Blueberrty Muffins - Bakery Style

are the simple mornings muffins good? the whole grain is terrible

yesterday i bought the new simple mornings blueberry streusel muffins? are they a remake of the orignal or the disgusting whole wheat that i hated? i miss the original blueberry streusel muffins ! please bring back the original mix!

Duncan Hines, needs to listen to there customers!!! I found this page because I was another lover of the Blueberry bakery style muffins! Many other sites out there with the same complaints!! What happene to the customer is always right? Please Duncan hines listen to your customers and bring it back!!!

Plese bring back the Blueberry Bakery Style Muffin Mix. My kids are so dissappointed, I use to make a lemon blueberry loaf of bread using the Blueberry bakey mix. IT was awesome, Why did you all take it away. I always heard if it is not broke leave it alone. So please bring it back and I know you can. So come on. I thought i just couldn't buy it here in KY, Because they just did't carry it but wrong. It is not available any where. Bring it back.

I agree--whoever ok'd the whole grain muffin mix doesn't have tastebuds--it pretty much resembles ground cardboard. My family is still mourning the loss of the Blueberry Bakery style muffin mix. Duncan Hines--big mistake!

I have remained angry about the discontinuation of the ORIGINAL blueberry streusal muffin mix. My family seriously misses these muffins. I had hoped that I would find a way to purchase the Original mix online. They were a special treat that was always appreciated during special family gatherings. I'm not at all surprised to find that there are so many people that share my feelings concerning the original and new version.

Ok, ladies..after months of searching, I have FINALLY found another blueberry muffin mix to replace these. The Target brand, Market Pantry, has come out with their own version now & I've been making them ever since. They are absolutely delicious! They tasted just as good as Duncan Hines, maybe even better! No kidding! They don't come with a streusel topping but that's simple to make. Sometimes I'll just throw brown sugar on top if I'm short on time...AWESOME either way! Try them...trust me, you won't be disappointed! :)

I LOVE the 100% Whole Grain Blueberry Streusel muffins! My picky son does too. I'm on the website trying to find where to ask DH how many ounces of Whole Grains are in each serving.

I, too contacted DH this morning regarding these awful tasting muffins. Their response...long story short...thanks for your inquiry, ya da ya da ya...we will no longer carry them...and the kicker...the lady actually said & I quote...We've had mostly positive reviews on them. OMG, she can't be serious?! The reviews she's referring to must be the only 2 that are on this forum! It's like they don't even care! Everytime I go to Lowe's Foods or Food Lion, the shelf is overly stocked with them which proves people aren't buying them: certaintly not like before. Hopefully, they'll take the hint & bring back the old ones but I'm not holding my breath.

I agree with all of these posts! The Blueberry Streusel 100% Whole Grain muffin mix is, to put it bluntly, AWFUL! The muffins have an offensive odor and and unpleasant dense texture. Not to mention how bad the flavor is. Such a waste of money and ingredients.
I used to buy nothing but Duncan Hines, now the search is on for a palatable muffin I can serve to my family.
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I hate feeling like a troll but I have to say that the new blueberry muffins are horrible. You've lost my business, that's for sure. Going whole grain is great, sure, but they ought to taste good. And they don't. They taste nothing like the original (which were amazing and superb) and my family wouldn't eat them due to the bizarre and alarming smell. We thought we had done something wrong to the recipe, it was that bad. Ugh.

Please, Duncan Hines, listen to your customers telling you how bad these are and do something about it. Pretty sure the original rating scale on these muffins would be low. Would Mr Hines like these? I highly doubt he'd recommend these things to his fellow traveling salesmen.

ORGINAL bakery style blueberry streusal muffin mix--bring it back please? I thought something was wrong when I mixed the new batter...it was watery...diff consistency from the ORIGINAL version that I liked. Needless to say, after taking the muffins out of the oven...I had to throw away the batch. Talk about wasting food :(. But no one would eat it. It taste weird, crumbly, odd textured. Please bring back the original one. It was better than gourmet store bought ready made ones!

please bring back the old muffins. I miss them so much.

I too am so sad they took this amazing product off the shelves... and without any warning so we could stock up! I am angry every time I walk down the bakery aisle. Is there any other mix anyone would suggest? I'm at the point of trying to bake my own, but it's never as good as the mix... and the bakery style were just the best... sadness! Thanks for your tips!

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I agree with everyone here, the new muffin recipe is awful! I bake with whole grains at home, and my muffins don't taste like this. The Duncan Hines ones didn't even rise correctly. I thought at first that it was something I'd done, but then it happened twice.

I went online and found people complaining everywhere, and so I decided to contact Duncan Hines through their website, my response:

"Thank you for taking the time to contact Consumer Relations regarding DH Bakery Style Muffin Mix Blueberry Streusel. It gives us great pride to have the opportunity to interact with the individuals who use our products.

I regret having to disappoint you, but we are no longer manufacturing this product. It has been discontinued and our inventory has been depleted. We have no information available concerning the return of this product to our current product line.

I do hope that you will be able to find an alternate item within our product line that meets your needs."

No, I will not find an alternate item! If they had introduced these muffins in different packaging that made it clear they were no longer the delicious muffins of my childhood, I would be less annoyed. Judging from the number of comments here, it also does not seem that Duncan Hines wants "to interact with the individuals who use our products."

My kids have been wanting me to make these muffins, but I haven’t been able to find them at my usual stores. I decided to look here, only to discover they are no longer made. Please bring them back Duncan Hines. These were the best.

I agree with many of the posters re the Whole Grain Blueberry Muffins. I attempted to contact Duncan Hines several times when they first made the switch and they did not even have the courtesy to respond to my e mails. I used to make a coffee cake using the muffin mix as a base. EVERYONE loved it - requested - drooled over it. I tried it with the Whole Grain it was awful. With so many consumers missing it why are you not putting back on the shelves? I have stopped buying any Duncan Hines products since they found it so unimportant to respond to me!

My whole family HATES the new Whole Wheat Blueberry muffins. The Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins (were) a tradition for us every Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Morning plus birthdays and sleepovers. Please don't FORCE us to eat healthier. At least give us a choice. We will NEVER buy the 100% Whole Grain Blueberry Streusel muffins again. We will try Betty Crocker or Martha White until you bring back the Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins with the crumb topping.

OMG Im so glade I signed up for this bc I feel the same way and I though I was nuts, the old muffins were so hard to find for so long, and then I do and they change it. I Just dont understand.

We truly LOVE the new whole grain mixes! Our perfectly fine taste buds find them moist, tender and delicious! They bake up beautifully, every batch is perfect! They freeze great too for grabbing while running out of the door! Kudos to DH for graduating to the healthy lifestyle in a great way! I have held large brunches where the guests could not get enough so you must be doing something quite right! More stars, 5 isnt enough! >*******

My oldest son was a huge fan of the Smurfs and for those of you who remember, the Smurfs ate morning muffins for breakfast. In 1986 When Matt was five he asked for morning muffins for Thanksgiving breakfast. i bought my first box of Duncan Hines Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins. Since that day these muffins have been a part of our Thanksgiving and Xmas mornings. Last year was the first time that we did not enjoy the muffins. My oldest and his four brothers could not have been more upset with the "new" muffin. This year they are already mourning the loss of a 24 year family tradition. The muffin mx may only be a product to DH, but to my family it is tied to many warm and wonderful memories. We will be looking to start a new family tradition this year that will not include any Duncan Hines products.

I'm saddened by, and very disappointed in, DH's unilateral decision to discontinue the original Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins. Like many of the posts, here, we tried the Whole Grain recipe - and found them to be completely unacceptable. The original bakery style muffins were my family's favorites. I used to buy all sorts of Duncan Hines products, but, I find no reason to be loyal to them, now, since they have been disloyal to their faithful consumers. Betty Crocker is calling my name, now...

Is there anyone out there listening to what the customers are saying. I thought that it was just our local stores that were not smart enough to know what muffin mix was the best, but I now know that it was the company that has lost their mind. Why can we not have choices. Healthy is great, but everything in moderation. When I see the word "New" on Duncan Hines products I run screaming from the store. I know if you tried to improve it, you screwed it up. We just stopped eating blueberry muffins. We had them every Sunday before church and they were awesome. Please bring back the original. You have definately confirmed and 'New and Improved" is not always better!!!!

I too am very sad to seen the original recipe go. I had several recipes specifically calling for the original muffin mix. The whole wheat version is definitely subpar. I too vote to bring back the original!

I love the whole grain version. My favorite is to add a half cup of oats too, and then increase the water a little bit as needed. I also throw in a few teaspoons of ground flaxseed - I don't notice the taste but the health benefits of that are good.

Not sure why there are so many people on here complaining. We need more of America's food companies to start using whole grains and more nutritious ingredients, to begin to combat the obesity epidemic. Food should offer needed nutrients, not just be empty calories.

100% agree about the new whole grain mix. Please bring back the original. My son's friend thought I made the best muffins and wanted me to give his mom the recipe! I have been making these muffins since my boys were little and they're all grown with kids now. Duncan Hines, please listen to the shoppers who buy your products. Put the original back on the shelf, stat!!

The whole grain is terrible. I accidentally bought the whole grain. Didn't realize until I poured the mix into the bowl, added the liquids and wondered why the batter was so dark. Then I looked at the box and realized I bought the wrong box. So I thought well okay, I'll try it. Took them out of the oven, put my "butter" on it and took a bite. YUCK. Spit it out and threw the rest away. Now I cant find the original mix anywhere. Landed on this website via Google and read all these comments. Duncan Hines you made a mistake, just like Coke. Please bring back the regular BB muffin mix.

OMG! I COMPLETELY agree with everyone in this discussion. The whole grain muffin mix is HORRIBLE! Bring back the old mix. I'm so glad I found this. I did a google search to see if it was sold somewhere else now. Good to know this forum is here. Duncan Hines really needs to listen to us! I am going to forward this to all of my friends to leave a message too. Stupid decision by executives at Duncan Hines to replace that. REALLY STUPID!!! I was I could give ZERO stars....

Duncan Hines, please pay attention to your customers! The new whole grain muffins are DISGUSTING! They taste like wet hay smells. I am all for eating healthy but this stuff is inedible. I have been eating the old bb muffins since I was a child and my 12 year old daughter has always loved them as well. No other bb muffin has that same flavor and now we are left with nothing. Please please bring the old muffins back. You could always offer both. Most companies out there offer the exact same products that have regular calories and fat and then they have the reduced fat and calories. Why cant DH offer that same choice?

I haven't tried the blueberry ones yet. But the apple muffins are nasty! The batter tasted fine but when i got them out of the oven they tasted bad!!!

OH MY GOSH!! I am sooo glad I am not the only one who can't stand these whole grain muffins!! I used to bake these muffins for work all the time and EVERYBODY loved them. The whole grain muffins are horrible, but their is NO option of buying the original recipe (Other than lucking out and grabbing the last 2 boxes off my supermarket's shelf). The batter tastes disgusting--the original recipe batter was sooo yummy. Then after the muffins cook, they have the some strange after taste. I understand that people need to eat healthier--but it should be a choice. Besides who really thinks of eating a muffin of any type as healthy eating? The original bakery style muffins were one of my favorite indulgences--but the whole grain muffins have put me off Duncan Hines all together. I'm off to the kitchen to develop my own fluffy blueberry streusal muffin recipe that won't leave a bad taste in my mouth. If DH makes it back to the shelves with their previous recipe, I will gladly resume purchasing.

All of the other muffin mix comapnies should send Duncan Hines a bi THANK YOU for replacing the best mix out there with the WORST mix out there. I bet their sales will jump after everyone notices how bad these muffins are.

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!

I cannot for the life of me understand why you replaced your original Bakery Style Blueberry muffins. They were the absolute best you could buy or make, for that matter! But these new whole grain ones, unfortunately, are horrible. They have an odd after taste that I just can't stomach. Couldn't you have at least left us the option of either/or instead of just totally taking them off the shelves? My husband & I absolutely loved the original. We use to eat them every weekend but until the others are are brought back, we will never purchase your muffins again.

These muffins taste horrible. I threw them out. PLEASE bring back the bakery style muffins you had before!!!

Please put a negative in front of that one star! These new whole grain blueberry muffins are nasty-tasting and are comparable to "new" coke... What a disastrous idea for your marketer who came up with this idea.

I have made your bakery-style blueberry streusel muffins for years, and no one in my family can stand to eat these new muffins. You've lost this long-time customer (unless you bring them back). And you can imagine how many of my friends and family I'll be telling...

I just tasted the whole grain blueberry muffins YUCK YUCK YUCK is all I can say. We through them away. Why did you take something so perfect as the original bluberry mix with topping that tasted so good and replace it with YUCK. I will NEVER buy it again and I bought two boxes of the blueberry muffin mix with topping every week. Whoever made this decision should be fired!!!!!!

I agree with the other reviewers. Please bring back the old Bakery Style Muffins. We used to make them at least once a week, and I usually made them for parties and gatherings too. We miss them!! My family hates the new whole wheat ones!

We miss the original muffins - a Sunday morning staple. Now they all get thrown away. I've tried them on different occassions thinking that maybe they weren't as bad as I remembered - nope, they're just bad. You had something that stood out far above all other brands and now you're at the other end of the spectrum. Too bad.

Why can't you give us the choice to decide which one we want. This new whole wheat is gross. My whole family says it has ruined our traditional coffee cake we make on the weekends. Please bring back the original one!!!!!!!!!

I am also upset about the new whole wheat Blueberry Muffins They taste awful. Please bring back the old ones

I agree! Bring back the old style.

Very disappointed with the Blueberry Struesel muffins since they went 100% whole grain. They may b)e 100% whole grain but they are 0% taste. Please bring back the original mix.

These new 100% wheat muffins are awful !....taste like wheat germ....dry....
I've gone back to making the Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins......
Remember what happened to Coke Cola when they changed their formula

I agree i hate the new whole grain muffins.. please bring bake the orginal as well...