Happy & Healthy
WHY YOU’RE GOING TO BE EATING MAGNUMS FROM NOW ON
Confession nummber 417. I had anorexia light. Combination of too many hours spent in the ballet studio and a, common for a healthy seventeen year old girl, small lack of confidence. It all disappeared though, don’t worry about me in that department, but it has let to me still knowing that an apple only has sixty calories and a Mars bar or muffin have too many. Although I have forgotten about the energy value in a glass of white wine, funny no?
But that was also the reason Magnums were not an option for the longest time. In a state of utter delight, I would nibble off the chocolate and give the rest of the ice cream to my father, but the last few years Magnum was an objet de désir I would longingly stare at. Stare. No more, no less. I keep envisioning a pack of butter and that I might as well stick it onto my hips/stomach/upper arms immediately. But now I’ve discovered the truth. And it’s been a revelation. From now on I’m going to be eating Magnums. For these reasons:
1. It only has 250 calories
250! That’s three big appeals and two mandarins combined. If only I had known this sooner. I don’t know who threw the comparison with a bar of butter into the world, but 250 penalty points to them. At least. And if you buy a mini, it’ll only be a fraction of those calories. A regular cookie has more.
2. The chocolate is the best in the world
The chocolate is made by Barry Callebaut in Belgium. Lots of ice cream is make with cocoa fantasy (a chocolate replacement), but Magnum only works with the real thing because Barry is also known as the best chocolatier in the world.
3. The crack when you bite into it
The iconic Magnum noise, the crack of the real thing. Chocolate, teeth, action and… aaagh. There are definitely other great things out there you can think of, but not a lot.
4. The stick is sustainable
Unilever (de moeder van Magnum) plants trees and makes sure that the wood that they use can be recycled and they work together with the Rainforest Alliance.
5. Kendall eats them too
And if it’s good enough for Kendall…
6. Magnum is even better
The block of ice cream in the center has become smaller and made way for two layers of chocolate with a filling in between. Like caramel for example or Magnum chocolate.
7. Did I already mention they only have 250 calories
Take a latte and a muffin and you’ll have more than double.
