Price: $3.00 on sale
Serving: 1/12 pan, 1.42oz.
Calories: 170
Fat: 12%, 8g
Cholesterol: 7%, 20mg
Sodium: 4%, 85mg
Protein: 2g
Carbs: 8%, 23g
Fiber: 4%, <1g
Sugar: 16g
Weight Watchers Points: 4 Points each

Duncan Hines says: First brownie that comes frozen and ready to bake, packaged in convenient, oven-ready trays - no prep and no clean-up necessary.

Abi says: After my disappointing experience with Trader Joe’s Ready to Bake brownies I wasn’t excited to try out the Duncan Hines variety. I don’t even like Duncan Hines’ boxed brownie mix: if I’m using a mix I prefer the Betty Crocker one that comes with a syrup pouch. But I knew that there was room in Josh’s freezer and these pre-mixed brownies were sale at Safeway. Frozen batter, how you tempt me.

Preparation was easy: preheat the oven, pop in the unwrapped tray and wait for 1/2 an hour. While waiting, the scent of cocoa filled the house, tempting those who made the rather unfortunate choice of giving up chocolate for Lent. I suppose that sort of sacrifice made Easter all the more awesome. When the brownies were done I sliced them into an inappropriate number of servings (10 instead of the recommended 12) based on there being 5 people in the brownie-eating pool. And then I put them on the coffee table and learned that these brownies are only appealing to drunk people. Perfectly sober people are not tempted by mediocre baked goods when outside of an office environment.

These are better than the Trader Joe’s brownies, but that’s akin to saying that gas station coffee is superior to dirty water. Only 4 brownies were consumed on the first go-round. The next night of basketball saw the consumption of just 3 more brownies. By Saturday evening I realized it was a lost cause and tossed the rest of the brownies. Will I ever find a pre-made brownie as good as anything on Anna’s brownie recipe list?