I used bran flakes, no raisins. I replaced half of the oil with applesauce, 2/3 sugar with Splenda and another 1/3 of sugar with honey. I mixed the batter and divided into separate bowls (cool whip bowls). I added white and semisweet choc chips to one bowl. Toasted pecans and cinnamon to another. I plan to add blueberries to some of the basic batter when I want blueberry. We tried the choc chip first... YUMMY!