Review: Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix

Preparation

The baker followed the recipe, neither adding ingredients nor substituting them.

An 8" x 8" non-stick, metal baking pan was used; it was coated with a generous amount of Cabot brand salted butter.

We made tic-tac-toe cuts with a plastic knife to yield nine pieces about 2 & 2/3 square inches, which were easy to remove.

Taste

The brownies were dark brown, heavy and dense. But while they looked like brownies and felt like brownies, they tasted like … not much of anything. I was reminded of when I lost my sense of taste during COVID. Until I had a corner piece. Then I realized that my senses were okay – it was the product that was lacking.

Another thing that's lacking is this review – the price has been ignored. Presumably, compared with the best-tasting mixes, these are much more affordable. And the fact that this is a brand of General Mills means you'll find lots of coupons and other incentives to buy it.

These would be fine if you needed to provide a lot of homemade brownies for a group of non-discerning or distracted folks: children at a birthday party, teens during a Dungeon's and Dragon's match, or some guys watching a big football rivalry.

If you receive a requisition for an edible prop that resembles a brownie, you can make this. But if you want to treat yourself and your loved ones, you'd be better off buying real brownies from the bakery department of an upscale market.

The overall rating of 2.0 stars is more than generous and assumes you'll use a large amount of salted butter to grease the pan.