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November 20, 2014 Food

DIY Brownie Mix for Holiday Gifts & Bake Sales

{Fantastic Recipe for DIY Brownie Mix + Printable Label!}

DIY Brownie Mixes for Holiday Gifts, Hostess Gifts and Bake Sales | Edible GIfts
I had an oh-crap moment this afternoon.  It involved me forgetting that I was supposed to drop off bake sale goodies for Will’s preschool fundraiser.  Oops.

Fortunately, the bake sale isn’t until Sunday.  Unfortunately, Will’s last day of pre-school for the week was yesterday. Which means, not only did I need to whip up something on the fly, I also now have to make a special trip to drop them off tomorrow.  Ugh.

I love food.  I love to cook.  Baking though?  It’s just not my thing.  Probably, because I’m not super-awesome at it.  I burn cookies and over-mix batter.  I just can’t help it.  So, obviously, baking for a large group of people (as in this bake sale), is not my forte.

Some of you may think of this as cheating the system.  I think it’s brilliant.  But my new go-to for bake sales?  DIY Bake Mixes.  I just bypass the whole baking business by prepping the mix and slapping on a label with instructions.  They sell for more than individually wrapped cookies, plus when they get burned in the pan, it’s no longer on me!  Win – Win!

Last year I made cookies.  This year, I happened to have a lot of cocoa powder on hand.  I got a little over-zealous around Valentine’s Day when prepping hot cocoa mixes.  So…. Brownie mix it is!  This was hands-down the easiest thing I’ve ever made for a bake sale, and it’s also just a really darn good mix to have on hand; the brownies (when you don’t over mix or over bake them) are fabulous.  They are also great if you mix in white chocolate chips and/or chopped nuts.

If you don’t have a bake sale coming up (lucky you!), these also make great little holiday gifts, teacher gifts, and hostess gifts.  Instead of a baggie, put the mix in a mason jar with some ribbon.  Voila!
DIY Brownie Mixes for Holiday Gifts, Hostess Gifts and Bake Sales | Edible GIfts
You can get the recipe from Crazy for Crust here.  I love the idea of making it in bulk and keeping it on hand too.  Never know when a chocolate craving will strike!

I made a quadruple batch, which gave me 7 mixes for the 9×9 pan size.  If you end up making these as gifts, copy and save this image and print them off on labels!

DIY Brownie Mixes for Holiday Gifts, Hostess Gifts and Bake Sales | Edible GIfts

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Katie Harding has been blogging since 2010. What originally started out as a platform to discuss new parenthood, her blogging now focuses on her passion for cooking: creating recipes and sharing tips for entertaining friends and family of all ages. Outside of the kitchen you’ll find her with her family (three boys, one husband, multiple exchange student daughters, and Hank the pup), or gallivanting around the world with her fork in tow.

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  1. Grammy says

    November 21, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    Loved the idea! what dry ingredients go into the recipe ?

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    • Katie says

      November 24, 2014 at 5:07 pm

      You can get the recipe here: http://www.crazyforcrust.com/2014/07/best-homemade-brownie-mix/

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  2. Amy says

    February 17, 2015 at 7:55 am

    I love this idea for a bake sale! What size plastic storage bags did you use for these?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      February 17, 2015 at 8:06 am

      Quart! 🙂

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