found I have the most willpower to stick to this diet because I’m eating during the hours when I’m most hungry. Doing this will also get you intermittent fasting, increase your metabolism, and put you into ketosis.

There are studies backing this up, too. As Marion explains in the book: “Late-night eating also curbs calorie intake the next day. In a four-week study, dieters added a snack to their daily regimen 90 minutes after dinner every night, and check this out: late-night eaters ate an average of 397 fewer calories per day.”

I have personally found that this greatly helped me with intermittent fasting. I was hesitant at first (and built myself up to longer periods of time), but found myself not even hungry for breakfast most mornings and satisfied with some water and coffee. On days I really want breakfast, though, I know I can start at 11 a.m. and know that I can still enjoy something in the mornings - the book even includes a few recipes you can have for a light breakfast that are easy and tasty.​
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As far as the evenings go, this plan has me feeling more satisfied - in terms of both fullness and cravings - than I can say I ever have been in the last five years when I started my weight loss journey. I’m looking forward to seeing how the benefits of this continue to help me get to my goals since I’m trying to shed the last bits of fat!

This makes sense because, as I mentioned, this is the core of this plan. Marion is a six time best-selling author, but the difference between this book and the rest? In his own words: “Although many of the concepts are similar, the biggest difference is that you don't have to deprive yourself of your favorite foods. You don't have to deal with the burden of eating every few hours. And you don't have to skip the carbs at dinnertime or avoid eating before bed.” ​

And how difficult is it to follow? Marion says, “It's not. And that's exactly why I wrote the book. While any diet is never truly easy, it can be more enjoyable and much easier to adhere to when you understand how Always Eat After 7 PM works because it caters to our bodies natural instincts.”

This is not a quick fix fad diet, either, and Marion didn’t come up with this overnight. He says, “It actually took several years of researching for me to discover the real science of eating late night. After a few years of tweaking and refining, I finally came up with a rapid fat loss solution that overcomes all the pitfalls of traditional diets.”

This is a sponsored post for Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight written by me; all opinions are my own.

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After being on Weight Watchers for five years, one question I see or hear a lot is about protein shakes. While I don't recommend replacing any of your meals with a shake, I do think a protein shake is a fantastic snack, especially if you're on the go or need something quick after a workout (especially if you're strength training). I've tried a bunch of different protein shakes, and it's complicated on Weight Watchers because so many of them can be tons of points. Here are my top five protein shakes that are low in calories and SmartPoints.

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It’s time for me to get really raw and honest with you guys: as you may have seen on Instagram, I gained 10 pounds last year. Oh, and I put on five after my wedding in water weight (or, as I like to call it, “wedding cake weight”), so I guess we should call it an even 15, yeah? Oops! 

I first struggled with a plateau, and then my weight loss goals went on the back burner for maintenance - which was an epic fail seeing as I gained weight - while I was planning my wedding. And I think after doing the same diet for so many years, my body - more specifically, my poor metabolism - needed a shake up.

Enter Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion, a new book (available now!) that debunks popular diet myths and offers an easy-to-follow diet that accelerates fat-burning and allows you to indulge in your most intense food cravings, split up into three phases:

1. A two-week long Acceleration Phase meant to help you kick-start the program on a high note.
2. The Main Phase where you take all the fundamentals from the book and really build upon them until you hit your goal weight.
3. The Lifestyle Phase to help you maintain your goal once you get there. 

I’ve tried transformation challenges this year… and while I toned up a little bit from hitting the gym (and, while gyms are shut down, at-home workouts), I still am struggling to see the scale move and to drop fat. The diet plans on those weren’t all that different than what I ate before, so I think ultimately, I really need to change up how I’m eating. I want to finally get to my goal weight, so I figured I’d take on the challenge of an entirely new plan.

​Whether you’re looking for a new diet plan or just want some new recipes to try - I’ve read through the whole book and they look delicious (and include desserts - y’all know I have a huge sweet tooth) - I recommend giving this a whirl, too, and we can do this together!

Joel’s story resonated deeply with me because it was so relatable. It’s refreshing to see something from an expert who understands what it’s like to be on a weight loss journey, and to try everything that we’ve been taught works only to find that it doesn’t always work as easily as it sounds.

​Joel himself lost 50 pounds and developed this after, like so many of us, he got tired of turning to plain grilled chicken and vegetables to lose weight. When I read Joel's story, I felt like he was speaking personally to me. I’ve been slaving away in the gym, making sure my food log is perfect… and after dropping five pounds of that wedding cake weight, nothing has really changed since the end of January. To say I’m frustrated is an understatement. 

​As Joel says in the book, “People everywhere subject themselves to lives of starvation dieting and exercising hell, and none of it is working. They crave food, walk around hungry all day, and miss out on one of life’s great pleasures—eating good food. And when they fail, as most dieters will, they feel guilty and full of self-hatred. But they haven’t failed. Those diets have failed them.”​

So, before I dive super deep, let’s bust a diet myth real quick. How many times have we been told that eating at night, especially carbs, will put your metabolism to a halt? I know I’ve heard that one many times before! But there’s some research out there that Always Eat After 7 PM dives into. I’ll let Joel explain that one (without giving away too many spoilers) - he’s the expert, after all!

I’m so excited to be implementing these lifestyle changes and seeing how they work for me. This is so different from anything I’ve done before, but I am so excited - especially after past diet plans I’ve followed (and even succeed on) have me feeling burned out. Shaking off these last 10 pounds for good and finally hitting my goal, here I come!

Who's in with me?  Let me know if you're following along!

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Taking a break from the #DisneyMagicMoments recipes here! My husband wanted cinnamon rolls, I had the stuff for two ingredient dough in the house... you can see where this is going!

These mini cinnamon rolls use the two ingredient dough as a base and are super simple to make. They’re only 3 SmartPoints for one on all myWW plans, 75 calories a pop, and fat free. So you can enjoy these tasty treats as a snack or for breakfast with no guilt and a cup of coffee. Say no to deprivation, friends, and I hope you enjoy this recipe!

The key to sweetening up the dough? I added a little Jordan's Skinny Syrups to it. Similarly to the Mickey beignets I made, it really helps mellow out some of the tangy notes you might get from the Greek yogurt. For this recipe I used a caramel waffle cone flavor, but anything similar or with vanilla would also do the trick.

Also, for the powdered sugar — a little goes a long way with the glaze! Remember, these are minis so you don’t need a ton of glaze to go between all eight rolls. Or, if you opt to make 4 larger rolls from this mix (which you could, but then the points values would be different), the same amount of glaze should suffice if you wanted more per roll.

Serves 8

• 1 cup self rising flour
• 1 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt (I’ve found that Fage works best)
• 1 tbsp Jordan’s Skinny Syrups (I used caramel waffle cone, but any caramel or vanilla like flavor works!), or vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp of cinnamon + two extra dashes
• 2 tbsp of powdered sugar
• ~1 tsp water

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a baking pan with some nonstick spray. I used a 9 x 13 pan, but you should still have plenty of room in something like an 8 x 8.
2. In a mixer or a larger bowl, combine the yogurt, flour, syrup (or vanilla extract) and a dash of cinnamon.
3. Roll out the dough so it’s thin and then cut into eight strips.
4. Divide 1 tbsp of cinnamon across all 8 strips.
5. Roll up your strips like you would a yoga mat. If they’re tall, you can gently flatten them with your palm or fist so it has more of the typical cinnamon roll shape and swirl.
6. Spray with buttery spray and sprinkle with a last dash of cinnamon, then bake for 20 minutes.
7. In a small bowl, combine 2 tbsp of powdered sugar and a drop of water. Start small with the water - we barely even used a teaspoon’s worth, so play it by ear so your glaze has a nice, thick texture but still runny enough to drizzle onto the rolls. Store in refrigerator until serving.
8. When cinnamon buns are done and cooled, drizzle the glaze onto the cinnamon buns and then serve.

3 SmartPoints for 1 roll and 6 SP for 2 on myWW Green
3 SmartPoints for 1 roll and 5 SP for 2 on myWW Purple and Blue

Calories: 75
Fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 1.7 mg
Sodium: 210.9 mg
Carbohydrates: 15.1 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2.9 g
Protein: 4.5 g

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When I saw this French toast recipe from the PCH Grill in Disneyland as part of the #DisneyMagicMoments series, I knew I had to try to recreate it but in a WW-friendly way for a decadent weekend breakfast. Looking at the ingredients, it may seem hard to do since it's very sugary, but I have my secrets that I'm going to share! The original recipe was 24 SmartPoints for a serving, but I got it down to just 8 SmartPoints per serving. Win!

Beyond the lower sugar swaps and omitting the powdered sugar and chocolate drizzle that it called for (which, honestly, it didn't need since it has so much flavor!), the biggest trick to lowering the SmartPoints count here is increasing the serving size. The original recipe said it made 4 servings in a 9x13 pan... which is huge! Especially when you consider this recipe uses Challah specifically. For those of you unfamiliar, Challah is a Jewish bread that is baked with honey and yeast, and typically braided... and thus is super thick. I split mine into 8 servings and an eighth of the pan was more than plenty for breakfast, especially with some fruit on the side!

If you do decide you want to top with some powdered sugar, to keep things low in SmartPoints, remember that a little goes a long way - start with a measured out teaspoon per serving. Also, with chocolate syrup, Hershey's makes lite and sugar-free versions that you can try out.

You'll notice in my photos that this doesn't have any banana - that's because, like I mentioned in my Dole Whip article, my husband and I aren't really into bananas. It's fine when blended with other fruits to make sorbets and Dole Whip since you can't even taste it, but we definitely didn't want it on our French toast. I'll include the bananas in the nutritional information and ingredients list, however, and keep their place in Disney's instructions.

Challah can be tricky to make if you've never made it or another kind of bread from scratch before. Take it from me - I've been playing with Jewish recipes since discovering my Ashkenazi ancestry in 2018, and the first time I tried to make Challah, it was an epic fail. But luckily, you can order it on Amazon! Different bakeries have it available there, and you can also get it from Whole Foods delivered to you via Amazon Prime (click here for a 30-day free trial!). This saved me a ton of time and helped keep it tasting delicious. If your Challah that you order online doesn't have nutritional information, check Publix's website - sometimes, their bakery offers it so the nutritional values are all there.

The key to the healthy swaps here is actually three things: Lily's baking chips over regular chocolate chips, whipped creamy peanut butter instead of regular or reduced fat (fun fact: normal and reduced fat peanut butters are the same points! Whipped is less points, however.), and using almond milk with unsweetened cocoa instead of chocolate milk. I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk and put it in the blender with a little Stevia and 2 tsp of unsweetened cocoa powder. I blended that first, and then added the rest to the blender per the recipe, and it worked out perfectly. Also, if you're watching your calories or on myWW Green, I recommend using 1.5 cup of liquid egg substitute instead of real eggs. My nutritional info will base it off of the substitute, but as eggs aren't any points on myWW Purple and Blue, that won't really affect the points value either way.

• 16 oz Challah bread, cut into thick slices then cubed
• 2 bananas
• 1/4 cupLily's baking chips
• 1/2 cup whipped creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cup liquid egg substitute 
• 3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 2 packets Stevia
• 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt 
• Optional (not included in nutritional info or SP): powdered sugar to top
• Optional (not included in nutritional info or SP): Light or sugar-free chocolate syrup

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat a 9 x 13 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
2. Take the cubed Challah and place into a large bowl. Slice bananas into 1/2 inch slices and add to bowl. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. In a blender, combine the almond milk, Stevia, and cocoa powder. Blend until it makes chocolate milk, then add the peanut butter, egg substitute, cinnamon, and salt and process until smooth.
4. Pour the egg mixture over the bread mixture and stir gently until the bread cubes have absorbed the egg mixture.
5. Add mixture to the baking pan, and bake for 40 minutes or until top is golden brown.
6. Optional: before serving, drizzle with chocolate syrup and dust with powdered sugar.

8 SP on all myWW plans
Calories: 329
Fat: 14.6 g
Saturated fat: 3 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 49.7 mg
Sodium: 409.4 ,g
Carbohydrates: 38.2 g
Fiber: 3.7 g
Sugar: 14.1 g
Protein: 11.7 g

Have you tried this recipe? Let me know on social media or comment below!

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When Disney shared their Grey Stuff recipe as part of the #DisneyMagicMoments series on Saturday, my mom told me it would be awesome if she could have it for Mother's Day. The catch: both my parents and myself are all on Weight Watchers. I took a quick peek at the recipe and sighed in relief when I saw how easy this one would be to modify. So I added the ingredients to Instacart and got ready for curbside pickup Mother's Day morning.

The beauty (pun not intended... get it? Beauty and the Beast?) of this healthy swap is that it's just fat free or lighter versions of the same ingredients that Disney provided. So the flavor is really identical, and the Grey Stuff still maintains its creaminess. Their recipe called for a cookie and has you serve it like they do at Disneyland, but being a Walt Disney World local with a mother who loves cupcakes, I figured I'd make this like how we enjoy it at Be Our Guest: on top of a chocolate cupcake.

This Disney-inspired recipe is only a grand total of 5 SmartPoints: 2 for the Grey Stuff and 3 for the cupcakes (this holds true for all myWW plans). After delivering the cupcakes to my mom for Mother's Day, she and my dad both agreed that the Grey Stuff tasted identical to what we were served at Be Our Guest. The beauty of it, too, is that this recipe makes a lot of Grey Stuff, so you can be pretty liberal in applying the frosting to your cupcakes. I didn't have a piping bag, but I bet you could really make a mountain with it if you did!

To make the cupcakes, the secret here isn't the Weight Watchers soda cake recipe that's been passed around for years - nope, the key to making your cake moist is actually Greek yogurt! I like to use Dannon Light & Fit Greek yogurt for this one, and pair the flavor accordingly. Since the Grey Stuff is essentially a cookies-and-cream pudding, I used a vanilla yogurt in a chocolate cake mix. The chocolate overpowered, and Boston Cream Pie flavor also pairs really well with chocolate cake mixes. If you're using a white or yellow cake mix, try the Strawberry Cheesecake flavor for a mild strawberry cake flavor. Since I only had the single serve cups, I measured out exactly how much was in it and then added some plain nonfat Greek yogurt as well to round it out to the 8 ounces needed for the recipe. I originally saw this making the rounds on WW Connect, and have been hooked to it ever since.

Similarly to the soda cake recipe, you bake this cake per the directions on the box. Super simple! I prefer the yogurt swap over the soda because it gives the cake a little protein and is a little more moist, and thus more filling. I can fly through a bunch of those soda cupcakes, but after just one or two of these, I'm perfectly satisfied. This recipe calls for 24 cupcakes, which works out perfectly because that lowers the SmartPoints of the original Grey Stuff recipe even more (it called for 12 servings).

If you're worried about having Oreo Thins in the house, instead of getting the traditional sleeve, you can get single-serving packs on Amazon. You get 12 packs of 4, so you'll have plenty for the recipe and then if you do reach for Oreos, it's at least pre-portioned for you.

You'll see that the recipe is almost identical to Disney's, just with some fat-free swaps here and there. The instructions remain the same, so those are courtesy of the #DisneyMagicMoments recipe as well. I'll separate their ingredients, but since I made one while waiting on the other and recommend you do the same, I'll list the instructions together.

• 1 1/2 cups cold fat free milk 
• 1 (3.4 ounce) package sugar-free fat-free instant vanilla pudding mix 
• 15 Oreo Thins
• 1 (8 ounce) container fat-free whipped topping, thawed 
• 3 tablespoons sugar-free fat-free instant chocolate pudding mix  

• 8 ounces nonfat Greek yogurt
• ​8 ounces water
• 1 box cake mix (I use Betty Crocker's super moist chocolate fudge; you could lighten this recipe up even further with one of the Pillsbury Sugar Free mixes, but my mom can't have sugar alcohols so I passed on those!).
• Pam spray for your cupcake pans (I use the baking one, but a buttery one would work too)

1. In a large mixing bowl, add milk and vanilla pudding mix. Whisk until smooth and slightly thickened, then place in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours (I let mine set for 1 hour and it was perfect, but each fridge may vary)
2. Heat your oven to the temperature indicated on the cupcake mix. In a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, water, and Greek yogurt. Mix until thick and a little fluffy.
3. Use Pam spray for your cupcake tins and use a spoon to scoop cupcake batter across 24 tins (if you only have one cupcake tin, save half the batter for a second batch). Bake per the time listed on the cupcake box.
4. While your cupcakes cool, puree 15 Oreo Thins with a food processor. Set aside until the hour is up for the pudding mix.
5. Add the pureed Oreos into the pudding mix and mix thoroughly until well combined. Then, add the container of fat-free whipped topping and 3 tbsp of chocolate pudding mix, and mix again until everything is well combined. If your Grey Stuff has a brownish undertone, that's okay - it's from the chocolate pudding mix! 
6. Let the Grey Stuff mix cool in the fridge for another hour.
7. When Grey Stuff is complete, use a piping bag (or, if you're scrappy like me, a spoon) to evenly distribute Grey Stuff to tops of 24 cupcakes.

Serves 24
3 SP on all myWW plans
Calories: 85
Fat: 1.5 g
Cholesterol: 0.6 mg 
Sodium: 123.5 mg
Carbohydrates: 16.1 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 8.9 g
Protein: 1.3 g

Serves 24
2 SP on all myWW plans
Calories: 49
Fat: 0.8 g
Cholesterol: 0.3 mg 
Sodium: 146.5 mg
Carbohydrates: 8.8 g
Fiber: 0.2 g
Sugar: 3.2 g
Protein: 0.7 g

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