Betty Crocker GF Brownies: or, How I Learned to Love Again

I have to confess to having a little bit of a big sweet tooth.  My favorite treat?  Ice cream.  Buuuuut, that's off the table.

(When I'm not focused on being cold turkey of anything that might be bad for me, I use these puppies.)

Not actually puppies, jeez, I'm being clever.  Get with it.

Anyway, jokes and brain-melting puppy cuteness aside, my second favorite sugar vehicle is a good, chewy brownie.  Except, oh wait, brownies all have gluten in them, right?

WRONG.  SO VERY VERY WRONG.

YOU GET AN F- BECAUSE I SAY SO.

Yeah, so they make GF brownie mix.  That's the point of all of this.  Praise the heavens.

So, you could get all fancy and make flourless brownies, but say you're sitting on your couch with your mom and America's Got Talent is almost over and you had too much caffeine to sleep right this second but you're too tired to do anything hard?

That's where our good friend Betty Crocker steps in.

Betty Crocker GF Brownie Mix is the second I've tried.  I've had Hodgson Mill brownies before.  I've liked their other products, such as their Almond Meal, but the brownies were, well, sub-par.  In a dense, hardly-like-a-brownie-at-all sort of way.

But good ol' Betty came through.

This graphic itself might get its own post because wow is this actually super interesting.

I was actually really starting to miss some baked goods at this point in my GF-ness, but I was shocked at the power of these brownies to make me just as happy as regular ones.  Maybe it's a chocolate thing.

These brownies were super easy to make.  2 eggs, a little dollop of whatever butter you happen to have (I used Earth Balance Vegan Butter because of the whole no dairy thing and it worked fine.  Let me know your experiences with other butters), and the mix.  I'm not the world's most adept baker, so I was all about this easiness.  It's super thick so yes, make sure you grease your pan and have a good spreading tool cause this batter won't just run out into the pan like gluteny brownies will.

What the box said I'd have.

28ish minutes later, and you got yourself some gooey chocolate squares.

They aren't *quite* as pretty as the box, but still have a lovely crunchy top that mimics the flakiness you get with regular brownies.  Fudgy coming out the oven, chewy the next morning.  Nice dark chocolate flavor with little chocolate chips in it.  Betty Crocker can do no wrong.

What I ended up with.  Now that I took the picture I'm eating this one.

My favorite thing about these is that they don't have the typical gritty feeling that a lot of GF products and mixes I've tried can have.  It's still there, but not distracting at all.  Pretend it's whole grain or something and healthy and you're all set.

I'm itching to reheat one and put some almond milk ice cream on top because mmmm.

So, here we are.  Review #1.  Let me know your experiences with brownies and the like.  Hit up the contact page, comment, or like, send an owl or something.  Also follow me on social media outlets for more exciting things!  Like...yeah...I'll work on it.

Brownies.  Much chocolate. Tell your friends.