A good fake or go home made?
When you crave a dessert, how do you know if a box mix will hit the spot and be a good shortcut or if you should just commit to the time it takes to make it from scratch?
How do you know which box mix to pick up?
Do you ever wonder if the new box mixes coming out are good or gimmicks? Is the brownie with all the added toppings and sprinkles worth purchasing or should you stick with a plain brownie mix?
Come with me as I investigate which box mixes are good fakes and which ones you were better off making the dessert homemade.
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Trying Betty Crocker’s Oreo cookie pie mix
I have always loved whoopie pies, I have a fond memory of baking them from scratch as a kid when I started getting into baking but it was a bit of a tedious process and as a kid I was annoyed when I had to use two cookies and only got 1 whoopie pie. Honestly,…
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Testing Betty Crocker’s lower sugar brownies
Betty Crocker has brought some “lower sugar” products to the market including a brownie mix and a chocolate chip cookie mix. It’s stated on the front that it’s not a low calorie food but it has 25% less sugar than their supreme brownie mix, no fake sugar or anything similar, just simply less sugar. There’s…
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Testing Betty Crocker’s Bridgerton themed Petite Scone kit
Betty Crocker recently released a Walmart exclusive “Bridgerton” line of box mixes. If you are unfamiliar, Bridgerton is a TV show set in the early 1800’s. I know of the show but haven’t seen it myself so I can’t tell you the significance of the baked goods they chose to incorporate into this product line…
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Trying out Pillsbury’s Funfetti cake donut mix
A new and unique mix for donuts from Pillsbury’s Funfetti has made it to the market and I am very excited to give it a try. They make a plain donut with sprinkles, because it is funfetti of course, and they also have a pink and blue colored mix. The colors make it seem like…
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