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 out Bob’s Red Mill’s coffee cake mix
Bob’s Red Mill has impressed me in the past with their homemade tasting brownies and the care they put into using real ingredients in their box mixes rather than filling it with preservatives. Last year they announced a new mix, this coffee cake. I’ve been on the look out since, hoping it would end up…
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Trying the new Girl Scouts Thin Mints Brownie kit by Miss Jones
If you haven’t heard about this new baking mix line by now, you’ve got some blog posts to catch up on. Miss Jones created a line of blondie box mixes inspired by Girl Scouts cookies. These mixes are themed after lemonades, caramel delights (samoas), and thin mints. We’ve tried two of the three so far…
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Trying the new Girl Scouts Lemon-Ups Blondie kit by Miss Jones
In case you missed the last post, Miss Jones has come out with a line of blondie box mixes inspired by Girl Scout cookies. There are three flavors inspired by thin mints, lemonades, and caramel delights (or samoas). I really enjoyed the last mix we tried, the caramel delights, so I am already excited to…
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