Discover The Finest Brownie Mix
Discover The Finest Brownie Mix
Not so sure just which brand of brownie-mix offers excellent ingredients without putting too much time and effort and it’s quick and easy to use starting from step one.
A well-respected cooking-magazine released official results in determing the finest brownie-mix among different brands. They tested and tasted 7 boxed brownie-mixes determing and naming one winner.
While I was out celebrating my holidays in the state of Florida comprising the rest of my family, I imagined it’d be tons of fun if I personally conducted my own boxed brownie-mix tasting session. I had 9 participants, so it was logical to limit our test tasting session to just 3 top-rated brownie-mixes based from that cooking-magazine’s results.
I got three mixes and here are the following:
Barefoot Contessa- “Pantry Outrageous Brownies”
Ghirardelli Chocolate- “Syrup Brownies”
Betty Crocker Ultimate – “Fudge Supreme Brownies”
The brownie-mixes were made by following instructions carefully found on its package directions and was baked in 8 inch foil pans due to the fact that we had a vacation we did not hold any kitchen equipments and ingredients.
Things I Discovered Basing on this Brownie-Mix Tasting Experience.
A most vital thing I’ve learned through the taste-test experiments, taste will always be subjective. One individual may find it as ‘deliciously intense chocolaty’ the other would call it as ‘too chocolaty’.
A vital and important thing to keep in mind upon any recipe judging, with brownies there’s absolutely no clear cut taste – some prefers that cake-like texture, the others that fudge-like taste, some that more chocolaty flavor and some a bit less chocolaty flavor. The secret is adjusting the flavor and see how it works differently in different tastes.
Results made between the Brownie-Mix Tasting Competition.
Barefoot Contessa – “Pantry – Outrageous Brownie” took the first spot and was tagged as the ‘most real chocolaty flavor’ and most like a homemade taste. The others felt that they tasted a bit chocolaty, or it tasted extra rich, & extra fudgy and dense.
The mixes are a bit pricey; it had the highest price compared to the others tested, while it had the higher quality of ingredients. When wanting homemade like brownies keeping the comfort of using a brownie-mix, and able to raise the budget, this brownie-mix is perfect for any taste bud. The mixes are sold in ‘upscale’ grocery-stores as well as online.
Ghirardelli Chocolate-Syrup Brownie Mix took the second place. They described it as ‘just right’, ‘better texture’ and ‘less chocolaty’ compared to the first choice, some also said it was pretty good. The others felt that it had ‘the best chocolate flavor’, ‘good chocolate flavor’ and ‘well balanced’. Priced at %3.69 its comparatively affordable compared to the winner and the mixes are sold in the larger grocery-stores.
Betty-Crocker’s Ultimate-Fudge Supreme Brownie Mix took third place. They called it ‘very chewy’, ‘most moist’, ‘good chocolate taste’, ‘not chocolate enough’, ‘gummy texture’, ‘most cake like’ and ’sweeter than chocolate’. The box then was on-sale that day so it was priced at %2.50.
Cooking-Magazine Findings versus My Personal Taste Testing Findings
The magazine ranked “Ghirardelli” 1st then “Barefoot Contessa” 2nd, on the third spot was “Pillsbury” which wasn’t included in the three samples and lastly “Betty Crocker”
I will still pretty much in favor of my all time favorite brownie-mix the “Ghirardelli Double – Chocolate Brownie Mix”, the next time that I’ll be conducting another brownie-mix taste-test I’m sure going to add this one.
In reality it doesn’t matter what brand of boxed brownie-mix you decide, since it will definitely be appreciated and enjoyed. Basing on personal experience, the plates full with delicious brownies that were immediately devoured without hesitations and delay, whether it was made from one brownie-mix box perhaps not.
And what’s great during conducting this brownie tasting-session it’s a very fun alternative to sampling different brownies without much guilty feelings.