I’ll admit upfront - this is going to be a pretty lame review. The first strike against it has to be the fact that I actually bought, baked, and consumed the product months ago, and frankly, I’m not even sure that they are still sold in stores (I couldn’t find them in a product listing on the pillsbury website). Secondly, the pictures I took are barely passable, and there aren’t enough of them. I apologize for these oversights, but there really isn’t anything I can do about it, so here we go!
As I recall, these Pillsbury Mint Chocolate Brownies were delicious as brownies, but not quite minty enough. The box boasted of real Andes mint candy pieces in the batter, which is what sold me on the product - the idea of little bits of delicious candy melted into my brownies was too much, and I had to try them. Sadly, the effect of the candy pieces wasn’t really that powerful, and I remember them tasting mostly like plain brownies with a hint of mint. The included mint-chocolate drizzle was definitely minty, but wasn’t very good as a topping for the brownies - it was a bit too sticky, and didn’t seem to compliment the brownies.
Mixing up the batter was like any other brownie mix, easy and quick - all I had to do was add oil, eggs, and maybe water (I can’t quite remember), mix it around, and dump it into a baking pan - definitely easier than doing it from scratch.
If I recall, this mix was only $1.50 - another reason that I decided to try it out, and I would say that it was pretty good as far as brownie mixes go, but I might not pick it again over the cheaper non-mint mix in the future (why are brownie mixes so cheap, by the way?). I guess sometimes there’s just no reason to mess with a classic by trying to spice it up with stuff like mint. That said, these brownies weren’t disgusting by any means, and the mint flavor was slightly enhanced when eaten with a glass of cold milk - so we had no problem polishing off the whole pan. I would suggest trying them out next time you are buying brownie mix, just to see if you agree with my conclusion, and if you do, please come back and tell me if my memory from a few months ago is faulty or not. Hopefully you didn’t find this review as terrible as I prompted at the beginning, and if you get nothing else out of it, at least you should have a craving for brownies now (I know I do).
2.5/5
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That brownie looks so yummy!