I am powerless against my sweet tooth, people. I love cookies, brownies, cupcakes, ice cream, candy- if it has sugar in it, I’ll probably want to eat it.
Fortunately, there are ways to enjoy sweet treats without blowing all of your daily calories in one or two delectable bites. Pillsbury recently sent me their new Brownie Minis Brownie Mix and Reduced Sugar Cookie Mix, and I’m happy to report that both mixes made totally delicious treats that my family and I thoroughly enjoyed.
When I told the boys I was making the Brownie Minis, they got so excited that I wanted to hurry up and get them made, and I forgot to get out the camera and take pictures! The box comes with two baking trays that each make 6 mini brownies, and you just add water, spoon the batter in, and bake. They bake in about half the time of regular brownies, and two brownies are only 150 calories of chocolate YUM.
Pillsbury’s Reduced Sugar Sugar Cookie Mix is sweetened with a mix of sugar and Splenda, and if you follow the package directions and make 18 cookies, you can have two cookies for only 90 calories! And I’m happy to report that it’s not 18 tiny cookies either. I divided the dough exactly to be sure. This is a full size dinner plate:
See? That is eight BIG cookies, and I had ten more cooling on racks! The five of us made very short work of those 18 cookies 
And the best part? These cookies did not, even a little bit, taste like they were not made with 100% sugar. There was absolutely no “artificial” taste AT ALL.
Cons? Well, the brownies are very small, but I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. If you’ve ever bought those bags of “brownie bites” at the grocery store, that’s about the size. And the cookie mix seemed dry when I followed the package directions so I ended up adding about 1/4 cup of water to it.
Look for Pillsbury’s Brownie Minis Brownie Mix and the Reduced Sugar Sugar Cookie Mix in grocery stores. Thanks, Pillsbury!
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Aha !!! nice stuff cookies…..
Oh, yum! I might have to try these! I love that they include a pan for the brownies, because if they didn’t, that would be something to stop me from buying the product. These would definitely be worth buying, if I can stop myself from eating the whole box in one sitting!
I might have to try these! I love that they include a pan for the brownies, because if they didn’t, that would be something to stop me from buying the product.
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Andrea-that’s definitely a temptation, since the brownies are so small, you want to just pop them all in your mouth!
These brownies are looking yummy.
Sweet is my weakness and I also like to eat cookies, brownies, or cakes as light snacks. But I have to be cautious about diabetes from now. I would like to know some good receipe of sweet but sugarless food.
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yum .. its sounds good to hear .. i’ll definately try this tasty cookies .. i’ll love them to have with my tea