Is this a protein dark chocolate muffin?

I mean…..did I do something wrong? Tried Trader Joe’s protein dark chocolate muffin and……um…..yeah. Followed the instructions to the tee but my “muffin” looked a little gross and tasted not so hot. Wanted to like this, was hoping the taste would be there, but this might be my least favorite Trader Joes item yet. Lets go through how this mess happened.

Even the protein is lacking

The nutrition was lacking which I hoped the taste would make up for. 270 calories per cup and its not a big one–but chocolate muffin! Can excuse that! The staurated fat though….40% for this little muffin seems very high. And the protein! It’s in the name yet only 12 grams per muffin, that seems so low! It’s like everything bad was upped and everything good minimized. This should be at least 20gs+ to have protein in the name, otherwise just call it a chocolate muffin.

Whyyyyyyyyyy!

Left is when you open the cup, looks pretty good. Chocolate powder plus little chips mixed in–not bad! Right was after cooking 🙁 I added the cold water slowly to the fill line and cooked for 60 seconds. It….wasnt cooked. Tried another 30 seconds, and another, which got it to looked cooked at least. But like a muddy swamp 🙁 Mixing it was dry dry dry but with a little work looked like lumpy cake. The taste is dry and bland, just not good. I cant find a redeeming quantiy in this, 2/10 and NOT a fan. Be gone muffin in a cup that does not deserve protein in the name.