Trying out Lehi Mills’ double fudge brownie mix

I’ve only tried Lehi Mills once and they had a phenomenal raspberry muffin. Their muffin mixes are the only products I’ve seen in my area and during their black Friday sales I learned they have many many more mixes sold online and in various stores. I missed the sale cutoff and tabled the idea to buy more later. Then, months later, at my local Smith’s I saw they now carried Lehi Mills brownie mix. This is one of the top mixes I was excited to try from this brand so I bought it immediately for $3.90.

With Lehi Mills, most of the packaging is used to promote the company and their brand and very little space is used to discuss the baking instructions. It has three simple steps that take up less than a quarter of the back of the box. Simple and straight forward. This mix starts by combining oil and water with the brownie mix. I found it interesting that it didn’t ask for any egg and wondered if that made this dessert accidentally vegan, however I found the packaged ingredients contained egg white powder so that is not the case. I also found in my deep dive that it simply contains cocoa powder and no other forms of chocolate so I am not sure what the name “double fudge” refers to as nothing is duplicated. Perhaps they are implying that the prepared brownie is doubley fudgey, we will have to see.

The brownie mix powder and also batter were a very light shade of brown. The images don’t do it justice. You know how most brownie batters are more of a dark brown, so brown it’s almost black? That was definitely not the case for this mix. The batter tasted alright but it was lacking that deep chocolate flavor that belongs in brownie batter. It wasn’t the kind of batter you’d sit and eat with a spoon.

I poured the batter into an 8×8 pan and into the oven it went. The box calls for 20-25 minutes of baking. I checked on them a couple times and at 24 minutes, right on the mark, they were baked fully. I was so excited, I love when brands provide an honest bake time. However, my excitement was dying looking at the pan of brownies. They looked cakey, so much so that this pan of brownies looked like a square cake. “Double fudge” is starting to sound like a lie but let’s dive in before making a final judgement.

Cutting these brownies into 16 pieces I found they were definitely more fudgey than cakey. They had a decent consistency, not the perfect fudgey brownie, not even close, but not cakey which is crucial for a “double fudge” brownie. If my choices are between fudgey, chewey, and cakey, these definitely fall under the fudgey category.
Consistency isn’t everything. I took one bite out of these brownies and was immediately crushed. The flavor was bad. It lacked in chocolate flavor which meant it was nearly flavorless but still somehow had this almost yeasty flavor to it. I couldn’t quite place it but it was awful. I kept trying to place the exact flavor and what it reminded me of but the closest I got was yeast flavor.

After tasting, I didn’t eat any more of these brownies and that should tell you something. I love brownies and I lose all self control around them however these were not worth it to me. I’m bummed because I really liked the muffins from Lehi Mills previously so we’ll have to give another product a try such as their cookies mixes, one good mix and one bad mix aren’t enough to form an opinion on the whole brand so keep your eyes peeled for more from them in the future.